Shreyas Iyer made his IPL captaincy debut in sensational style as he scored unbeaten 93 off just 40 deliveries and helped Delhi Daredevils (DD) register a comprehensive 55-run victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Feroz Shah Kotla yesterday. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and invited hosts Delhi Daredevils to bat first. Delhi…
Nitish Rana’s all-round show helps Kolkata score over Rajasthan Royals
April 19, 2018Nitish Rana (2 for 11 and 35 n.o., off 27) produced a stunning all-round show as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in the ongoing edition of the IPL at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday. With this latest win, Kolkata have stormed on to the top of the…
Kolkata Knight Riders score facile win over Delhi Daredevils
April 17, 2018Andre Russell and Nitish Rana starred with the bat before Kolkata’s spin pair of Kuldeep Yadav-Sunil Narine strangulated the Delhi batsmen as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered a comprehensive 71-run victory over the Delhi Daredevils (DD) and spoiled Gautam Gambhir’s return to Eden Gardens. Chasing 201 to win, Delhi were never really in the game…
Delhi Daredevils beat Mumbai Indians
April 15, 2018Jason Roy smashed an unbeaten 91 as Delhi Daredevils defeated hosts Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in a last-ball thriller in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Mumbai yesterday. Opener Roy made the mockery of a listless Mumbai Indians bowling attack as he hammered six fours and as many sixes in his 53 ball knock…
IPL Season-11: CSK pull off thriller against KKR
April 11, 2018Chennai: Chennai Super Kings (CSK), back in front of their home crowd after a two year ban out-smart Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a keenly contested tie by five wickets, which saw Sam Billings help his team to reach the target at the Chepauk grounds in Chennai on Tuesday. With 75 required off 36 balls,…
Sunil Narine sets the ball rolling for KKR’s win
April 9, 2018Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Dinesh Karthik hit an unbeaten 35 off 29 balls as KKR romped home by 4 wickets against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter at the Eden Garden on Sunday. It was a very uncharacteristic innings as far as T20s are concerned, but what helped Karthik’s…
Will it be Knight Riders or Mumbai Indians for the finals?
May 19, 2017A place in the IPL 2017 Final will be up for grabs when the Kolkata Knight Riders meet their nemesis Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 to be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru later today. MI finished the league season at the top of the table before they stumbled against Rising Pune Supergiant in…
Gambhir guides KKR to win against Sunrisers
May 18, 2017Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Gautam Gambhir guided his team to a win in the rain-hit tie against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, on last night. With rain playing spoilsport, KKR needed just 48 off 6 overs as the Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) method came into play. Hyderabad had managed to score 128/7 in their 20…
Stage set for IPL Eliminator: Will it be Sunrisers or Knight Riders ?
May 17, 2017Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders will contest in the Eliminator, the second of the playoff matches of IPL 2017. SRH finished the league season in third position, while KKR completed the top four; both teams won eight matches, but SRH finished with one additional point courtesy their washed-out match against RCB. Sunrisers Hyderabad have…
MI, RPS, KKR & SRH to fight for 2017 IPL glory
May 15, 2017After 39 days of highs and lows, the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 has hit the home stretch with top four teams from the eight-team event qualifying for the playoffs. Mumbai Indians (20 points), Rising Pune Supergiant (18 points), Sunrisers Hyderabad (17 points) and Kolkata Knight Riders (16 points) have emerged as the top four…
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