Kolkata Knight Riders opening batsman Nitish Rana donned the well-known purple and gold jersey for the 50th time when Eoin Morgan’s workforce took to area in opposition to Delhi Capitals at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The 27-year-old batsman from Delhi has been Kolkata Knight Riders’ finest performer with the bat this season with 201 runs from seven video games. He scored 186 runs in his first six appearances after kicking off the event in model with again to again fifties.
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On this special day, captain Eoin Morgan handed Nitish Rana his particular cap for the fixture.
Nitish Rana, who began his Indian Premier League profession with Mumbai Indians in 2015, has up to now performed 67 matches and scored 1638 runs with a median of 28.24 and a strike charge of 133.82.
However, it was not a memorable outing for Rana as he scored simply 15 and later on Prithvi Shaw’s blistering 41-ball 82 and Shikhar Dhawan’s 47-ball 46 helped Delhi Capitals to register a seven-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday evening.
Chasing 155, Shaw went on a rampage as he scored 25 runs (together with one large) off Shivam Mavi’s first over. Shaw thrashed six fours of the first six reliable deliveries of Delhi’s innings and it was the third most costly over in IPL historical past.
KKR captain Eoin Morgan stored altering bowlers however runs stored flowing and shortly DC reached 67 with out loss at the finish of the powerplay part. This is the finest powerplay rating in the 2021 IPL season.
Shaw on Thursday scored an 18-ball half-century, nevertheless, missed out on his maiden ton as he was dismissed by Pat Cummins on 82.
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