Shah Rukh Khan co-owns Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team. Sourav Ganguly was an old Indian captain. On April 29th, Khan met Ganguly. Both felt very happy to see each other again. Ganguly was KKR’s star player in the first IPL season in 2008. He was also the first captain of KKR team. Now, Ganguly is the cricket director for Delhi Capitals (DC) team.
On Monday at Eden Gardens, KKR and DC fought in match forty-seven of the IPL. KKR won by seven wickets. After the game, Shah Rukh Khan showed love for Sourav Ganguly by hugging and kissing him.
Kolkata team has won six games from nine matches. They are second on the points table in IPL 2024. Their net run rate is good at 1.096. Delhi team has won five from eleven games. They are sixth on the points table. Their net run rate is not good at -0.442. Kolkata is doing better than Delhi so far in the tournament.
KKR chased down DC’s 154-run target in 16.3 overs
The Delhi team won the coin toss. They chose to bat first. But they kept losing batters regularly. So they could not make a big score.
Kuldeep Yadav hit 35 runs. He was not out. He batted at number 9. Delhi made 153 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Varun Chakravarthy bowled best for Kolkata. He is a tricky spinner. He gave only 16 runs in his 4 overs. He also took 3 wickets.
KKR starter Phil Salt extended his good run at Eden Garden, scoring a magnificent half-century. The swashbuckling hitter was the match’s leading scorer, with 68 runs off 33 balls.
Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer also helped with useful runs. They stayed not out with scores of 33 and 26. Kolkata chased the target in just 16.3 overs to win the match easily with seven wickets left.
Their next game will be on Friday, May 3, when they will face Mumbai Indians (MI) at Wankhede Stadium.
