Earlier Delhi Daredevils won the toss and put KKR to bat first.  Opener Brenden McCullum (6) perished for an lbw decision (though not conclusive as per TV replay) for an Ashish Nehra delivery. Brad Hodge, Morne van Wyk, and Wriddhiman Saha returned to the pavilion with ducks. Sourav Ganguly (44) and Ajit Agarkar (39) put up a good show, but could not help the team getting a poor total of 123/8.

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra took 3 wickets and was adjudged Man of the Match.

The chasing of KKR’s respectable total of 154/3 was made to look like a cake-walk by Gowtham Gambir with a fine knock of 71 not out.  He worked well to have the first wicket partnership of 60 runs with David Warner (36) and again with TM Dilshan (42), till both of them safely reached shores in winning with 157/1. The crowd watched with awe, the pulling of sixes, striking boundaries in style and making singles and doubles with fine understanding between them. Bowlers like Ishant Sharma and Moises Henriques were very generous in donating 43 and 36 runs in their 4 over spell each, with Ajit Agarkar capturing the only wicket of Warner.

Earlier KKR won the toss and elected to bat first. True that their batsmen put in their best efforts. Opener Morne van Wyk scored 74 runs in 48 balls with 11 fours; Captain McCullum struck 3 sixes and 1 four in his 29 ball 35 runs; and Henriques tried his best with 30 not out to get a fairly good total of 154 just for the fall of 3 wickets.  But they were outplayed by Delhi Daredevils team to get to the top place of the points tally with 10 points in 8 matches.

Gowtham Gambir got the Man of the Match award for his superb performance with the bat.

The winning streak of Deccan Chargers was broken today by Delhi Daredevils.  The performance of Delhi Daredevils’ batsmen TM Dilshan (52 n/o) (who already won another match single handedly against Royal Challengers) and Wicket Keeper Dinesh Karthik steadied the Innings after the early fall of Captain Sheawag (20) and Gowtham Gambir (17).  Gambir was little bit unlucky to be given out lbw as the TV replay showed it was not.  Dilshan was steely enough in the death overs to smash fours and finally reached the target of 150 in 18.4 overs against Deccan Chargers’ 148/8.

Earlier, Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.  Captain Adam Gilchrist and Pragyan Ohja opened the Innings. Ohja was run out by Daniel Vettori for just 1 run. Gilchrist (8) and Gibbs for a duck were dismissed by the fine bowling of Dirk Nannes. Inspite of the best efforts of Dwayne Smith (48), Bilakhia (22), Suman (23), and Venugopal Rao (16), the team could muster only 148 runs at the end of 20 overs giving away 8 wickets. The early fall of openers and formidable batsmen like Gillchrist and Gibbs was the dousing spirit of the team.

Dirk Nannes, the bowler who got these precious wickets was adjudged as the Man of the Match.

Earlier, winning the toss Delhi chose to bat first. Captain Shewag with some fireworks (16) and Gambir (8) were sent out early by Mascarenhas. AB deVillers bravely challenged RR bowlers to score 50 runs, supported by Daniel Vettori (29), M. Manhas not out 23, to reach a fairly good total of 143/7 in 20 overs. Warne, Mascarenhas and Munaf Patel took 2 wickets each.  In all fairness Delhi players were feeling comfortable when they trounced RR to lose 5 wickets when the score board was showing only 64 runs. But they have been defeated squarely by the splendid performance of Y. Pathan, adjudged as the Man of the Match.

With this win Rajasthan Royals have won two matches in their five outings.