The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) were locking horns with Delhi Capitals (DC) at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata and the hosts faced a second consecutive defeat. After winning the toss, the DC skipper, Shreyas Iyer asked the hosts to bat first citing the batting-friendly conditions. However, the hosts started their innings in an unforgettable way and they lost the game by 7 wickets.
Prasidh Krishna bowing to Prithvi ShawDuring the toss, the KKR skipper, Dinesh Karthik revealed that they have made as many as 3 changes to their squad as Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, and Harry Gurney made way for Denly, Lockie Ferguson, and Carlos Braithwaite. On the other hand, DC made just one change to their squad as Keemo Paul came back to the squad to replace Sandeep Lamichhane.
Ishant Sharma was bowling the first over of the match and on the very first ball, he sent the off stump of Denly for a cartwheel. After his wicket, Shubman Gill and Robin Uthappa added 63 runs for the 2nd wicket, before the latter getting dismissed in the 9th over by Kagiso Rabada. Even Nitish Rana got out early in the 13th over followed by Gill in 15th and Dinesh Karthik in the 16th over bowled by Rabada.
WATCH – Flying Dinesh Karthik Dismisses Prithvi Shaw
However, in the 18th over of the game, the fans got to see the warm gesture between Andre Russell and Rabada. Despite Russell getting out in the penultimate over of the match, KKR managed to reach the total of 178/7 in their quota of 20 overs.
Dhawan’s fifty
During the chase, the DC openers, Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw stared with a blast as they added as many as 32 runs in the first three overs before the latter getting out in the final ball of the third over owing to a brilliant catch from Karthik. After that dismissal, even the DC skipper Iyer failed to be at the crease for long as he was dismissed by Russell in the 6th over.
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After Iyer’s dismissal, Dhawan carried forward the momentum by scoring a fifty along with Pant as they added 105 runs for the third wicket before the latter getting dismissed in the 18th over. Then Colin Ingram and Shikhar took Delhi over the line with 7 wickets in hand and as many balls to spare.
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.
