Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) thrashed Delhi D🅠ar𝔉edevils by 71 runs to notch their second win of the IPL season 11 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Monday.
Put in to bat first, the hosts overcame a slow start to post 200/9 from their 20 overs. They rode on Nitish Rana’s 59 and Andre Russell’s 12-ball 41 to reach the big total. Robin Uthappa chipped in with a crucial 35. Rahul Tewatia was the pick of the DD bowlers as he finished with figures of 3-0-18-3, with all three of his wickets coming in the final over of KKR’s innings.
In reply, DD kept losing wickets at regular 🤪intervals and folded for 129. Glenn Maxwell and Rishabh Pant score 47 and 43, respectively, while for KKR, Sunil Narine and Kuldeep Yadav picked three wickets each.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to KKR’s thumping win over DD:
That's been a rather quick slide for !
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Delhi have always been careful about not raising their fans 🍬expectations
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75)
100-plus wickets for a team in IPL:
Lasith Malinga for MI
Harbhajan Singh for MI
Sunil Narine for KKR*— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman)
A day o🌳f mi🅷lestones for ! 100 IPL wickets for !
— Sanjana Ganesan (@SanjanaGanesan)
Awesome KKR!!
— Gauri Khan (@gaurikhan)
Welcome back to IPL, KKR. Welcome back. 👏
— Richa Singh (@richa_singh)
Congrats . Fine win & great team effort.ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Was so nice to see the youngsters in particular performing under pressure. Rana, Gill, Mavi, Kuldeep! Thnx also to the fans who came to Eden in huge numberౠs on a weekday!
— Venky Mysore (@VenkyMysore)
All out in 14 overs. DD,🐠 welcome back to your 💞usual self.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh)
After fine win over Mumbai, Delhi have gone to pieces again. Below par with bat and ball. KKR on the rise again. Exception⭕al all r♌ound show
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Three straight wins for 🐻the Team batting first noꦫw
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75)
Match over 1120pm. People can easily get home. As I said real nice naba barsha gift from resounding performance.
Subho ratri everyone.— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
What a win !
It’s time for the victory dance 💃— Red Chillies Entertainment (@RedChillಞiesE🧔nt)
Congratulations on the Victory , Very well pla𝔉yed , , &
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv)
This is a big victory for . The bowlers were brilliant after thst onslaught from Russell and Rana The quantum of defeat will hurt the Dar💎edevils. Net run rate will come into the equation in the end.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
First overseas spinner to snap up 100 wickets in the IPL.. Sunil Narine is possibly the most impactful tweaker in the tournament's history! Has been instrumental in KKR's fabulous run in last 5 years! Marvellously consistent
— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra)
Excellent bowling by . UP’s next big fast bowler to wa꧑tch out for.
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Shivam Mavi at his best
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Shivam Mavi is bowling 145 kph …. he is 19 yrs old …. !!!! … He will play for …. Very soon …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Lesson of power hitting on display by DrayRuss Power, bat speed, body position and 𒈔weight all❀ moving at 156grams of leather
— Matthew Hayden AM (@HaydosTweets)
When I grow up I want to be Andre Russell's lofted off drive for six…
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek)
Shami’s wife to Andre Russel.
— Kaju Katli (@kaju__katli)
