In today’s afternoon match of the Indian Premier league 2020 (IPL 2020), Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Delhi Capitals by 59 runs at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. Varun Chakravarthy broke the back of Delhi's batting line-up with a 5-wicket haul.
Earlier, DC won the toss and opted to field. Nitish Rana and Sunil Narine put up 115 runs for the fourth wicket to help Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) get over a poor start to their innings and post 194/6 in 20 overs against Delhi Capitals at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here on Saturday.
KKR were tottering at 42/3 in the eighth over when Narine, sent in ahead of captain Eoin Morgan, joined Rana in the middle. The West Indies spinner has been having a lean run with the bat but on Saturday, he turned the tide in KKR's favour hitting six fours and four sixes.
Narine fell in the 17th over to Rabada but Rana carried on. He was finally dismissed on the penultimate ball of the innings on 81 by Marcus Stoinis. Stoinis then dismissed Morgan off the very next ball with the England captain on 17 off 9 balls.
Rabada and Anrich Nortje tore into the KKR top order. Both ended the match with two wickets each.
Check 2020 IPL points table and team standings here IPL live score: KKR vs DC full scorecard KKR vs DC scorecard: Kolkata Knigh Riders innings | Batsman | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
| Shubman Gill | c Axar b Nortje | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Nitish Rana | c Tushar Deshpande b Stoinis | 81 | 53 | 13 | 1 |
| Rahul Tripathi | b Nortje | 16 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Dinesh Karthik | c Pant b Rabada | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunil Narine | c Rahane b Rabada | 64 | 32 | 6 | 4 |
| Eoin Morgan | c Rabada b Stoinis | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Pat Cummins | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: 194-6 in 20 Overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets |
| Tushar Deshpande | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Anrich Nortje | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| Kagiso Rabada | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| Axar Patel | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Marcus Stoinis | 4 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
| R Ashwin | 3 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
KKR vs DC playing 11
Delhi Capitals has dropped its young opener Prithvi Shaw and picked Ajinkya Rahane while Anrich Nortje replaced Daniel Sams. Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders brought Sunil Narine in place of Tom Banton while Kamlesh Nagarkoti preferred over Kuldeep Yadav.
KKR playing 11: Shubman Gill,
Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson,
Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy.
DC playing 11: Shikhar Dhawan,
Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Tushar Deshpande,
Anrich Nortje Who holds orange and purple caps in 2020 IPL? Check here IPL live score: KKR vs DC full scorecard  "IPL 2020, KKR vs DC HIGHLIGHTS: Varun's 5-wicket haul takes KKR to victory")
