Phil Salt went unsold in the IPL 2024 auction held in December 2023, but Kolkata Knight Riders got his base price for Rs. Compatriot Jason Roy paid Rs 1.5 crore after pulling out of the tournament citing “personal reasons” Since then, the star wicketkeeper batsman did not disappoint and scored his fourth half-century of the season on Monday.
Salt and Sunil Narine finished the power-play at 79 without loss. Lizard Williams scored 23 runs in the first over, with Phil Salt doing most of the damage, before Narine hit a four off the last ball.
More salt was rubbed into Lizard's wounds when he dropped the English batsman on the first ball of the second over.Khaleel Ahmed's ball went high in the air and Lizard got under it at mid-on, causing a messy reverse-cup finish as the ball bounced off his hands and onto his chest.
The slower balls provided grip on the surface for the Capitals pacers, but they did not utilize it very well, giving both the batsmen the chance to fire their weapons on several occasions. Salt crossed the half-century mark in 26 balls during the 18-run sixth over bowled by Khalil Ahmed.
On the first ball bowled by Axar Patel after the power-play, Narine tried to hit a big hit with turn and got it out to deep midwicket for 15. In the very next over, Axar dropped Salt's off stump on the score of 68 as the new pair of Shreyas Iyer and Rinku Singh came in the middle.Rinku Singh, who got a chance to showcase his skills in the chase, was out for 11 on a run-up ball. Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer continued to tick on the board as the duo added 57 runs for the fourth wicket, which was enough to beat. The visitors by seven wickets.
Earlier, after Varun Chakravarthy bowled a brilliant spell of 3-16 for KKR, Kuldeep Yadav's brilliant inning of 35 took Delhi Capitals to 153/9.
This pitch at Eden has not been like the pitches earlier in the season.It seemed as if KKR had sought some more help for the spinners after their sixer-fest loss against Punjab Kings. And the pitch really suits their two mystery spinners.
After the initial shock, DC captain Rishabh Pant and Abhishek Porel added 31 runs for the fourth wicket, but after their partnership ended, wickets kept falling from the other side. Porel (18), Axar Patel (15), Tristan Stubbs (4) and Kuma Kushagra (1) were out cheaply, as DC slumped from 67/3 in nine overs to 101/6 in 13 overs. Pant, after playing an entertaining innings of 27 runs in 20 balls, fell victim to Chakravarthy while attempting a slog-sweep towards deep midwicket and lofted it straight into the air.Kuldeep Yadav's brilliant inning of 35 runs in 29 balls with the help of five fours and one six took Delhi Capitals to 153/9 in 20 overs. Yadav was brought into the bowling attack and his spell ended at 34 runs without any wicket. Sure enough, Yadav didn't have a single day with the ball as Venkatesh Iyer ended things with a C as KKR consolidated their position at the second spot with their sixth win.Brief Score:
Delhi Capitals 153/9 in 20 overs (Kuldeep Yadav 35 not out, Rishabh Pant 27, Varun Chakravarthy 3-16, Harshit Rana 2-28) lost to Kolkata Knight Riders 157/9 in 16.3 overs (Phil Salt 68, Shreyas Iyer 33; letters) Patel 2-25; Lizard William 1-38 by seven wickets
Salt and Sunil Narine finished the power-play at 79 without loss. Lizard Williams scored 23 runs in the first over, with Phil Salt doing most of the damage, before Narine hit a four off the last ball.
More salt was rubbed into Lizard's wounds when he dropped the English batsman on the first ball of the second over.Khaleel Ahmed's ball went high in the air and Lizard got under it at mid-on, causing a messy reverse-cup finish as the ball bounced off his hands and onto his chest.
The slower balls provided grip on the surface for the Capitals pacers, but they did not utilize it very well, giving both the batsmen the chance to fire their weapons on several occasions. Salt crossed the half-century mark in 26 balls during the 18-run sixth over bowled by Khalil Ahmed.
On the first ball bowled by Axar Patel after the power-play, Narine tried to hit a big hit with turn and got it out to deep midwicket for 15. In the very next over, Axar dropped Salt's off stump on the score of 68 as the new pair of Shreyas Iyer and Rinku Singh came in the middle.Rinku Singh, who got a chance to showcase his skills in the chase, was out for 11 on a run-up ball. Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer continued to tick on the board as the duo added 57 runs for the fourth wicket, which was enough to beat. The visitors by seven wickets.
Earlier, after Varun Chakravarthy bowled a brilliant spell of 3-16 for KKR, Kuldeep Yadav's brilliant inning of 35 took Delhi Capitals to 153/9.
This pitch at Eden has not been like the pitches earlier in the season.It seemed as if KKR had sought some more help for the spinners after their sixer-fest loss against Punjab Kings. And the pitch really suits their two mystery spinners.
After the initial shock, DC captain Rishabh Pant and Abhishek Porel added 31 runs for the fourth wicket, but after their partnership ended, wickets kept falling from the other side. Porel (18), Axar Patel (15), Tristan Stubbs (4) and Kuma Kushagra (1) were out cheaply, as DC slumped from 67/3 in nine overs to 101/6 in 13 overs. Pant, after playing an entertaining innings of 27 runs in 20 balls, fell victim to Chakravarthy while attempting a slog-sweep towards deep midwicket and lofted it straight into the air.Kuldeep Yadav's brilliant inning of 35 runs in 29 balls with the help of five fours and one six took Delhi Capitals to 153/9 in 20 overs. Yadav was brought into the bowling attack and his spell ended at 34 runs without any wicket. Sure enough, Yadav didn't have a single day with the ball as Venkatesh Iyer ended things with a C as KKR consolidated their position at the second spot with their sixth win.Brief Score:
Delhi Capitals 153/9 in 20 overs (Kuldeep Yadav 35 not out, Rishabh Pant 27, Varun Chakravarthy 3-16, Harshit Rana 2-28) lost to Kolkata Knight Riders 157/9 in 16.3 overs (Phil Salt 68, Shreyas Iyer 33; letters) Patel 2-25; Lizard William 1-38 by seven wickets
