Led by spinners Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy’s attacking spells, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) restricted Delhi Capitals (DC) to 153 for nine before recording a seven-wicket at the Eden Gardens on Monday.

In the chase, Phil Salt continued his onslaught, smashing 68 off 23 balls before skipper Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer led the team home.

On the other hand, with four wins in their last five matches, the Rishabh Pant-led side is gradually assembling their pieces and starting to look like a force to be reckoned with. Pant is also making rapid progress with every match as the DC top-five in Fraser-McGurk, Abhishek Porel, Shai Hope, Pant and Stubbs will be a cause of concern for KKR bowling.

KKR replaced injured Mitchell Starc with Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera against Punjab Kings but the latter gave away 16 runs per over in his debut for KKR and failed to inspire any confidence. Barring spinner Sunil Narine, who returned with 1/24 from his four overs, none of the KKR bowlers made any impact.

Source: The Indian Express

BDST: 0957 HRS, APR 30, 2024
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