IPL 2024, DC vs KKR highlights: Rishabh Pant's 55 in vain as Kolkata seal third win with second-best ever total

IPL Live Score 2024, DC vs KKR: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Shreyas Iyer is yet to score his first fifty of the new season. The KKR skipper played a crucial knock to help Kolkata defeat RCB in their last outing. Sharing his views ahead of DC's game against KKR, former Kolkata batter Aakash Chopra opined that Iyer will be welcomed with bouncers. "I am thinking about picking one batter. So I am going towards Shreyas Iyer. He is a good player and slight form was seen in the last match. He needs to score runs. Anrich Nortje will come in front of him this time. Mukesh Kumar will be made to bowl. I think he will be welcomed with bouncers. I am extremely eager to watch Shreyas Iyer's game," Chopra said on his YouTube channel.

IPL Live Score 2024, DC vs KKR: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders - KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer will aim to record Kolkata's third-straight win of the IPL 2024 tonight. KKR are up against DC at Vizag. KKR skipper Iyer started his IPL 2024 campaign by recording a duck against SRH. Iyer bounced back by playing a gritty knock of 39 runs against RCB. Iyer has an impressive T20 record. The KKR skipper has amassed 1,104 runs at an average of 30.66. Iyer has a strike rate of over 136 in T20s. Can Iyer improve his highest score of 74 tonight? 

IPL Live Score 2024, DC vs KKR: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders -  KKR have banked on their spinners in the first two games against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. "The biggest challenge for us would be to understand and adapt to conditions. We are up for anything. It is the same surface for both the teams," KKR bowling coach Bharat Arun said ahead of the game. The upcoming match will be played on a slow wicket. Expect KKR to cash in on their spinners!

IPL Live Score 2024, DC vs KKR: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders - KKR are yet to register a defeat in the league season of the IPL 2024. Shreyas Iyer and Co. have arrived at Visakhapatnam after defeating RCB and SRH in their first two games of the new season. However, KKR's marquee signing - Mitchell Starc - has failed to fire for the two-time champions. Kolkata Knight Riders bowling coach Bharat Arun issued a noteworthy remark when he was asked about Starc's performance in his comebacks season.

"Nothing about the price tag definitely,” when Arun was asked what conversations KKR camp is having about the Aussie star, "We have been talking about his strengths. I'm sure he understands what it is and what it takes to succeed. The kind of experience he brings with him having played in all the conditions, it is just a matter of time before you see Starc return in his elements," he added.

IPL Live Score 2024, DC vs KKR: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Sold to KKR for a record-breaking price tag, Australia's Mitchell Starc has not lived up to expectations in the first few games of the IPL 2024. The KKR pacer went wicketless against SRH. Starc failed to open his account against RCB. KKR won both of their matches and the former champions are placed second on the IPL 2024 standings. Starc has returned to IPL cricket after nine years. The 2023 World Cup winner was signed by KKR for a staggering sum of INR 24.75 crore at the IPL auction

IPL Live Score 2024, DC vs KKR: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders –Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) icons Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and youngster Rinku Singh enjoyed a six-hitting contest in the build-up to the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Delhi Capitals (DC) at Visakhapatnam. "They both (Russell and Narine) have a lot of power. Russell, the Muscle, hits such big sixes. Even Sunny (Sunil Narine) hits big sixes. You look at their arms and mine. I do not have that much power, I just time the ball," Rinku said ahead of the match.

IPL Live Score 2024, DC vs KKR: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Delhi and Kolkata have been neck-and-neck when it comes to H2H encounters. With their first game dating all the way back to 2008, DC and KKR have crossed paths on 32 occasions and the result couldn't be any more even-sided. KKR have their noses ahead but just by that much, winning 16 matches, while KKR 15 and one match ended in no-result. Gautam Gambhir holds the record for scoring the most runs in KKR vs DC games, with 569, followed by Shreyas Iyer's tally of 552.

IPL Live Score 2024, DC vs KKR: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – While much of the focus was on Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw played an equally blinder of an innings. After being benches for the first two games, Shaw, in his first match of the season, scored 43 off 27 balls – almost a throwback to his swashbuckling best. As per his own admission, Shaw is told to 'always whack the ball', and the way he was going about his business, was reminiscent to 2018 – the year Shaw led India to an Under-19 World Cup win and pummeled a century on debut.

IPL Live Score 2024, DC vs KKR: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Rishabh Pant looked assured against Punjab Kings, confident against Rajasthan Royals but finally fluent against Chennai Super Kings as the Delhi captain took us down memory lane during his entertaining half-century. Rishabh looked the Pant of old… well, almost. But the fact that it took just three games for Pant to be unfurling some of his trademark shots such as the one-handed six bodes immensely well for the Capitals. It’s a long season and if they have to have a shot at the Playoffs, Pant, who just returned to cricket after a gap of 16 months, must play more such knocks.

IPL Live Score 2024, DC vs KKR: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – If KKR have cut a figure of consistency, DC haven't exactly replicated that pattern. After going down to Punjab Kings by 4 wickets and then the Royals by 12 runs, something seemed off about the Capitals, but their performance against Chennai Super Kings was top-notch – near clinical – as Delhi came out all guns blazing to slay one of the best teams of the season. DC may be down in the points table as of now – seventh with 2 points – it's never too late to spring a revival and make a dash at the top.

IPL Live Score 2024, DC vs KKR: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Having failed to qualify for the Playoffs across the last two seasons of the IPL – finishing 7th each – the Kolkata Knight Riders appear a more solid, crisp and assured bunch. Call it the Gambhir effect or whatever, but there is something different about this KKR unit. Sure, it's still early days in the season but whatever little KKR have dished out, they are exuding confidence. After beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 4 wickets and then Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 7 wickets, KKR are positioned second on the table with 4 points as the only other undefeated team along with table-toppers Rajasthan Royals, who lead the pack with 6 points.