Narain, Narain! Kolkata's hat-trick of wins, Kolkata's Sourav had to lose in front of Delhi's Shah Rukh
Kolkata Knight Riders scored 272 runs on that ground against Delhi Capitals. In reply, Delhi’s innings ended on 106 runs. Shahrukh Khan, the owner of Knights, saw that victory sitting on the field.
Narine made 85 off 39 balls after regaining his life twice. He hit seven fours and seven sixes. That is, he scored 70 runs only by hitting boundaries. At one time it seemed that the first century of this IPL will come from his bat. But Narine got out with a catch in the hands of Panth off Mitchell Marsh’s ball.
Kolkata's Sourav had to lose in front of Delhi's Shah Rukh
Narine’s partner for the innings was Angkrish Raghuvanshi. He was included in the team in the last match. But in that match the 18-year-old became an impact player as Kolkata Knight Riders bowled first. He was in the first eleven on Wednesday. He came down to bat at number three. And made 54 runs. Angakrish son of Delhi. He scored a half century against the Delhi Capitals on Wednesday. After that innings, Angakrish said, “I went down to bat and was just watching the ball. Well, I didn’t do anything else. I practiced a lot. I got the result.”
Andre Russell toyed with Delhi bowlers after Narine and Angakrish. The Caribbean all-rounder made his debut for the Delhi team in the IPL. Later he joined KKR. Russell scored 41 runs off 19 balls against his old team. Rinku Singh scored 26 runs off 8 balls. Their scintillating innings helped Kolkata post 272 runs. KKR batsmen hit a total of 18 sixes against Delhi on Wednesday.
Delhi suffered from lack of spinners. Kuldeep Yadav is injured. He did not play in this match either. Apart from Akshar Patel, Delhi had no spinner in the team. Pacers could not make an impression in that way. Pant did not bowl more than one over with Akshar. Akshar gave 18 runs in that over. Enrique Nokhie scored the most runs among the pacers. The South African pacer took three wickets with 59 runs in 4 overs.
Kashmir pacer Rasikh Salam gave 47 runs in three overs. Left-arm pacer Khalil Ahmed took a wicket with 43 runs in 4 overs. Ishant Sharma took 2 wickets. But he conceded 43 runs in 3 overs. Panth was in danger as all the pacers gave runs. Delhi could not stop KKR’s run rate in any way. Many people think that the result would have been different if there was Kuldeep.
With a target of 273 runs in mind, Prithvi Shaw got out in the beginning. Then one batter after another came in, went for big shots and got out. Never thought Delhi could win. Mitchell Starc gets a wicket. He took two wickets. Harshit Rana could not bowl due to injury. KKR had no problem with that either. Pacer Vaibhav Arora, who entered the field as an impact player, took 3 wickets with 27 runs in 4 overs.
Varun Chakraborty also took 3 wickets. He gave 33 runs in 4 overs. Varun and Narine explained how important it is to have a spinner in the team. They both took four wickets with 62 runs in 8 overs. They broke Delhi’s middle order. Russell also took a wicket.
The rest of Delhi’s batsmen failed to get runs, but skipper Pant scored 55 runs off 25 balls. He scored a half-century in the previous match as well. Pant scored half-centuries in two consecutive matches. Tristian Stubbs also got a run. He scored 54 runs from 32 balls. While they were at the crease, Delhi still looked hopeful for victory. But it is very temporary.
Kolkata are undefeated in this IPL so far. KKR won all three of the three matches. Kolkata started by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad at home. The Knights beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in the next match at Bangalore. Kolkata scored a hat trick to beat Delhi.
