IPL 2024: All-round Kolkata Knight Riders thump Delhi Capitals to move to top of the table

The Kolkata Knight Riders’ unbeaten run continues in the 2024 Indian Premier League as they beat the Delhi Capitals by 106 runs in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.

The Rishabh Pant-led Capitals were restricted to 166/10 after being asked to field first and fell to their third loss in only four matches into the season.

Tristan Stubbs (54) and captain Pant (55) scored quick fire half-centuries for the home team, but it was not enough as Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakravarthy picked up three wickets apiece to derail their chase.

Earlier in the day, the Knight Riders posted a mammoth 272/7 – the second highest total in the Indian Premier League history – as Sunil Narine (85) and Angrish Raghuvanshi (54) chipped in with half-centuries.

There were also vital cameos from Andre Russell (41) and Rinku Singh (26) towards the latter part of the innings and no Capitals bowler was spared. Anrich Nortje finished with figures of 3-59 in four overs, while Sumit Kumar emerged as the most economical bowler in the innings, giving away just 19 runs in two overs.

Turning point of the match

It was Sunil Narine’s evening in Visakhapatnam and it was evident from as early as the fourth over of the match. The West Indian took a...

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