IPL: Daredevils win by 27 runs, hand Kolkata second straight loss

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and opted to bowl first in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against the Delhi Daredevils at Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Saturday.

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and opted to bowl first in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against the Delhi Daredevils at Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Saturday.

Gambhir explained his decision, saying the wicket looked like a good one, that wouldn’t change during the chase.

Gambhir’s Delhi counterpart Zaheer Khan said he too would have liked to bowl first.

Teams

Kolkata Knight Riders

R Uthappa, G Gambhir, S Yadav, A Russell, Y Pathan, R Sathish, J Holder, P Chawla, B Hogg, U Yadav, S Narine

Delhi Daredevils

Q de Kock, S Iyer, S Samson, K Nair, S Billings, R Pant, C Brathwaite, C Morris, A Mishra, Z Khan, M Shami