Delhi Daredevils thumps Knight Riders, tops table

The Delhi Daredevils went top of the Indian Premier League with a nine-wicket rout of the Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday.

It's getting hard to keep track of who's on top of the IPL table.

For the third day in a row, there was a new leader, now with the Delhi Daredevils occupying first place after strolling past a luckless Kolkata Knight Riders in Durban.

To make victory even sweeter, one of their key batsmen, Gautam Gambhir, was back among the runs after an indifferent start to the tournament.

Set a target of 155, Delhi rode on a chancy unbeaten half-century by stand-in skipper Gautam Gambhir (71, 57b, 7x4) and recorded a nine-wicket win with an over to spare as Knight Riders’ fielding went to tatters towards the concluding stages.

Kolkata Knight Riders finished with a total that was disappointing, with wickets still in hand, but it was nowhere as disheartening as the shoddiness in the field that was to follow.