The Duckworth-Lewis favored the 2nd playing team once again. Earlier, Kings XI scored 104 in rain delayed 12 overs match. After the first over of Delhi Daredevils innings, it rained. Duckworth-Lewis rules said that Delhi should score 54 in 6 overs. When the revised target was set, they were already at 15 for no loss.
Again, in this crucial match, with already one loss, Kings XI didn't have a good start after put into bat by KKR. Goel fell for duck in the 3rd over. Pathan hit quick 32 off 17 balls. He did what was expected of him. Sangakkar scored 26 and the skipper Yuvi scored 38 off 28. Pathan, Yuvi and Jayawardane did some firing, but that did not give a competitive total. The weather was not good and the rain was expected any time. KXI also lost wickets and they did not learn the lesson from the first match.
Ganguly struck twice in the same over--Irfan Pathan was brilliantly caught very close to the boundary line by Murali Karthik and couple of deliveries later, Bopara was caught behind, trying to cut the short ball.
Chasing 159, KKR started well with McCullum and Gayle smashing the ball for six and four. They reached 50 in the 6th over and did not lose a wicket. McCullum was caught behind off VS Malik. But, when rain stopped play in the 10th over, KKR had 79 for 1 in the scoreboard.
As per Duckworth-Lewis method, it is enough if they had 68 on the board, but they were ahead by 11 runs. Earlier, Goel missed an easy chance from Gayle when he was 2. In the fifth over, Gayle hit two fours and a six of Pathan which changed the match.
Scoreboard:
Match # 6
Date: Tuesday April 21, 2009
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders v. Kings XI Punjab
Captains: McCullum and Yuvaraj Singh
Toss: KKR, elected to field
Venue: Kingsmead, Durban
Result: KKR won by 11 runs by D/L method
Points: KKR 2; KXI 0
Man of the Match: Chris Gayle of KKR
Kings XI Punjab Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Bopara | c McCullum b Ganguly | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| Goel | c Gayle b I Sharma | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| I Pathan | c M Kartik b Ganguly | 32 | 17 | 5 | 1 |
| Sangakkara | Run Out (Chopra/McCullum) | 26 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| Yuvaraj Singh | c Y Singh b Henriques | 38 | 28 | 3 | 2 |
| M Jayawardane | Not Out | 31 | 19 | 3 | 1 |
| T Kohli | c McCullum b Dinda | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| P Chawla | Not Out | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 1, w 11) | 12 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 6 wkts in 20 overs | 158 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-9 (Goel, 2.2 ov), 2-47 (Pathan, 6.2 ov), 3-48 (Bopara, 6.4 ov), 4-104 (Sangakkara, 14.1 ov), 5-122 (Yuvraj Singh, 15.4 ov), 6-131 (Kohli, 17.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| I Sharma | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| AB Dinda | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| Henriques | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| Ganguly | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| LR Shukla | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Gayle | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| M Kartik | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Kolkata Knight Riders Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| McCullum | c Sangakkara b VS Malik | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| Gayle | Not Out | 44 | 26 | 2 | 4 |
| Hodge | Not Out | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (w 4) | 4 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 6 wkts in 20 overs | 79 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-57 (McCullum, 5.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| I Pathan | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Y Abdulla | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| VS Malik | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| P Chawla | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bopara | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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