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9.1 overs: FOUR! Short and wide outside Tushar Deshpande and Sunil Narine hits him at the edge of the deep point. Narine has made her intentions very clear. He goes hard after the ball, looking for quick runs. KKR 61/3
8.2 about: SIX! Ashwin’s overhang and Sunil Narine hits him squarely to the ground during the first six of the match. 50 comes for KKR with that 85 meter long hit from Narine. KKR 50/3
7.2 overs: OUT! Now Dinesh Karthik returns to the ward for 3. Another low score for him in his season. Kagiso Rabada gets the outside edge and Rishabh Pant takes a good catch behind the stumps. Karthik’s losing streak with the bat continues. KKR once again in trouble early. KKR 42/3
End of the seventh time: A neat scoop from Marcus Stoinis. Dinesh Karthik and Nitish Rana collect five races. KKR 41/2
5.4 overs: OUT! An Anrich Nortje yorker. Rahul misses and Nortje hits. Rahul tries to tap it, but fails completely. He just wields the tip of his bat and the ball rips off his stump. Second window for Nortje when Rahul exits for 13. KKR in trouble early. KKR 35/2
5.1 overs: FOUR! Rahul Tripathi looks to make the most of it in the final over of the powerplay. This time he crawls to the left, makes room and then hits Anrich Nortje over the point to rack up four runs.
4.5 overs: FOUR! This time short of Axar Patel and Nitish Rana hits him in the middle region of the wicket to collect four runs. Axar loose ball, get the proper treatment. KKR 29/1
End of 4th.: A good first step for Kagiso Rabada. Six races from there, but twice in the over. Rahul Tripathi tried to step out of line against him and was unsuccessful. The ball both times just cleared the field. Rabada looking good rhythm. KKR 1/22
2.2 overs: FOUR! Short by Tushar Deshpande and Nitish Rana he throws the ball in style over the square leg to collect his first limit. KKR 14/1
1.5 about: OUT! Wicket in his first change for Anrich Nortje. Shubman Gill dies early. Off Nortje and Shubman hits him squarely in the hands of Axar Patel at the point. Gill returns after scoring 9. KKR 1/11
End of 1st.: Two boundaries in the first of Tushar Deshpande on each side of the gate. Anrich Nortje to share the new ball with Tushar from the other end. KKR 8/0
0.2 over: FOUR! Exquisite! Outside of Tushar Deshpande and Shubman Gill hits him through the point to collect his first limit. Gill and KKR are out of place with a four. KKR 4/0
Shubman Gill and Nitish Rana are in the middle to start entries for Kolkata Knight Riders. Tushar Deshpande has the new ball in hand to Capitals of Delhi. A slip in place for him. Gill on strike. Here we go!
PLAYING XI
Kolkata Knights Horsemen: Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (week), Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy
Delhi Capitals: Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (week), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Tushar Deshpande, Anrich Nortje
THE CAPTAIN SPEAKS
Eoin Morgan: We had good practice for a couple of days, we just have to get back to focus. We haven’t played our best cricket, hopefully we will today. Nagarkoti enters, Narine enters for Kuldeep and Banton. We wanted to go bowling first, but it looks like a good wicket. We enjoy playing here.
Shreyas Iyer: First we will launch, there is some grass in the wicket. It will help our seamers at the beginning. We are not here to survive, but we are here to express ourselves, so our mindset will be the same. We will have the same approach. All the players have been men of the game at one time or another and it’s good to see the camaraderie within the team. Rahane enters for Prithvi, Nortje enters for Sam.
TEAM NEWS: For KKR, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Sunil Narine enter, Kuldeep Yadav and Banton are lost. At the Delhi XI, Ajinkya Rahane replaces Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje replaces Sam.
LAUNCH NEWS: Capitals of Delhi win the draw and top to bottom first.
Hello and welcome once again to live coverage of another double-game Saturday in the Indian Premier League, and the day begins with a competition between two teams in contrasting forms – the Kolkata Knight Riders up and down against Delhi in form. and consistent. Capitals.
Here is the Match preview:
So far, the Kolkata Knight Riders have had a start-and-stop season and will have to deliver an exceptional performance when they take on the capitals of Delhi in Abu Dhabi.
Despite the blows at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore in their last game, KKR still remains in the running for a playoff spot. With 10 points from the same number of matches, the Kolkata side will have to win at least three of their four remaining matches to qualify.
However, it will be a difficult task for a team that remains disappointed in its hitters. His dilemma remains accommodating both Andre Russell and Sunil Narine.
Given the quota of four foreigners, the new Eoin Morgan pattern and Lockie Ferguson pacemaker are automatic options. Pat Cummins has struggled with the ball, but has delivered on the bat in crucial situations.
So only Tom Banton can be euthanized for Russell. The Jamaican, however, has been mostly out of shape and his limitation against the short ball has been exposed by pacemakers Kagiso Rabada and Jasprit Bumrah.
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