 Shoaib storm blows Delhi Daredevils
14th May 2008 09:00 IST
Agencies
Earlier, electing to bat, the hosts finished at 133/6, setting the Delhi side an asking rate of 6.7 before a crowd of 50 thousand.
For the Knight Riders, Salman Butt (48) was the principal scorer, with the in-form David Hussey (31 of 31 balls) getting moderate success in the slog overs.
Superb bowling performances from Glenn McGrath (4-0-22-0), Yo Mahesh (2/34) and Farveez Maharoof (4-0-25-0) ensured the Delhi batsmen got an easily attainable asking rate.
The Knight Riders could never get the momentum going, and only 10 fours came in their innings.
Butt and Aakash Chopra (13) made a sedate start, before the latter played a casual shot in his bid to loft new ball bowler Pradeep Sangwan and offered a simple catch to Maharoof at mid off.
Sourav Ganguly (7) raised hopes of another magical knock as he hit Mahesh for a six by making full use of a free hit, but the end came in the same over when he played early to a good length stuff and the ball rattled his leg stump off the thighs.
The home side was 69/2 at the half-way stage, but the run rate slowed down between the 11th and the 15th over, when only 26 runs were added to the total.
Mahesh, meanwhile, tasted another success in the 14th over, with Butt top edging Mahesh to third-man to bring the curtains down on a 44-ball knock, which included seven fours.
Taibu (7) continued his dismal show, while Shukla (10) was also dismissed cheaply.
Hussey tried to slog it out, picking up two over boundaries before holing out to Tiwary at long on. |
