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Sunil Narine turned the game on its head with three wickets in two overs in the middle phase and led KKR to victory.
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Sunil Narine gave KKR an excellent start with the bat and then turned the game on its head in their favour as the defending champions beat Delhi Capitals by 14-run win. (AFP)
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Narine and Rahmanullah Gurbaz put up an opening partnership that, alongwith Ajinkya Rahane’s knock, ultimately set up the game for KKR. Narine smashed 27 runs in 16 balls while Gurbaz scored 26 in 12. The pair put up an opening stand of 48 runs in just 3 overs(ANI)
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Ajinkya Rahane scored 26 in 14 balls. KKR ended up scoring 79 runs in the powerplay. (ANI)
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Axar Patel put the breaks on the KKR innings by dismissing Rahane in the eighth over and Venkatesh Iyer in his next over. Vipraj Nigal had sent back Narine in the seventh over. (AP)
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Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Rinku Singh gave KKR another wave of impetus after the 10th over. The pair put up a stand of 61 runs in 46 balls. Raghuvanshi was KKR’s highest scorer with 44 runs in 32 balls. (PTI)
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Faf du Plessis put DC in cruise mode despite them losing three wickets in the first 10 overs. He got to his half-century in 31 balls. (PTI)
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DC especially seemed to be on top during Du Plessis’ partnership with Axar Patel. The pair put up a partnership of 76 runs in 42 balls. (PTI)
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Narine brought himself on for two consecutive overs in the middle phase and ended up turning the game on its head. He dismissed Axar and Tristan Stubbs in the 14th over. (PTI)
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Narine sent back Du Plessis in his next over which suddenly shifted the tide KKR’s way. Varun Chakravarthy then dismissed Ashutosh Sharma in the 18th over, thus pretty much ending DC’s chances. He then dismissed Mitchell Starc off the next ball to boot. (PTI)
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