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IPL 2020 in UAE: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Capitals by 59 runs – as it happened

Chakravarthy dazzles with five wickets as Kolkata crush Delhi by 59 runs

Varun Chakaravarthy of Kolkata Knight Riders celebrates the wicket of Shimron Hetmyer of Delhi Capitals,
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Chakravarthy stifles Delhi chase after the heroics of Narine and Rana

The Kolkata Knight Riders played their best match of IPL 2020 as they coasted to a 59-run win over the Delhi Capitals in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy (5-20) turned in a devastating spell after Sunil Narine (64 runs off 32 balls) and Nitish Rana (81 off 52) blazed away to help Kolkata score 194/6 in 20 overs.

Electing to bowl, Delhi had the match in their clasp as paceman Anrich Nortje claimed two early wickets, and at 42/3 the familiar visions of a Kolkata collapse loomed large. But Narine and Rana revived them with a 115-run partnership from 59 balls.

Delhi’s chase never got off the ground with Ajinkya Rahane falling in the first ball of the innings. Pat Cummins struck twice in the powerplay and Delhi never recovered despite the efforts of Shreyas Iyer (47 off 38) and Rishabh Pant (27 off 33). Chakravarthy neutralised Delhi’s search for quick runs with quick wickets as Kolkata cemented their fourth position on the points table.

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Kolkata Knight Riders players celebrate the wicket of Rishabh Pant of Delhi Capitals.
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Shreyas Iyer, captain of Delhi Capitals, plays a shot.
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Rishabh Pant of Delhi Capitals plays a shot.
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Pat Cummins of Kolkata Knight Riders celebrates the wicket of Shikhar Dhawan of Delhi Capitals.
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Pat Cummins of Kolkata Knight Riders appeals successfully for the wicket Ajinkya Rahane of Delhi Capitals.
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Nitish Rana of Kolkata Knight Riders plays a shot.
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Sunil Narine of Kolkata Knight Riders hits a six.
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Ravichandran Ashwin of Delhi Capitals bowls during the match.
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Sunil Narine of Kolkata Knight Riders plays a shot.
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Nitish Rana of Kolkata Knight Riders plays a shot.
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Kagiso Rabada of Delhi Capitals celebrates the wicket of Dinesh Karthik of Kolkata Knight Riders.
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Anrich Nortje of Delhi Capitals celebrates the wicket of Rahul Tripathi of Kolkata Knight Riders.
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Delhi Capitals players celebrate the wicket of Shubman Gill of Kolkata Knight Riders.
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Captain of Kolkata Knight Riders Eoin Morgan and Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer, during the toss at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. S
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