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In the 48th match of IPL-18, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by 14 runs. On Tuesday, Kolkata scored 204 for 9 wickets in 20 overs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. In response, Delhi could only manage 190 runs for 9 wickets.
Many interesting moments were seen in the match. Andre Russell applied Mitchell Starc 106 meters long six. Dushmantha Chamera jumped on the left and caught the diving catch of favorable Roy. KL Rahul was runout with Sunil Naren’s direct hit. He applied six with one hand. On the no ball of Vipraj Nigam, Akshar Patel was catching Angkrish Raghuvanshi.
Read the top moments of KKR vs DC match …
1. Gurbaz started the innings with fours
On the first ball of the match, Rahmanullah Gurbaz opened the team and his account with a four. Mitchell Starc bowled a full length ball around the off stump. Gurbaz sent him for a fours with a brilliant timing. There was a slight swing in the ball, but Gurbaz made the ball a good time.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 26 runs on 12 balls.
2. Naren applied six with one hand
On the fourth ball of the second over, Sunil Naren hit a six with one hand. Dushmantha Chamera gave a slow delivery at a speed of 118. Narayan ran the bat first. At this time, he missed his hand and went over the top of the ball deep mid-width for six.
Dushmantha Chamera came 25 runs from this over. In his over, Sunil Naren hit two sixes and a four, while Gurbaz hit the last ball.
Sunil Naren scored 27 runs.
3. Rahane returned to the pavilion before the umpire was given out
Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed on the second ball of the eighth over. Akshar Patel bowled the length ball from the round the wicket. Rahane tried to play a flick shot, the ball failed and the ball hit his pad. Here, captain Rahane walked towards the pavilion before the umpire’s decision. The review showed that the ball looked straight on the leg stump.
Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed for 26 runs.
4. Delhi did not take review
Rinku Singh got a life on the fourth ball of the 14th over. Akshar Patel put a fast ball on the full length in the leg side. Rinku went to play the shot but missed. The umpire did not even give wide here. The wicketkeeper and nearby fielders made a slight appeal. But no one paid attention. It was later revealed that Rinku’s bat had a slight edge. Rinku was currently batting for 13 runs.
When Rinku Singh got his life, he was on 13 runs. He scored an innings of 36 runs.
5. Raghuvanshi’s catch with letter on no ball
Raghuvanshi was dismissed for 44 runs.
On the first ball of the 16th over, Angkrish Raghuvanshi got caught from Akshar Patel. The Vipraj Nigam threw a full length ball near the off stump. Angkrish tried to play inside out by creating a room but the ball did not get height.
Captain Akshar Patel, standing on the cover, jumped. The ball also came in his hand but in the second attempt he could not catch the catch. However, after some time the third umpire gave this no ball. Raghuvanshi was currently batting for 36 runs.
After leaving the catch from Akshar Patel, there was something like this.
6. The letters were injured and went out of the field
After the ball, Akshar sat on the field.
Delhi captain Akshar Patel was injured on the fourth ball of the 18th over. Rovman Powell played on the side side on the ball of Vipraj Corporation. The letters ran fast from the midwicket, diving and stopped half but their left hand collided with the ground and he was seen in pain. Physio came to the ground and the letters immediately went out of the field.
However, the letters came to bat despite being injured. He was seen in pain while playing the shot. He scored 43 runs on 23 balls.
By taking the physio letter out of the field.
The letters appeared disappointed after being dismissed.
7. Russell applied 106 meter six to Stark
On the first ball of the 20th over, Andre Russell put Mitchell Starc 106 meters long six. Russell was ready for Yorker. Stark folded up and Russell rolled the bat in a brilliant way and sent the ball straight over the site-screen.
Andre Russell scored 17 runs on 9 balls.
8. Chamera caught diving catch
In the 20th over, Dushmantha Chameera caught a friendly Roy’s diving catch. Mitchell Starc Yorker missed and threw a half pitch ball on pads. Anukul flick with excellent timing and the ball went towards the backward square leg across the boundary.
Here the fielder Chamera ran to the left and diverted the air and spread both hands and caught the catch. This catch was so spectacular that even Chamera herself could not get up for a few seconds. The pavilion returned on a score of favorable zero.
Chamera jumped into the air and caught a catch.
9. Karun out of Vaibhav’s review
Karun Nair was out LBW on the third ball of the fifth over. On the full length ball of Vaibhav Arora, Karun moved around in the crease and then went to the backfoot and missed the ball. The ball hit the pad directly in front of the off stump.
Baller Vaibhav took a great review here and its entire credit goes to him as no other players were together in the appeal. Captain Ajinkya Rahane showed confidence in his bowler and challenged the Onfield verdict. Ball tracking showed that the ball was directly on the middle stump.
Karun Nair was out LBW by scoring 15 runs.
10. Rahul out of Naren’s direct hit
Du Plessis played a flicker shot on the fine leg on the favorable ball.
KL Rahul was runout on the third ball of the seventh over. Du Plessis played a flicker shot on the fine leg to Anukul Roy’s leg stump ball. Rahul ran here for the run. Fielder Naren rapidly picked up the ball and hit the stump directly. If Rahul dives, he could have avoided getting out. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 7 runs.
Rahul ran for the run but could not reach the crease in time.
Facts:
- KL Rahul’s runout yesterday. This was the eighth runout of the Delhi Capital (DC) in this IPL. This season, the highest runout of any other team is only 4, which is from Gujarat Titans (GT).
- Sunil Naren has equaled Samit Patel in the list of bowler who took the most wickets for one team in T20 cricket. Naren has taken 208 wickets for Kolkata. Samit Patel has done this for Nottinghamshire. He also has 208 wickets. Third is Hampshire’s Chris Wood, who has 199 wickets. This is followed by Lasith Malinga, who has played for Mumbai Indians, who took 195 wickets.