KKR vs DC, Match 41, IPL 2021

Brendon McCullum, head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders, has a word with his Delhi Capitals counterpart Ricky Ponting before the start of the match

Shikhar Dhawan helped DC off to a positive start while Steve Smith was happy rotating the strike

DC lost quick wickets and the scoring rate also dipped

Following a few quiet overs, Steven Smith struck boundaries to get DC going

Steven Smith chopped the ball onto the stumps when he tried to play across the line to a Lockie Ferguson delivery

Venkatesh Iyer picked up his maiden IPL wicket by dismissing Shimron Hetmyer

Rishabh Pant nearly took Dinesh Karthik's face when he tried to keep a Varun Chakaravarthy delivery from hitting the stumps

Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson and Varun Chakaravarthy bagged two wickets apiece to restrict DC to 127/9

Venkatesh Iyer and Rahul Tripathi fell inside the powerplay

Shubman Gill played in a steady manner to guide KKR in the chase

Kagiso Rabada struck in his first over to end Shubman Gill's stay and finished with a wicket-maiden

Eoin Morgan was dismissed cheaply by R Ashwin but Nitish Rana kept KKR on track with a few big shots

Sunil Narine struck a few lusty blows after Dinesh Karthik's dismissal to take KKR closer

Nitish Rana finished with an unbeaten 36 off 27 as KKR won by three wickets with 10 deliveries to spare