Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) took on Delhi Capitals (DC) in Match 47 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at Eden Gardens on April 29. DC won the toss and elected to bat first against Shreyas Iyer-led KKR.
The Capitals scored a total of 153 in 20 power play games. Of all the players in the DC side, Kuldeep Yadav became Delhi’s top scorer with an unbeaten 26-ball 35. Openers Prithvi Shaw and Jake Fraser-McGurk scored 13 and 12 runs off 7 balls respectively.
Skipper Rishabh Pant could only score 27 off 20 balls and was dismissed by KKR’s Varun Chakravarthy. Chakravarthy struck three times in the middle to complement Vaibhav Arora’s fine start as KKR produced a much improved bowling display to restrict DC to a modest 153/9.
Speaking of KKR’s innings, opening batsman Philip Salt broke the 14-year-old record held by former team captain Sourav Ganguly. The 27-year-old England opener struck with 68 runs off 33 balls with seven fours and five sixes. His total of 344 runs in the ongoing season helped him surpass Ganguly’s record of 331 at the Eden Gardens in a single IPL season.
Apart from Salt, Sunil Narine scored 15 runs off 10 balls. Other players, including captain Shreyas Iyer, scored an unbeaten 33 off 23 balls while Venkatesh Iyer remained out with 26 off 23 balls. Rinku Singh scored 11 runs in 11 balls.
