
IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals: In the 70th match of IPL 2026, Delhi Capitals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders in a thrilling match at Eden Gardens. With this, Delhi ended its campaign with victory. At the same time, Kolkata Knight Riders had to face their 7th defeat of the season. It is also worth noting that Delhi had started the season with a win. At the same time, KKR had lost in the first match of the season. That means, for both the teams, the season ended in the same way as it had started.
Delhi Capitals put a big score on the board
In this match, Delhi Capitals, batting first, made a strong total score of 203 runs after losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. During this, KL Rahul played a brilliant inning of 60 runs in 30 balls. At the same time, a captaincy inning of 39 runs was also seen with the bat of Akshar Patel. In the end, David Miller made important contribution by scoring 28 runs and Ashutosh Sharma made 18 not out runs. On the other hand, Saurabh Dubey took maximum 2 wickets in Kolkata’s bowling. Apart from them, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty achieved 1-1 success by throwing economical spells.
KKR collapsed after scoring 163 runs
Kolkata Knight Riders had a good start in reply to 204 runs. Ajinkya Rahane and Finn Allen added 43 runs for the first wicket in 4.2 overs. During this, Finn Allen scored 20 runs on 13 balls. At the same time, Manish Pandey scored 25 runs in 16 balls. On the other hand, Ajinkya Rahane, handling one end, played a strong inning of 63 runs in 39 balls. Which included 4 fours and 4 sixes. But as soon as he was out the innings faltered. Cameron Green returned to the pavilion after scoring 2 runs, Rinku Singh 0 runs and Anukul Roy 9 runs. Due to which KKR team was all out after scoring 163 runs in 18.4 overs.
Kuldeep Yadav bowled amazingly for Delhi Capitals and took 3 wickets while spending 29 runs in 4 overs. However, he missed taking the first hat-trick of the season. He dismissed Ajinkya Rahane and Rinku Singh on two consecutive balls, but missed the catch on the third ball, due to which the hat-trick could not be completed. Apart from him, Lungi Ngidi also managed to take 3 wickets in his name. At the same time, Mitchell Starc also took 2 wickets in his name.
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