Within the conflict on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) held their nerve until the very finish to clinch their fourth win of IPL 2025, as they defended their complete of 204/9 towards Delhi Capitals (DC) on Tuesday. Whereas the ultimate rating put KKR in a powerful place, the sport noticed a fightback from the house staff earlier than Sunil Narine’s captaincy and bowling sealed the competition for the guests.
KKR got here out with clear intent after being put in to bat, smashing 79 runs within the powerplay, their second-best of the season. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sunil Narine started brilliantly with a speedy 48-run stand off simply 18 balls. Even after their dismissals, Ajinkya Rahane saved on attacking.
Axar Patel capitalised instantly after Narine’s dismissal by Vipraj Nigam. He eliminated Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer in fast succession, triggering a middle-overs collapse for KKR. Rinku Singh and Angkrish Raghuvanshi tried a restoration, including 61 runs. Within the fag finish of the innings, Andre Russell could not give the required push as KKR managed simply 45 runs of their final 5 overs, ending at 204/9 on a batting-friendly pitch.
In reply, Delhi Capitals had a shaky begin as Abishek Porel fell early, and Karun Nair adopted quickly after. Faf du Plessis held one finish strongly and hammered a stable half-century, and located good help from Patel. The duo introduced DC again into rivalry, concentrating on the KKR spinners, with Axar hitting three sixes off Narine.
However the recreation turned within the 14th over. Narine, main in Rahane’s absence as a consequence of harm, introduced himself again into the assault. He struck twice in an over, eradicating each Axar and Tristan Stubb, earlier than returning subsequent over to dismiss the well-set du Plessis. Regardless of some late hitting from Vipraj Nigam and taking the sport until the ultimate over, the defending champions efficiently defended the goal to register an 18-run win and break their two-match shedding streak.
Hilarious reactions from DC vs KKR, Match 48 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi:
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Sunil Narine is the one one who’s worthy of this legendary card
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Classic Faf by no means left 💙❤️
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Yuzi bhai vs KKR >>> 🔥
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The fantastic thing about Kotla comes with run-out.
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