DC vs KKR: Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy make it three in three for Kolkata with huge win over Delhi

Kolkata Knight Riders registered a huge 106-run win over Delhi Capitals to proceed their unbeaten run in the Indian Premier League 2024 on Wednesday. Sunil Narine and Angkrish Raghuvanshi registered quickfire fifties to assist Kolkata publish 272 whole batting first after which spectacular bowling bowled out Delhi on simply 166 in Visakhapatnam.

A win additionally boosted Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata to the highest place in the IPL 2024 factors desk with three wins in their opening three video games whereas Delhi slipped to the ninth place with three defeats in 4 video games.

Shreyas received the toss and elected to bat first at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium with Angkrish Raghuvanshi making his debut for Kolkata and Sumit Kumar changing injured Mukesh Kumar for the hosts.

Sunil Narine and Phil Salt gave Kolkata a flying begin by including 60 runs for the opening wicket in simply 27 balls. Salt departed early after scoring 18 runs however Narine saved the bashing on all through his innings. Narine and Raghuvanshi added 104 runs for the second wicket with each registering their first fifty of the season.

Narine top-scored with 85 off simply 39 balls whereas the 18-year-old Raghuvanshi recorded 54 off 27 balls on his IPL debut. Kolkata added 135 runs in the primary ten overs and reached the 200-run mark in 15.2 overs. 

Kolkata misplaced Narine and Raghuvanshi departed in the center overs however late cameos from Andre Russell (41 off 19 balls) and Rinku Singh (26 off 8 balls) boosted KKR to 272/7 in 20 overs, the second-highest whole in IPL historical past. Anrich Nortje took three wickets whereas Ishant Sharma bagged two for Delhi Capitals.

Delhi struggled for a begin as Prithvi Shaw departed after scoring simply 10 runs. Mitchell Starc then ended his poor run of kind by dismissing Mitchell Marsh on a duck in the third over. Delhi misplaced affect sub Abishek Porel on a duck in the fourth over after which Starc surprised the house crowd with David Warner’s large wicket in the fifth over. 

However, Delhi managed to make a comeback with captain Rishabh Pant and South African batter Tristan Stubbs including 93 runs for the fifth wicket. Both Pant and Tristan registered spectacular quickfire fifties however Varun Chakravarthy ended any possibilities of Delhi’s comeback with two wickets in the thirteenth over.

Pant top-scored with 55 off simply 25 balls and Tristan added 54 runs as Delhi’s innings collapsed to 166 in 17.2 overs. Chakravarthy and Vaibhav Arora took three wickets every for Kolkata whereas Starc bagged two. Narine claimed the Player of the Match award for his 85 off simply 39 balls knock and a wicket of Sumit Kumar.

Delhi Capitals Playing XI: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Rasikh Dar Salam, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.