Varun Chakravarthy wreaked havoc, finishing with figures of 5/20 as Kolkata Knight Riders crushed Delhi Capitals by 59 runs. Chasing a steep 195. DC could only manage 135/9 in 20 overs. Earlier, a scintillating 115-run partnership between Nitish Rana and Sunil Narine boosted Kolkata Knight Riders to 194. It was a complete performance by the two time champions after a horrendus outing in the last game.
Delhi Capitals in response got off to a poor start, losing opener Ajinkya Rahane in the first delivery of their chase. The team then endured a middle-order collapse. Earlier, Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje of Delhi Capitals combined to remove Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi and Dinesh Karthik early in the innings. DC won the toss and opted to bowl against KKR In Match 42 of the IPL 2020. For DC, Ajinkya Rahane replaced Prithvi Shaw while Sunil Narine was declared fit for KKR. With two more points for KKR take them to 12, while DC remain second with 14 points.
