IPL 2019
IPL 2019: Match 26 (KKR vs DC): Dhawan-Pant Took Delhi To An Easy Win
By CricShots - Apr 13, 2019 12:39 am
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The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lost their first game of IPL 2019 at home. The Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated KKR on both the occasions in this edition and this time the veteran opener, Shikhar Dhawan who took them over the line. The southpaw brought all his experience on the table but missed the well-deserved century by just three runs. But the way he batted, Dhawan has announced his arrival, a tad late, in the IPL.

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Shikhar Dhawan missed a century

Delhi team started off well during the chase as they got off the blocks very quickly in the first couple of overs. But Prasidh Krishna dismissed Prithvi Shaw owing to a flying DK (Dinesh Karthik) and soon Shreyas Iyer was also gone back to the pavilion as well. Then, Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant got together then and calculated the chase perfectly. Dhawan got decent support from Pant who looked to hit the ball hard at the start of the innings but then adjusted according to the situation.

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It was him who unleashed the killing blows, in the end, to bring the required run-rate down even as Shikhar remained unbeaten on 97. Colin Ingram slammed a six eventually as the Capitals registered their fourth win of the season with 7 balls o spare.

KKR surprised everyone by dropping Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine and came out with a completely new opening pair. Joe Denly and Shubman Gill were sent up the order to show their prowess but the move failed badly. The debutant, Denly’s off stump for cartwheel by Ishant Sharma on the very first ball of the match. 

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Shubman gill scored a fifty

Robin Uthappa played second fiddle to Gill and let the youngster take charge superbly. Shubman raced away to the half-century even as Uthappa and Nitish Rana were dismissed from the other end. Andre Russell’s arrival Gill some time to breathe but Keemo Paul snaffled the talented batsman. Meanwhile, Russell got in and slammed 45 runs off just 22 balls. The small ground meant the edges were also flying over the ropes.

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Dre Russ was looking dangerous even though the bowlers executed their plans. Finally, Chris Morris bowled one wide from around the wicket and the Caribbean was caught in the deep. The KKR couldn’t get the final flourish and they had to finish at 178 runs for the loss of seven wickets after 20 overs.

Brief Score:

Delhi Capitals – 180/3 in 19 overs (S Dhawan: 97*, R Pant: 46; P Krishna: 1/25) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders – 178/7 in 20 overs (S Gill: 65; C Morris: 2/38, K Rabada: 2/42) by 7 wickets and as many balls to spare.

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