IPL 2020 Highlights, DC vs KKR Match, Full Cricket Score: Delhi survive late scare from Kolkata to collect their third win

Match aggregates at Sharjah this IPL:

1st match: 416 runs
2nd match: 449 runs
3rd match: 438 runs

DELHI CAPITALS WIN BY 18 RUNS!

Great bowling job by Delhi after the batsmen did their bit. Anrich Nortje the pick of the lot with 3/33 and Amit Mishra bowling just the two overs having picked up a finger injury. This game was done long back but for Eoin Morgan and Rahul Tripathi. Another game in Sharjah, another 200-runs each from both teams. Batsmen’s paradise, bowlers’ hell!

After 20 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 210/8 ( Kamlesh Nagarkoti 3 , Shivam Mavi 1)

Not the perfect start from Marcus Stoinis in defending the 26 runs as Rahul Tripathi smacks a four to get things going. But Stoinis comes back with a slower ball yorker to castle him. Against the tail, Stoinis is not bothered and concedes just 7 runs from the over.

OUT! This time Marcus Stoinis is on the money with his line and length. Yorker pings the middle stump and that’s Rahul Tripathi gone! He’s not happy with that shot but Delhi camp is pleased, most of all Prithvi Shaw. That’s much more like it from Stoinis!

Rahul Tripathi b Stoinis 36(16)

After 19 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 203/7 ( Rahul Tripathi 32 , Kamlesh Nagarkoti 2)

A much better over by Anrich Nortje to calm the Delhi Capitals camp and fans. Not only does he go for just five runs, he’s also gotten rid of Eoin Morgan and the requirement is a huge 26 runs from last 6 balls. But Rahul Tripathi still in the middle

OUT! Eoin Morgan gets the pull but not the distance on it and is found on the boundary. Not enough room in the end for a comfortable enough hit. Hetmyer is a safe pair of hands on the boundary rope. But what an inning from Morgan, when all looked lost.

Morgan c Hetmyer b Nortje 44(18)

After 18 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 198/6 ( Eoin Morgan 43 , Rahul Tripathi 30)

Marcus Stoinis and Rahul Tripathi in the previous over. Kagiso Rabada and Eoin Morgan now. SIX! SIX! SIX! Eoin Morgan with some HUGE hits on both sides of the wicket and he’s kept the boundary (and sixes) ticker busy. 47 runs from the last two overs and KKR now need a doable 31 from 12 balls

After 17 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 175/6 ( Eoin Morgan 24 , Rahul Tripathi 26)

Marcus Stoinis with a poor over as he goes for 24 runs with Rahul Tripathi walloping him for boundaries all over the park. SIX! SIX! SIX! FOUR! KKR have gone from 151 to 175 in a flash and the Delhi camp is suddenly worried

After 16 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 151/6 ( Eoin Morgan 23 , Rahul Tripathi 4)

Kagiso Rabada goes for a touch too much in that over and Eoin Morgan makes him pay for his overzealous attempts. Converts two attempted yorkers into full tosses and smacks it for a four and six. 14 runs from the over and KKR now need 78 runs from 24 balls. Too far or is there a miracle in the offing?

After 15 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 137/6 ( Eoin Morgan 11 , Rahul Tripathi 2)

Five runs from the Harshal Patel and he finishes with 2/34. Hoped to have made it 3/34 but a full toss to Eoin Morgan was over waist height. Umpires conferred before going to third umpire to check. And it is confirmed to be a no ball. On the free hit, another full toss, but nothing comes from it. An economical over and this has been a good show from him

After 14 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 131/6 ( Eoin Morgan 9 , Rahul Tripathi 0)

This contest may well be over but don’t tell Anrich Nortje or Eoin Morgan that. He sends Pat Cummins back for KKR’s sixth wicket to fall. But is immediately brought back to Earth by an Eoin Morgan pull shot that clears the boundary rope with ease. Plenty of meat in that hit! But too little, too late? KKR need 98 from 36 balls

OUT! Wickets falling thick and fast for KKR now. Harshal Patel turns the catch taker as Pat Cummins falls. Anrich Nortje is pumped! He’s been fantastic tonight. Comfortable take for Harshal at third man

Cummins c Harshal Patel b Nortje 5(4)

After 13 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 118/5 ( Eoin Morgan 0 , Pat Cummins 1)

A two-wicket over for Harshal Patel there. Two-in-two for the Delhi bowler. He sent Nitish Rana back on 58 first and followed it up with another slower one and another wicket to send skipper Dinesh Karthik packing. If the first hurt KKR’s chances, the second has sealed the game in Delhi’s favour. They need 111 runs from 42 balls with 5 wickets remaining. Pat Cummins and Eoin Morgan the two new players in to bat

OUT! Two-in-two for Harshal Patel. Another slower delivery (133 kmph) but it climbs into Dinesh Karthik who isn’t able to get the distance or elevation into it. Shikhar Dhawan moves forward and completes the diving catch at mid-off. 

Karthik c Dhawan b Harshal Patel 6(8)

OUT! Nitish Rana had the momentum but Harshal Patel mixed it up with a slower one. Rana was well into his pull but it has only been found by substitute Axar Patel who takes it with ease.

Nitish Rana c (sub)Axar b Harshal Patel 58(35)

After 12 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 108/3 ( Nitish Rana 50 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 5)

At the start of the over, DC have a chance to capitalise on a mix-up between Rana and DK. A slip at the striker’s end but it is met with a misfield by Rabada. And the South Africa bowler is not happy with his effort. Had he gone the right way, that would have been a goner. Eight runs from the over as Nitish Rana brings up his fifty

After 11 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 100/3 ( Nitish Rana 44 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 3)

Dinesh Karthik is into bat for KKR and they need a match-changing role from him tonight. Harshal Patel providing little for either DK or Nitish Rana. Mixing things up very well – banging it short, slower deliveries, length deliveries all thrown in. A double brings up KKR’s 100. 6 runs from the over

After 10 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 94/3 ( Nitish Rana 42 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 0)

What a see-saw battle from Kagiso Rabada and Andre Russell in that over. Russell seemed to have the early laugh with a four and a six but it is Rabada who has the last laugh with the wicket. And what a mighty important wicket too. 10 runs from the over but Delhi have the crucial wicket in the bag. The equation now: KKR need 135 runs from 60 balls

OUT! Andre Russell looked to get going. Another of his typical knocks but it has been stopped short by Kagiso Rabada with the ball and Nortje in the field. Goes for another big hit but this time he miscues it. Nortje with a very well taken catch coming in from third man boundary

Russell c Nortje b Rabada 13(8)

After 9 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 84/2 ( Nitish Rana 42 , Andre Russell 3)

Amit Mishra, playing his 150th IPL game, should have struck last over but he does this time. Breaks a 64-run stand to send Shubman Gill back into the dugout. With asking rate climbing over 13 an over, Andre Russell is promoted up the order. An overstepped delivery provides KKR with a free hit and Nitish Rana capitalises with a six. Clearly the toll of that dropped catch still being felt physically by Mishra. He is not comfortable, magic spray not particularly helping either. Looks to have been struck on the nail. 12 runs from the over