IPL 5 – Match 2 : Delhi pip Kolkata in a contrived game
Match No 02 : Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils at Kolkata on 05.04.12 ; Delhi Daredevils won by eight wickets
BB McCullum’s aggregate at the end of this game stood at 3753 in T20 games. He became the third batsman in T20 game to total 3750 runs. Others are – DJ Hussey {4270} and BJ Hodge {4226}
MK Tiwary failed to score in this game providing the fifth occasion of his being dismissed for a duck in IPL. He became the 12th batsman to be dismissed for a duck on five or more occasions in IPL.
YK Pathan’s zero in this game provides the second occasion of his being dismissed for duck in IPL. It also provides his seventh duck in T20 games.
Delhi won this game by eight wickets providing the 23rd occasion of a team winning a game by eight wickets margin in IPL. It also provides the second occasion of Delhi winning an IPL game by eight wickets margin, the first being its win against Chennai at Chennai on 02.05.08