KKR beat Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets : Match 47 of IPL 2024 was played at Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata. Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets in this match. After winning the toss and batting first, Delhi scored 153 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. However, in reply Kolkata scored 157 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 16.3 overs on the back of Philip Salt’s half-century.
A storming innings played by Phillip Salt –
Chasing Delhi Capitals’ target of 154 runs, Kolkata Knight Riders won easily. Phil Salt and Sunil Narine put on a 79-run partnership for the first wickets for the Kolkata team. Philip Salt gave an explosive performance. Salt scored 68 off 33 balls. He hit 7 fours and 5 sixes. After this, captain Shreyas Iyer scored 33 runs not out. Venkatesh Iyer scored 26 not out. Akshar Patel bowled the maximum for Delhi. He took 2 wickets. At the same time, Williams took 1 wicket.
Most runs scored by Kuldeep Yadav for Delhi –
Earlier, Delhi Capitals’ batting team, who won the toss and came to bat first, was seen struggling in this match. The team lost three wickets in the powerplay. After Shaw scored 13, McGurk was dismissed for 12 and Hope for six. In the very next over, Delhi also lost their fourth wicket. Harshit Rana dismisses Abhishek Porel. He could score only 18 runs off 15 balls. After this, Rishabh Pant and Akshar Patel took charge. The two put on a 25-run partnership, which was ended by Varun Chakraborty.
He dismissed captain Rishabh Pant. He returned with 27 off 20 balls. After this, Tristan Stubbs, who came to bat at number seven, could not stay on the pitch for long. He was dismissed after scoring just four runs. In this match Akshar Patel scored 15 runs, Kumar Kushagra one run, Rasik Salam eight runs, Kuldeep Yadav 35 runs and Lizad one run. Kuldeep and Lizad remained unbeaten. For KKR, Varun Chakraborty took three wickets while Vaibhav and Harshi took two wickets each. While Mitchell Starc and Sunil Narine took one wicket each.
