Australian left-hander Simon Katich scored a confident 75 to steer KingsXI Punjab to an easy four-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils.
After crushing Rajasthan Royals in Delhi and Deccan Chargers in Hyderabad, Daredevils tasted their first defeat in the tournament. The Delhi batsman fell on toes to the Punjab bowlers.
They scored a modest 158-8 in 20 overs. The youngie Manoj Tiwary batted well from the Delhi's side scoring 39 of 34 balls. He was accompanied by Dinesh Karthik 24.
VRV Singh had excellent figures of 3/29. Irfan Pathan also bowled well 2/26.
Chasing a modest target of 159, Katich did not lose nerves despite losing his opening partner Karan Goel (1) and Kumar Sangakkara (4) and made the run chase look easy.
The skipper Yuvraj Singh played a solid 40-run knock and hit the winning runs in the last over.
Mohammed Asif bagged two wickets while Glenn McGrath, Yo Mahesh and Shoaib Malik took a wicket each for Daredevils.
Simon Katich was declared Man Of the Match.
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