#1 Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 2017(Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets)
A team known for squandering an advantage in the IPL is Delhi Daredevils.
In this match, Delhi batted beautifully in the first half of their innings. Shreyas Iyer was a pure class at one end whereas Samson was at his supreme best at the other end for Delhi.
Once Umesh Yadav sent Samson back to the hut in the last ball of 13th over, Delhi's innings took the worst turn, and the momentum shifted in KKR's favour. Daredevils' lower middle order crumbled and managed only 29 runs in their last five overs.
Delhi's bowling attack came back strongly after they lost momentum in batting. Kolkata were 36/1 after five overs with KKR's ystery'batsman Sunil Narine back to the pavilion.
The turning point of the game was the drop catch of Robin Uthappa. Kagiso Rabada banged the ball hard on the deck which surprised Robbin Uthappa. He skied the ball and came down sharply. The two men, Amit Mishra and Sanju Samson, went for the catch. As the ball went high, and neither of them called for the catch, and the ball landed safely.
Uthappa was just on 9 when this mess happened. He scored 59 runs, slamming five fours and four sixes during his knock before getting run-out by his Karnataka team-mate, Karun Nair.
Uthappa dashed the hopes of Delhi Daredevils before getting out, and Kolkata cruised into victory easily.
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