The Kolkata Knight Riders posted 204 runs in the IPL 2025 game against Delhi Capitals on April 29 at the Arun Jaitley stadium.
Mitchell Starc’s final over proved to be a chaotic end for KKR as they lost three wickets in succession.
KKR need to win in all five remaining games, while Delhi needs a much victory as they need to retain their spots in the top four of the IPL 2025 points table.
Batting first, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sunil Narine opened the innings while Mitchell Starc opened the bowling attack. Picking well-calculated shots, both openers went on to score boundaries and sixes.
However, Starc dismissed Gurbaz in the third over of the game, making Rahane walk off the ground. The KKR skipper joined Sunil Narine to score a decent score of 79 runs in power play.
However, they went on to lose wickets in quick succession as Narine sent out for 27 runs by Vipraj Nigam. In the very next over, Axar Patel dismissed KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane for 26 on a lbw.
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After Venkatesh Iyer’s dismissal for 7 runs by Axar Patel, Kolkata lost four wickets for 113 runs. However, Angkrish Rghuvanshi and Rinku Singh are forging a partnership aiming to finish strongly.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi had 44 runs before being dismissed by Chameera while Rinku Singh lost his wicket for 36 run to Vipraj Nigam.
In the last over, Starc bagged the wickets of Powell (5), Ankul Roy (0) and Russell (17) helping the side to restrict for 204 runs.
With Starc having three wickets, Vipraj Nigam and Axar Patel went on to bag two wickets each and Chameera have one dismissal.
Delhi Capitals Playing 11: Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel(w), Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Dushmantha Chameera, Mukesh Kumar
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy
