A massive 106 runs separated KKR’s victory and severely damaged DC’s net run rate.
In the Indian Premier League 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capital traded blows in Wednesday’s match at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam. After winning the toss, KKR chose to bat in an attempt to take advantage of the firm surface—which is devoid of grass. Before Salt left for eighteen runs, Sunil Narine and Phil Salt made it plain what they were going to do. In just 4.3 overs, the two put together a 60-run partnership for the first wicket.
After taking DC’s star bowler, Ishant Sharma, for 28 runs, Narine continued his attack. He continued tonking with Angkrish Raghuvanshi, and their partnership of 102 runs was evidence of the chaos that was produced in Vizag. After scoring an impressive 85 off 39, Narine was removed from the game, and Angkrish did the same after hitting a rousing 54 off 27.
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Promoted to number four, Andre Russell entered the arena and took over for Narine, who had left for KKR. Even when Shreyas Iyer stepped back after a short 18-run stint, the momentum persisted. Rinku Singh came in to put salt to DC’s wounds. In his 8-ball-26 cameo, he blasted Anrich Nortje for 25 runs in the 19th over. But Ishant Sharma’s perfect yorker prevented the Caribbean all-rounder from capping the innings. KKR almost missed Sunrisers Hyderabad’s all-time IPL record for the highest total, scoring 272 runs, despite posting a massive target.
DC lose against KKR’s magnificent total.
DC appeared to be under a great deal of strain as they set out to pursue the ball. When David Warner and Prithvi Shaw left, it was clear that they were upping the ante after poor execution—they scored 10 and 18, respectively. Abishek Porel and Mitch Marsh didn’t even open their accounts. As he finished his innings with 55 off 25 after scoring 28 off Venkatesh Iyer’s first over, Rishabh Pant was playing at his peak.
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Alongside Pant, Tristan Stubbs produced a mature innings, supplying vital boundaries to keep the DC in the chase. After hitting a brilliant 54 off 32 balls, the Proteas batsman was removed, and Axar Patel was out on the first ball he faced. Although DC was essentially eliminated from the race, their lower order was just present for protocol’s sake. The inning was eventually completed in 17.2 overs, and KKR triumphed by an overwhelming 106 runs, severely damaging DC’s Net Run Rate (NRR).
Meanwhile, online users were enthralled with the game and were sharing some really amusing memes on the social media site X, which was once known as Twitter.
