Match 26 (Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders)
Saturday, April 30, 2016 (Day)
Feroze Shah Kotla Delhi
Time : 04:00 IST | 10:30 GMT

April 30, 2016

26th Match of IPLt20 2016 has been played between Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders Rajkot at Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium Delhi on 30th April 2016. Putting into bat first by Kolkata, Delhi could not get good start but, managed to put huge total of 186 runs in 20 overs. KK Nair 68 and debut man SW Billings 54 were top scorer for Delhi. Kolkata in reply managed to score 169 runs and lost the match by 27 runs. CR Brathwaite declared man of the match for his firing inning of 34 runs just in 11 balls.

Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field first. Delhi lost both openers in very first over. In form Q de Kock 1 and SS Iyer with duck to put Delhi in losts of trouble. KK Nair and SW Billings took the charge in hand and played splendid inning for Dlehi. Both played well and contributed useful 68 and 54 runs. In later overs CR Brathwaite played firing inning of 34 runs of just 11 balls and put Delhi on a huge totals of 186 runs in 20 overs.

Kolkata in reply Lost skipper Gambhir early scoring just 6 runs and PP Chawla scoring 10 runs. RV Uthappa played well and contributed 72 runs of 52 balls. Other middle and lower orders could not bat well and Kolkata lost the match by 27 runs.

Player of the match - CR Brathwaite (Delhi Daredevils)

Points - Delhi Daredevils 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0