DUBAI (UAE): Spinner Varun Chakravarthy claimed this Indian Premier League season’s first five-wicket haul as Kolkata gave their play-off hopes a boost with a 59-run win over Delhi on Saturday.
Defending 195, KKR came out all guns blazing as Pat Cummins trapped Ajinkya Rahane before the wickets on the first ball. The right-arm pacer picked his second wicket as he hit the woodwork to dismiss Shikhar Dhawan for 6 in the third over.
Brief Scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 194/5 (Nitish Rana 81, Sunil Narine 64; Anrich Nortje 2/27) beat Delhi Capitals (Shreyas Iyer 47, Rishabh Pant 27; Varun Chakravarthy 5/20) by 59 runs
Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant kept the scorecard ticking to take DC past fifty in the eighth over. The pair completed the 50-run partnership in the 10th over as DC moved to 64/2 at the halfway stage of the chase.
While Iyer hit a couple of crisp fours in the 11th over, DC lost Pant in the next over after he decided to take on Varun Chakravarthy and was holed out in the deep. The mystery spinner picked two wickets in his next over as he dismissed Shimron Hetmyer and Shreyas Iyer, both caught at long-on.
Shimron Hetmyer, who replaced Pant in the middle, tonked the fourth ball he faced for a six. But, he got out soon after, going for another big shot, as Chakravarthy picked his second wicket.
The mystery spinner continued to make merry and became the first bowler to pick a five-wicket haul in IPL 2020 after he got Marcus Stoinis and Axar Patel in the 16th over.
KKR eventually limited DC to and sealed a 59-run win to register their sixth win of the season. (Source: IPL20)
