Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan turned cheerleader as he praised Sunil Narine’s brilliant performance of 39 off 85 balls for helping the team in IPL 2024 on Wednesday Played an important role in the victory against Delhi Capitals. Narine gave KKR a perfect start and along with youngster Angkrish Raghuvanshi, formed a 104-run partnership to take the total to 272/7 in 20 overs. KKR owner and Bollywood superstar SRK was present at the event and was caught on camera applauding the veteran all-rounder’s explosive performance.

The dominant Kolkata Knight Riders, who followed a brilliant batting performance from the batsmen and bowled brilliantly, beat the mediocre Delhi Capitals by 106 runs to top the table Top of the IPL table.

Sunil Narine showcased his batting prowess with a staggering 85 runs while teenager Angkrish Raghuvanshi (54 off 27) batted in the IPL After impressing with a slick 50 on debut, KKR posted an impressive 272/7, 5 runs short of the tournament’s highest-ever total.

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With either the ball or the bat, the Capitals never looked like they were in the game. They collapsed under the pressure of the sheer total.

Skipper Rishabh Pant (55) scored his second consecutive half-century and Tristan Stubbs (54) also hit a fifty, but DC finished in 17.2 They lost by 166 points in the round and suffered their third defeat of the season.

Narine continued his explosive runs and punished all Delhi bowlers equally, sending the ball over the boundary rope seven times. He also hit seven fours in 39 balls. The Capitals were guilty of losing him for 53 runs and Narine made his opponents suffer as he scored his highest score in T20 cricket.

Raghuvansh (54 off 27 balls), who didn’t bat in his first IPL match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, also gave it his all and complemented Narine as the duo posted an explosive 104 off 48 balls. Confrontation.

Andre Russell (41 off 19 balls) and Rinku Singh (26 off 8 balls) also scored well and batted like little kids for KKR.

Pacer Vaibhav Arora and KKR record buy Australian fast bowler Mitchel Starc round out Delhi’s top four: Prithvi Shaw Prithvi Shaw (10), Mitchell Marsh (0), Abhishek Porel (0) to defeat the opposition in the powerplay. and David Warner (18).

Pant and Stubbs formed a 93-run partnership and although they scored quickly, the required run-rate jumped to over 20 per over and only one outcome was possible.

Earlier, Delhi bowlers put in a forgettable performance as they conceded the highest total in the franchise’s history. KKR hit as many as 18 sixes and 28 fours.

(with PTI input)