Kolkata Knight Riders 272 for 7 (Narine 85, Raghuvanshi 54, Russell 41, Nortje 3-59) beat Delhi Capitals 166 (Pant 55, Stubbs 54, Arora 3-27, Chakravarthy 3-33) by 106 runs
Final Wednesday on the IPL, Sunrisers Hyderabad set the file for the very best IPL rating: 277. What ought to have been a once-in-a-decade effort was very almost taken down by a marauding Kolkata Knight Riders batting unit tonight in Visakhapatnam. Sunil Narine plundered his private finest in T20s – 85 off 39 – debutant Angkrish Raghuvanshi matched him with 54 off 27, and Andre Russell added the ending touches with 41 off 19.
A searing yorker from Ishant Sharma to get Russell within the final over prevented the file being damaged, however the 272 KKR put up was greater than sufficient to register a snug win – by 106 runs – and be a part of Rajasthan Royals with three wins from three matches on the high of the desk. In taking 4 wickets within the powerplay, two every for Vaibhav Arora and Mitchell Starc, KKR ticked one other field in a season through which they’ve introduced themselves as severe title contenders.
