New Delhi:
Andre Russell's big-hitting prowess will be pitted against Kagiso Rabada's inch-perfect yorkers for the second time when Kolkata Kight Riders face Delhi Capitals in a return-leg fixture of the IPL at the Eden Gardens on Friday. Away from the match, the spotlight will also fall on where former KKR and India captain Sourav Ganguly sits during the match. Ganguly will be a 'visitor' at his 'home' ground of Eden Gardens as he is currently donning the advisor's hat in the Delhi franchise, which has drawn 'conflict-of-interest' charges against him. Second in the IPL table with eight points from six matches, KKR's season so far has been a Russell show with the Jamaican amassing 257 runs from five innings, out of which 150 have come in sixes alone. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Highlights:
# Delhi Capitals win by 7 wickets, Dhawan misses century
# SIX! by Colin Ingram and Shikhar Dhawan misses his maiden IPL century
# FOUR! by Ingram to Piyush Chawla
# With just two overs left, Delhi Capitals needs 12 runs to win and Shikhar Dhawan requires 5 runs for the century
# Nitish Rana scalps Rishabh Pant at 46, Delhi loses their third wicket
# With 14 runs off the over, Delhi Capitals are 162/2 after 17 overs
# Now a SIX! by Rishabh Pant
# FOUR! by Rishabh Pant to Andre Russell
# Shikhar Dhawan has entered into the 90s now, DC 148/2 after 16 overs
# Two boundaries off the over, DC are 130/2 after 14 overs
# 13 runs added to the total, Delhi Capitals are 118/2 after 13 overs
# FOUR! by Shikhar Dhawan to Ferguson
# With just 7 runs of the over, Delhi Capitals are 105/2 after 12 overs
# An expensive over by Kuldeep Yadav with 10 runs, DC are 98/2 after 11 overs
# First SIX by Rishabh Pant
# FOUR! by Shikhar Dhawan and also brings up his fifty
# Only 3 runs added to the total, DC are 75/2 after 9 overs
# With boundary on the last ball, DC are 72/2 after 8 overs
# After 7 overs, Delhi Capitals are 62/2 with Pant and Dhawan out in the middle
# With the end of PowerPlay, DC are 57/2 with Rishabh Pant and Shikhar Dhawan at crease
# Russell picks Shreyas Iyer's wicket, Delhi Capital loses its second wicket
# After 5 overs, Delhi Capitals are 55/1 with Shreyas Iyer and Shikhar Dhawan out in the middle
# Shreyas Iyer hits FOUR to get off the mark
# With three boundaries in the over, Delhi Capitals are 45/1 after 4 overs
# FOUR! Wide edge and slip misses, the ball races towards the boundary
# FOUR! by Shikhar Dhawan on first ball of 4th over
# Delhi Capitals are 32/1 after 3 overs
# OUT! Prithvi Shaw departs at 14, Prasidh takes the wicket
# Kolkata Knight Riders' innings comes to an end at 178/7 after 10 runs from the last over
# Carlos Brathwaite departs at 6, KKR loses their 7th wicket
# Kolkata Knight Riders are 168/6 after 19 overs
# Piyush Chawla gets off the mark with a boundary
# Chris Morris picks Andre Russell's wicket
# With runs 16 added to the total, Kolkata Knight Riders are 160/5 after 18 overs with Russell and Brathwaite at crease
# Again SIX! by Andre Russell
# SIX! by Andre the Giant
# Dinesh Karthik GONE, Rabada takes his second, KKR are 122/5
# After 15 overs, Kolkata Knight Riders are 122/4 with Andre Russell and Dinesh Karthik at crease
# Keemo Paul scalps Shubhman Gill's wicket, Kolkata loses its fourth wicket
# 16 runs added to the total, KKR are 111/3 after 14 overs
# SIX! again by Shubhman Gill to Axar Patel
# After 13 overs, KKR are 95/3 with Andre Russell and Shubman Gill at crease
# Nitish Rana departs at 11, Chris Morris takes the wicket, KKR is 93/3
# Shubman Gill gets his 2nd fifty
# With just 5 runs added on board, KKR are 77/2 after 11 overs
# After 10 overs, Kolkata Knight Riders are 72/2 with Shubman Gill (39) and Nitish Rana (3) out in the middle
# OUT! Rabada takes Robin Uthappa's wicket, KKR loses its second
# Only 4 runs in the over, KKR is 62/1 after 8 overs
# SIX! by Uthappa to long-on, KKR 51/1 after 6.2 overs
# After 5 overs, Kolkata Knight Riders are 40/1 with Gill (21) and Uthappa (18) at crease
# With three boundaries in the over, KKR is 29/ 1 after 4 overs
# FOUR! Uthappa to Rabada
# With just five runs added to the total, KKR is 16/1 after 3 overs
# After 2 overs, Kolkata Knight Riders are 11/1 with Shubman Gill and Robin Uthappa at crease
# FOUR! Shubman Gill gets off the mark with a boundary
# It's a MAIDEN! by Ishant Sharma, KKR 0/1 after 1 over
# OUT! The very first ball of Ishant Sharma to Joe Denly, bowled!
# Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI includes Joe Denly, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna
# Delhi Capitals Playing XI includes Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Colin Ingram, Chris Morris, Axar Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Keemo Paul, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma
# Delhi Capitals won the toss and chose to field
