Delhi undone by Tiwary as Knight Riders winDelhi undone by Tiwary as Knight Riders win

Manoj Tiwary’s 61 ended up being enough for the Kolkata Knight Riders to defend their 148-7 and beat the Delhi Daredevils by 17 runs in the Indian Premier League.

Delhi skipper Virender Sehwag produced a typical flying start to thrill the home crowd but he could only make 34 before he was sent back to the hutch.

Venugopala Rao and Yogesh Nagar threatened a revival when they hit 38 runs between them for the seventh Delhi wicket, but they could not quite pull it off.

Kolkata spinner Iqbal Abdulla’s deadly spell yielded figures of three for 25 to stop the hosts from gaining any real momentum as they could reach just 131-9 to fall short.

Sent in to bat first, the Knight Riders struggled to amass an imposing total in the face of controlled bowling by the host seamers.