Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals: The 47th match of the 17th season of IPL was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals. In this match played at Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata Knight Riders team won by 7 wickets. This is the sixth win of Kolkata Knight Riders this season. At the same time, Delhi Capitals has faced its 5th defeat of the season. With this victory, KKR team has reached the first position along with Mumbai Indians in a special list.
Amazing performance by KKR bowlers
Due to the excellent performance of the bowlers led by Varun Chakraborty, Kolkata Knight Riders restricted Delhi Capitals to the score of 153 runs for nine wickets. Chakraborty took three wickets for 16 runs, Harshit Rana took two wickets for 28 runs and Vaibhav Arora took two wickets for 29 runs. In front of the sharp bowling of KKR, Delhi team lost wickets at regular intervals and there was no major partnership from the team. Sunil Narayan and Mitchell Starc also took one wicket each. At the same time, Kuldeep Yadav, who came to bat at number nine, made 35 not out in 26 balls, which was the top score for Delhi.
Run chase done in a one-sided manner
Philip Salt and Sunil Narine, who came to open the innings for KKR, made the target of 154 runs quite easy for the team. Both players added 79 runs for the first wicket. During this, Philip Salt played an inning of 68 runs in 33 balls. In this innings he hit 7 fours and 5 sixes. Whereas, Sunil Narine played an inning of 15 runs. Rinku Singh got a chance to play at number three in this match, but he could score only 11 runs.
KKR’s historic win at Eden Gardens
Kolkata Knight Riders won this match and achieved their 51st win at the Eden Gardens Stadium. With this, KKR team has jointly come first in IPL in terms of winning the most matches on one ground. Mumbai has also won 51 matches at Wankhede Stadium.
Most wins at one venue in IPL
51 Win – Mumbai Indians at Wankhede
51 Win – KKR at Eden Gardens
50 wins – CSK in Chennai
41 wins – RCB in Bengaluru
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