KKR Vs DC, IPL 2020, Live Cricket Scores: Pat Cummins Twin Strikes Peg Delhi Back

Kolkata Knight Riders, fourth on the IPL points table more by luck than design, have to redeem themselves against Delhi Capitals in Abu Dhabi on Saturday if they want to keep themselves on course for an IPL 2020 playoff spot.

KKR sweat on the availability of Andre Russell and Sunil Narine. Both missed KKR's last match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, a game Eoin Morgan's team will quickly like to forget. KKR have 10 points from 10 matches and with teams like Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad making a late charge for a playoff berth, no less than a win will help the former champions.

Delhi Capitals have 14 points from 10 matches so far and a win against KKR will bolster their chances of a berth in the last four after the league stage. In the first leg of IPL 2020, KKR and DC met in Sharjah on October 3. Delhi won the high-scoring match by 18 runs. South African pacer Anrich Nortje took three wickets for DC and he was well supported by Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel and Marcus Stoinis. (LIVE SCORECARD | POINTS TABLE | RESULTS & SCHEDULE)

5:48 PM IST: Two Fours by Shreyas Iyer as he welcomes Kamlesh Nagarkoti into the attack;

3.3 FOUR picks the gap at square; 3.4 Four; Outside off, steps out and same result;

DC: 21/2 4 overs (Iyer 15, Pant 0)

5:40 PM IST: WICKET!!! and a big one for KKR; Pat Cummins strikes again, Shikhar Dhawan misses the line as ball uproots the off-stump

Dhawan b Cummins 6 (6b, 1x4); DC 13/2 after 3 overs

5:37 PM IST: Shikhar Dhawan gets into the act hammers Prasidh Krishna last ball of the second over ovee cover point; 8 runs came of second over; DC 12 for 1 in 2 overs;

5:32 PM IST: End of first over; Delhi Capitals: 4/1 in 1 over (S Iyer 4, Shawan 0);

5:28 PM IST: Pat Cummins STRIKES of the first ball, traps Ajinkya Rahane plumb lbw;

Rahane lbw Cummins 0 (1b); DC: 0/1 in 0.1 overs

5: 25PM IST: DC starting the chase in a minute. They let KKR off the hook and now have a daunting task ahead; Shikhar Dhawan has been in form and a lot will depend on him to set-up this chase

5:14PM IST: Marcus Stoinis finshes with a wicket removes Morgan of last ball; KKR will be very happy with the score; KKR 194 /6 20 overs ( Nitish Rana 81, Sunil Narine 64, Eoin Morgan 17, A Nortje 2 for 27, M Stoinis 2 for 41);

5:11PM IST: Marcus Stoinis removes Nitish Rana top edge caught by Deshpande

Rana c Deshpande b Stoinis 81 (53b, 13x4, 1x6)

5:06 PM IST:  Morgan gets holds of the fifth ball of the Rabada's over; Result SIX; Next ball. placed for FOUR as KKR 14  runs of 19th; KKR 184/4 19 overs (Morgan 17(8b), Rana 71(48b)

5:03 PM IST: KKR skipper Eoin Morgan hammers FOUR of Nortje first ball; Rana keeps going from other end hits a four of last ball; Nine come of 18th over; KKR 170/4 18 overs (Rana 69, Morgan 5)

4:55 PM IST: Delhi Capitals finally get wicket, Kagiso Rabada removes Sunil Narine who given KKR a platform to target a good score

Sunil Narine c Rahane b Rabada 64 (32b, 6x4, 4x6); KKR 157 for 4 in 16.4 overs; Rana-Narine added 115 for the fourth wicket

4:50 PM IST: End of 16th over KKR reach 150 for 3; Sunil Narine 60 (30b, 5x4, 4x6), Nitish Rana 60 (40b, 9x4, 1x6); 

4:40 PM IST:  Run coming thick and fast for KKR; Sunil Narine hammers 3 FOURS of Marcus Stoinis's over (13.1, 13.2, 13.6); KKR now 127/3 in 14 overs; Narine 44 (22b), Rana 54 (36b)

4:35 PM IST: ; 12.6 overs FOUR!!!, Most importantly 50 up for Nitish Rana

Nitish Rana 50 (35b, 1x6, 7x4) KKR 111/3 in 13 overs  

4:30 PM IST: 100 up for KKR in 12 overs Narine and Rana hammer two fours of R Ashwin; KKR 103 for 3 in 12 overs  

4:27 PM IST:  11 overs :  Marcus Stoinis crushed for two fours (10.1, 10.2 ) by Rana as Kolkata Knight Riders gain momentum; 86 for3  (Sunil Narine 24 (12b), Nitish Rana 34 (27b);

4:22 PM IST:  10 overs :  KKR 75 for3  (Sunil Narine 24 (12b), Nitish Rana 28(23);

4:20 PM IST: 9.1 overs  Sunil Narine again FOUR through backward point; KKR  61/3 (9.1)

4:13 PM IST: 8.3 overs  Thick outside edge Sunil Narine gets four; KKR 57/3 (9), Sunil Narine 13(8b), Nitish Rana 17 (20b)

4:11 PM IST: 8.2 overs Tossed up by R Ashwin,Sunil Narine drives him over long-off

4:11 PM IST: KKR reach 44 for 3 in 8 overs (Sunil Nairne 1, Nitish Rana 16) KKR 44/3 8 overs

4:07 PM IST: 7.2 overs  WICKET Kagiso Rabada snares Dinesh Karthik as Kolkata falter; Edges one to keeper;

Dinesh Karthik c Pant b Rabada 3 (6b), KKR 42 for 3 in 7.3 overs

4:06 PM IST: Marcus Stoinis comes into attack; Gives way 5 runs as KKR try to settle (Dinesh Karthik  3, Nitish Rana 16) KKR 41 for 2 in 7 overs

3:58 PM IST:  Anrich Nortje strikes! 148km yorker finds its target, Rahul Tripathi stumps dislodged; Tripathi B Nortje 13 (12b, 1x4); KKR 36 for 2 in 6 overs 

 3:57 PM IST: Nortje to Tripathi; FOUR!!! Makes room and hits the bowler inside out

3:54 PM IST:  4.5 overs: Rana pulls Axar Patel for a four over midwicket KKR 29/1 in 5 overs

3:49 PM IST: Kagiso Rabada into the attack gives away 6 runs; Rahul Tripathi (5), Nitish Rana 8 (11b), KKR 22 for 1 in 4 overs

3:45 PM IST:  Nitish Rana hits a four of Deshpande; Short pulls over square leg; KKR  16 -1 3 overs (Rana 7, Tripathi 0) 

3:40 PM IST:  WICKET !!! Anrich Nortje strikes.  Shubman Gill (9) caught at back point by Axar Patel KKR 11 for 1 (2)

3:35 PM IST: 0.2 First FOUR, Tushar Despande gets hammered through point by Shubman Gill

0.4 Four, Gill swings in through mid-on

3:11 PM IST:  Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders:  Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, M Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy;

Delhi Capitals Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Tushar Deshpande, Anrich Nortje

 3:02 PM IST:  Two changes for Delhi Capitals, Anrich Nortje comes in for Daniel Sams; Ajinkya Rahane for Prithvi Shaw; KKR meanwhile have replaced Tom Banton with Sunil Narine; Kamlesh Nagarkoti replaces  Kuldeep Yadav

3:01 PM IST: DC Win the toss 

3:00 PM IST: An afternoon game and it's a fresh pitch with grass, Time for toss

PREVIEW

Delhi Capitals look one of the most settled sides in IPL 2020. Led by Shreyas Iyer, DC's performance in this IPL has been noteworthy because the batsmen have taken their responsibilities, the bowlers have delivered at the right times and the all-rounders have come to the party.

Shikhar Dhawan's back-to-back IPL centuries, a  record, have give Delhi Capitals the right starts. The only worry has been opener Prithvi Shaw's form. The young man from Mumbai made a splendid start to the tournament but has lost form in recent games.

DC went down in their last game against Kings XI Punjab but that should not be a real worry. KXIP rode a brilliant knock from Nicholas Pooran and Deepak Hooda held his nerves to clinch the game for KL Rahul's team. As Delhi skipper Iyer later said, tournament lethargy can set in and losses are not unusual in a long tournament.

Kolkata Knight Riders have looked far from convincing in IPL 2020. Inconsistent performances have been the order of KKR and that was evident when they lost by eight wickets against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. KKR suffered a complete batting collapse against RCB. But for a gritty 30 from skipper Eoin Morgan, the top five batsmen scored 16 runs among themselves as KKR managed a paltry 84 for 8 wickets in their 20 overs.

KKR missed Andre Russell in the last game against RCB and there is still no news of Sunil Narine's availability after the West Indian spinner, pulled up for throwing, was cleared to bowl again by the IPL suspect bowling committee. Russell has done very little for KKR in this tournament and so has Pat Cummins. The Aussie all-rounder has done more with the bat than with the ball for which KKR paid 15.5 Crores.