Currently, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are locking horns with Delhi Capitals (DC) at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. 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 as the debutant Joe Denly got dismissed on the first ball of the match itself.
During 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Pasidh Krishna delivered a length ball angling in towards Shaw, but the batsman only managed to get the outside edge while going for a drive and the ball flew away towards the first slip. However, Karthik flew towards his right and managed to grab the catch and ended up taking a stupendous catch.
Here is the video of the dismissal:
https://twitter.com/Vidshots1/status/1116761351899140096
