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Patna : Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Delhi Daredevils (DD) by 71 runs in the 13th match of IPL at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on April 16, 2018, riding on a brilliant 35 ball 59 with 5 four and 4 sixes by Nitish Rana and 12 ball 41 with 6 sixes by Andre Russel.
Robin Uthappa also made 35 in 19 balls hitting 2 fours and 3 sixes while opener Chris Lynn made 31 in 29 balls with 4 fours and a six. Cpatain and wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik made 19 with 2 fours and a six. KKR made 200/9 in 20 overs.
For DD, Trent Boult took 2/29, Chris Morris took 2/1, and R Tewatia 3/18. S Nadeem and Mohammad Shami took one wicket each.
Chasing a target of 201 to win the match, DD were all out for a paltry 129 in 14.2 overs with wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant scoring 43 in 26 balls with 7 fours and a six and Glen Maxwell, Australia, 47 in 22 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes.
For KKR, Sunil Narine took 3/18 in 3 overs while Kuldip Yadav took 3/32 in 3.2 overs. Piyush Chawla, Andre Russel, S Mavi, and Tom Curran took one wicket each.