Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 48th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Yesterday RR and tonight KKR. The bottom-placed sides upsetting the ones in the top half of the table. Makes the race for the first two spots and the playoffs that much more interesting. Can CSK do the same against PBKS tomorrow? Lots of CSK fans would be hoping and praying for that. We will find out tomorrow if that comes to pass. On that note time to escape. See you soon. Remember to sleep tight and be happy. Bye for now.

Sunil Narine | Player of the Match: It was a total team effort, we started in the middle overs with Anky (Angkrish) and Rinku with the bat. I still back myself to come back and deliver for the team. There are games when you start well and struggle and then there are games that you don't begin well and end well. (on which wicket he enjoyed the most) It's all wickets, it is not one wicket that I enjoy. Not the greatest fielder, but it is always good to get a good run-out whenever possible. (on that run-out) Just swing and throw the ball as hard as possible. Self-pride. Always want to be able to give the captain an option of going for you in a pressure situation. If you want to be that player, you have to do the hard work even when there's no training.

Ajinkya Rahane: (on his injured hand) Not bad. I will be okay. I will be fine. (turning point of the game) After 13 overs, those two overs from Sunil. When he picked those wickets, that was the game for us. 204 on that wicket was good, but frankly I felt we were 15 runs short. Russell one over in between and good support from Anukul and Varun. (on Anukul) History at this ground, left-arm spinners have always done well, he has been working hard, but one game at a time, we don't want to think too far ahead. That's always been the talk, when we were not doing well. Take confidence from this game and move forward. (on Narine) He has been a champion bowler for this franchise, he has done well on many occasions. So good to have him and Varun, I can go back to him when we are in trouble. Coming early to the practice session, bowling hours and hours in the nets, also working on his batting. Dre also working hard on his bowling, he has been bowling good yorkers in the nets. As a team, we can back him. He has been fantastic, whenever he has bowled in this season, he has picked wickets.

Andre Russell: Asked the guys in the meeting today that I wanted a win. This is the most amazing T20 league, happy they scheduled this match on my birthday, thanks for that. It was a total team effort from the guys. Getting runs on the board, that was crucial. They made mistakes (in the middle overs) and we got those wickets. Just a happy day. Just had one plan, had to be clear as I was going to bowl six yorkers (in the 20th over), that was the mindset. Told the skipper the same. Once you don't confuse yourself as a bowler, you do good. We have to keep it simple as bowlers especially at the death. We haven't clicked as a batting unit this season, but we still get good totals. Maybe three batters have a good night out of the six or seven batters. I still back the guys, the confidence is still there. We just try to execute our skills and plans, don't need to think too much. Bringing himself (Narine) back was crucial at that (14th over) time, he got big wickets in that over, that's where we started believing in ourselves. Varun had one over at the back-end where he picked two wickets. It shows we have a good unit. We have bowlers to defend such totals. Narine is very active on the field. A lot of guys misjudge him. On the park he is a leader. He has been more talkative over the last five years. He enjoys his performance and that is quite evident on the field.

Axar Patel (translated from Hindi): I think how the wicket was and how we bowled in the powerplay, we gave away 15-20 runs too many. We also lost a few wickets in a soft manner. The positive was how we restricted them after the powerplay, coming to the batting, even though few batters failed, 2-3 of us contributed and took it so close. When Vipraj was batting there was hope, if Ashutosh was there then they could have repeated the first game. My skin got peeled off as I dived on the practice wickets to stop the ball, but the good thing is there are 3-4 days break and hopefully I will be able to recover.

Stats by Roshan Gede

STAT: Nine wickets fell in Overs 16-20 across both innings today, the joint-most in that phase this season alongside the RCB vs RR game in Bengaluru last week. The two games had almost similar scores.

10 wickets is the joint-most for spinners in an IPL match at AJS, Delhi, alongside as many in the game involving the same two sides here in 2023.

KKR spinners in IPL 2025
Wickets: 27
Avg: 23.33
ER: 7.24
Dot%: 36.2
Boundary%: 12.83
They have been the best on each of the above five parameters.

DC in IPL 2025
At Delhi: 4 matches, 3 defeats, 1 win (Super Over)
Other venues: 6 matches, 5 wins, 1 defeat

23:23 Local Time, 17:53 GMT, 23:23 IST: KKR still in contention for a playoffs spot. And with this win they pull themselves clear of the bottom three. The magic of Narine turned this game around. When Axar and Faf were batting, runs were flowing and that's when Narine brought himself on, got the key wickets of Axar and Stubbs in one over and then of Faf in his next. That's where the game turned and despite a fightback from Vipraj at the end, it was not enough. Rahane who went off the field after hurting his right hand while trying to field, is all smiles now. Earlier, Rahane gave the first over to Anukul and it worked like a charm as the slow left-armer got Porel. Nair and Rahul went soon but Axar joined Faf and despite an injured left hand he batted gamely and along with Faf threatened to take DC to a win. Third loss in four games at this venue for DC this season and consecutive ones for them. They stay on 12 points while KKR move to 9. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff...

Russell to Kuldeep Yadav, 1 run, KKR win. A low full-toss around leg-stump, Kuldeep Yadav flicks to deep mid-wicket and it's just one. KKR win by 14

Kuldeep Yadav, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Russell to Vipraj Nigam, out Bowled!! Full, straight and on the stumps, Vipraj Nigam looks to reverse-sweep with short third man in, misses and the stumps are found. He is so good at this stage with the ball. Vipraj Nigam b Russell 38(19) [4s-5 6s-2]

Russell to Vipraj Nigam, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Russell to Vipraj Nigam, FOUR, another half-volley outside off, crashed hard and wide of extra-cover and it's another boundary. But Vipraj Nigam knows the game is done and has a disappointed expression on his face

Russell to Vipraj Nigam, no run, superb stop by Russell. That should be the game. If there's no more extras. A half-volley on off, drilled back and Russell bends low to stop it

20 off 4

Russell to Vipraj Nigam, FOUR, what power. A half-volley on off, Vipraj Nigam hangs back and drills it with lots of bottom-hand, wide of extra-cover and scorches to the fence

Still Rahane manages a smile watching on. 24 off 5.