IPL 2026, Delhi Capitals vs KKR Updates: Allen smacks maiden IPL ton KKR thrash DC by 8 wickets.

Fri, 08 May 2026

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22:42

This is KKR's fourth win in a row

KKR 147-2 (14.2 ovs) vs DC 142-8 | Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Capitals by eight wickets in an IPL match in New Delhi.

This is their 4th win on the trot. They move up to 7th spot with 9 points.

Opener Finn Allen scored his maiden IPL century as KKR chased down 143 in just 14.2 overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders spinners led by Sunil Narine strangled Delhi Capitals in the middle overs on a tacky surface to restrict them to 142 for eight.

Pathum Nissanka struck a quick 50 (29 balls; 5x4, 3x6) but Delhi lost momentum after his dismissal, scoring just 11 runs between the 12th and 16th overs as Anukul Roy (2/31), Kartik Tyagi (2/25) and Sunil Narine (1/17) applied the brakes.

Ashutosh Sharma's late 28-ball 39 (3x4, 3x6), gave Delhi some respite.

3 needed off 36.

Mukesh Kumar is in the attack now. Green knocks it around the corner for a single.

Allen then pulls the ball for a six to bring up his century off 47 balls. That is the winning runs for KKR. KKR thrash DC by 8 wickets.

Kuldeep continues and Green starts the over with a single.

Full and wide next and Allen flays it over long off for a six!

A dot later, Allen plays it off his inside edge and the ball runs to fine leg for a couple.

Full and Allen lofts it over long-on for a six!

Allen then miscues for a dot as 15 come off it.

Nigam is back in the attack and Green starts the over with a single.

Allen then launches the next three balls for three sixes in a row.

Allen takes a single to mid-off.

Green then just nudges the ball to the leg side as 21 runs come off it.

22:22

Allen, Green keep KKR in hunt

KKR 104-2 (12 ovs) vs DC 142-8 | Scorecard

Kuldeep is back in the attack and Allen welcomes him with a six as he pulls the ball over deep mid-wicket.

A single later, Green now gets latches on to the short ball and he pulls it over deep mid-wicket for another six!

Green and Allen then take three singles as 16 runs come off the over.

Starc is back in the attack and Allen brings up his maiden IPL 50 with a six as he scoops it over fine leg.

Allen and Green then deal in singles and twos as 13 come off the over.

The last two overs have given KKR just 9 runs.

Axar is back in the attack and Green and Allen can only get 4 runs in the over.

Ngidi is back in the attack and he keeps it full and Green and Allen run five singles in the over.

22:03

Kuldeep, Nigam slammed for runs

KKR 67-2 (8 ovs) vs DC 142-8 | Scorecard

Kuldeep Yadav is in the attack now and after a dot, Allen edges the wrong un and it runs past the slips for a four.

A dot later, slot ball and Allen hammers it down the ground for a six!

Short ball and Allen pulls it straight to Stubbs at deep mid-wicket where he puts it down as the ball dies on him even as he dives in front, Allen gets a single.

A dot to end the over as 11 come off it.

Leggie Vipraj Nigam is in the attack now and Green takes him down for a six and a four in the over as 13 come off it.

21:56

KKR have decent Powerplay

KKR 43-2 (6 ovs) vs DC 142-8 | Scorecard

Axar continues and Green pulls him over mid-wicket for a six even as they take three singles in the over as 9 come off it.

Ngidi is in the attack and he gives just two runs in the over as he mixes his lengths and keeps it tight.

21:46

Rahane, Raghuvanshi back in the hut

KKR 32-2 (4 ovs) vs DC 142-8 | Scorecard

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

A dot to end the over as a wicket and 3 runs come off it.

Angrkrish Raghuvanshi is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single to sweeper cover.

Allen then takes a single to long-on.

Raghuvanshi then goes for the sweep, the ball flies off his glove and goes on to roll on to the stumps and he is out for 1. Two lucky breaks for DC first up.

Starc continues and Allen rocks back and creams the short ball through covers for a four!

Axar then puts in the dive at covers to keep it down to just a single.

Rahane then plays and misses.

Rahane then spots the full ball and picks up and plays it over deep square leg for a six!

Rahane then inside edges the ball to fine leg for a single.

Allen then smacks the ball down the pitch, Starc gets a hand to it and the ball hits the stumps at the bowler's end. Rahane seems out of his crease. Umpire reviews for run out and replays show the ball deflected off Starc's fingers onto the stumps. Rahane is out unfortunately run out for 13 off 9.

21:35

Allen, Rahane accelerate early

KKR 17-0 (2 ovs) vs DC 142-8 | Scorecard

Axar opens at the other end, Allen gets across the stumps, and flicks the ball through mid-wicket for a four!

Allen then takes a single to mid-wicket.

A dot later, Rahane just swings his arms and slaps it through covers for a four!

Rahane then plays the ball to mid-on for a single.

A single to the leg side to Allen to end the over as 11 come off it.

Ajinkya Rahane and Finn Allen come out to chase 143 for victory while Mitch Starc opens the bowling for DC and after two dots, Rahane starts with a single.

A dot later, Allen stays on leg stump and hammers the ball down the ground for a four.

A single to long-on to end the over as 6 come off it.

21:23

Spinners apply breaks before Ashutosh's late counter

DC 142-8 (20 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders' spinners put a choke hold on Delhi Capitals and ensured they restricted them to 142 for 8 in their 20 overs in New Delhi on Friday.

Nissanka and Rahul gave DC a good start taking them to 55 in the Powerplay, but in the middle overs Narine, Chakravarthy and Roy strangled the batters. There was a little grip and turn to assist them.

Ashutosh then came out and smacked 39 off 28 to help DC go past the 120-run mark.

Lungi Ngidi is the new man in.

Nigam can only get a single to deep cover.

Ngidi then plays the ball to deep point for a single as 2 wickets and just three runs come off it.

Mitchell Starc is the new man in and he is beaten for pace first ball.

Starc then plays the ball to the off side and runs for a suicide single as he is run out at the non-strikers' end. He is out for a duck.

Tyagi continues and Nigam starts the over with a single.

Fuller ball next, Ashutosh hits it hard and straight to Rahane at cover as he is out for 39 off 28 balls.

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

Ashutosh then spots the full ball and reverse scoops it over third man for a six!

Short ball next and Ashutosh hammers it down the ground for a four as 13 come off it.

Vaibhav is back in the attack and Axar and Ashutosh start the over with a single each off the first two balls.

Axar then pulls the next ball, Anukul takes the catch as he runs to his left and he has complete control of the catch as he falls and gets up. Axar is out for 11 off 22.

21:01

26 runs come off last two overs

DC 126-5 (18 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Tyagi is back in the attack and after a play and miss, Ashutosh upper cuts the short ball over the keeper for a six!

Ashutosh and Axar take a single each off the next two balls.

Ashutosh then pulls the next slower bouncer to mid-wicket for a single.

Axar plays the ball through point for a single as 10 come off it.

A struggling Chakravarthy is back in the attack and Axar starts the over with a single.

A dot later, Ashutosh gets DC a boundary after 38 balls as he smacks the full ball down the ground for a six!

Full, quick and wide and Ashutosh creams it through point for a four as Roy misfields at the boundary!

Back-to-back fours for Ashutosh as he cuts the next ball through point for a another boundary.

A single to deep cover to end the over as 16 come off it.

20:50

Narine, Tyagi give nothing away

DC 100-5 (16 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Narine is back in the attack and after two dots, Ashutosh is hit on the back leg. Big shout, no says the umpire. KKR decide against taking the review.

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

Axar plays the ball to the leg side to end the over with a single as just two come off it. 100 up for DC.

Tyagi is back in the attack and Axar starts the over with two dots.

Axar then plays out the full ball to cover and he scampers for a single.

Ashutosh then plays and misses before he drives the ball down the ground for a single.

Axar then is squared up on the defence and the ball goes to short third man for a dot as just 2 runs come off the over.

20:39

Narine, Roy, Chakravarthy have Axar and Co in knots

DC 96-5 (14 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Chakravarthy is back in the attack and after a dot Ashutosh takes a single to long on.

Chakravarthy seems to have injures himself as he is hobbling to his bowling crease.

Three dots later, Axar mistimes the hit to long off and he takes a single to end the over as just 2 come off it.

Roy continues and Axar starts the over with a single.

KKR review for a caught behind as Ashutosh tries to flick it to fine leg. Big shout, no says the umpire and he signals a wide. KKR review for caught behind. Ultra Edge shows nothing on it and the wide has also been reversed. Dot ball given.

A dot later, the batters take three singles as 3 come off it.

20:31

Stubbs bowled out by Roy

DC 90-5 (12 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Narine continues and Axar is beaten first ball as he plays it down the wrong line.

Three dots later, Axar takes a single to square leg.

A dot to end the over as just one comes off it.

Ashutosh Sharma is the new man in and he starts with a dot.

9 runs and a wicket come off it.

Axar is the new man in and Roy bowls a wide down the leg side.

Axar then gets off the mark with a single to fine leg.

Stubbs is now off the mark with a couple through covers.

A dot later, Roy bowls it quicker, Stubbs stays back, the ball goes through his bat as he is squared up and the ball goes on to hit his stumps. Stubbs out for 2.

Anukul Roy is back in the attack and he bowls it wide and full and Nissanka comes down the pitch and creams it through the off side for a four to bring up his 50.

Wide ball again, Nissanka comes down the track, misses and Raghuvanshi finishes the job as he breaks the stumps and he is out for 50 off 29 balls. Wide called but DC lose another wicket as spinners put the choke on DC.

20:18

Narine removes Rizvi

DC 80-3 (10 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Tristan Stubbs is the new man in and he starts with a dot as a wicket and 3 runs come off it.

Narine is back in attack and after a dot, Nissanka sweeps the full ball for a single.

After a dot, Rizvi pulls the ball wide of mid-wicket for a couple.

Rizvi then goes for the big slog only to find the fielder in the deep and Delhi lose their 3rd wicket. Rizvi out for 3.

Sameer Rizvi is the new man in.

Chakravarthy continues and he gives just 3 runs in the over.

20:09

Rana out for 8

DC 74-2 (8 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Cameron Green in the attack now and Rana starts the over with a single.

Full and on the leg side and Nissanka picks it up and plays it over backward square leg for a six!

Nissanka then takes a single before Rana comes down the track and slices it past backward point for a four!

A dot later, Green bowls a slow bouncer, Rana miscues the pull to short fine as Narine takes a simple catch and he is out for 8 off 10.

Varun Chakravarthy is in the attack now and Rana starts the over with a single.

A dot later, Nissanka and Rana take a single each.

A dot later, Nissanka guides the ball past third man for a four as 7 come off it.

20:03

Rahul out for 23

DC 55-1 (6 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Nitish Rana is the new man in.

Arora is back in the attack and he strays down the leg and Nissanka swings it over short fine leg for a four.

A single later, Rana plays three dots.

Rana then pulls the ball to deep mid-wicket, the ball falls short of the fielder. Rana opens his account with a single as just 6 runs come in the over.

Kartik Tyagi is in the attack now and Rahul cuts the short and wide ball past backward point, the fielder makes a hash of it on the dive and the ball runs to the boundary for a four!

Rahul then takes a single to third man.

A dot later, Nissanka cuts it to backward point for a single.

Rahul then slaps the ball past the bowler for a four!

Rahul then goes inside out, mistimes, the ball goes in the air, Cameron Green stays under it patiently and completes the catch. Rahul is out for 23 off 14.

19:55

Rahul out for 23

DC 49-1 (5 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Kartik Tyagi is in the attack now and Rahul cuts the short and wide ball past backward point, the fielder makes a hash of it on the dive and the ball runs to the boundary for a four!

Rahul then takes a single to third man.

A dot later, Nissanka cuts it to backward point for a single.

Rahul then slaps the ball past the bowler for a four!

Rahul then goes inside out, mistimes, the ball goes in the air, Cameron Green stays under it patiently and completes the catch. Rahul is out for 23 off 14.

19:49

Narine taken to the cleaners

DC 39-0 (4 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Sunil Narine is in the attack now and Rahul starts the over with a single.

Narine tosses it up next and Nissanka gets to the pitch and drives it through covers for a four!

A dot and a single later, Rahul latches on the short ball and pulls it through to long on for a four!

A single to end the over as 11 come off it.

Roy continues and after a dot, Rahul stays on leg side and lofts the ball to long on for a four!

Rahul then takes a single to extra-cover.

Two dots later, short ball and Nissanka pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a six as 11 come off it.

19:40

KKR bowlers not giving away easy runs

DC 17-0 (2 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Vaibhav Arora opens at the other end and he starts with an inswinger and Nissanka inside edges it on to his pads for a dot.

Nissanka then drives the ball between Rahul's legs for a single to mid-on.

Rahul then taps the ball down to backward point for a single.

Short ball and Nissanka pulls it over backward square leg for a six!

Nissanka and Rahul then take a single each as 10 come off it.

Pathum Nissanka and KL Rahul come out to bat for Delhi Capitals in a must-win encounter.

Left-arm spinner Anukul Roy opens the attack for Kolkata Knight Riders.

And after a dot, Nissanka latches on to a short ball and pulls it for a four to get off the mark with a boundary.

Three singles and a dot to end the over as 7 come off the opening over.

19:28

DC need victory to keep their playoff aspirations alive

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane has won the toss and elected to field against Delhi Capitals in New Delhi on Friday.

Kolkata have to reset after a mini-break while DC need to win all their four remaining matches to stay in contention for a play-offs spot.

Playing XIs:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Kartik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy

Delhi Capitals: Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul(w), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar

Impact Substitutes

Delhi Capitals: Karun Nair, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Abishek Porel, David Miller

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ramandeep Singh, Finn Allen, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Tim Seifert

Delhi Capitals, currently in seventh position with eight points from 10 games, need to win all four of their remaining games to reach 16 points and sneak into the playoffs.

The eighth-placed KKR need to win all five of their remaining matches to leapfrog to 17 points in order to remain relevant.

In this backdrop, what becomes important is the surface on which DC will play the game.

Delhi Capitals' Pitch Strategy Against KKR Spin Threat

It is understood that to counter the threat of spin twins Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, DC is likely to opt for a batting belter and will be playing on Pitch No.6, the track on which they scored 264 but failed to defend against Punjab Kings.

The reason for picking such a track is lack of faith in the batting line-up which was reduced to 9 for 6 on a slightly seaming surface against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

On a slowish surface where the ball gripped, the DC batters failed to come to terms with Rashid Khan of Gujarat Titans, and Akeal Hosein and Noor Ahmed of the Chennai Super Kings.

Sunil (Economy Rate of 6.80) and Varun (Economy Rate 8.88) can make life miserable for the likes of Pathum Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, and Karun Nair to name a few.

Kuldeep Yadav's Struggles and Impact on DC's Bowling

Making things worse for Delhi is premier spinner Kuldeep Yadav (10 matches, 7 wickets at ER 10.36), who is going through his worst IPL season right now.

In such a situation, the only escape route for a distinctly mediocre team with no apparent 'Plan B' is to play on a flat deck.

It would give the non-performing home batters a chance to pile up a big score. Later, the team would expect that Mitchell Starc and Lungi Ngidi, who suffered a concussion during the game against Punjab, would will seal the deal with the ball.

The only advantage DC will have is that KKR's pain point is also its top order performance.

The two main batters at the top, skipper Ajinkya Rahane (205 runs at Strike Rate 131.42) and Angkrish Raghuvanshi (268 runs at 137.43) haven't been able to grab the initiative in most of the games.

Save Rinku Singh (245 runs at 145.39), who has done the heavy lifting in KKR wins, the other batters have mostly struggled.

If KKR are still in with a chance to progress, it is because of Narine and Varun who have got 9 and 10 wickets respectively.

Delhi Capitals' Batting and Bowling Woes

For DC, the problems have been way too many.

KL Rahul, with his best ever IPL strike rate of 180 plus in an aggregate of 445 runs, has put in an effort. But his his best isn't enough given that the likes of Abhishek Sharma, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi are striking at way above 200.

The team management's insistence on continuing with Pathum Nissanka (228 in nine games) has been baffling.

Playing Karun Nair, who has been in horrible touch even in the nets, defied logic. Nitish Rana, despite all his experience, can't seem to play the short ball.

The Indian pacers like Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan and "Baramullah's Dale Steyn" Auqib Nabi Dar have had economy rates of 11, 11.18 and 13.42 respectively.

None of the DC bowlers' wicket tally has touched double figures with skipper Axar Patel's nine scalps at an economy rate of 8.25 being the best.

00:36

Marsh, Prince fashion LSG's narrow win

RCB 203-6 (19 ovs) vs LSG (DLS target 213 in 19 ovs) | Scorecard

Mitchell Marsh slammed a superb 111 off 56 balls as bottom-placed Lucknow Super Giants snapped a six-match losing streak with a nine-run (DLS) victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a rain-curtailed match in Lucknow.

Sent in to bat, Marsh smashed nine fours and as many sixes, adding 95 off 56 balls with Arshin Kulkarni (17) and 70 off 41 balls with Nicholas Pooran (38) to single-handedly steer LSG to 209 for 3.

Skipper Rishabh Pant also made a quickfire 10-ball 32 not out.

However, multiple rain interruptions reduced the match to a 19-over a side affair, setting RCB a DLS Target of 213.

Chasing the total, RCB were limited to 203 for six with Prince Yadav (3/33) and Shahbaz Ahmed (2/33) sharing wickets for LSG.

Skipper Rajat Patidar was the highest scorer for RCB with a 31-ball 61.

For RCB, Krunal Pandya (1/31) and Josh Hazlewood (1/49) claimed a wicket each.

00:29

LSG's slim playoff hopes alive

RCB 203-6 (19 ovs) vs LSG (DLS target 213 in 19 ovs) | Scorecard

RCB need 20 off the final six deliveries.

Digvesh Rathi to bowl the final over and Romario Shepherd swings at a googly but misses. The ball hits his pads and rolls down to the leg side. A single (leg byes) is taken.

Krunal Pandya then taps one to sweeper cover and gets a single.

18 needed off 4.

Shepherd then attempts a slog-sweep but misses.

A wide outside off follows.

Four! Shepherd slices one through backward square leg and gets a boundary.

13 needed off 2.

A couple through deep mid-wicket follows.

Only a single came off the final delivery.

LSG beat RCB by 9 runs (DLS) in the rain-curtailed match and keep their slim hopes of making the playoff alive.

00:21

RCB need 20 off 6 balls

RCB 193-6 (18 ovs) vs LSG (DLS target 213 in 19 ovs) | Scorecard

Mohammed Shami is back into the attack with his final over and Krunal Pandya nudges the first delivery to deep cover for a single.

Two dots later, Romario Shepherd chips one to long-on for a single.

Six! A full toss in the slot and Krunal smokes it down the ground for a maximum.

Six more! Shortish slower delivery and Krunal pulls it over backward square leg.

14 runs came off the over.

RCB need 33 off the final two overs.

Prince Yadav with his final over and Romario Shepherd is on strike. A single (leg byes) gets Krunal back on strike.

Four! Short delivery and Krunal pulls it to the deep square leg fence.

A single through sweeper cover follows.

A dot later, Shepherd smokes the full toss and deposit into the stands behind deep mid-wicket.

A single through mid-on to end the over. 13 runs came off it.

RCB need 20 off six balls.

00:12

RCB need 47 off 18 balls

RCB 166-6 (16 ovs) vs LSG (DLS target 213 in 19 ovs) | Scorecard

11 runs came off Shahbaz Ahmed's over as Tim David and Krunal Pandya hit a boundary each. RCB need 80 off 30 balls.

Mayank Yadav with his final over and Tim David punches the back of a length delivery past the extra cover fielder for a boundary.

Two dots later, Tim David goes deep into his crease and pulls the short ball over mid-wicket.

Six more! Short delivery again and Tim David hammers it through mid-wicket.

A single through third man to end the over. 17 runs came off it.

RCB need 63 off 24 balls.

Shahbaz Ahmed with his third over and starts off with a dot and two wides.

Six! Wide delivery outside off and Tim David thumps it over long-on for a maximum.

Out! Tim David departs, caught by Digvesh Rathi.

Tim David goes for 40 off 17 balls with four boundaries and three sixes.

Romario Shepherd comes to the crease and hits back-to-back boundaries.

A dot to end the over. 16 runs came off it.

RCB need 47 off 18 balls.

IPL 2026, Delhi Capitals vs KKR Updates: Allen smacks maiden IPL ton KKR thrash DC by 8 wickets.

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