An incredible atmosphere as Kolkata witnessed a magical, theatrical comeback from Shoaib Akhtar.   The Rawalpindi express came on and devastated the vaunted upper order of Delhi, while a constant squeeze from the support bowlers - along with excellent fielding - forced Delhi to take chances they didn’t want to take. 

Delhi were seen off and this blow must have put their semifinal plans in serious jeopardy.  Their paucity of match winning talent below the openers was illustrated by the fact that they hit no sixes at all in their innings. 

Can Kolkata build on this tremendous victory and push through to the top half of the table?... 

Date:    13/5/2008

Teams (Home First):  Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils

Result :    Kolkata won, 23 runs

Toss won:   Kolkata, chose to bat

Top bat home:   Butt, 48

Top bat away:   Mishra, 31

Highest 6 over score:  Kol 35, Del 37

Highest opening partnership: Kol 35, Del 2

Total sixes hit:   Kol 3, Del 0

Total wides:   Del bowled 7, Kol bowled 3

Total run outs:   3

Lineups & Scorecard
Kolkata Players			Runs	Balls
S. Butt	c McGrath	b Maharoof	48	44
A. Chopra	c Maharoof	b Sangwan	13	17
S. Ganguly		b Mahesh	7	4
D. Hussey	c Tiwary	b Maharoof	31	31
T. Taibu		Run out	7	9
L. Shukla	c Gambhir	b Maharoof	10	8
W. Saha		Not out	5	6
I. Abdulla		Not out	1	2
I. Sharma
A. Dinda
S. Akhtar
TOTAL	( 6 Wickets,  20 overs)		133
Delhi Players			Runs	Balls
G. Gambhir	c Hussey	b Akhtar	10	7
V. Sehwag	c Saha	b Akhtar	0	1
A. De Villiers	c Taibu	b Akhtar	7	12
M. Tiwary	Lbw	b Akhtar	9	7
S. Dhawan		b Dinda	7	10
T. Dilshan		Run out	25	19
A. Mishra	c Sharma	b Shukla	31	32
F. Maharoof		run out	10	12
Y. Mahesh		b Shukla	3	6
P. Sangwan	c Hussey	b Shukla	0	1
G. McGrath		Not out	0	0
TOTAL	( 10 wickets, 17.5 overs)		110

The Kolkata innings encapsulated their performance in the competition of late, as they slumped to a total of 133 in their allotted overs.

Butt and Chopra opened the innings, and Chopra never really looked comfortable, eventually spooning a catch to mid-off.   McGrath bowled with customary efficiency, conceding only 8 from his first two overs...