J.P. Duminy played a thrilling match to take the Delhi Daredevils to a 4-wicket won over the Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League 7th season at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here Saturday.
Chasing a challenging target of 167, the South African played a strutting knock of 52 not out to take the Daredevils home with a 6 - with 3 balls to spare.
Earlier, the Knight Riders recovered from an early on slump to put up a fighting total of 166/5.
However, Manish Pandey (48) and Robin Uthappa (55) took control of the ship and steered it through the middle overs. The duo provided stability to the innings by a 64-run third-wicket partnership to take the team out of trouble.
Score Details
Kolkata: 166/5 (20)
Delhi: 167/6 (19.3)
Player of the match
J Duminy
