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Kolkata Knight Riders powered by their spin trio produceda fine all- round show to beat Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets in TataIPL 2026 encounter at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. Earlier KKR won the toss and opted to bowl first.
DC batting struggled in the power play 49-1, 5 overs . K L Rahul struggled with his timing and acored 23 , Nitish Rana 8, Sameer Rizvi 3 , Tristan Stubbs 2, Skipper Axar Patel just 11 ( poor form continued) , Ashutosh Sharma battled hard for his entertaining 39 ( 28 balls 3 fours , 3 sixes), Vipraj Nigam not out 3 , Mitchell Starc run-out 0 , Lungi Ngidi not out 1.
Opener Pathum Nissanka was the top- scorer with 50 ( 29 balls , 5 fours, 3 sixes) . DC could manage a disaapointing 142/8 in their 20 overs much the disaapointment of thr large crowd . KKr bowlers particularly the spinners shone bright – spin trio of Anukul Roy (2/31), Sunil Narine (1/17) and Varun Chakravarthy (0/28)
KK Bowling : Anukul Roy 2/31 ( 4 overs) , Sunil Narine 1/17( 4 overs), Varun Chakravarthy 0/28 ( 4 overs), Vaibhav Arora 1/29 ( 3 overs), Kartik Tyagi 2/25 ( 2 overs), Cameron Green 1/12 ( 1 over)
In reply KKR lost Skipper Ajinkya Rahane early run-out for 13. Kiwi Opener Finn Allen who had failed to fire in the early matches found his range and power shots this time to score his maiden IPL ton . Coming in as impact player Allen was in destructive mood as he smashed the DC bowlers to score a blazing 100 not out ( 47 balls , 5 fours, 10 sixes) . Angkrish Raghuvanshi was out 1 .
𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟! 💥
Finn Allen smashes a sizzling MAIDEN #TATAIPL HUNDRED off 47 deliveries to seal victory for @KKRiders 💜
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Aussie Cameron Green not out 33 not out ( 27 balls , 2 sixes) along with Allen saw KKR home in style by 8 wickets with them reaching 147/2 in just 14.2 overs. This is their 4th win on the trot. They move up to 7th spot with 9 points.
Delhi Capitals Bowlers : Mitchell Starc 0/ 31 ( 3 overs), Axar Patel 1/27 ( 4 overs), Lungi Ngidi 0/7 ( 2 overs), Vipraj Nigam 0/34 ( 2 overs), Kuldeep Yadav 0/41 ( 3 overs) struglging this season, Mukesh Kumar 0/7 ( 0.2)
Match: IPL 2026, 51st Match
Venue: Delhi | Date: May 08, 2026
