51st Match

Axar Patel: We lost too many wickets in the middle overs, that was the turning point. You need to be careful when you lose wickets in a cluster. We will plan for the next year and try out the team combination.

Axar Patel: We lost too many wickets in the middle overs

22:32 Local Time, 17:02 GMT: A thumping win for Kolkata Knight Riders. After opting to bowl, they conceded 55 runs in the powerplay and took only one wicket, but they pulled things back beautifully after that. The three spinners finished with combined figures of 3/76 off 12 overs. Kartik Tyagi was once again impressive as they restricted the hosts to 142. In reply, KKR lost a couple of wickets in the powerplay. Unlike their opponents, DC couldn't apply the pressure after the powerplay. The two overseas batters - Finn Allen and Cameron Green - joined hands at 31/2.

Mukesh Kumar to Finn Allen, SIX, century for Finn Allen and KKR win! Cameron Green is all smiles and gives Allen a hug. The centurion now removes his helmet and raises the bat. It was a short of length delivery from over the wicket and Allen heaved it over deep midwicket to wrap up the proceedings in style

2 needed and Finn Allen needs a six to get to a century

Mukesh Kumar to Cameron Green, 1 run, back of a length, tucked through backward square leg for a single

Mukesh Kumar, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Just 3 needed for KKR now

Kuldeep Yadav to Finn Allen, no run, Kuldeep has a wry smile on his face. It was on the shorter side and Finn Allen went back to pull it over midwicket. But, he toe-ends it to the left of the bowler

Kuldeep Yadav to Finn Allen, SIX, Finn Allen moves into the 90s with a monstrous hit! 86.8kph, tossed up ball, full and in the slot, Finn Allen gets down on one leg to nail the slogsweep. Dispatched over cow corner for a 98m six

Kuldeep Yadav to Finn Allen, 2 runs, 86.4kph, Allen goes on the back foot to flick and inside-edges this legbreak towards fine leg

Kuldeep Yadav to Finn Allen, no run, legbreak on a length on off, clipped to midwicket

Kuldeep Yadav to Finn Allen, SIX, 83.8kph, floated up, full and outside off. Finn Allen leans forward to reach for it and muscles it over long-off. Clean strike

Kuldeep Yadav to Cameron Green, 1 run, legbreak, the line is too straight and that's been flicked to deep backward square leg

Vipraj Nigam to Cameron Green, 1 run, 95.6kph, nudged to square leg

Vipraj Nigam to Finn Allen, 1 run, 91.6kph, legbreak, punched to long-off

Vipraj Nigam to Finn Allen, SIX, hat-trick of sixes! Vipraj Nigam goes fuller and Finn Allen gets forward to loft it handsomely over long-off. Allen is in a hurry to finish this quickly

Vipraj Nigam to Finn Allen, SIX, six more! Vipraj Nigam pulls his length back, Finn Allen sees that coming and is quick to trek back and muscle the pull over deep midwicket for an 82m six. It was the googly and he hit with the spin

Vipraj Nigam to Finn Allen, SIX, 88.5kph, slightly overpitched outside off, Finn Allen bends his back leg, gets under it and tonks it over long-off

Vipraj Nigam to Cameron Green, 1 run, 94.5kph, legbreak outside off, clipped through midwicket

Vipraj Nigam [1.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack

Kuldeep Yadav to Cameron Green, 1 run, 86.8kph, fullish delivery on off, push-driven to long-off

Kuldeep Yadav to Finn Allen, 1 run, 84.1kph, googly outside off, cut to the right of extra cover who dives and half-stops

Kuldeep Yadav to Cameron Green, 1 run, 87.5kph, leggie just outside off, Green looks to cut off the back foot and under-edges to point

That was the 27th six hit off Kuldeep Yadav in IPL – the joint most he has conceded in an IPL season alongside 26 in the 2024 edition.

Kuldeep Yadav to Cameron Green, SIX, 86.4kph, second six of the over! Once again, the length is short and Green smashes it over deep midwicket with a powerful pull shot for a 91m six

Kuldeep Yadav to Finn Allen, 1 run, spins in from a length and Allen punches it to long-off

Kuldeep Yadav to Finn Allen, SIX, 83.8kph, with a slip in place, Kuldeep Yadav bowls a shortish googly. Finn Allen has ample time to go on the back foot and slam the pull over deep midwicket

Kuldeep Yadav [1.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack

Mitchell Starc to Cameron Green, 2 runs, low full toss outside off, driven to the left of long-off where Tristan Stubbs makes a tumbling stop to his left

Mitchell Starc to Finn Allen, 1 run, 128.1kph, slow and short, Allen shapes to pull it through midwicket but ends up toe-ending it to long-on

Mitchell Starc to Cameron Green, 1 run, 128.9kph, slower and shorter, pulled to deep midwicket

Mitchell Starc to Cameron Green, 2 runs, 144.4kph, was that a chance? Fullish delivery, Green drives firmly off the front foot. Axar dives to his left at cover and fails to stop/catch it cleanly. Seems to have hurt his fingers in the process. Seems like it did carry to the DC captain. Another tough chance

Mitchell Starc to Finn Allen, 1 run, 128.6kph, off-speed full delivery, driven to long-off

Mitchell Starc to Finn Allen, SIX, first IPL half-century for Finn Allen! Full delivery wide of off, Allen walks across and effortlessly scoops it over fine leg. Raises his bat

Mitchell Starc [2.0-0-18-0] is back into the attack

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Axar Patel to Finn Allen, 1 run, 93.8kph, bunted over the non-striker for a single as the ball rolls to long-on

Axar Patel to Cameron Green, 1 run, 91.8kph, Green moves leg-side and opens the bat-face to ease this full delivery to deep point

Axar Patel to Cameron Green, 2 runs, 95.7kph, length ball on middle-leg, Green backs away to cut it to the right of sweeper cover where Pathum Nissanka makes a diving stop to his right

Axar Patel to Cameron Green, no run, three dots in a row! 91.8kph, no room on offer, Green hangs back to knock it back to the bowler

Axar Patel to Cameron Green, no run, 92.5kph, full delivery, Green makes room and drives this full delivery to cover

Axar Patel to Cameron Green, no run, middle-stump line, flat ball on a length, punched back to the bowler

Axar Patel [3.0-0-23-1] is back into the attack

Lungi Ngidi to Cameron Green, 1 run, 134.9kph, Green shimmies down and drives to long-off

Lungi Ngidi to Finn Allen, 1 run, yorker, tails in a bit as well, Finn Allen brings his bat down hurriedly to dig it out. The ball rolls towards the keeper and the batters steal a single

Lungi Ngidi to Cameron Green, 1 run, full delivery, driven to sweeper cover

Lungi Ngidi to Finn Allen, 1 run, dipping low full toss, driven to long-off

Lungi Ngidi to Finn Allen, no run, full delivery, Finn Allen swings across the line and inside-edges to midwicket

Kuldeep Yadav to Finn Allen, no run