After Kolkata Knight Riders reached 272/7 from their 20 overs, the bowlers for the Delhi Capitals were completely taken aback. It was precisely seven days after SRH had set the record that this team total became the second-highest in IPL history.
To throw the Delhi Bowlers off balance, Sunil Narine and Angkrish Raghuvanshi each scored fifty runs. KKR achieved the enormous score on the board with the help of Andre Russell and Rinku Singh swinging their willows.
50 runs in 5.5 overs for Delhi Capitals
Mitchell Starc and Vaibhav Arora destroyed the top order of the Delhi Capitals. Starc defeated Mitchell Marsh and David Warner, and Arora defeated Prithvi Shaw and Abhishek Porel.
First Powerplay: Overs 0.1 to 6 (required: -51/4)
To ensure the team doesn’t lose any more, Rishabh Pant and Tristan Stubbs made sure. The game was essentially a loss; therefore, the audience reacted with complete silence.
51-run partnership between Tristan Stubbs and Rishabh Pant (31 balls)
Pant and Stubbs scored fifty runs for the fifth wicket, giving the Delhi Capitals cause for celebration. To assist the DC duo in reaching the landmark, Shreyas Iyer made a simple catch off Varun Chakravarthy.
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Delhi Capitals 83/4 (9 Overs) is the score at the first strategic timeout.
Pant and Stubbs got into it, but the bowlers for Kolkata Knight Riders kept things under control. DC still needed 190 runs from the 66 balls remaining in the innings at this point.
100 runs in 11.1 overs for Delhi Capitals
In order to help the Delhi Capitals surpass 100 runs, Rishabh Pant executed a scoop sweep shot against Venkatesh Iyer. By that point in the innings, KKR had scored more than 150 runs.
Rishabh Pant reaches a half-century off just 23 balls.
Rishabh Pant performed admirably a few days after hitting his first fifty of the IPL 2024 season. For his second consecutive fifty of the season, the 26-year-old got his 17th fifty.
Tristan Stubbs, off 28 balls, for a half-century
When he turned fifty, young South African celebrity Tristan Stubbs didn’t give up. The right-handed hitter startled the commentators with a couple of incredible shots.
150 runs in 14.2 overs for Delhi Capitals
Tristan Stubbs played well to score 54 runs, with wickets coming at regular intervals. When Starc made a simple catch to remove the Proteas batsman, Varun Chakravarthy secured his third wicket.
Delhi Capitals 159/8 (15.1 overs) during the second strategic time-out
Delhi Capitals suffered a severe defeat as Sunil Narine dismissed Sumit Kumar for seven runs. It was more of a formality than a necessity that the second time-out was called.
Delhi Capitals: 166 all out at the end of the game (17.2 overs)
Anrich Nortje’s final wicket fell for four, bringing an end to the Delhi Capitals’ suffering. The Delhi Capitals will take on the Mumbai Indians after dropping their third game of the season by four runs.
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