A brilliant half century from Manoj Tiwary (61 off 47 balls) helped Kolkata Knight Riders register an impressive 17-run win over Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi on Thursday.
Tiwary scored 61 off only 47 balls (2x4, 3x6) as the other KKR batsmen failed to provide substantial support to the Bengal captain.
Apart from Shreevats Goswami, who scored 22, none of the other top-order batsmen crossed the 20-run mark.
For Tiwary, who has got some good scores in this tournament so far, this was one innings where he shouldered a lot of responsibility staying till the end.
If one took Tiwary's contribution out, KKR's scorecard would have cut a sorry picture after being put into bat by Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag.
Irfan Pathan (1/16), for the first time in the tournament, looked incisive while young Umesh Yadav (2/29) was a revelation with the ball.
Delhi Daredevils' skipper VirenderSehwag won the toss and decided to bowl first in their IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi on Thursday.
Daredevils made two changes in their playing eleven. All-rounder Ajit Agarkar made his way into the side, along with Australian Travis Birt.
Knight Riders, too, made a number of changes in their team. After missing the last game, fast bowler Brett Lee returned to the playing side, while attacking batsman Ryan ten Doeschate and wicketkeeper batsman Srivaths Goswami were also included.
