NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders stored their playoff hopes flickering with a vital 14-run win over Delhi Capitals in a high-scoring Indian Premier League 2025 encounter on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday. Powered by disciplined spin bowling from Sunil Narine (3/29) and Varun Chakaravarthy (2/39), KKR efficiently defended 204 by limiting DC to 190/9.
The victory snapped KKR’s three-match winless run and took them to 9 factors from 10 matches. Nevertheless, they remained in seventh place. Delhi Capitals, regardless of the defeat, held on to fourth spot with 12 factors from 10 video games, however have now misplaced two video games in a row, making the race to the playoffs more and more intense.
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Earlier, after being put into bat, KKR’s top-order clicked collectively. Younger Angkrish Raghuvanshi impressed once more with a gentle 44 off 32 balls, whereas Rinku Singh chipped in with 36 and Andre Russell added a brisk 17 to push KKR previous the 200-run mark. KKR completed on 204/9, aided by late cameos and a few dramatic last-over occasions.
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DC’s chase began poorly as they misplaced Abishek Porel within the first over. Faf du Plessis (62) and Axar Patel (43) stitched a invaluable 76-run stand to maintain hopes alive. However Narine’s double blow within the 14th over — eradicating Axar and Tristan Stubbs — turned the sport in KKR’s favour. Narine then put KKR on high by eradicating Faf in his subsequent over (sixteenth).
Regardless of a spirited 38 off 19 from Vipraj Nigam, DC fell quick.
With simply 5 factors separating the highest seven groups, the IPL 2025 playoff race is heating up.
Here is the most recent IPL 2025 Factors Desk after the DC vs KKR match:
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