Record-breaking Showdown: Sunil Narine’s Lightning-fast 50, Ishant Sharma’s Explosive 26 in Just 6 Balls!

IPL 2024 Update: Sunil Narine from Delhi Capitals dominated Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowlers today. He hammered Ishant Sharma for 26 runs in one over, baffling Delhi’s bowlers.

Today’s match features Delhi Capitals against Kolkata Knight Riders, both of which are coming off wins against Chennai Super Kings. Former DC captain Shreyas Iyer now leads KKR, intensifying the competition. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to bat first. Angkrish Raghuvanshi returns to KKR’s XI, while Sumit Kumar replaces the injured Mukesh Kumar in Delhi’s squad.

Sunil Narine and Phil Salt provided KKR with a fiery start. In the fourth over, Narine smashed Ishant Sharma for 6, 6, 4, 0, 6, 4. David Warner caught Salt off Enrich Norkhia’s fifth over, but Tristan Stubbs dismissed him on the next ball.

Salt departed for 18 runs, and Kolkata faced their first setback at 60 runs. Narine completed his half-century in just 21 balls, with 6 fours and 4 sixes.

Delhi Capitals – Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Rishabh Pant, Mitchell Marsh, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Rashikh Salam, Enrich Norkhia, Ishant Sharma, Khalil Ahmed; Impact players – Porel, Kushagra, Dubey, Lalit, and Fraser-McGurk

Kolkata Knight Riders: Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starks, Pak Roy, Harshit Rana; impact players: Suyash, Anukul, Pandey, Arora, and Gurbaz.