KKR vs DC IPL 2024 47th match: Tremendous performance of Phil Salt, Kolkata Defeated Delhi by 7 wickets!

The 47th match of IPL 2024 was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals at Eden Gardens on Monday. In this match, playing first, Delhi scored 153 runs in 20 overs and gave the target of 154 runs to KKR. In response, Kolkata chased the target in 16.3 overs and got a one-sided victory by 7 wickets. With this the team has scored 12 points and has reached second place in the points table. Whereas Delhi is at sixth place in the points table with 8 points.

Scorecard

KKR    157/3(16.3)

DC       153/9(20)

 

Match report

Kolkata Knight Riders were given a target of 154 runs by Delhi Capitals. In response, KKR chased the target at the loss of 3 wickets in 16.3 overs. For the team, Phil Salt scored 68 runs in 33 balls with the help of 7 fours and 5 sixes. Apart from this, captain Shreyas Iyer played an unbeaten inning of 33 runs. Along with this, the team has unilaterally defeated Delhi in both the matches in IPL 2024.

For the team, Phil Salt scored 68, Sunil 15, Rinku Singh 11, captain Shreyas Iyer played an unbeaten inning of 33 runs in 23 balls. Apart from this, Venkatesh Iyer played an unbeaten inning of 26 runs in 23 balls. There was also an unbroken partnership of 57 runs between these two batsmen. However, with this victory the team has reached second place with 12 points. The team has won 6 out of 9 matches and lost 3.

Delhi Capitals won the toss and decided to bat first. The team had a very bad start and kept losing wickets one after the other. However, Kuldeep Yadav played an unbeaten inning of 35 runs with the help of 1 six and 5 fours in 26 balls and saved the team’s honour. Apart from this, Prithvi Shaw 13, Jake Fraser 12, Abhishek Porel 18, Shai Hope 6, Rishabh Pant 27, Axar Patel 15, Tristan Stubbs 4, Kumar Kushagra 1, Kuldeep Yadav 35 not out, Rasikh Salam 8 and Lizad Williams scored 1 unbeaten.