Sandeep Sarkar, Kolkata: The stage was set for a back-and-forth match.
on the one hand Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR vs DC). Who won 6 of the last seven games and were in the playoff race. A big win on Sunday would have confirmed the playoff ticket. Delhi Capitals, on the other hand, who have fallen out of contention for the playoffs, are determined to crack the Knights camp. No matter why, in the first round, KKR lost at their home ground. Eden is a chance for revenge. On top of that, Abhishek was introduced to the team – a star playing domestic cricket for Bengal like Mukesh Kumar. Winning Delhi means that Bengal’s achievement bag will not be completely empty.
But in the fourth over of the Delhi Capitals innings, the pain of a broken dream engulfed Eden. Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, confirming KKR’s exit from the playoffs race. Rajasthan made it to the playoffs as the fourth team. What could have been a spark of excitement in Eden turned out to be a bed of gloom.
Delhi Capitals put a thorn in front of KKR in that match. In order to reach the playoffs, KKR had to bat first and win by 77 runs. If you bat later, you have to chase the runs in 12.1 overs. As Rajasthan won, the equation was cancelled. But chasing the score of 203/5 that Delhi Capitals put up by batting first, it would have been virtually impossible for KKR to chase down the target of 73 balls.
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and took the field first. The goal is to tie the opponent to a small number of runs and quickly chase that run down to win. but KKR Abhishek started off with a catch by Podel. Tejaswi Dahiya, who played in this match as wicketkeeper, caught Loppa behind the wicket off Karthik Tyagi. Later he also caught Ashutosh Sharma. Rinku also caught. Sahil Parikh. Sunil NarainAccording to Abhishek was out for 22 runs.
KL Rahul was on fire with the bat. He is Delhi’s highest scorer with 60 runs off 30 balls. Sourav Dubey took 2 wickets.
