KKR vs DC LIVE score, IPL 2024: Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy put the brakes on DC’s innings, limiting them to 153 for nine at the Eden Gardens on Monday, before sealing a comfortable seven-wicket victory.
During the chase, Phil Salt showcased his explosive batting prowess, plundering 68 runs off just 23 deliveries, while captain Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer guided the team to victory.
Meanwhile, with four wins in their last five outings, the Rishabh Pant-led DC is gradually finding their rhythm, emerging as a formidable contender. Pant himself is showing rapid improvement with each game, and the DC batting lineup, featuring Fraser-McGurk, Abhishek Porel, Shai Hope, Pant, and Stubbs, poses a significant threat to KKR’s bowling attack.
Despite replacing the injured Mitchell Starc with Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera against Punjab Kings, KKR faced disappointment as Chameera struggled on his debut, conceding 16 runs per over and failing to make an impact. Apart from spinner Sunil Narine, who managed figures of 1/24 from his four overs, the rest of the KKR bowlers failed to leave a mark.
Indian Premier League, 2024
Kolkata Knight Riders
157/3 (16.3)
Delhi Capitals
153/9 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 47 )
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets
KKR wins by 7 wickets
Shreyas nudges the ball through point, picking up a single. Then, there's a chance! Venkatesh mistimes a slog-sweep, sending the ball into the air, but Williams fails to hold onto it, letting another catch slip through his fingers. Lizaad, sprinting in from the deep, struggles to gather the ball cleanly, allowing Venkatesh to survive another scare.
Kuldeep drifts onto the pads, and Venkatesh tries to flick it away, but the fielder cuts it off. However, Venkatesh manages to guide the next delivery down to fine leg for a quick two runs.
Axar sends one down, and Shreyas adjusts his position, flicking it delicately for a boundary. With a slight bit of space, Shreyas angles the bat to guide the ball past the fielder at short third man for another four runs, despite Kuldeep's diving attempt.
Rinku Singh leaves the pitch, scored 11 runs
Phil Salt OUT! Shreyas Iyer takes his place
KKR’s score stands at 95 with 1 wicket down in 7.5 overs. Looks like it is an easy win for the Riders
Narine leaves the pitch. KKR stands at 79/1 in 6.1 overs
Phil Salt scores half a century in 27 balls!
Phil is close to half a century
Williams finds his lengths this time but it's not enough as Salt muscles a length ball over long-off for SIX!
KKR vs DC Live Score, IPL 2024: KKR 27/0 in 2 overs
Williams misses an easy opportunity. Salt's attempt at a shot goes awry, and Lizaad's reverse-cup effort ends in failure. Pant appeals as Khaleel narrowly avoids Salt's bat with a delivery down the leg side. Delhi Capitals opt for a review but lose it as there was no contact with the ball. Khaleel delivers three successive dot balls.
Delhi Capitals has set a target of 154 runs for Kolkata Knight Riders. The team stood at 153/9 in 20 overs
Arora steps into the attack, beginning with a couple of dot balls. Rasikh and Kuldeep manage to sneak in two singles each as Arora delivers pinpoint deliveries aimed at the blockhole.
Starc back into the attack
Varun delivers a quicker delivery, inducing a thick outside edge from Kuldeep. The ball races past Salt and first slip for FOUR. Kuldeep manages a single off the next ball. Varun bowls to Kushagra, and he's OUT! Varun gets the breakthrough, as the ball extracts extra bounce, finding the toe-edge off Kushagra's bat. The ball lobs off his pads and is snatched up by Salt.
Narine bowls to Axar, and he's OUT! Narine is proving to be unplayable on this surface. Axar attempts a cut shot, but the ball catches the lower half of the bat and deflects onto the stumps. Kuldeep Yadav strides in to bat. He gets a top-edge off his first delivery, and the ball races down to the boundary for FOUR.
Varun bowls to Stubbs, and he's OUT! Salt takes a sharp catch! Stubbs goes for a cut off a slightly short delivery, but he only manages to get a thick outside edge. Salt reacts quickly, grabbing the catch in a flash. It's a massive breakthrough for KKR, and DC find themselves in real trouble now.
Varun bowls to Pant, and he's OUT! Pant miscues another shot, sending it straight up in the air, and this time it's taken! Pant attempts another rash slog across the line, but he can only manage to send it skyward, offering a simple catch to Iyer at cover. Tristan Stubbs walks in to bat at number 7.
A quicker delivery drifts in from Narine, causing Pant to lose his bat while attempting to defend. Narine follows up with a short delivery, and Pant flicks it through mid-wicket, securing two runs. Narine adjusts his lengths to tighten the screws on Axar. A single is then nudged down to long-off. Pant tries another cheeky ramp shot but fails to make contact.
Pant nudges the ball to deep point for a single. Harshit employs a variety of lengths, keeping Porel on his toes. Rana delivers to Porel, and he's OUT! Clean bowled! Porel attempts a ramp shot, but Rana fires in a quick delivery, crashing into the stumps. Axar Patel strides in at number 6.
Sunil Narine replaces Arora
Mitchell Starc balls a yoker leading to Jake's wicket! DC stands at 30/2 in 3 overs
Abhishek Porel replaces Prithvi Shaw. DC stands at 18 runs for 1 wicket in 2 overs
Prithvi Shaw falls!
Prithvi Shaw is on strike, while Jake Fraser-McGurk stands at the opposite end.
Jake to open the match as DC chooses to bat after winning the toss
DC bench: Mukesh Kumar, Sumit Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Kumar Kushagra, Ricky Bhui
KKR bench: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
Delhi Capitals XI: Prithvi Shaw, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Rasikh Dar Salam, Lizaad Williams, Khaleel Ahmed.
Kolkata Knight Riders XI: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bat