DC vs KKR IPL Match Live: KKR scores second highest ever IPL score
DC vs KKR IPL Match Live : After winning the toss, KKR chose to bat on the flat wicket of Vizag. KKR must have had all their plans sorted today as they went full guns blazing and put up the second highest ever score in IPL at 272/7, thanks to incredible innings from Sunil Narine, 18 year old Ragunvanshi and Andre Russel.
DC vs KKR IPL Match Live: Powerplay – Sunil Narine’s fireworks.
- KKR openers Sunil Narine and Phil Salt got off to a blazing start despite a dropped catch off the very first ball by Rishabh Pant.
- After a slow start, Narine took charge, smashing Ishant Sharma for 26 runs in the 4th over, including 3 sixes.
- Narine brought up his 21-ball fifty, the joint-fastest in the IPL, as KKR raced to 88/1 in the powerplay – their highest powerplay score against DC.
- Salt was dismissed by Nortje for 18, but young Angkrish Raghuvanshi walked in and kept the momentum going.
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DC vs KKR IPL Match Live : Middle Overs – Raghuvamsi joins Narine’s party.
- After the blazing powerplay, Narine and the debutant Angkrish Raghuvanshi continued their onslaught in the middle overs.
- Narine brought up his highest T20 score of 85 off just 39 balls, smashing 7 fours and 7 massive sixes before falling to Mitchell Marsh.
- 18-year-old Raghuvanshi played with tremendous composure on IPL debut, rotating the strike well and finding boundaries regularly.
- He brought up a 27-ball 54, the second-highest score on IPL debut for KKR, before falling to Anrich Nortje.
- Narine and Raghuvanshi added 104 runs for the 2nd wicket, KKR’s highest stand against DC in the IPL.
- Despite Shreyas Iyer’s entry, KKR maintained a furious scoring rate, reaching 162/1 after 12 overs.
- In the 13th over, Raghuvanshi’s dismissal brought the dangerous Andre Russell to the crease.
- Though DC managed to remove Narine, KKR had already set up a massive total courtesy the 83-run stand between Narine and Raghuvanshi.
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DC vs KKR IPL Match Live : Death Overs – Russel and Rinku makes sure KKR finishes on a high.
- Andre Russell joined Narine and Raghuvanshi in the middle overs and provided the final flourish.
- Russell took charge, smashing 41 off just 19 balls with some brutal hitting in the death overs.
- Rinku Singh provided late fireworks, blasting 26 off just 8 balls as KKR amassed an incredible 272/7.
DC vs KKR IPL Match Live : Delhi’s bowling performance
- DC had a night to forget with both the ball and on the field, dropping a few chances.
- Ishant Sharma (0/43), Khaleel Ahmed (1/43) and Anrich Nortje (3/59) leaked runs.
- Rasikh Salam is the only bowlers to concede under 8 runs per over.
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DC vs KKR IPL Match Live : First Innings Score Progression
KKR raced to 88/1 in the powerplay, 135/1 after 10 overs, 162/1 after 12 overs and ended up with 272/7 – the second-highest total in IPL history.
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