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KKR Back in Playoff Hunt as Finn Allen’s 47-Ball Hundred Flattens DC

Delhi’s 14-point ceiling leaves only long-shot qualification reliant on huge wins elsewhere.

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An exciting match at the Ekana Stadium as RCB spurned a chance to go top, dropping points to LSG who finally returned to winning ways with a 9-run win. The batting seeing its stars click into gear, before the bowling did just enough to hold off a terrifying sequence of RCB hitters.
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Overview

  • KKR, which routed DC by eight wickets on Friday in New Delhi, chased 143 in 14.2 overs as Finn Allen hit an unbeaten 100 off 47 to clinch a fourth straight win and rise to seventh.
  • KKR’s spinners throttled DC’s middle overs, with Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and standout Anukul Roy piling up dot balls and key strikes that stalled a promising start.
  • DC now have three games left for a maximum of 14 points and a worsened net run rate, and captain Axar Patel said recurring batting collapses may push the team to start planning for next season.
  • KKR can reach 17 points if they win out, with the next test against RCB on May 13 in Raipur and three of the final four fixtures scheduled at Eden Gardens.
  • In a parallel swing this week, LSG stopped a long slide as Mitchell Marsh’s 111 and Prince Yadav’s 3 for 33 sealed a rain-shortened win over RCB on Thursday, after which RCB shared a Virat Kohli pep talk to lift spirits.