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The 16th Match of IPL 2024 was held at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, in Visakhapatnam. This match was between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Kolkata Knight Riders Innings:
Two destructive openers Philip Salt and Sunil Narine came to open for Kolkata Knight Riders. In the first 4 overs, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 58 runs. In the 4th over, Sunil Narine scored 26 runs off Ishant Sharma. Philip Salt got out in the 5th over scoring 18 runs off 12 balls. He was dismissed by Anrich Nortje. After his dismissal, Angkrish Raghuvanshi came to bat. In the last ball of the 6th over, Sunil Narine hit a boundary to reach his fifty in just 21 balls. At the end of 6 overs of powerplay, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 88 runs for 1 wicket.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi gave a fitting accompaniment to Sunil Narine. They put on a partnership of 104 off 48 balls. This partnership was broken by Mitchell Marsh. He dismissed Sunil Narine in the 13th over. Sunil Narine scored 85 off 39 balls with 7 fours and 7 sixes. Angkrish Raghuvanshi got out in the next over. He was dismissed by Anrich Nortje. Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 54 runs off 27 balls and he hit 5 fours and 3 sixes.
After this, Andre Russell and captain Shreyas Iyer put on a partnership of 56 runs off 24 balls And Andre Russell’s contribution to this partnership was more. Shreyas Iyer was dismissed by Khaleel Ahmed in the 18th over. He scored 18 runs off 11 balls with 2 sixes. After that, comes Rinku Singh. He played a cameo of 26 runs off 8 balls. He hit 1 four and 3 sixes. Rinku Singh was dismissed by Anrich Nortje in the last ball of the 19th over. Andre Russell was out bowled on the first ball of the 20th over by Ishant Sharma. He also played an outstanding innings. Andre Russell scored 41 off 19 balls and he hit 4 fours and 3 sixes. At the end of 20 overs, Kolkata Knight Riders made 272 runs for 7 wickets.
For Delhi Capitals, Anrich Nortje of took 3 wickets, Ishant Sharma 2 wickets, and Mitchell Marsh and Khaleel Ahmed took 1 wicket each.
Delhi Capitals Innings:
David Warner and Prithvi Shaw came to open for Delhi Capitals. Delhi Capitals did not start well, as they lost four wickets in the first 5 overs. Prithvi Shaw was dismissed by Vaibhav Arora in the second over. He scored 10 runs. Mitchell Marsh got out in 3rd over without scoring. Mitchell Starc dismissed Get him. Abishek Porel got out for 0 runs off Vaibhav Arora in the 4th over. And in the 5th over, David Warner got out off Mitchell Starc. He scored 18 runs off 13 balls. At the end of 6 overs of Powerplay, Delhi Capitals scored 51 runs for 4 wickets.
After that Captain Rishabh Pant and Tristan Stubbs put on a partnership of 93 runs and this partnership provided some stability to Delhi Capitals. Varun Chakaravarthy broke this partnership. He dismissed Rishabh Pant in the 2nd ball in the 13th over. Rishabh Pant scored 55 off 25 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixes. In the next ball of this over, Varun Chakaravarthy dismissed Axar Patel. Tristan Stubbs played well and scored 54 runs in 32 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes. He was also dismissed by Varun Chakaravarthy in the 15th over.
After that, Delhi Capitals lost the last 3 wickets for just 7 runs and Delhi Capitals’ innings ended at 166 runs in 17.3 overs.
For Kolkata Knight Riders, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakaravarthy took 3 wickets each, Mitchell Starc took 2 wickets, and Andre Russell and Sunil Narine took 1 wicket each.
The summary of the scorecard of this match is given below.
Scorecard Summary:
| Kolkata Knight Riders Innings (272/7 in 20 overs) | Delhi Capitals Bowling |
| Sunil Narine 85 (39) | Anrich Nortje 59/3 (4 overs) |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi 54 (27) | Ishant Sharma 43/2 (3 overs) |
| Andre Russell 41 (19) | Khaleel Ahmed 43/1 (4 overs) |
| Delhi Capitals Innings (153/10 in 19.4 overs) | Kolkata Knight Riders Bowling |
| Mahipal Lomror 33 (13) | Vaibhav Arora 27/3 (4 overs) |
| Rajat Patidar 29 (21) | Varun Chakaravarthy 33/3 (4 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 22 (16) | Mitchell Starc 25/2 (3 overs) |
Result:
Kolkata Knight Riders won the match by 106 runs.
Player Of The Match:
Sunil Narine was the player of the match.