IPL 2024, KKR Vs DC Highlights: Shreyas Iyer's KKR Crush Delhi Capitals At Eden Gardens With A Complete Performance

KKR vs DC Live Score: That's a Wrap!

What a nail-biter! Huge props to the entire KKR squad for delivering an electrifying performance against the DC. It had us all on the edge of our seats, including Phil Salt and Varun Chakaravarthy, I'm sure! And with that, it's time to bid adieu.  Catch you all soon! This is your host, Rajgeeta Yadav, signing off!!

KKR vs DC Live Score: SRK's Got Your Back, KKR Fans

KKR vs DC Player Of The Match: Varun Chakaravarthy

KKR vs DC Player Of The Match: Varun Chakaravarthy [IPLt20]

Varun Chakaravarthy totally owned the Player of the Match title in that KKR vs DC showdown. He was on fire, scalping 3 wickets like it was no biggie. And get this, among those victims were none other than Rishabh Pant, Tristan Stubbs, and Kumar Kushagara. Talk about taking down some serious heavyweights! Varun definitely earned his spot at the top of the podium.

KKR vs DC Live Score:  It's Iyer Boys Day!

Shreyas Iyer & Venkatesh Iyer [AP]

KKR vs DC Live Score: 'We Didn't Perform Well Enough' - Rishabh Pant

"I think it was a good decision for us to bat first, but as a batting unit, we didn't perform well enough. I believe 150 was definitely below par, especially considering the flow of the game. However, that's part and parcel of cricket.

We have a long break ahead, but we need to learn from our mistakes because the batting unit has performed well in previous matches. But, you know, sometimes it's just not your day."

KKR vs DC Live Score: Shreyas Iyer Shinning!! 

3000 runs for the skipper.

KKR vs DC Live Score: KKR Win By 7 Wickets!! 🤩🤩

With Venky sealing the deal at Eden Gardens, they cruised to their 6th win of the season! They were on fire against Delhi Capitals, dominating every aspect of the game and wrapping it up with 7 wickets to spare. 

KKR's now sitting pretty in second place with 12 points, while Delhi's still trying to find their groove in sixth with 10 points from 11 games. 

Tough luck for the visitors, but hey, that's how the game rolls sometimes, right? KKR's got their game on, and they're showing no signs of slowing down! 

KKR vs DC Live Score: 6 By The Skipper! 💥🔥

Boom! Shreyas just totally owned that reverse sweep and sent the ball flying for a massive six! That shot was pure genius! 

Run out check sent upstairs at the striker's end....

Looks like Venkatesh just made it in time! That was close, but he's safe. Not out, folks!

KKR vs DC Live Score: Inching towards the WIN 🔥

Getting closer to that sweet victory! Just 12 runs needed in 29 balls. Things are heating up! 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Momentum's kind of dragging......

Just 4 runs in the 14th over. Shreyas Iyer and Venky seem to be cruising along at a slow and steady pace towards the victory.

KKR vs DC Live Score: 24 Runs in 42 Balls!!

Kolkata Knight Riders are cruising towards the win. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Watch - Axar Patel Took KKR Salt & Pepper

KKR vs DC Live Score: Phil Salt vs DC

Most runs scored by a KKR batter within powerplay in the IPL:

60 - Phil Salt vs DC, Kolkata, tonight*

54 - Sunil Narine vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2017

52 - Sunil Narine vs DC, Vizag, 2024

51 - Brendon McCullum vs CSK, Centurion, 2009 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Finally Williams Gets Rinku 

Williams snags Rinku. But hey, the move to slot him in at no. 3 didn't quite pan out for the KKR Finisher. 

Rinku's promotion turned out to be a bust, as Kulddep Yadav grabbed an easy catch. Tough break for KKR!

KKR vs DC Live Score: Axar Gets Phil Salt!! 🚨🚨

Axar bags his second wicket of the day, sending Phil Salt packing after scoring 68 runs. Shreyas Iyer steps in next.

KKR vs DC Live Score: Rinku just smashed a four like a hero!

Rinku just nailed a sweet four! It was a googly by Kuldeep, a bit of a tricky delivery, but Rinku managed to elegantly guide it to the boundary for the first time tonight. Nice move, Rinku!

KKR vs DC Live Score: RINKU at No. 3?

Guess who's up at No. 3? Yep, it's Rinku Singh stepping onto the field. First time he's giving it a go at No. 3 spot in the IPL.

KKR vs DC Live Score: SUNIL NARINE FALLS! 🚨🚨

Sunil Narine just got out! DC needed that breakthrough, and Axar Patel delivered. Narine managed to score 15 runs before he fell. 😬

KKR vs DC Live Score: SRK already feeling the Win, I guess?

KKR vs DC Live Score: Salty 50 For DC!! 🤩🤩

Phil Salt smashing it with a salty 50! Salt showing off his skills! He smashes a cool fifty in just 26 balls. That's his 4th fifty this IPL season. Go Phil!

KKR vs DC Live Score: Siri Play 'It's Phil Salt Day tonight' 

Watch - Phil Salt smacking Williams with brilliant boundaries 

Guyss, Salt is on fire today! He's just a hop, skip, and a jump away from hitting his half-century mark. Can you believe it? This would make it his fourth fifty in this IPL season. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Salt's Epic Sixes against Williams

Williams just can't seem to contain them. Salt just sent the ball flying for a massive six, followed by another one! That's 13 runs off the over, and KKR is making it look easy in this chase. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Khaleel Ahmed Over Ends!

Nice and tidy over by Khaleel! Only four runs off it.

KKR vs DC Live Score: Williams having a tough Time.

Looks like Williams is struggling out there. First over cost him 23 runs, and now he's dropped a super easy catch.

KKR vs DC Live Score: Oh no! no! Catch DROPPED 

Lizaad Williams what have you done. He just couldn't hold onto that catch. Phil Salt's still in the game thanks to that drop :)

KKR vs DC Live Score: Will DC manage to limit the openers' performance? 

Doesn't seems like as PHIL-NARINE are already smashing Williams.

Phil Salt seems all set as he smashes first boundary for KKR 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Chase Game Is ON!1

Sunil Narine and Phil Salt are set to open, with Lizaad Williams kicking off proceedings for the Delhi Capitals.

KKR vs DC Live Score: Kuldeep records his highest score, DC post 153

Despite losing wickets at regular intervals, the Capitals have breached the 150-run mark, thanks to Kuldeep Yadav, the batter. 

He rides his luck to a fighting 35*, his highest score in the IPL. Some of his edges went for four, but it doesn't matter how the runs come until they keep coming!

DC post 153 runs on the board, but will it be enough? We don't think it will be, given dew has already taken the centre stage in Kolkata. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Pathan sahab questions Pant

Meanwhile, former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan takes a potshot at DC skipper Rishabh Pant for his decision to bat first at this venue. 👀

KKR vs DC Live Score: Rana gets his second, only one more to go

A well-disguised slower ball from Harshit Rana is enough to deceive Rasikh Dar. The J&K bowler, who was holding one end, departs with DC's score reading 140.

KKR vs DC Live Score: KKR reviews for an LBW, Kuldeep survives!

Vaibhav Arora's inch-perfect yorker strikes Kuldeep on his toes. KKR instantly opt to go upstairs, but it's not three reds in the HawkEye. Kuldeep survives a close shout. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Starc vs DC tail in parallel universe 😉

All we have seen is Mitchell Starc ripping through the opponent's lower order with his searing yorkers. 

But Kuldeep Yadav has other ideas today as he smokes the Aussie spearhead for a six and a boundary. 

On a light note, all we can say for Starc is

KKR vs DC Live Score: Another DC batter bites the dust!

What a magnificent spell it has been from Varun Chakravarthy! The mystery spinner has completely rattled the Capitals with his variations. 

Phil Salt takes a stunner behind the stumps as the spinner gets his third. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Narine cleans up Axar, DC in disarray

Narine, Narine echoes Eden Gardens as the spin maestro puts final nail on DC's coffin by dismissing Axar Patel. A regular length delivery, which Axar inside-edges onto his stumps. KKR are all over DC here!!

KKR vs DC Live Score: One brings two, no party for Stubbs tonight

Varun Chakravarthy gets another and this time it's Tristan Stubbs who needs to go back.

A leg-spinner, for a change, from the wily bowler as Stubbs edges it to Phil Salt, who takes a praise-worthy reflex catch behind the stumps. DC are falling apart. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Varun C, the game-changer, Pant is a goner

What a horrible shot to get out from Rishabh Pant. It was right there in the slot but the DC skipper fails to dispatch it into the stands. 

Varun Chakravarthy outfoxes him with a gutsy flighted delivery. Will Pant's dismissal open the floodgates for DC? I fear it will. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Pant-Axar join forces to dominate Vaibhav

Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel have struck some flamboyant boundaries to keep the scoreboard ticking. 

As we have seen earlier, the Capitals are not bowing down despite losing wickets. 

With ten overs still left, 200 seems feasible. Only if this duo keeps playing for a few more overs and set the foundation for Tristan Stubbs. But it's a big if. 👀

KKR vs DC Live Score: Rana puts a dolly, Pant survives 👀

In the airrrr and dropped!!! What have you done Harshit Rana? After doing all the hard work with the ball, you have just dropped a sitter to give Rishabh Pant a lifeline. Gambhir looks unimpressed, I fear for Rana tonight. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Rana Ji sends Porel back to the hut

Harshit Rana gets his revenge as he cleans up Abhishek Porel with a ripper. What was Porel trying to do there? 

He attempts for a ramp shot but fails miserably to execute it, with the ball shattering his middle and leg stump. KKR are right back into this contest. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Pant switches gears with a huge six off Narine

After Porel's onslaught on Rana, skipper Rishabh Pant welcomes KKR's premier spinner Sunil Narine with an outrageous six. 

They know that they have to keep Narine under the pump throughout the innings. 

The good thing about DC is they aren't batting defensively despite losing three. Interesting game going on. It's time for the strategic time out!

KKR vs DC Live Score: 4, 6, 4 - Abhishek Porel takes on Harshit Rana

The change in bowling hasn't really worked for the Knight Riders as Abhishek Porel breaks the shackles for DC with a flurry of boundaries. 

They have certainly lost three, but 58 runs in five overs is not a bad start at all in a T20. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: 6 and out - Shai shatters DC's Hope

Shai Hope got off the mark with a spectacular six but Vaibhav Arora bounces back remarkably, castling the Windies batter with a ripper. What a day the young pacer is having!

This is his second wicket of the day, he is on fire at the Eden Gardens. A good length ball beats Hope on his defence, uprooting his off stump. It's an absolute jaffa

KKR vs DC Live Score: Aussie gets another Aussie, JFM departs

After hitting a six and a four, Fraser-McGurk tries to replicate the same once again as he gets caught at the deep mid wicket. 

What a stunning grab there by Venkatesh Iyer. It's a massive setback for DC, Starc has the last laugh. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: JFM stuns Starc with his fireworks

In the airrr and it's a six! It's fire vs fire going on here at Eden Gardens and it's Jake Fraser-McGurk who has just smashed Mitch Starc for a huge six off the back foot. And he follows it up with a boundary, this time off a full toss. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: KKR reviews, Shaw walks off 😳

Huge appeal for a caught behind and the umpire denies it. Phil Salt convinces Shreyas Iyer to go upstairs. 

Oh, what's going on? Shaw is walking off the field. He knows he has nicked it and the ultra-edge confirms it. DC lose Shaw early, Vaibhav Arora gets him with a nothing delivery.  

KKR vs DC Live Score: 4, 4, 4! Shaw demoralises Starc

After getting off the mark with a glorious cover drive, Shaw hits a magnificent flick and an inch-perfect straight drive to collect two more boundaries. 

This is as perfect as it can get. A Mumbaikar hitting a perfect straight drive is a familiar sight though 😉

KKR vs DC Live Score: Live action begins 🤩

Well, so it's time for the live action. Jake Fraser-McGurk and Prithvi Shaw to open, Mitch Starc to start the proceedings for KKR. Watch out for the in-swinging yorker 👀. Oh, Starc swings it into Shaw but what a terrific cover drive to get off the mark. A boundary to kickstart the match!

KKR vs DC Live Score: Make your team now!

The whole dynamics has changed with Shaw and Mitchell Starc returning to their respective sides. 

So, here are some valuable fantasy tips from our end to create the dream team for this game. 

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KKR vs DC Live Score: Playing XIs

Mitchell Starc and Vaibhav Arora are in for Dushmantha Chameera and Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Impact Sub). 

Meanwhile, DC have replaced Kumar Kushagra (impact sub) with Prithvi Shaw. Additionally, Rasikh Dar makes it into the playing XI, with Mukesh Kumar being included in the impact subs. 

Kolkata Knight Riders: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana
Impact players: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anukul Roy, Suyash Sharma, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey

Delhi Capitals Playing XI: Prithvi Shaw, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Abhishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Lizaad Williams, Rasikh Salam, Khaleel Ahmed
Impact players: Praveen Dubey, Mukesh Kumar, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Sumit Kumar

KKR vs DC Live Score: Pant wins the toss, DC to bat first

Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant has won the toss and the visitors will bat first. Surprising call, considering the track looks extremely flat and will likely be the same throughout the match. 

May be, Pant has a lot of confidence in his bowlers, who have succeeded while defending totals on two consecutive occasions. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: JFM is getting ready 👀

Since making his IPL debut, Jake Fraser-McGurk has been absolutely sensational at the top order for Delhi Capitals. 

As the Capitals prepare themselves for this encounter, Fraser-McGurk can be seen practising big shots with a willow in his hands. 

Can the swashbuckling batter make an impact tonight? Well, if he does, it will be a very tough day for the KKR bowlers. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: The fascinating battles

Considering both teams have some real match-winners, there are several on-field contests that might decide the game's outcome. 

Here are the top player battles to watch out for in this game 👇

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KKR vs DC Live Score: The Knight Riders gear up for the big clash

KKR vs DC Live Score: Eden Gardens pitch report

The surface at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata will massively favour the batters. With a flat and evenly-paced track on offer, expect a run-fest tonight. 

Considering the track record, the toss-winner will likely bowl first. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Team Previews

Delhi Capitals

On the other hand, Delhi Capitals had a disastrous start to the IPL 2024, incurring crushing defeats against Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals. 

Although they managed a fighting win against Chennai Super Kings, the Capitals fell flat in two consecutive matches before making a dramatic turnaround with three victories in the four subsequent affairs. 

Australia's BBL star Jake Fraser-McGurk has played a massive role in DC's resurgence, amassing 247 runs at a blistering strike rate of 237.50. 

Barring the Aussie sensation, skipper Pant has been one of the key performers for the team alongside Khaleel Ahmed, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Rasikh Dar. 

KKR vs DC Live Score: Team Previews

Kolkata Knight Riders

Led by Shreyas Iyer, Kolkata Knight Riders have been impressive in the IPL 2024, occupying the second position in the points table with five victories in eight matches. Phil Salt and Sunil Narine have been absolutely ruthless, ensuring a great start for the franchise in almost every game. The middle-order batters have capitalised on the start, powering KKR to sizeable totals. 

In the bowling department, Narine and Harshit Rana have performed admirably, having ample support from the likes of Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarthy. 

Most importantly, experienced cricketer Andre Russell has showcased his all-round brilliance, contributing significantly to KKR's success. 

Hello and welcome to OneCricket's live blog for the high-voltage clash between  Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals. 

This is Debashis Sarangi, your host and dost for today, accompanied by my colleague Rajgeeta Yadav and we will be taking you all through the thrills and chills of this mouth-watering face-off between two formidable outfits.