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Follow highlights from match 47 of TATA IPL 2024 between KKR and DC here.
Updated : Apr 29, 2024, 11:11 PM IST
Phil Salt played a phenomenal innings, scoring a brilliant half-century to lead Kolkata Knight Riders to a commanding 7-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals.
Kuldeep Yadav also made a significant contribution with 35 runs, helping DC reach a total of 153 runs for the loss of 9 wickets against KKR. Varun Chakaravarthy stood out with three wickets, supported by Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana with two wickets each, while Sunil Narine and Mitchell Starc chipped in with one wicket apiece.
Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and chose to bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL 2024 match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Rasikh returns to the attack. Six runs! Venkatesh seals the victory with a powerful shot over midwicket. Kolkata Knight Riders claim a seven-wicket victory, maintaining their position as the second-ranked team on the table.
DC 153/9 (20)
KKR 157/3 (16.3)
Shreyas skillfully maneuvers the ball across the field, sending it through fine leg for another boundary. With precision, he manages to hit an outside edge that narrowly escapes the grasp of a diving Kuldeep at third man, resulting in yet another boundary.
Four runs! A back-of-a-length delivery, Salt skillfully punches it through a gap in the covers for a boundary. Six runs! Salt reaches his fifty in just 26 balls with a magnificent shot. The bowler delivers a fuller slow ball, and Salt elegantly lofts it back over the bowler for a six.
Salt sends the ball sailing over the boundary for two consecutive sixes. With a fuller length delivery, Salt confidently lofts the ball straight down the ground for a six. Once again, the bowler delivers a ball in the slot, allowing Salt to expertly loft it over midwicket for another six.
Williams bowled a delivery that was flicked through fine leg for a boundary by Narine. However, Williams overstepped, resulting in Salt facing a free hit ball. The next delivery was a wide ball, leading to another free hit opportunity. Salt took advantage of this by hitting a six over midwicket. Following this, Narine also found the boundary with a well-timed shot through cover. To conclude the over, Narine managed to connect a pull shot for another four runs.
Russell is back into the attack. He delivers a short ball, causing Kuldeep to attempt a shot that results in an edge running away to the boundary for four runs. Another edge leads to another boundary. Kuldeep's efforts help elevate DC's score to 153.
Starc delivered a short ball which Kuldeep attempted to pull, but unfortunately, he top-edged it. Harshit was positioned at deep square and managed to palm the ball over the boundary, resulting in a six. Starc then bowled five wides as he sprayed one down the leg side. Following this, a low full toss from Starc allowed Kuldeep to flick the ball through deep square, earning him a boundary.
Arora enters the game for his third over. He starts off with a short and wide delivery, which proves to be easy pickings for Pant as he effortlessly sends the ball to the backward point boundary for a FOUR. Axar follows up with two consecutive boundaries off Arora, one past third man and the other past backward point.
Sunil Narine has entered the attack. He starts with a short delivery outside off, which is cut straight to backward point. Narine maintains a short length, but Pant manages to swat the ball over deep midwicket for a powerful six.
Vaibhav Arora maintained a consistent line on the leg stump, causing Prithvi Shaw to appear to have nicked the ball to the keeper. Phil Salt, along with every fielder, fervently appealed for the decision. However, the umpire remained unmoved. Upon review by KKR, the decision was ultimately vindicated.
Prithvi Shaw and Jake Fraser-McGurk are at the crease for DC as Mitchell Starc opens the bowling for KKR. Starc delivers a ball well outside off stump, which Shaw elegantly dispatches to the boundary through cover. However, Starc follows it up with a wide delivery. He then attempts to swing the ball back into Shaw's pads, but Shaw expertly plays it off his pads for another boundary through midwicket.
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Rasikh Dar Salam, Lizaad Williams, Khaleel Ahmed
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Pant: We'll bat first. The way our team is poised, would look to put a score on the board. Wicket looks slightly on the slower side. Shaw comes back, Kushagra misses out. Rasikh Dar starts in place of Mukesh I guess. Talk is to take one match at the time.
Shreyas: We were looking to bowl first. Rishabh and I were having a chat - he said 'we're looking to bat' and I said we're looking to bowl. We're trying to keep things as simple as possible. When you lose a game like that, scoring 260, it's easy for people to go away from each other and backbite. But we're keeping everyone together. Starc and Vaibhav Arora are back.
Delhi Capitals may boast the strongest spin duo in the competition, however, Shreyas Iyer has demonstrated his ability to dismantle Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel effectively in previous encounters. The Kolkata Knight Riders skipper, on the other hand, is poised to play a crucial role in the middle overs. Additionally, Varun Chakravarthy has proven his ability to contain Tristan Stubbs and dismiss Rishabh Pant twice in just 28 balls. His contribution will be vital in the middle overs, working in tandem with Sunil Narine.
Delhi Capitals: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kumar Kushagra, Kuldeep Yadav, Lizaad Williams, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Rasikh Dar Salam, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Ricky Bhui, Sumit Kumar, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Lalit Yadav, David Warner, Yash Dhull, Swastik Chikara, Jhye Richardson, Ishant Sharma, Gulbadin Naib
Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Dushmantha Chameera, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mitchell Starc, Allah Ghazanfar, Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya, Nitish Rana, Srikar Bharat