Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Delhi Capitals by eight wickets in match 51 of the IPL season at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Allen’s Century Seals the Win
Finn Allen scored a century in 47 balls, leading KKR to victory with 34 balls remaining.
Allen reached his 100 with a six, securing the win for KKR in the 15th over.
After 14.2 overs, KKR were at 1472/2.
KKR’s Run Chase
KKR lost Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi early, but Allen and Cameron Green steadied the innings.
After 11.3 overs, KKR were 101/2, needing 42 runs off 51 balls.
Green and Allen were at the helm.
Delhi Capitals’ Innings
A late flourish from Ashutosh helped DC reach 142. KKR were expected to be cautious in their chase on a slow wicket.
DC scored just 11 runs in the last five overs, with no boundaries during that period.
DC lost four quick wickets: Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi and Tristan Stubbs. Spinners checked the run flow after the powerplay. Anukul Roy took two wickets, while Kartik Tyagi and Sunil Narine took one each.
DC had a decent start, scoring close to 9 RPO. They lost KL Rahul to Kartik Tyagi for 23 runs. Nissanka and Rana looked comfortable initially.
Team Lineups and Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to field.
DC predicted XI: Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul(w), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar
Impact Players: Karun Nair, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Abishek Porel, David Miller
KKR predicted XI: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Kartik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy
Impact Players: Ramandeep Singh, Finn Allen, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Tim Seifert
Impact on Standings
KKR are now just a point behind with 7 points in 9 matches. The win revives their top four aspirations, especially after their 7-wicket away win against Sunrisers Hyderabad.