DC vs. KKR: Delhi defeats Kolkata in Super Over

 DC vs. KKR: Delhi defeats Kolkata in Super Over

Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 3 runs in Super Over in the second match of the day in IPL on Saturday. Earlier in this exciting encounter both the teams scored 185 runs in 20 over’s.
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On reaching the climax of dramatic and adventurous, the Prithvi  was out for 99 runs in the match but on the threshold of win, Delhi Capitals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders in Super Over on Saturday. Coming close to the huge goal of 186 runs for victory, Delhi could not make six runs in the last over. The scores of both teams were on equal footing and the match stretched to super over.
In the last over, Delhi needed six runs but on the first ball Hanuman Vihari scored another and Colin Ingram scored two runs. No run was scored on the third ball while a one run in the fourth ball. At the next ball, Vihari gave a catch to Shubhaman Gill and after an run of the last ball, Ingram was run out. In Super Over, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer  could score 10 runs for Delhi while Iyer's wicket taken by famous Krishna.

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"Hitman" Andre Russell and Captain Dinesh Kartik came for open to KKR , Russell hit a four in very first ball and Russell  bold on the third ball by  Kagiso Rabada. Karthik and Robin Uthappa combined to reach the team with only seven runs.

During the innings of 99 runs against KKR,

Russall

Earlier, on the fall of Shaw wicket, Delhi needed 12 runs in 9 balls and six wickets were left. Prithvi Shaw got 99 runs off 55 balls with the help of 12 fours and 3 sixes, and then Prithvi out by Faguererson by catching Dinesh Karthik on the ball. Captain Shreyas Iyer, playing with Saqi successfully, scored 43 runs in 32 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes. Both added 89 runs for the second wicket. Opener Shikhar Dhawan was dismissed by 16 runs. After this, the Prithvi first contributed 54 runs with Aiyar and then Rishabh Pant and conveyed the victory to the team. Pant was caught by Piyush Chawla on Kuldeep's ball in the 18th over.

Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders, with the help of 53 runs in 53 balls with Andre Russell's catastrophic innings and captain Dinesh Karthik, made 185 for eight wickets, recovering from a poor start. The KKR debut was very poor and its half-team pavilion had returned in the 10th over when the score was just 61 runs on the boad. Russell and Karthik then took the innings and only 95 runs in 53 balls.

Russell, running in good form, opened his hand in the 11th over hit a six in  Amit Mishra over. At the end of the 12th over by Sandeep Lemichane Karthik chipped in with a four and Russall hit two sixes and got 17 runs. Herschel Patel gave twenty runs in the first three overs but in his last over, Karthik hit four  and Russall  hit two longest six in his 20th over. Russell hit the four by completing his fifty in 23 balls with the help of two fours and six fours. He was dismissed by Chris Maurice on his last ball and Rahul Tewatia took a catch in the fine leg, although he collided with Rabada but the ball did not miss him. After completing half century in 35 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes, Mishra caught the ball on the ball behind Pant.