DC vs KKR, IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders overpowers Delhi Capitals; Sunil Narine stars with all-round show – Sportstar

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Published : Apr 29, 2025 23:40 IST , DELHI – 2 MINS READ
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Kolkata Knight Riders’ Sunil Narine, right, celebrates the dismissal of Delhi Capitals’ Tristan Stubbs. | Photo Credit: AP
There is still life in Kolkata Knight Riders’ IPL title defence. With just three wins in nine matches before Tuesday, KKR came into this fixture against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium desperately needing to get over the line.
The defending champion did just that by clinching a 14-run win that consigned the Capitals to its third defeat in four matches in the national capital. After racking up 204 for nine, KKR restricted the host to 190 for nine with Sunil Narine working his magic.
The pendulum swung multiple times during the Capitals’ chase. KKR had the ascendancy after striking thrice within the first seven overs, particularly with K.L. Rahul’s run-out from a direct hit. Along with Axar Patel, though, Faf du Plessis stitched together a 76-run stand and kept his team in the fray.
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Just when DC seemed to be nudging ahead – it needed 75 runs from the final seven overs — the guile and game-sense of Narine came to the fore. Having been belted for a six by Axar off the first ball of the 14th over, he pulled his length back ever so slightly and drew the left-hander into skewing a lofted shot to Harshit Rana at cover. The mystery spinner castled Tristan Stubbs’ stumps four balls later before getting rid of du Plessis in his next over. He finished with figures of 4-0-29-3.
At the halfway stage, KKR’s batters must have had mixed feelings about their effort. While a rollicking start allowed the men in purple and gold to zoom to 79 for one at the end of the PowerPlay, there were many more runs they could have scored in the back end to take the game away from DC’s reach. Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s 44 was the highest score, with most of the other batters frittering away quickfire starts.
DC’s bowlers did their bit. Spinners Axar and Vipraj Nigam claimed two scalps each while Mitchell Starc came away with three wickets. In the 20th over, Starc dismissed Rovman Powell and Anukul Roy, thanks to a screamer by Dushmantha Chameera at deep backward square leg, off consecutive balls. Andre Russell was then run out to make it a hat-trick of wickets for DC. It wasn’t enough on the night for the home team though.
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