Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals – Pre-match Updates
Head to Head comparison of matches played and won between the two teams shows that out of 27 matches played between them, KKR won 14 and DC managed to win on 12 occasions, 1 match remained with no result.
DC is at 2nd place in the points table after CSK, they are lagging on NRR otherwise both Chennai and Delhi have 16 points.
Eoin Morgan, the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the toss and decided to bowl first. KKR made two changes in the playing XI, Tim Southee, and Sandeep Warrier replaces Andre Russell and Prasidh Krishna.
DC is in a comfortable position on the points table and can experiment a bit in the line-up, they have given Steve Smith a chance in place of injured Prithvi Shaw.
DC was put on to bat first against KKR, after the middle order disappointing performance, DC finished the innings with 127-9 after 20 overs.
KKR played sensibly and beat the top ranking team ‘Delhi Capitals’ by 3 wickets, the KKR’s final score remained 130-7 after 18.2 overs.
Sunil Narin was awarded the Man of the Match award for taking 2-18 wickets and scoring 21 runs off 10 deliveries
DC Batting
After losing the toss, DC was put on to bat first against KKR. DC made a change in the opening pair, Steve Smith replaced Prithvi Shaw and opened the innings with Shikhar Dhawan.
DC had a stable start, Shikhar played aggressively whereas Smith was playing a supporting role, DC was 29-0 after 4 overs.
In the 5th over KKR got the breakthrough, Ferguson scalps Dhawan at 24, DC was 35-1 after 5 overs.
Shreyas Iyer joined Smith in the middle but departed soon, he was bold out by Sunil Narin at 1, DC was 42-2 after 7 overs.
Over the next 6 overs, Rishabh Pant and Smith added 40 odd runs to the total, Smith was bowled out by Ferguson at 39, DC was 81-3 after 13 overs.
DC was already struggling with a slow scoring rate and in the very next over, Shirom Hetmyer was dismissed by Venkatesh Iyer at 4, DC was 88-4 after 14 overs.
In the 15th over, Narine dismissed Lalit Yadav on a golden duck, and in the 16th overs, Venkatesh scalps Axar Patel at a golden duck. DC was 98-6 after 16 overs.
#DelhiCapitals 6 down! @KKRiders are on a roll with the ball as Venkatesh Iyer scalps his second wicket. ? ?
In the 20th over Tim Southee took 2 wickets and DC lost a total of 3 wickets (1 runout) this was a very disappointing performance by DC middle order, DC finished the innings with 127-9 after 20 overs.
DC Scorecard
Batting
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Steve Smith
b Ferguson
39
33
4
0
Shikhar Dhawan
c Venkatesh b Ferguson
24
20
5
0
Shreyas Iyer
b Narine
1
5
0
0
Rishabh Pant
Runout (sub) Karun Nair
39
36
3
0
Shimron Hetmyer
c Southee b Venkatesh
4
5
0
0
Lalit Yadav
lbw b Narine
0
3
0
0
R Ashwin
c Rana b Southee
9
8
1
0
Kagison Rabada
Not out
0
0
0
0
Avesh Khan
Run out (Karthik)
5
1
1
0
Total: 127-9 in 20 Overs
Bowler
Overs
Maiden
Runs
Wickets
Sandeep Warrior
2
0
15
0
Lockie Ferguson
2
0
10
2
Varun Chakravarthy
4
0
24
0
Sunil Narine
4
0
18
2
Venkatesh Iyer
4
0
29
2
KKR Batting
KKR had a relatively easy task at hand, they had to get 128 runs and the required rate was 6.4 runs per over.
The well-established openers Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer opened the innings for KKR. Nortje was hit for a couple of 4’s in the very first over and DC was 9-0 after 1 over.
Both the openers carried on till the 4th over, in the 5th Lalit Yadav bowled Iyer out at 14, and in the 6th over Avesh Khan dismissed Rahul Tripathi at 9, KKR was 44-2 after the power play (6 overs).
Shubman Gill and Nitish Rana tried to stabilize the innings and took the score to 67-2 after the 10th over.
In the 11th over Shubman Gill was dismissed by Rabada at 30, Rabada bowled maiden wicket over and KKR was 67-3 after 11 overs.
KKR was on track considering the required KKR but lost another wicket in the 12th over in the form of Eoin Morgan, he was dismissed at a golden duck by Ashwin, KKR was 69-4 after 12 overs.
Dinesh Karthik and Nitish Rana took the score to 98 when Avesh Khan bold Karthik out at 12, KKR was 98-5 after 15 overs.
From here KKR needed 30 runs on 30 balls, not a big ask but they have to play 20 overs and prevent losing wickets.
Sunil Narain hit a brisk 21 off 10 deliveries and he was dismissed by Nortje in the 17th over, KKR was 122-6 after 17 overs.
Avesh got his 3rd wicket in the form of Tim Southee but KKR was almost home with 126-7 after 18 overs.
It took 2 more deliveries to clinch an important win for KKR, they beat the top ranking team ‘Delhi Capitals’ by 3 wickets, the final score remained 130-7 after 18.2 overs.
KKR Scorecard
Batting
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Shubman Gill
c Shreyas Iyer b Rabada
30
33
1
2
Venkatesh Iyer b Lalit Yadav
14
15
2
0
Rahul Tripathi
c Smith b Avesh
9
5
0
1
Nitish Rana
Not out
36
27
2
2
Eoin Morgan
c Lalit b Ashwin
0
2
0
0
Dinesh Karthik
b Avesh Khan
12
14
2
0
Sunil Narine
c Axar b Nortje
21
10
1
2
Lockie Ferguson Not out
0
0
0
0
Total: 130-8 in 18.2 Overs
Bowler
Overs
Maiden
Runs
Wickets
Anrich Nortje
2.2
0
15
1
Axar Patel
3
0
13
0
R Ashwin
4
0
24
1
Lalit Yadav
3
0
35
1
Avesh Khan
3
0
13
3
Kagiso Rabada
3
1
28
1
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals – Match Highlights (video)
