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Delhi Capitals (DC) claimed a comfortable seven-wicket away victory against the home team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Friday (12th April) night at Eden Gardens (Kolkata).

The visiting captain Shreyas Iyer decided to field first after winning the toss. The host side managed to score 178/7 (20 overs) in the first innings. In reply, the Delhi franchise successfully chased that target in 18.5 overs after losing three wickets.

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Brief Scores: KKR – 178/7 in 20 overs (Shubman Gill 65, Andre Russell 45; Chris Morris 2/38)

DC – 180/3 in 18.5 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 97*, Rishabh Pant 46; Nitish Rana 1/12)

Result – DC won by seven wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

Teams’ stats

KKR

i) The home team scored 178/7 (20 overs) in the first innings. It was KKR’s third-highest total against the Delhi franchise at Eden Gardens (Kolkata). Meanwhile, it was also their fourth-highest total against the Delhi franchise.

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DC

i) DC scored 180/3 (18.5) in the second innings. It is the highest T20 total for the Delhi franchise at Eden Gardens (Kolkata). Their previous highest total was 167/8 (20 overs) against KKR on 7th April 2010.

ii) DC won this match by seven wickets (with seven balls remaining). Before this victory, the Delhi franchise had won only once against KKR at Eden Gardens (Kolkata). On 5th April 2012, the Delhi franchise won their first match against the Kolkata franchise at this venue.

 

Players’ stats

KKR

i) Andre Russell played his sixth consecutive 40+ scores in IPL. Only Robin Uthappa is ahead of him in this list as he played 40+ scores for the ten consecutive times in IPL 2014.

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Andre Russell (Image Credit: IPL)

ii) The Caribbean cricketer Andre Russell has played 57 IPL matches, where he has scored 1,192 runs and also has picked up 50 wickets. He is the fastest cricketer (by the number of matches) in IPL history to score 1,000 runs as well as to pick up 50 wickets in IPL career. The previous record holders were Kieron Pollard and Shane Watson as both had achieved this feat in 62 IPL matches.

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DC

i) The opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan scored an unbeaten 97 runs off 63 balls. It is the third highest individual score for this side against KKR. The top two records in this list are 107* by David Warner (at Delhi on 29th March 2010) and 99 by Prithvi Shaw (at Delhi on 30th March 2019).

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Shikhar Dhawan (Image Credit: IPL)

ii) During this match, Rishabh Pant surpassed David Warner (1,456 runs) and has become the second most T20 run-scorer for the Delhi franchise. By the end of this match, Rishabh Pant has scored 1,470 T20 runs for this side.

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Rishabh Pant (Image Credit: IPL)