IPL 2024: KKR vs DC Match 47 – Top 5 Standout performances from the Match

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Delhi Capitals (DC) locked horns in the low-scoring 47th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024; both teams played this match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The surface at Eden Gardens behaved completely south of the way it played in the last high-scoring and historic game between KKR and Punjab Kings (PBKS).

DC batted first and could post a total of only 153 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs courtesy of some resilience shown by the lower-order batter Kuldeep Yadav. '

However, the hosts, KKR, comfortably chased down the total in 16.4 overs, scoring 157 runs for the loss of 3 wickets and won the match by 7 wickets. 

With that said, here we’ll have a look at the top 5 standout performances from this low-scoring thriller between Shreyas Iyer’s KKR and Rishabh Pant’s Delhi Capitals.

Here are the top 5 standout performances of the match:

Kuldeep Yadav (DC) – 35 runs off 26 balls

The number 9 batter Kuldeep Yadav came to bat for the visitors Delhi Capitals when they were struggling after losing 7 wickets at the score of 101 runs in 13.3 overs. Before Kuldeep Yadav, it was only the skipper Rishabh Pant who had crossed the individual mark of 20+ runs.

Kuldeep showed a fighting intent against the dominating KKR bowlers and played a crucial knock of 35 runs off 26 balls, with 5 fours and a six. His knock also helped KKR to go past the 150 mark and post a respectable total of 153 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the first innings.

Varun Chakravarthy (KKR) – 3/16 in 4 overs

One of the best performances in the match came for KKR in the first innings from their star spin-bowling all-rounder Varun Chakravarthy. He bowled brilliantly and scalped 3 wickets at the cost of just 16 runs in his quota of overs.

He registered a brilliant economy rate of only 4.00. Chakravarthy scalped the crucial and big wickets of skipper Rishabh Pant and in-form Tristan Stubbs of DC, alongside the impact batter Kumar Kushagra.

Harshit Rana (KKR) – 2/28 in 4 overs

In the brilliant bowling display of KKR bowlers, Harshit Rana was also one of the standout performers, scalping 2 wickets at the cost of 28 runs in his quota of 4 overs. He dismissed Abhishek Porel and Rasikh Salam. Rana, alongside his other bowling colleagues in KKR, managed to dismantle the DC batting attack with brilliant bowling in the first innings.

Rana is also on the list of the leading wicket-takers for KKR in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024, alongside his fellow teammate and star all-rounder Sunil Narine.

Vaibhav Arora – 2/29 in 4 overs

Young KKR pacer Vaibhav Arora also contributed his part to KKR’s brilliant bowling performances in the first innings of this all-important game against the Delhi Capitals. Arora scalped 2 wickets at the cost of 29 runs in his quota of 4 overs.

Arora dismissed the star DC opener, Prithvi Shaw and the dangerous number 4 batter Shai Hope just at the individual scores of 13 and 6 runs, respectively.

Phil Salt (KKR) - 68 runs off 38 balls 

The star KKR wicketkeeper-batter and in-form opener, Phil Salt once again shone with the bat and smashed a blistering knock of 68 runs off just 33 balls, with 7 fours and 5 sixes while chasing the target in the second innings. 

Salt also stitched a blistering opening partnership of 79 runs with Sunil Narine in just 6.1 overs before the latter was dismissed at the individual score of 15 runs.