DC vs KKR / Kolkata's third consecutive win - beat Delhi Capitals by 106 runs

DC vs KKR: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have achieved their third consecutive win in the Indian Premier League-2024 (IPL). The team defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by 106 runs in the 16th match of the current season. In this league, KKR has defeated DC after 3 years. The team's last win was in 2021. Batting after winning the toss, Kolkata scored 272 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. The team made the second highest score of IPL. This is Kolkata's biggest score in this league. In the reply innings, Delhi team was all out for 166 runs in 17.2 overs.

From KKR, Sunil Narine scored 85 runs on 39 balls with the help of 7 fours and 7 sixes, while Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 54 runs on 27 balls. Andre Russell played an inning of 41 runs on 19 balls. Rinku Singh scored 26 runs on 8 balls. Enrique Nortya took three wickets, while Ishant Sharma got 2 wickets. DC captain Rishabh Pant (55 runs) and Tristan Stubbs (54 runs) scored half-centuries. Varun Vakravarthy and Vaibhav Arora took 3 wickets each.

Kolkata's one-sided victory

Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Delhi Capitals in their third match. While batting, Sunil Narine played an innings of 85 runs in 39 balls. Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 54 runs in 27 balls in his first IPL innings. After this Russell played an inning of 41 runs in 19 balls. Rinku Singh also scored 26 runs in 8 balls. After this, in bowling, Vaibhav Arora took 3 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs. Whereas Mitchell Starc managed to take 2 wickets for 25 runs in 3 overs. Varun Chakraborty took 3 wickets for 33 runs.

Delhi team failed on every front

Delhi team failed on every front in this match. First of all, captain Rishabh Pant lost the toss and after that Sunil Narine gave such a start to Kolkata that it seemed as if the bowlers of Delhi Capitals were destroyed. No bowler from Delhi could bowl economically. Enrique Norkhia gave away 59 runs in 4 overs. Rasikh Salam gave 47 runs in 3 overs. Khalil Ahmed and Ishant Sharma gave away 43-43 runs. Akshar Patel bowled one over and he also scored 18 runs. After this, Warner was out after scoring 18 runs while Shaw was out after scoring 10 runs. Mitchell Marsh and Abhishek Porel could not even open their account. Rishabh Pant scored 55 runs in 25 balls and Tristan Stubbs scored 54 runs in 32 balls, somehow saving Delhi from collapsing early. However, Delhi still suffered its biggest defeat of this season.