Daredevil Pietersen Drives Delhi

Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils won one-sided games in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday.

Pace bowler Lakshimpathy Balaji's haul of 4-18 helped Kolkata score a 42-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, their first win of the tournament.

Meanwhile, England batsman Kevin Pietersen smashed a quick 43 not out to guide Delhi to an eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings at the Ferozeshah Kotla in New Delhi.

Kolkata scored 8-165 and restricted Bangalore to 9-123, South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis coming up with a fine double of 22 and 2-7 with the ball.

Captain Gautam Gambhir (64) and Manvinder Bisla (46) were the other main performers apart from Balaji.

For Delhi, a spate of run outs helped restrict Chennai to 8-110, Delhi scoring 2-111 in only 13.2 overs.

Pietersen Becomes Delhi Daredevil

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has completed his move to Indian Premier League side Delhi Daredevils.

He signed for Deccan Chargers last year but a double hernia prevented him from playing in the 2011 competition.

Pietersen, who joins Virender Sehwag at Delhi, said on Twitter: "Can't wait to watch Viru from 22 yards."

This year's IPL runs from 4 April to 27 May, but Pietersen is expected to be available for England's Test series against West Indies starting on 17 May.

Pietersen was the joint most expensive overseas player in the inaugural IPL auction in 2009, when Royal Challengers Bangalore paid $1.5m for his services.

The 31-year-old spent two seasons with Bangalore before Deccan signed him for $650,000.

"He brings rich experience, an explosive quality to our batting and can be a more than handy off-spinner as well," said TA Sekhar, head of cricket at Delhi owners GMR Sports.