In the 26th match of Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL 2018), Delhi Daredevils put a massive 219 runs on board as they crushed Kolkata Knight Riders to a 55 runs defeat.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bowl first at Ferozshah Kotla ground in New Delhi. Delhi Daredevils started without Gambhir and Shreyas Iyer leading the forces.The newly-promoted captain, Shreyas Iyer played an incredible knock, scoring 93 runs with 10 sixes.
The India Under-19 World Cup-winning captain Prithvi Shaw played a solid knock to score his maiden fifty in the IPL. Shaw, scored 62 off 44, including seven fours and two sixes. Aged 18 years and 169 days Prithvi became the joint-youngest to score a half-century in the Indian Premier League.
Batting Second, KKR suffered early losses and could not find a stable partnership barring Andre Russell and Shubham Gill's brief knock.
Delhi Daredevils bowlers had a good day at the office, restricting KKR to 164 runs only. DD won the match by 60 runs and moved to the seventh spot of the Vivo IPL 2018 points table.
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First Published: Apr 28 2018 | 4:40 PM IST