Kolkata team scored 157 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 16.3 overs and won by 7 wickets.
Kolkata team and Delhi team clashed in today’s match. The match was played at Eden Gardens. Delhi won the toss and elected to bat in this match. Accordingly, the Delhi team, who fielded first, lost 9 wickets in 20 overs and scored only 153.
Only Rishabh Pant scored the maximum 27 runs. Varun Chakraborty took 3 wickets, Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora took 2 wickets each and Sunil Narine took 1 wicket in the Kolkata team. Following this, both Sunil Narine and Philip Salt entered the field as the openers of the Kolkata team with a simple target of 154 runs.
From the start of the game, Philippe Salt was in action. Philip Salt played well and scored a half-century in 26 balls. At the same time, the other side was playing calmly. The Delhi team struggled to separate their alliance. In the power play over, Kolkata scored 79 runs without losing a wicket.
Seventh over after the powerplay Axar Patel threw In the first ball of that over, Sunil Narine lost his wicket and got out for 15 runs. After this, Ring Singh came in again in the 9th over Axar Patel On the 2nd ball of that over, another opener, Philip Salt, bolted for 68. He hit 7 fours and 5 sixes in 33 balls.
Ring Singh, who came in for the 3rd wicket, did not stand in the 10th over. Captain Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer played calmly and added runs after Lizard Williams was caught out. Shreyas Iyer, who has scored 2994 runs in the IPL series so far, crossed his 3000 runs in the IPL series when he scored 6 runs in today’s match.
Finally, Kolkata team scored 157 runs in 16.3 overs for the loss of 3 wickets and won by 7 wickets. Shreyas Iyer remained unbeaten on 33* and Venkatesh Iyer on 26* until the end of the field. Akshar Patel took 2 wickets and Lizad Williams took 1 wicket for Delhi team.
Kolkata team has played 9 matches. They have won 6 matches and lost 3 matches. At the same time Delhi team has played 11 matches so far. They have won 5 matches and lost 6 matches.
