Visakhapatnam: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) performed remarkably in all aspects of the game against Delhi Capitals in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 in ACA-VDCA Cricket. Visakhapatnam stadium on Wednesday. KKR’s daunting target of 273 proved too much for DC as they succumbed to the pressure and lost by 106 runs.
The pace duo of Mitchell Starc and Vaibhav Arora took two wickets each to restrict DC to 33/4 in the powerplay. The early setbacks derailed DC’s approach to chase the big score, which became more challenging with each delivery. Captain Rishabh Pant (55) and Tristan Stubbs (54) stitched a 93-run partnership with some effortless power hitting and gave the home fans something to cheer about. ,
Pant scored back-to-back half-centuries in the IPL, indicating his return to his prime form. But after Pant’s dismissal, the big news for DC was that they lost the game by a huge margin of 106 runs. KKR moved to the top of the table with their third consecutive win of the campaign.
Earlier in the innings, the ‘City of Destiny’ witnessed two hours of carnage, 2 hours of brutal ball-striking and 120 minutes of torture for Delhi Capitals (DC) bowlers like Narine (85), Raghuvanshi (54). , Russell (41) and brutal batting from Rinku Singh helped KKR surpass Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)’s score of 277, although Kolkata finished with the second-highest total in the IPL so far.
KKR, who elected to bat first after winning the toss, got off to a great start with a dynamic partnership between Philip Salt and Sunil Narine. After not scoring a single run in the first over bowled by Khaleel Ahmed, Salt hit two consecutive fours off Ishant Sharma.
Both the KKR openers finally understood Khaleel Ahmed’s tendency to keep the balls farthest from the wicket. Narine took an aggressive approach during Ishant’s second over and punished the DC bowler severely as he scored 26 runs in the over.
Dropped at one and caught at second, Salt’s innings ended after he was dismissed by Anrich Nortje following an extraordinary running back catch from Tristan Stubbs.
DC bowlers continued to miss against Narine and the opener completed his second half-century of IPL 2024 in just 21 balls. Although Nortje gave DC the big breakthrough by dismissing Salt for 18, it was Narine who grabbed everyone’s attention with an explosive half-century.
Narine, with his explosive batting, helped the team cross the 100-run mark in just 7.3 overs in the game, with Raghuvanshi also looking devastating at the crease.
Mitchell Marsh came into the attack to stifle the KKR attack, as Narine and Raghuvanshi opted for a more controlled approach to seeing out the over.
18-year-old Raghuvanshi couldn’t stop impressing the cricket world as he added his impressive performance with a sensational reverse six in the match. The youngster then scored his maiden IPL half-century with Narine in destructive mood. Both of them completed their 100-run partnership with great ease.
Narine’s wonderful innings came to an end, giving huge relief to the DC bowling unit, until Marsh got the big wicket. Narine returned to the pavilion after scoring 85 runs in just 39 balls. Nortje sent Raghuvanshi packing.
Raghuvanshi performed brilliantly in the very first match and scored a brilliant 54 runs off 27 balls, however his excellent innings came to an end as Nortje sent him to the pavilion in 13.2 overs.
KKR crossed the 200 mark in just 15 overs of the match. In the second-last over of the game, Nortje hit three maximums and a four before Rinku Singh lost his wicket to a mis-timed shot.
A tremendous yorker from Ishant destroyed the wickets at a fast pace and dismissed Russell. In the same over, he dismissed Ramandeep Singh, putting an end to KKR’s dominant performance and restricting Kolkata to 272/7.
Brief Scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 272/7 (Sunil Narine 85, Angkrish Raghuvanshi 54; Anrich Nortje 3-59) vs Delhi Capitals 166 (Rishabh Pant 55, Tristan Stubbs 54; Vaibhav Arora 3-24). (ANI)
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2024-04-03 19:52:17