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Delhi vs Kolkata Live Commentary, Match 16, Indian Premier League, 2024, April 3, 2024

KKR 272/7 (20)
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Capitals by 106 runs
DC 166/10 (17.2)
Match over
Kolkata Knight Riders Inning Delhi Capitals Inning
0.0 : TOSS - The flip of the coin lands in favour of Kolkata and they will BAT first.
Delhi (Playing XI) - Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (C/WK), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Rasikh Dar, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed.  
Impact subs nominated by Delhi - Abishek Porel, Kumar Kushagra, Pravin Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Jake Fraser-McGurk.
Kolkata (Playing XI) - Phil Salt (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy. 
Impact subs nominated by Kolkata - Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
Delhi's skipper, Rishabh Pant says they would have batted first too as it might get a bit slow but isn't too worried about it. Adds that he is happy to have performed well last time but wants to take it one game at a time. Mentions that the bowlers did really well in the Powerplay last time which they would want to replicate here as well. Adds that they aren't thinking about the fact they didn't start with Prithvi Shaw and mentions that he got his opportunity when he was ready. Ends by saying
Shreyas Iyer, the captain of Kolkata wins the Toss and opts to bat first. He begins by saying that when he looked at the wicket, it looked like a great surface to bat. Adds that it changed drastically in the last game and that's the reason he chose to bat first. Adds that he had a great journey in Delhi and also says that it is a new journey for him in Kolkata. Adds that the staff and the management have been supportive. He says every team gives different challenges and states that it is impor
All in readiness for the game to begin! The umpires are out in the middle and the Delhi players can be seen in a huddle with David Warner pumping the team up with a few last words. It will be the pairing of Phil Salt and Sunil Narine to open the innings for Kolkata. Khaleel Ahmed has the new ball in hand and would look to get it swinging right away. A first slip and wide slip in place. Let's go...
0.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, What a dramatic start this! FOUR BYES!
0.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, WIDE! Short and deviating outside off on a length, Phil Salt swings for pull shot but misses. It goes beyond the tramline and it is given as a Wide.
Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, No run.
0.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, No run.
0.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, TWO WIDES! Another sharp deviation after pitching! Back of a length, swinging way away outside off, Phil Salt misses to connect and the ball beats his outside edge. Rishabh Pant too, gets beaten and it deflects from his gloves towards gully. They cross.
Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, No run.
0.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, No run.
0.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, No run.
0.0 : Ishant Sharma to operate from the other end.
1.1 : Ishant Sharma to Phil Salt, Jags back on the back of a length around off, Phil Salt gets squared up and it takes his front pad before rolling to the off side. They cross for a leg bye.
1.2 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, Around the wicket this time, on a length, slightly outside off, Sunil Narine clears his front foot and goes for a big shot but only meets thin air as the ball beats the outside edge of his willow.
1.3 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, Ishant bowls it closer to the body this time, and keeps the length the same, Sunil Narine again looks to clear the stands but misses again.
1.4 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, 1 run.
1.5 : Ishant Sharma to Phil Salt, FOUR! Clears the 30-yard circle and gets his first boundary! On the back of a length outside off, Phil Salt stands tall on the bounce and lofts it over covers for a boundary. 
1.6 : Ishant Sharma to Phil Salt, FOUR! Two in two for Salt to end the over!
2.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, In the air...but lands safe and a good bit of work by Tristan Stubbs who saves a certain boundary! On the back of a length on off, Sunil Narine lofts it with no real timing over the bowler's head. It lands in the deep where Stubbs chases and puts in a timely dive to flick the ball before the ropes. Saves two for his team.
2.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Shot!
2.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, 1 run.
2.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, FOUR! Salt on fire! Khaleel overpitches and gives a bit of width outside off, Phil Salt latches onto it and drives it over cover-point for a boundary.
2.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, On the top of off, on the back of a length, Phil Salt misses to connect on his pull shot. The ball carries well to Rishabh Pant.
2.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, FOUR! In the gap and a glorious boundary! Third four of the over. Pulls his length again, slanting it across off on a hard length, Phil Salt stays on the back foot and gloriously punches it off the back foot through the cover-point gap for a cracking boundary. 15 runs off this over and Kolkata are up and running.
3.1 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, SIX! Narine gets into the groove now! Around the wicket comes Ishant and bowls it on off on a good length, Sunil Narine keeps his head still and lofts it over mid off for a maximum.
3.2 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, SIX! Bowl short and he will mercilessly punish you! What a cracking shot! Ishant Sharma lands it short and angling on off, Sunil Narine gets in position quickly before pulling it over deep backward square leg for another six. That sounded so well off the willow.
3.3 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, FOUR! What a shot! This has been an aggressive start from Kolkata!
3.4 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, On the hard length, angling in on the middle, Sunil Narine swings hard at it but this time he fails to connect.
3.5 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, SIX! Wow, just wow! Sit back and admire this batting! Overpitched and around off, Sunil Narine stands tall and simply lofts the ball over mid off for a massive six.
3.6 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Not exactly where he intended but gets a boundary anyways!
0.0 : Anrich Nortje comes into the attack now.
4.1 : Anrich Nortje to Phil Salt, Cannons it on the back of a length, aiming the off-pole, Phil Salt solidly punches it off the back foot.
4.2 : Anrich Nortje to Phil Salt, In the air...and DROPPED! Would you believe it? It is David Warner who has spilled this one! Short and on off, Phil Salt mistimes his pull shot towards deep square leg where David Warner runs forward for the catch and shells it while diving to his front. The batters cross for the double.
4.3 : Anrich Nortje to Phil Salt, OUT! TAKEN! Finally, a breakthrough for Delhi and that dropped catch hasn't done much damage!
Angkrish Raghuvanshi is in at number 3.
4.4 : Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR! Gets off the mark in style! A loosener to follow, on a hard length angling down leg, Angkrish Raghuvanshi swivels and pulls it over short fine for a boundary.
4.5 : Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Four!
4.6 : Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 2 runs.
0.0 : Rasikh Dar to bowl the final over of the Powerplay.
5.1 : Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, Swing and a miss! Starts from around the wicket and bowls it full and wide outside the off stump, Sunil Narine stays put and throws his hands at it but misses.
5.2 : Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Slammed away by Narine! Hard length around the top of off stump, Sunil Narine stands tall and punches it sweetly in front of point for a boundary.
5.3 : Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, SIX! That golf swing is looking stunning from Sunil Narine. Neither full nor short, just sitting up around middle and off, Narine clears the front leg and smokes it over wide long on for a biggie.
5.4 : Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, Back of a length and around off stump, Sunil Narine taps it away towards cover.
5.5 : Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Too easy for Sunil Narine at the moment and this is quite the onslaught from Kolkata.
5.6 : Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, FOUR! FIFTY up for Sunil Narine in absolutely no time at all and at the end of the Powerplay, Kolkata are flying at 88/1! Banged in short and wide, Narine goes after the width and ends up slashing it over backward point for a boundary. 18 off that over and Delhi are under the pump here, the most expensive Powerplay of the season.
6.1 : Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Begins from over the stumps and bowl it on a length angling it onto the stumps, Angkrish Raghuvanshi works it away through mid-wicket and turns the strike over.
6.2 : Sumit Kumar to Sunil Narine, Well bowled! Banged in on a hard length and angled well across the left-hander, Sunil Narine leaves it in hopes of a wide but it is well inside the tramline.
6.4 : Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 1 run.
6.3 : Sumit Kumar to Sunil Narine, Just short! Hard length again and around off stump, Sunil Narine flat-bats it over mid off and Anrich Nortje comes charging in from the boundary. The ball is always dying on him and Nortje just can't get to it but does keep it down to a single.
6.5 : Sumit Kumar to Sunil Narine, A tad short and wide, Sunil Narine cuts it away hard but straight to deep point for a single.
6.6 : Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, A tidy over from Sumit Kumar and Delhi will be relieved to have not conceded a boundary in that over. Fuller in length and outside off, driven nicely on the up and wide of long off for a run, just 5 singles off it.
7.1 : Axar Patel to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR! Cheeky but effective enough! Axar starts on a dragged length on off stump, Angkrish Raghuvanshi straightaway goes for the reverse sweep and manages to get a top edge over short third man and the ball rolls away to the fence.
7.2 : Axar Patel to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, On the shorter side and over the stumps tucked away through mid-wicket for a single.
7.3 : Axar Patel to Sunil Narine, SIX! Up, up and away! Fuller in length and right in the swinging arc around middle, Sunil Narine keeps the front leg out of the way and slogs it over deep mid-wicket for another maximum.
7.4 : Axar Patel to Sunil Narine, Shortens the length and throws this one wide of the off stump, Sunil Narine has to adjust and reach for it before lofting it over covers for one.
7.5 : Axar Patel to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Leg bye! More than half a shout for LBW but probably hitting outside the line. Pushed through a bit fuller and around off, straightening off the deck, Angkrish Raghuvanshi tentatively plays at it and the ball rolls off the pads to short third. They get a leg bye.
7.6 : Axar Patel to Sunil Narine, SIX! Wow, Sunil Narine is making a mockery of this Delhi attack!
8.1 : Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 1 run.
8.2 : Sumit Kumar to Sunil Narine, A bit fuller and bowled well wide of the off stump, Sunil Narine looks to fetch the ball and go across the line but cue-ends it towards cover for a single.
8.3 : Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, On a good length around off stump, punched away to cover.
8.4 : Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 2 runs.
8.5 : Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX! Stylishly done by Angkrish Raghuvanshi! A bit fuller and angled into the pads, Angkrish Raghuvanshi just picks it up and flicks it nonchalantly over deep square leg for a biggie.
8.6 : Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR! Cut away and cut away to perfection! Slightly short and wide, Angkrish Raghuvanshi latches onto the width quickly and cuts it well behind point for yet another boundary. This is some sensational batting and Delhi look out of ideas.
0.0 : Strategic Break!
9.1 : Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, WIDE! Not the right start from Marsh. Banged in halfway down the track and this one loops up over the bowler's head for a wide.
Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, FOUR! The bowlers keep changing but Narine keeps finding the fence. Hard length, trying to angle it across the left-hander but Narine manages to reach out and powers it uppishly through extra cover for a boundary.
9.2 : Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, Good length outside off stump, flat-batted down to David Warner at long off for a single.
9.3 : Mitchell Marsh to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Takes pace off and bowls it at the body of the batter, Angkrish Raghuvanshi works it away in between deep mid-wicket and long on for just a single.
9.4 : Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, Back of a length over middle and leg, not much room for Sunil Narine and he forces the pull shot down to long on for a run.
9.5 : Mitchell Marsh to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Slightly back of a length and angled into the legs, flicked away uppishly through the mid-wicket region for one more.
9.6 : Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, A rare dot to end the over! Brings out the surprise bumper and bowls it a bit outside off stump around head height. Sunil Narine leaves it for a wide but the umpire deems it fine.
10.1 : Rasikh Dar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Over the wicket on the back of a length around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi slashes hard but only gets a thickish inside edge onto the pitch.
9.6 : Rasikh Dar (1-0-18-0) is back on.
10.2 : Rasikh Dar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Straighter and on a length around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi punches it from the middle of the willow to the cover fielder who dives and makes a good stop. Allows only a solitary run to be taken.
10.3 : Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, WIDE! Around the wicket and outside the tramline. Sunil Narine leaves it. Wide given by the Umpire.
Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, A low full toss angling in on the middle, Sunil Narine flicks it toward deep mid-wicket for a single.
10.4 : Rasikh Dar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX! No mercy whatsoever. Innovation at its best! Outside off on a length, Angkrish Raghuvanshi employs the reverse scoops it over deep third for a maximum.
10.5 : Rasikh Dar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, A rare dot ball! On a hard length angling in from outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi gets beaten on the back foot punch.
10.6 : Rasikh Dar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX! He is timing the ball beautifully! 150 up for Kolkata and they are already eyeing for a gigantic total here. On the back of a length on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi picks the length early and gets in position quickly before aerially picking it up over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.
11.1 : Anrich Nortje to Sunil Narine, Aims the woods on a yorker length on the leg stump line, Sunil Narine flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. This is his highest score in this competition now.
11.2 : Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, On a good length at off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi whips it to deep mid-wicket for one.
11.3 : Anrich Nortje to Sunil Narine, SIX! Clears the ropes in style!
11.4 : Anrich Nortje to Sunil Narine, Length ball at the stumps, Sunil Narine drags it to deep square leg and gets a single.
11.5 : Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Aims the off stump on a length, Angkrish Raghuvanshi guides the ball off the back foot toward deep third for a single.
11.6 : Anrich Nortje to Sunil Narine, Short in length on the top of middle at 144 clicks, Sunil Narine mistimes his pull shot over mid-wicket for a couple of runs to end the over. 12 runs from this over.
12.1 : Mitchell Marsh to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Over the wicket hustles Marsh, and bowls it on a nagging length angling on the pads, Angkrish Raghuvanshi waits for it and flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single and moves on to 49. 
12.2 : Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, Short, slanting away from outside off, Sunil Narine offers no shot at it.
12.3 : Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, WIDE! Way outside off on a length, Sunil Narine leaves it alone and the Umpire signals for a Wide.
Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Mitchell Marsh dismisses the dangerous man Sunil Narine. But what a sensational knock from him!  Marsh continues to bowl on the short length across off, Sunil Narine skips a couple of steps ahead looking to clear the in-field but he finds himself in a weird position, and the ball takes the faint outside edge of his bat. Rishabh Pant does the rest behind the wickets with a regulation grab. Sunil Narine departs on a blistering 85 off ju
0.0 : Andre Russell is pushed up the order at number 4.
12.4 : Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, 1 run.
12.5 : Mitchell Marsh to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, A solid knock from Angkrish Raghuvanshi as he gets his fifty on his debut! He has cultivated this inning with style and responsibility. Back of a length outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi guides it to short third for a single.
12.6 : Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, WIDE! A steep bumper from Marsh outside off. Wide given.
Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, FOUR! In the gap and Dre Russ gets his first boundary. Offers a half-volley on the stumps, Andre Russell clears his front leg and aerially plays it over mid-wicket for a boundary. The two converging fielders in the deep fail to stop the ball and the ball bisects them into the fence.
13.1 : Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR! Stylish wristy work and gets the reward!
13.2 : Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Wide!
Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, OUT! TAKEN! Ishant Sharma was intentionally stationed in the deep and it does the trick!  Bowls it short and outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi uses the pace of the ball and tries to guide it over deep third but he finds Ishant Sharma who doesn't move an inch and takes a good catch. A splendid inning from this young lad comes to an end.
13.3 : Anrich Nortje to Shreyas Iyer, No run.
13.2 : Skipper, Shreyas Iyer is the new man in.
13.4 : Anrich Nortje to Shreyas Iyer, Short in length, on the top of the middle and off, Shreyas Iyer pulls it over square leg for a single and gets off the mark.
13.5 : Anrich Nortje to Andre Russell, FOUR! You can't keep him quiet for long. This is slapped hard and in the gap! A shade fuller in length on off, Andre Russell clears his front foot and creates a strong base before slapping it through cover-point for a cracking boundary.
13.6 : Anrich Nortje to Andre Russell, On the back of a length around off at 148 clicks, Andre Russell gets beaten on the cut shot. Another over that went for double figures, 10 from it.
14.1 : Rasikh Dar to Shreyas Iyer, Short, outside off, Shreyas Iyer drags it across towards deep mid-wicket for a brace. A good effort in the deep by Sumit Kumar who sprints from the deep square leg region and stops the ball before the fence. Saves two.
14.2 : Rasikh Dar to Shreyas Iyer, A muted query for caught behind from Rasikh Dar but Rishabh Pant denies to go upstairs.
14.3 : Rasikh Dar to Shreyas Iyer, A low full toss on the pads, Shreyas Iyer easily flicks it to deep square leg for a single.
14.4 : Rasikh Dar to Andre Russell, SIX! A gift and Russell accepts it with both hands! Full toss on offer on off, Andre Russell picks it up aerially and deposits it into the stands behind deep mid-wicket.
14.5 : Rasikh Dar to Andre Russell, FOUR! What a shot! Overpitched outside off, Andre Russell gets low on one knee and accesses the gap towards deep backward point for a boundary.
14.6 : Rasikh Dar to Andre Russell, Slows down the pace a bit on the off stump line, Andre Russell goes for a big shot again but the pace off allows only a single as he mistimes it to widish mid on.
15.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, WIDE! The attempted slower one, bowled full and wide, a bit too wide though for the umpire's liking.
Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, Swing and a miss! Sticks to the plan and gets it bang on. This is bowled full and wide, Andre Russell tries to fetch it and heave across the line but is well beaten.
15.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, SIX! Not this time though as Andre Russell goes over the off side and manages to clear the fence.
15.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, WIDE! Changes the angle by coming around the stumps but pushes the ball outside the tramline on the off side. Left alone for a wide.
Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, Oh, Khaleel Ahmed is lucky to have got away with that. A high full toss around the fifth stump line and Andre Russell is just surprised by it and is late to play at it.
15.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, Full and wide, gets it in the blockhole this time. Andre Russell jams it out to covers for a single.
15.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, Hits the deck hard and angles it in from around the off stump, Shreyas Iyer hangs back to pull but gets it high on the bat down to long on for a run.
15.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, No run.
16.1 : Mitchell Marsh to Shreyas Iyer, Slightly back of a length and outside off, Shreyas Iyer stands tall and slaps it away to sweeper cover for one.
0.0 : Strategic Break! Time for another strategic break. Well, nothing has changed from the previous one as Kolkata batters are attacking the Delhi bowlers right, left, and center. They have already breached the 200-run mark with four overs remaining in the bank, and more importantly, with Andre Russell standing unbeaten on the crease. He has already shown glimpses of what he is intending to do in the slog overs. Delhi will aim to get him out right after the break and slow down the scoring rate. Mitc
16.2 : Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, FOUR! Streaky but will do nicely for Dre Russ and Kolkata.
16.3 : Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, WIDE! Another bumper, dug in short and over the stumps, Andre Russell ducks under it and a wide is signalled.
Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, SIX! High and long enough! Off-paced delivery, short and around offstump, Andre Russell is a bit early in his swing but that raw power of his takes the ball sailing over the head of the fielder at deep mid-wicket for a maximum.
16.4 : Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, Goes full and straight and nails the yorker, Andre Russell digs it out off the leading edge to mid off for an easy single.
16.5 : Mitchell Marsh to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! What a sound the ball made when it left the bat, wow! Too short again from Marsh but not much pace behind it and this is pushed outside off. Shreyas Iyer doesn't move his feet much and just drags the pull cleanly over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.
16.6 : Mitchell Marsh to Shreyas Iyer, Full and straight at the stumps, jammed out firmly to mid off for no run. Can Kolkata surpass that unprecedented total of 277 which was put on by Hyderabad a few days back?
17.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, WIDE! Full and wide outside the off stump, Andre Russell tries to reach it but fails to do so and a wide is called. Also, the ball is spilled behind the stumps and the batters pick up a late single as well which didn't quite please the Delhi players, sloppy from them.
Khaleel Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Oh, that's gone all the way! Misses the wide yorker and serves a low full toss instead, Shreyas Iyer just reaches out, one hand comes off the handle and the ball gets sliced over the third man fence for a maximum.
17.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Some relief for Khaleel Ahmed and Delhi as Shreyas Iyer departs.
0.0 : Rinku Singh walks out to the middle at number 6 for Kolkata.
17.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Rinku Singh, WIDE! Full and wide outside off, really close to the tramline but just swinging away. Rinku Singh leaves it alone for a wide.
Khaleel Ahmed to Rinku Singh, No ball! Oh, dear! That was a beamer from Khaleel Ahmed and this over is getting lenghtier every ball.
17.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, A pacy short ball, pushed wide of the off stump, Andre Russell goes after it but only connects with thin air.
17.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, 1 run.
17.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, Delhi are feeling the heat as Sumit Kumar now fumbles in the deep. Short of a length and angled well across the off stump, Andre Russell slashes it away to deep cover-point where Sumit misfields and allows the second run.
17.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Rinku Singh, Over the wicket and outside off on a length, Rinku Singh drives it towards covers and quickly completes the single to end the over. 
0.0 : Anrich Nortje (3-0-34-2) to bowl the penultimate over. Khaleel Ahmed has been subbed out and Abishek Porel has taken the field in his place.
Adding to the misery, Delhi are running way behind the clock being 3 overs behind. An extra fielder will now have to be inside the 30-yard circle
18.1 : Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, SIX! Not a bad ball really but Rinku Singh gets a maximum. Full and wide, angling away at 137 clicks, Singh stays low and just slices it away over deep backward point, using the pace and for a maximum.
18.2 : Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, SIX! Slam-dunked over deep extra cover and the 250 is up for Kolkata! Goes for the wide yorker but ends up serving a low full toss, Rinku Singh stays low again and thumps it over covers for a biggie.
18.3 : Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, Hard length outside off, Rinku Singh goes hard at it and slashes it away over the point region, on the bounce to Axar Patel in the deep and they sprint back for two runs.
18.4 : Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, Wide!
Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, SIX! That is massive and Kolkata are inching closer to that highest total. Just too full and in the slot outside off, Rinku Singh gets under it and whacks it a long way over wide long off for a third maximum of the over.
18.5 : Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, FOUR! 25 off the over and there's still one ball remaining! Back of a length and outside off, enough room for Rinku Singh to get his hands through the ball and hammer it away through covers for a boundary.
18.6 : Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, OUT! c David Warner b Anrich Nortje.
0.0 : Venkatesh Iyer walks in at number 7. It will be Ishant Sharma to bowl the final over of the first innings.
19.1 : Ishant Sharma to Andre Russell, OUT! TIMBER! Delivery of the day and even Andre Russell has to applaud that one!
0.0 : Ramandeep Singh is in at number 8. Will Kolkata breach 277? Let's find out.
19.2 : Ishant Sharma to Ramandeep Singh, Oh, dear! That could have been nasty!
19.3 : Ishant Sharma to Ramandeep Singh, OUT! CAUGHT! Ishant Sharma is just gathering some momentum here for Delhi before the innings break. Slightly slower and bowled into the pitch, well wide of the off stump. Ramandeep Singh has to really reach for it and can't quite keep his balance whilst looking to go over covers. The ball gets sliced to the left of cover where Prithvi Shaw takes a comfortable running catch.
Mitchell Starc is next to bat now.
19.4 : Ishant Sharma to Mitchell Starc, 1 run.
19.5 : Ishant Sharma to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! Venkatesh Iyer finally gets on strike and picks up a boundary right away. Pitched up around off stump, Iyer stays really deep in the crease and just shimmies to the off side before thumping it flat over the bowler's head for a boundary. Kolkata can still equal that 277 total with a maximum here.
19.6 : Ishant Sharma to Venkatesh Iyer, No, Hyderabad fans can relax as their highest total is still intact! Ishant Sharma nails the yorker this time and gets it around the off stump, Venkatesh Iyer stays deep and looks to power it away but toe-ends it towards mid-wicket for a single. Just 8 off the final over but Kolkata finish with a gigantic total of 272/7 on the board!
0.0 : An anti-climatic final over after a sensational batting display throughout. What an electrifying first half, a glimpse of what we saw a few days ago in Hyderabad. Fans were treated to absolute carnage and a barrage of maximums, with 18 sixes and 22 fours lighting up the match. But unarguably, Kolkata has an upper hand as they end their innings, being just five short of the highest total in the history of this great tournament.
Kolkata exploded with an onslaught of aggressive strokes, spearheaded by the dynamic duo of Phil Salt and Sunil Narine. Salt played a strong quick cameo up top. Meanwhile, Narine, after a tentative start, transformed into a powerhouse, launching a ferocious assault on the bowlers with his audacious strokeplay. Narine blazed his way to a blistering fifty in the blink of an eye. He mercilessly punished all the loose deliveries that came his way and toyed around the fielding restrictions. Kolkata
Meanwhile, the Delhi bowlers found themselves under intense pressure from the very beginning, as they struggled to contain the flow of runs. To be frank, their bowling lacked consistency in both line and length, allowing the Kolkata batters plenty of opportunities to play their attacking strokes. Adding to their troubles was a lack of sharpness in the field, compounding their woes on what turned out to be a dismal day for the team. It seemed like nothing went according to plan, with runs being c
Angkrish Raghuvanshi is down for a quick chat for his fantastic 54 off 27 balls. He says that when he went out to bat, he just watched the ball and didn't think much. Adds that he just backed his instincts and it turned out to be positive and says that it was box-office stuff watching Narine at the other end. Reckons that the game isn't over and everything was coming onto the bat but believes that they have quality spinners.
Right then, Delhi has a mammoth total to chase, and the onus will be on how their openers initiate the innings. Kolkata will feel they have way more than enough runs on the board, but given the nature of this tournament, they can't afford to sit too close to comfort. Stay tuned for the run chase to begin!
... The Run Chase...
We are back with the all-important run chase to commence. The two Umpires make their way out to the middle. Kolkata players are seen in the last minute-huddle before spreading out in the field. 
0.1 : Mitchell Starc to David Warner, Off the mark right away! Bowled on a shorter length around off at 138 clicks, David Warner gets on his toes and plays it with and angled bat, slightly uppishly as well and wide of third man for a single.
0.2 : Mitchell Starc to Prithvi Shaw, Nagging length, around off stump and angling away at 140.5 clicks, Prithvi Shaw stays watchful and just pushes it out to covers.
0.3 : Mitchell Starc to Prithvi Shaw, No run there!
0.4 : Mitchell Starc to Prithvi Shaw, Off the mark! Fullish length around middle and swinging back in late at over 144 clicks, Prithvi Shaw manages to use his wrists and flicks it away through mid-wicket for a couple of runs.
0.5 : Mitchell Starc to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Up and away! Banged in well short and outside the off stump, Prithvi Shaw goes after it with no intention of keeping it down and gets it fine of third man for the first boundary of the chase.
0.6 : Mitchell Starc to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries to end the over!
0.0 : Vaibhav Arora, the Impact Sub for Kolkata to operate from the other end.
1.1 : Vaibhav Arora to David Warner, FOUR! Poor delivery to start with and David Warner helps himself to an easy boundary. Way too short and angled down the leg side, Warner just helps it fine of short fine and collects four runs.
1.2 : Vaibhav Arora to David Warner, FOUR! That one surprised David Warner but he gets away with it. Short of a length and at the hips, Warner flicks the ball off the top edge and the ball goes high and over Sunil Narine at short fine leg for another boundary.
1.3 : Vaibhav Arora to David Warner, WIDE! Goes full and wide now, this one swings further away and David Warner cannot reach it. Wide called.
Vaibhav Arora to David Warner, Pitches this one up around leg stump, getting it to nip away, David Warner with an open stance just nudges it in front of mid-wicket for a quick single.
1.4 : Vaibhav Arora to Prithvi Shaw, A huge and prolonged appeal for LBW but the umpire remains unmoved. Shreyas Iyer does review it at the very last second. Vaibhav Arora brings out the big inswinger and bowls it on a good length around off. This one comes back in a long way and Prithvi Shaw misses the flick, wearing it high on the pads. There's nothing on UltraEdge and Ball Tracking shows that the ball was going over the stumps. Kolkata lose an early review here.
0.0 : Is that a fair catch? The on-field Umpire sends it upstairs. The replays role in from several angles. The split screen comes up now. It confirms that Varun Chakaravarthy's fingers are underneath the ball and it has been called as a fair catch. Prithvi Shaw walks back.
1.5 : Vaibhav Arora to Prithvi Shaw, OUT! CAUGHT! Excellent from Varun Chakaravarthy and the lack of foot movement has cost Prithvi Shaw big time here.
0.0 : Mitchell Marsh walks in to bat at number 3 for Delhi.
1.6 : Vaibhav Arora to Mitchell Marsh, No run.
2.1 : Mitchell Starc to David Warner, 4 Leg byes.
2.2 : Mitchell Starc to David Warner, Nice and full outside the off stump, shaping away, David Warner looks to play the cover drive but is well beaten.
2.3 : Mitchell Starc to David Warner, Well bowled! Nice and full again on off stump and swinging away at 144 clicks, David Warner plays it late and with soft hands towards cover.
2.4 : Mitchell Starc to David Warner, Pitched up around middle stump, David Warner leans on and punches it firmly back to the bowler and the ball deflects off Starc's hands towards mid-wicket as Warner scampers across for a run.
2.5 : Mitchell Starc to Mitchell Marsh, OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the man and Mitchell Marsh cannot believe it!
0.0 : Abishek Porel, the Impact Sub for Delhi has been promoted to number 4.
2.6 : Mitchell Starc to Abishek Porel, Beauty! One wicket and Mitchell Starc has his tail up! Nagging length, in and around the off stump and beautifully shaping away at 144 clicks. Abishek Porel tries to play at it but the ball whizzes past the outside edge.
3.1 : Vaibhav Arora to David Warner, Still, the ball continues to move and the Delhi batters look unsure out there.
3.2 : Vaibhav Arora to David Warner, Full and outside off, steered away with the angle through backward point for one by Warner.
3.3 : Vaibhav Arora to Abishek Porel, Gets away with it! A bit too straight and serves a half-volley on the pads, Abishek Porel times the flick well but hits it straight to the fielder at mid-wicket. Delhi can't find the gaps at the moment.
3.4 : Vaibhav Arora to Abishek Porel, No run.
3.5 : Vaibhav Arora to Abishek Porel, Three dots on the trot! Full and straight, shaping back in a bit, Abishek Porel firms it back to the bowler and just the single off it with one ball remaining.
3.6 : Vaibhav Arora to Abishek Porel, OUT! CAUGHT! What a well-directed short ball that was!
0.0 : The Delhi skipper, Rishabh Pant walks out to the middle to rescue his team from an early trouble.
4.1 : Mitchell Starc to David Warner, Back of a length and in the channel around off at 142 clicks, David Warner hops back and nudges it down to backward point.
4.2 : Mitchell Starc to David Warner, SIX! David Warner seems to have had enough and just picks the screws out of that one.
4.3 : Mitchell Starc to David Warner, OUT! b Mitchell Starc.
0.0 : Tristan Stubbs is in at number 6.
4.4 : Mitchell Starc to Tristan Stubbs, No run.
4.5 : Mitchell Starc to Tristan Stubbs, Full and straight, driven without much timing towards mid off for a single.
4.6 : Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, SIX! Rishabh Pant gets off the mark in style!
0.0 : Vaibhav Arora (2-0-11-2) to continue for his third over.
5.1 : Vaibhav Arora to Tristan Stubbs, Steams in briskly and hits the deck hard, just around off, Tristan Stubbs tucks it to the leg side.
5.2 : Vaibhav Arora to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR! Nicely played and placed! Angles in considerably from outside off on a length, Tristan Stubbs stays in the crease and punches it through point for a boundary.
5.3 : Vaibhav Arora to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR! Luckily he gets a four!
5.4 : Vaibhav Arora to Tristan Stubbs, An inswinging yorker at the middle, Tristan Stubbs gets his bat down in time and pats it back to the bowler.
5.5 : Vaibhav Arora to Tristan Stubbs, A bit short in length and on the stumps, Tristan Stubbs pulls it with no real timing on it over mid-wicket for a single.
5.6 : Vaibhav Arora to Rishabh Pant, WIDE! Too short into the pitch and over the batter's head. Wide given.
Vaibhav Arora to Rishabh Pant, A single to end the over. Full, on the pads, Rishabh Pant flicks it towards deep square leg for a single. End of the mandatory Powerplay and Delhi are reeling at 51/4.
6.1 : Andre Russell to Rishabh Pant, Dre Russ comes into the attack and lands it on off on a fuller length, Rishabh Pant gets ahead covering his off stump and drives it past covers for a single.
6.2 : Andre Russell to Tristan Stubbs, No run.
6.3 : Andre Russell to Tristan Stubbs, Keeps the attack on the stumps on a length, Tristan Stubbs opens the face of the bat and guides the ball off the back foot towards deep third for an easy single.
6.4 : Andre Russell to Rishabh Pant, SIX! The fielder looked interested in the deep but watches it sail over. Overpitched on the stumps, Rishabh Pant picks it uppishly over deep square leg for a six.
6.5 : Andre Russell to Rishabh Pant, SIX! Clears the fence again! Short and on the body, Rishabh Pant swivels quickly and pulls it over deep backward square leg for another maximum.
6.6 : Andre Russell to Rishabh Pant, Oh, extra pace on that one. Lands it short and further shoots up off the deck on the middle stump line, Rishabh Pant arches back and lets it carry through to the keeper.
7.1 : Sunil Narine to Tristan Stubbs, Narine starts off from over the wicket, drops it on the stump line, full in length, Tristan Stubbs prods ahead and eases it to the leg side.
7.2 : Sunil Narine to Tristan Stubbs, On off and on a length, Tristan Stubbs tucks it through mid-wicket for an easy single.
7.3 : Sunil Narine to Rishabh Pant, Stretches his length across off, Rishabh Pant sits down and sweeps it past square leg for a single.
7.4 : Sunil Narine to Tristan Stubbs, Fires it in on off, and keeps the length full, Tristan Stubbs reverse sweeps it off the gloves for a leg bye.
7.5 : Sunil Narine to Rishabh Pant, Short and on the middle, Rishabh Pant pulls it off the back foot towards deep mid-wicket for a brace.
7.6 : Sunil Narine to Rishabh Pant, Carrom ball on offer on a short length, turning in a bit from middle, Rishabh Pant gets deceived by the late turn and somehow manages to ease it to the right of the keeper.
8.1 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, SIX! BOOM! Varun Chakaravarthy gets greeted with a massive strike. Lands it right into the hitting arc on the middle, Tristan Stubbs clears his front foot before clobbering it into the stands beyond deep mid-wicket for a maximum.
8.2 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, No run.
8.3 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, SIX! Up, up, and away! Wow! Short in length on the stumps, Tristan Stubbs quickly transfers the weight on the back foot and slaps it aerially down the ground for a massive six.
8.4 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, DROPPED! Shreyas Iyer spills an absolute sitter! Short, quick, and on the stumps, Tristan Stubbs pulls it off the back foot aerially straight towards Shreyas Iyer who drops it at deep mid-wicekt. They cross one.
8.5 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Rishabh Pant, No run.
8.6 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Rishabh Pant, No run.
0.0 : Strategic break! Well, this game seems to be heavily stacked against Delhi at the moment as they have lost 4 wickets and are scoring under 10 runs per over. The Kolkata pacers have done extremely well to take wickets inside the Powerplay and pile on the pressure on the opposition. Rishabh Pant and Tristan Stubbs have both started to fire but from here on, Delhi will need more than a miracle to turn things around and get the win.
9.1 : Sunil Narine to Tristan Stubbs, Full in length, around off, Tristan Stubbs leans onto the ball and drives it along the carpet for a single toward long off. 50 run stand comes up between the two.
9.2 : Sunil Narine to Rishabh Pant, No run.
9.3 : Sunil Narine to Rishabh Pant, Hides the ball and bowls it on a length around off, Rishabh Pant goes for a sweep and gets it off the back of the bat and then onto his helmet to the leg side.
9.4 : Sunil Narine to Rishabh Pant, Short and outside off, Rishabh Pant mistimes to cut it through point.
9.3 : A slight halt in the play as the Delhi physio walks out to perform a concussion check on Rishabh Pant but thankfully, he seems fine. We can now continue.
9.5 : Sunil Narine to Rishabh Pant, Shade full, on the stumps, Rishabh Pant advances down the track and drives it to deep mid-wicket for one.
9.6 : Sunil Narine to Tristan Stubbs, On off, and on a length, turning a bit in as well, Tristan Stubbs rocks back quickly and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs to end the over.
10.1 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Rishabh Pant, Quick and flat on off stump, Rishabh Pant stays put and whips it away past square leg for a single.
10.2 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.
10.3 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Rishabh Pant, Bowls it a bit fuller and fires it wide of the off stump, Rishabh Pant reaches out and toe-ends it firmly down to long off for one.
10.4 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, WIDE! That is a big wide! Full and wide outside the off stump and this one almost landed beyond thye cut strip.
Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, Goes back to bowling it straight and fires it in at 108 clicks, Tristan Stubbs keeps the front leg out of the way and flicks it through mid-wicket for just another single.
10.5 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Rishabh Pant, 1 run.
10.6 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR! Too much heat on that one and even Andre Russell can't cut it off! Full and straight and well over 100 clicks, Tristan Stubbs manages to make a bit of room and drills it back past the bowler and to the left of long on for a boundary.
Venkatesh Iyer is into the attack. He replaces Sunil Narine.
11.1 : Venkatesh Iyer to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Just enough bat on it!
11.2 : Venkatesh Iyer to Rishabh Pant, SIX! How has that gone all the way? Back of a length around off and angling in, Rishabh Pant keeps his shape and muscles it against the angle, powering it over deep cover for a biggie.
11.3 : Venkatesh Iyer to Rishabh Pant, SIX! This is vintage Rishabh Pant! Comes from over the wicket now and bowls it full done leg, Rishabh Pant gets quite low and uses quick hands to just flick it away almost even without looking and gets it over fine leg for another maximum. 16 off the over with 3 balls to go.
11.4 : Venkatesh Iyer to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Make that 20 with 2 balls to go. Misses the wide yorker and ends up serving a low full toss, Rishabh Pant throws his hands at it and hammers it square through cover-point for a boundary.
11.5 : Venkatesh Iyer to Rishabh Pant, FOUR MORE! FIFTY up for Rishabh Pant and he makes it back-to-back fifties, what a return for the southpaw!
11.6 : Venkatesh Iyer to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Wow, a hattrick of boundaries to end the over and Delhi pick up 28 runs off it! Goes full and wide, Rishabh Pant reaches out and manages to slice the ball away through the point region for another four. That's the most expensive over of the game and Venkatesh Iyer might not get the ball again for a while.
Varun Chakaravarthy (2-0-23-0) to continue.
12.1 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, Comes from around the stumps and bowls it very full at the toes, Tristan Stubbs makes some room and slog-sweeps it away without much timing to deep mid-wicket for a single.
0.0 : Axar Patel walks in at number 7 with half of Delhi's side in the sheds.
12.2 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Rishabh Pant, OUT! CAUGHT! It was coming and eventually, Rishabh Pant does mistime one in an attempt to keep going hard.
12.3 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Axar Patel, OUT! CAUGHT! Straight in and straight out for Axar Patel as Delhi slump further. Varun Chakaravarthy tosses this one up a bit and bowls it on off and middle stump. Axar tries to take him on right away and looks to go downtown but ends up shaking it over mid on. A couple of fielders run towards it but it is the substitute fielder Manish Pandey who charges in from the deep and dives forward to take an excellent catch.
Sumit Kumar is the new batter in for Delhi.
12.4 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Sumit Kumar, Wide!
Varun Chakaravarthy to Sumit Kumar, A half-hearted appeal for LBW but it is turned down. Shreyas Iyer has a think about it and does take the review.
12.5 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Sumit Kumar, 1 run.
12.6 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.
0.0 : Sunil Narine (2-0-8-0) is called back into the attack.
13.2 : Sunil Narine to Tristan Stubbs, Six!
13.1 : Sunil Narine to Tristan Stubbs, Nice and full around off, Tristan Stubbs looks for the slog-sweep but gets it off the cue end of the bat towards the off side.
13.3 : Sunil Narine to Tristan Stubbs, Six!
13.4 : Sunil Narine to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run.
13.5 : Sunil Narine to Sumit Kumar, Fractionally short and around middle, turning in, Sumit Kumar plays all over it and misses the ball.
13.6 : Sunil Narine to Sumit Kumar, SIX! What a cracking shot that!
14.1 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, FIFTY for Tristan Stubbs and he yet again proves to be one of the standouts of Delhi's underwhelming season so far. Full and straight, just eased down to long on for a single.
14.2 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Sumit Kumar, Leg bye! Shorter and on the pads, Sumit Kumar fails to flick it away and the ball goes off the pads to short fine leg. They pick up a leg bye.
14.3 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, No ball! Don't know what Varun Chakaravarthy was trying there but that is a wild delivery.
Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, No run.
14.4 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR! Solid hit!
14.5 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, OUT! CAUGHT! Tristan Stubbs just had to keep pushing and ends up getting out in the process.
Rasikh Dar is the new batter in at number 9.
14.6 : Varun Chakaravarthy to Rasikh Dar, Half a shout for LBW but not given and Kolkata are out of reviews.
15.1 : Sunil Narine to Sumit Kumar, OUT! TAKEN! Another one falls and it is finishing quite quickly now!
15.2 : Sunil Narine to Anrich Nortje, Bowls a carrom ball, on a length, Anrich Nortje misses to pick the line and gets beaten getting a ping on the front pad.
15.3 : Sunil Narine to Anrich Nortje, Another carrom ball outside off, Anrich Nortje drives it to sweepers for a single.
0.0 : Strategic break! Well, this game seems to be done and dusted and Kolkata are heading towards a massive win which would also make it three out of three for them. The Delhi middle order has fought valiantly but the damage done at the top was just too much to repair and they will have to go back to the drawing board. Let's see how many more runs can Delhi get. Also, Anrich Nortje walks out to bat now.
15.4 : Sunil Narine to Rasikh Dar, Too full, on the leg stump, Rasikh Dar sits down to sweep but fails to connect and it brushes off his pads.
15.5 : Sunil Narine to Rasikh Dar, No run.
15.6 : Sunil Narine to Rasikh Dar, Gets the ball to turn in on a length, around off, Rasikh Dar flicks it off the back foot for a single toward deep mid-wicket. Sunil Narine ends his spell with decent figures of (4-0-29-1).
16.1 : Vaibhav Arora to Rasikh Dar, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Vaibhav Arora gets his third and he has used his short deliveries to precision!
0.0 : Ishant Sharma is the last man in.
16.2 : Vaibhav Arora to Ishant Sharma, Short in length again around off, Ishant Sharma moves to the leg side and looks to cut but gets beaten.
16.3 : Vaibhav Arora to Ishant Sharma, Nails a precise yorker, Ishant Sharma somehow jams his bat and squeezes it to the off side.
16.4 : Vaibhav Arora to Ishant Sharma, 1 run.
16.5 : Vaibhav Arora to Anrich Nortje, WIDE! A steep bumper on the stumps over the batter's head. Wide given.
16.6 : Vaibhav Arora to Anrich Nortje, Short again and outside off, Anrich Nortje pulls it and gets it off the bottom end of the bat towards mid off for a single. Excellent bowling spell from Vaibhav Arora as he finishes off with tremendous figures of 4-0-27-3.
16.5 : Vaibhav Arora to Anrich Nortje, Bowls a slower one on a shortish length, Anrich Nortje cuts it off the top edge that flies over the slip cordon. They take two.
17.1 : Andre Russell to Anrich Nortje, Slow and on a length, Anrich Nortje swings and misses.
17.2 : Andre Russell to Anrich Nortje, OUT! TAKEN! DONE AND DUSTED! KOLKATA WIN BY A HUGE MARGIN OF 106 RUNS! This is the first time they have won the first three games on the trot in this competition.  This is a well-directed bumper on the stumps, Anrich Nortje mistimes the pull shot straight into the hands of the skipper Shreyas Iyer stationed at mid on. A massive victory for Kolkata which will tremendously inflate their net run rate. They still remain unbeaten in this season and climb to t
0.0 : Wow, what a win here for Kolkata as they make it three wins out of three to start the campaign and go joint top with Rajasthan on 6 points. This is also the first time in 17 seasons that Kolkata have won their first three games of the season. Yes, the foundation was laid in the first innings by the batters and it was a score that was almost impossible to even dream of but the pacers too did a stellar job in the Powerplay. The Impact Player, Vaibhav Arora made an instant impact by picking up Pr
Delhi had a win under their belt coming into this match but needed a win to really get up and running. However, it turned out to be a total disaster from their perspective as their bowling which was the most economical inside the Powerplay this season went for 80 plus runs in this match. Once that happened, everything went downhill. With the bat, it was a very, very tough ask but certainly, the top order could have done a lot more. Prithvi Shaw was the first one to get out and Mitchell Marsh o
Rishabh Pant, the Delhi skipper is down for a chat. He begins by saying that the bowlers were just all over the place and it was one of those days where nothing went to their favor. Adds that as a batting unit, they talked about going as hard as possible. It's better to get all out than not trying to chase the target. On being asked about reviews, he states it was too loud and there was some issue with the screen and says nothing can be done about it. He says that it's time to reflect from an in
Kolkata's lead pacer, Mitchell Starc is now down for a chat. Starc says that he didn't change too much and in a game of T20, you need to move on pretty quickly and it's not the start he wanted personally but the positive is that the team is winning. Adds that it is T20 cricket and it can be brutal at times, especially on the bowlers and you need to take a bit of luck whenever you can get it. Jokes a bit about getting his fellow Aussies batters out and is happy that the team bowled well. On Vai
Earlier in the game, Shreyas Iyer won the toss and had no hesitation to bat first as the pitch looked like a batting paradise and the Kolkata batters proved it as well. Phil Salt was quick out of the blocks but it was Sunil Narine who after a few plays and misses, went berserk. Narine kept hitting the ball to the fence and over the fence. Young Angkrish Raghuvanshi who was sent up the order, matched Narine shot-for-shot and the duo piled on the misery on the Delhi bowlers. Everyone that cam
The Presentation ceremony...
Shreyas Iyer, the skipper of Kolkata, says that they thought 220 would be a good total and 270 plus was the icing on the cake. Says Sunil Narine's job is to go out there and free his arms. It's a big positive that he gets them to a flying start in the Powerplay and takes on the bowlers. Appreciates Angkrish Raghuvanshi and says he was fearless and also lauds his work ethic. Adds he is a smart batter and the shots were pleasing to the eyes. Mentions it is great to see the bowlers stepping up and
Sunil Narine is the Player of the Match for his devastating knock at the top of the order, his 14th time winning the award, joint-highest for Kolkata in the tournament alongside Andre Russell. Narine says cricket is all about batting and it is much more pleasing but at the end of the day, he still enjoys his bowling. Adds that he has one role with the bat and knows it well and reckons that they do have great batters in the side and he just does his job. Mentions that Phil Salt is aggressive a
Right then, we have had 16 matches so far in this year's competition and the points table is starting to take shape with a few teams standing out and a few teams having a tough time. There's still a long, long way to go but it is now about building momentum. Next up is a clash between Gujarat and Punjab in Ahmedabad which will take place on Thursday, 4 April and will begin at 7.30 pm IST (2 pm GMT). You can join us a lot sooner for the build-up. Till then, take care and goodbye!