IPL 2024, DC vs KKR: Interesting Moments From Match 16 As Kolkata Move Top Of Points Table With Hat-Trick
By: Hrishikesh Damodar | April 04, 2024
KKR all-rounder Sunil Narine was in a beast mode as he slammed 85 off 39 balls at a strike rate of 215.
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Angkrish Raghuvanshi made his arrival in IPL with maiden fifty as he scored 54 off 27 balls and formed a 104-run partnership with Sunil Narine for the 2nd wicket
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Andre Russell's power-hitting was on display as he played a brilliant knock of 41 off 18 balls
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Russell was floored after a sensational yorker by DC pacer Ishant Sharma that rattled the defence of the KKR all-rounder. The West Indian applauded Ishant for his yorker dismissal
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At the end of 20 overs, Kolkata Knight Riders posted a solid total of 272/7, just 6 runs short of breaking SRH's all-time IPL record total of 277/3
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Mitchell Starc and Vaibhav Arora provided early breakthroughs for KKR by Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Abhishek Porel and David Warner, reducing DC to 33/4
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Rishabh Pant walked out to bat when DC were reeling at 33/4 and slammed his second successive fifty of the season, scoring 55 off 25 balls
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Tristan Stubbs' too stepped for the team as he scored 54 off 32 balls and lifted DC from 33/4 to 126/5 by forging a 93-run partnership with Pant for the fifth wicket
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The valiant efforts from skipper Rishabh Pant and Tristan Stubbs went down in vain as Delhi Capitals were bundled out for 166 and lost the match by a huge margin of 106 runs
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With hat-trick of wins in IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders claimed the top spot in the points table with six points from 3 matches