New Delhi: Sunil Narine and Varun Chakaravarthy picked 5 wickets between themselves, together with the duo making double strikes of their respective ultimate overs, to assist Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Capitals by 14 runs and preserve themselves in competition for an IPL 2025 playoffs spot on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday.
After KKR had their batters producing fast knocks at an excellent strike fee to submit 204/9, it did look like the 76-run stand between Faf du Plessis, who top-scored with 62, and Axar Patel, who smashed 43 regardless of an injured left hand.
However Narine and Chakaravarthy, regardless of preliminary costly spells, made decisive double strikes within the 14th and 18th overs respectively, as DC went from 136/3 to finally end at 190/9, and suffered their third defeat at this venue.
Narine, with 3-29, was additionally stand-in captain and even ran out Ok.L. Rahul to make sure he had a memorable sport with all-round contributions, whereas his bowling companion Chakaravarthy took 2-39, and have been additionally supported by Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora and Andre Russell taking a wicket every. DC’s chase started on a foul be aware as Abishek Porel sliced to mid-off in opposition to left-arm spinner Anukul Roy, who didn’t permit batters to interrupt free by mixing up his deliveries properly.
Temporary scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders 204/9 in 20 overs (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 44, Rinku Singh 36; Mitchell Starc 3-42, Axar Patel 2-27) beat Delhi Capitals 190/9 in 20 overs (Faf du Plessis 62, Axar Patel 43; Sunil Narine 3-29, Varun Chakaravarthy 2-39) by 14 runs
