The dominant Kolkata Knight Riders produced a brilliant bowling performance after a sensational display of power-hitting by their batsmen to beat lackluster Delhi Capitals by 106 runs to move to the top of the IPL table on Wednesday.
Sunil Narine showcased his batting prowess with a brilliant 85 while teenager Angkrish Raghuvanshi (54 off 27) impressed with a fluent fifty on his IPL batting debut as KKR posted an impressive 272/7, five runs clear of the highest total in the history of the tournament.
Narine continued his explosive run and punished all the Delhi bowlers equally as he sent the ball over the boundary rope seven times. He also hit seven fours during his 39-ball stay. The Capitals were guilty of dropping him for 53 and Narine caused misery to his opponents as he posted his highest score in the history of T20 cricket.
The Capitals never looked like they were in the game, either with the ball or the bat. They fell apart under the pressure of the mammoth unit.
Captain Rishabh Pant (55) scored his second consecutive half-century while Tristan Stubbs (54) also hit a fifty but it was lost as DC were bowled out for 166 in 17.2 overs to suffer their third loss of the season.
Pant and Stubbs put on a partnership of 93 runs and although they managed to score quickly, the required run rate jumped to over 20 runs per over and the result was just one.
Delhi bowlers put up a memorable performance as they conceded the highest total in the team’s history. KKR hit as many as 18 sixes and 28 fours.
