KKR vs DC IPL 2024: KKR batsmen performed amazingly against Delhi Capitals. In this match, KKR captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be right. In this match, KKR team scored 272 runs, which is the second highest score in the history of IPL. Due to the explosive scores of the batsmen, KKR team has broken the big record of Lucknow Super Giants.
KKR broke Lucknow’s record
Kolkata Knight Riders batsmen hit a total of 18 sixes against Delhi Capitals. In this match for KKR, Sunil Narine hit 7 sixes, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh and Andre Russell hit 3 sixes each and Shreyas Iyer hit two sixes. Now KKR team has become the team to hit the most sixes in an IPL match against Delhi Capitals. Earlier, the record of hitting most sixes in an IPL match against Delhi Capitals was in the name of Lucknow Super Giants. The Lucknow team had hit a total of 16 sixes in the IPL match against Delhi in the year 2023. Now KKR team has broken this record of Lucknow and the team has reached number one.
Teams that hit the most sixes against Delhi Capitals:
Kolkata Knight Riders- 18 sixes, year 2024
Lucknow Super Giants- 16 sixes, year 2023
Kolkata Knight Riders- 15 sixes, year 2018
RCB- 14 sixes, year 2012
Mumbai Indians- 14 sixes, year 2016
Sunil Narine’s explosive batting
Sunil Narine batted in a explosive manner against Delhi Capitals. He scored 85 runs in just 39 balls. He laid the foundation for the KKR team to score big. Apart from him Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 54 runs. Andre Russell contributed 41 runs. In the end Rinku Singh hit some big strokes. He scored 26 runs in just 8 balls, in which he hit 1 four and three sixes. Captain Shreyas Iyer gave 18 runs. It was because of these batsmen that KKR team was able to score 272 runs.
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