IPL: KKR thump DC by 106 runs

Russell back in the attack and after dot, Nortje is caught at mid-on to end DC's innings. DC lose by 106 runs.

Ishant is the last man in and two dots later he gets off the way off the short bouncer but gets a single.

A wide later, Nortje takes a couple to third man where Narine stops the ball from going to the boundary.

A single to end the over as 5 come off it.

Vaibhav Arora is back in the attack and he strikes first ball as he bowls the short ball, Rasikh tries to pull, miscues and is caught by the keeper. He is out for 1. It was a cross seam delivery  that got big on the batter. 

Nortje is the new man in and after a dot, he takes a single to extra cover to get off the mark.

Two dots and a single to end the over as 2 runs and a wicket come off it.

Narine continues and he strikes and Sumit attempts a slog sweep only to be caught by Manish Pandey at deep mid-wicket.

Rasikh Salam is the new man in and he plays a dot.

11 runs and a wicket come off it. 

Chakravarthy continues and Stubbs starts the over with single to bring up his half-ton.

Sumit then takes a single off a leg bye.

Four byes past keeper next and also a no ball called.

Stubbs then smashes the next ball over extra cover for a four.

Short ball down the leg side next and Stubb tries to go big only to be caught at deep backward square leg by Starc. He is out for 54.

Narine back in the attack, the batters smack him for three sixes as 19 come off the over.

Sumit Kumar is the new man in and Chakravarthy bowls a wide.

The bowler then hits the batter on the pads and KKR take the review and lose it as review shows missing leg.

Sumit then gets off the mark with a single. 

A single to Stubbs to end the over as 2 wickets and 4 runs come off it.

Axar is the new man in, he attempts to heave the first ball he's faced, a tossed up ball and he mishits the googly and straight into the hands of long off and he is out for a first ball duck.

Chakravarthy continues and Stubbs starts the over with a single.

Pant was struggling with his knee through his innings and he attempts to slog sweep the fuller ball only to miscue and is caught by Shreyas. He is out for 55 off 25. He's hit 4 fours and 5 sixes. 

Medium pacer Venky Iyer in the attack now, he strays and Pant crouches and plays it over fine leg for a four!

Pant then slaps the ball over extra cover for a six!

He follows it up with another six as he crouches down, uses the pace of the ball and flicks it over deep square leg for a six!

Full ball and Pant slaps it past backward point for a four!

Venky comes around the wicket and Pant pulls it again towards deep square leg for a four to bring up his 50 off just 23 balls. 

He ends the over with a four through backward point as 28 runs come off the over.

Chakravarthy continues and after 5 singles including a wide, Stubbs pummels the ball down the ground for a four as 9 come off it.

Narine continues and Stubbs starts the over with a single to deep extra cover.

Pant then gets the inside  edge and it misses the stumps for a dot.

Pant then miscues the sweep and the ball falls in no man's land. 

Another dot later, Pant comes down to the leg side and turns the ball down towards the leg side for a single.

Stubbs then pulls it to long on for a couple. 4 come off it.

Leggie Chakravarthy is in the attack now and Stubbs welcomes him with sixes off the first three balls of the over. The first six is over cow corner and the next is smashed down the ground long and hard.

He then gets a single and a reprieve as he is put down by Shreyas at mid-wicket.

Two dots to end the over as 5 come off it.

Offie Narine is in the attack now and Stubbs and Pant rotate the strike for 5 runs in the over. 

 

Harshit Rana was to bowl but heads back into the dressing room with the physio and after a delay, Andre Russell comes in to bowl.

Pant starts the over with a single. A dot later, Stubbs takes a single before Pant just stands in his crease and cleanly hits it over deep square leg for a six!

Pant pulls the ball next and that is another six over deep backward square leg this time.

A dot to end the over as 14 come off it.

KKR have owned the Powerplay overs as DC have lost four batters with another 220-odd runs for victory.

Arora continues and after a dot, Stubbs cuts the ball through backward point for a four.

Stubbs then mis pulls and the thick edge flies past the keeper for a four as the keeper and the fielder unsuccessfully chase the ball.

A dot later, Stubbs takes a single to the mid-wicket.

Pant is then made to smell leather and a wide is called. 

Pant then flicks to deep mid-wicket for a single as 11 come off it. 

Stubbs comes in at the fall of Warner and after a dot he gets off the mark with a single.

Starc then strays down leg and Pant just flicks it over fine leg for a six as a wicket and 13 come off it.

Pant is the new man in.

Starc continues and after a dot, he bowls it full and on the off side, Warner clears his leg and heaves it over mid-wicket for a six!

Starc then keeps it straight and short and slow, Warner attempts the cut, only to chop it on and Warner is out for 18 off 13

Arora continues and he is getting the ball to swing and after a dot, Warner gets a single. 

Three dots later, a short ball bouncer, nicely directed and Porel miscues the pull only to be caught at short fine leg for a duck. Just a run and a wicket come off it.

Impact sub Porel is the new man in and the left-hander is beaten on the outside edge first ball as he plays and misses. A wicket and 5 runs come off the over. 

Starc continues, ball angling in, Warmer misses the flick and it flies to fine leg for  four byes.

Two dots and a single later, Starc strikes, this time he takes out compatriot Marsh who cuts the wide ball hard only to play it straight to Ramandeep at point and he is out for a duck. 

Marsh is the new man in and he a dot to end the over as 10 runs and a wicket come off it.

Impact sub Vaibhav Arora opens at the other end and Warner starts the over with a four over fine leg off a swivel pull.

Warner gets another four as an edge off a pull flies over fine leg for another four.

A wide and a single later, KKR waste a review for LBW after Shaw is hit on the pads off the inside edge. Missing leg shows ball tracking.

Fuller ball, inswinging, Shaw gets a thick inside edge to Varun Chakravarthy who dives in front and completes the catch as the ball dies on him and Shaw is out for 10. The umpires go to the third umpire who signals it out after seeing the replays. DC lose early wicket.

KKR bring on Vaibhav Arora as impact sub for Raghuvanshi.

Warner and Prithvi Shaw open the batting for Delhi while Mitchell Starc opens the attack for KKR and Warner is off the mark with a single.

Two dots later, Shaw gets a couple to the leg side to get off the mark.

Back-to-back fours to end the over as 11 come off the opening over.

It was absolute carnage on a belter of a track at Vizag as Kolkata Knight Riders put on 272 for 7 against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday.

Sunil Narine gave KKR a fiery start as they made 88 in the Powerplay overs. 

Raghuvanshi then made his maiden 50 before Andre Russell muscled the ball all around the park scoring 41 off just 19 balls.

There were two 50 over partnerships and the last five overs produced 77 runs as Rinku Singh played a superb cameo scoring 26 off 8 to help KKR go past 270. 

Starc is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single.

Ishant then misses the yorker and the full toss is whacked down the ground for a four!

A single to end the over as KKR put on 272 for 7. 15 come off the last over.

Ramandeep Singh comes at the fall of Russell's wicket and he is hit on the helmet first ball but gets a couple.

After passing a concussion test he is caught out next ball as he is done in by the slower one. 

Venkatesh Iyer is the new man in.

Ishant comes back into the attack and he starts with superb yorker and Russell fails to dig it out and is down as he is bowled all ends up. He is out for 41 off 19.

Impact sub Abishek Porel is in the field now as Khaleel is subbed.

DC penalised for slow over-rate and now just four fielders allowed in the outfield.

Nortje is back in the attack and Rinku starts the over with a six over third man!

Rinku then pummels the ball over deep extra cover for a six!

Rinku then mishits the next ball over deep extra cover, short of the fielder and that is a couple to the batter.

A wide ball next and that is the highest total for KKR in IPL - 254.

Rinku then smashes the ball over wide long on for a six!

Rinku then creams the ball over covers for a four.

Rinku then throws his bat at the full ball and is caught at mid-on for 26 off just 8 balls. 15 runs and a wicket come off it.

Rinku is the new man in and Khaleel starts with a wide.

Rinku then slices the high ball for a single to single towards point. They take a single and no ball called for height. 

Free hit next and Russell gets a couple thanks to a misfield at deep extra cover. 

Another short bouncer, and that is a dot ball. Russell then cuts the next ball towards third man for a single.

Rinku then slaps the ball to cover and runs for a single as 14 come off it.

Khaleel continues and he starts with a wide ball off the off stump. Russell swings and misses, he takes a single. The  partnership is now 50 off 26 balls.

Shreyas then slices the ball for a flat six towards deep backward point.

Iyer then miscues the pull and is caught out for 18 off 11.

Marsh is back in the attack and Shreyas starts the over with a single.

Russell then cuts the ball and the top edge flies to third man for a four.

Russell then mistimes the pulls but the muscle on the ball takes it over mid-wicket for a six!

A single later, Shreyas pulls the next ball over mid-wicket for another six and a dot to end the over as 19 come off it.

Khaleel back in the attack and he starts with a wide on the off side.

A dot later, Russell brings up the 200 with a powerful swing mistimed over extra cover for a six!

Khaleel comes around the wicket and bowls another wide.

He then bowls a slow full toss and Russell plays and misses.

Russell then slaps the ball to cover for a single. Shreyas then takes a single to long on.

Change of bats for Russell. A short bouncer that Russell ducks under to end the over as 10 come off it.

Rasikh is back in the attack and KKR continue to find the runs, this time Russell is muscling the ball both sides of the wicket and he hits a six and a four as 14 come off it. 

DC's twin strike could peg things back for KKR. 

Shreyas is the new man in and after a dot, he gets off the mark with a single off a pull to backward square leg.

Russell then just slaps the next ball through extra cover for a four.

Russell then plays and misses as 10 runs and a wicket come off it.

Nortje continues and Raghuvanshi starts the over with a four through deep mid-wicket as the fielder fails to cleanly stop it on the dive at the boundary.

A wide later, Raghuvanshi ramps the short ball straight into the hands of Ishant at third man.  He is out for 54. 

Andre Russell is the new man in and he gets off the mark with a single.

Raghuvanshi brings up his 50 with a single before Russell ends the over with a four over mid-on.

A wicket and 9 runs come off it.

Marsh back in the attack and Raghuvanshi starts the over with a single to mid-wicket.

A dot and a wide later, Marsh strikes as he bangs it in short, Narine gets a top edge as he tries to swat the ball across the line and is caught behind by Pant. He is out for 85. 

Nortje back in the attack and the batters take two singles before Narine slaps the ball down the ground for a six over long-off.

Narine and Raghuvanshi then take a single each. 

Narine pulls the ball towards mid-wicket for a couple. 12 come off it.

Rasikh Salam is back in the attack and after a dot, Raghuvanshi takes a single to cover where Marsh dives and saves three runs.

A wide later, Narine gets a single before Raghuvanshi plays a switch hit as he moves and slaps it over third man for a six!

A dot later, he flicks it over over mid-wicket for a six!

15 come off the over.

Mitch Marsh in the attack now and he starts with a bouncer, wide called.

Narine then creams the slower ball over extra cover for a four!

Narine then smashes the next ball straight to long-off for a single. 

Raghuvanshi then flicks the ball to the leg side for a single. Marsh keeps the pace slow and mixes the variations.

Narine then attempts to pull but he only manages to play it down for a single.

Raghuvanshi then plays the ball to the leg side for another single.

A bouncer, a dot to end the over as 9 runs come off it.

Sumit continues and Raghuvanshi and Narine take a single off the first two balls and after a dot, Raghuvanshi takes a couple towards point.

Raghuvanshi then flicks the ball over deep square leg for six!

Raghuvanshi then slices the ball past backward point for a four as 14 come off it.

Axar Patel in the attack now and Raghuvanshi reverse sweeps it and the top edge flies over short third man for a four as Khaleel fails to get to it.

Raghuvanshi then takes a single before Narine pulls the ball over mid-wicket for a six to bring up KKR's 100 in 7.3 overs.

Narine then miscues a lofted short over cover for a single.

Big shout for LBW next as the arm ball goes past Raghuvanshi's bat and he takes a single off a leg bye.

Narine ends the over with another six down the wicket to bring up the 50-run stand for the 2nd wicket. 19 come off it.

Medium pacer Sumit Kumar is in the attack now and Raghuvanshi starts the over with a single.

A dot later, Narine plays the ball over mid-off and it dies on a forward diving Nortje and he gets a single.

Raghuvanshi then gets a single to mid-wicket. Narine then cuts it past point for a single.

Raghuvanshi then plays the ball to extra cover for a single as 5 come off it. 

Medium pacer Rasikh Salam is in the attack now and after a dot Narine gives him a cold welcome with a boundary past point.

He then hammers the ball for a six over wide long-on.

A dot later, Narine smashes the ball through cover point for a four and he brings up his 50 with a slice to third man for a boundary as 18 comes off it. 

Angkrish Raghuvanshi is the new man in and gets off the mark with a four as he swivel pulls the ball over short fine leg for a four!

He then punches the ball through cover point for another four.

A couple to end the over as 12 runs and a wicket come off it.

Anrich Nortje in the attack now and after a dot, Salt miscues the pull but is put down by Warner at deep mid-wicket. He gets a couple.

Salt is out next ball, caught by Stubbs as he back peddles from mid-off. 

Salt out for 18 off 12.

Ishant continues and Ishant starts with a wide ball and Narine launches it over mid-off for a six!

Back to back sixes as the short ball is swivel pulls the ball hard over square leg for a six!

A misfired yorker and Narine plays it behind point for a four!

A dot later, Narine slams the full ball over long-off for another six!

Narine then slices the ball past backward point for a four as 26 come off it.

 

Khaleel continues and Narine gets a top edge that goes over mid-on for a couple as Stubbs puts in dive and saves two.

Narine then slices the next ball through square on the off side for a four.

Narine then gets a single before Salt creams the next ball through covers for a four!

Salt then plays across the line and misses.

Salt ends the over with another four as he plays the ball through extra cover and 15 come off it.

Ishant opens at the other end, the ball comes back in and Salt gets the inside edge, the ball falls down and he scampers for a single.

Ishant comes around the wicket to Narine, gets some swing and the batter plays and misses again.

And another swing and a miss and Narine is struggling to connect here.

Full ball next and Narine digs the ball down to deep point for a single.

Salt then slaps the next ball over extra cover for a four! First boundary of the night.

Salt then cuts the ball down past backward point for another four as 10 come off it.

Phil Salt and Sunil Narine open the batting for KKR while Khaleel Ahmed opens the attack for DC. 

And Khaleel starts with one that shapes in to right hander and that is a four as Salt gets a thick outside edge and the ball flies off he keeper's glove for a four. The umpire calls it byes.

A wide ball later, Salt plays two dots.

Another wide ball, Salt has a go at it and misses but gets a single as Pant goes full stretch but can't stop the single.

Khaleel then bowls a dot before he gets another to swing outside off and Narine plays and misses. 

Narine then pulls the next one to mid-on for a dot. 7 come off the first over. 

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer has won the toss and opted to bat against Delhi Capitals in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. 

On what is expected to be a belter of a track, the KKR captain expects Sunil Narine and Andre Russell to come up with the goods tonight.

Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Rasikh Dar Salam, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.