Even Jason Holder (3/31), keeping aside the over where he took a pounding from Russell (45) and conceded 25 runs, executed the short ball quite well along with Avesh Khan (3/19). The short stuff helpe...
An off-spinner like Sunil Narine should technically not be easy to smash around for Rishabh Pant, who often picks up the bulk of his runs on the leg side. But hitting against Narine’s spin is so...
For the final throwback moment between Kolkata and Delhi, we dial back to the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008 and a match that initially appeared in danger of getting washed out because of torren...
Batting first against MI on a Super Sunday at the Eden in May 2011, KKR managed a solid total of 175, with Jacques Kallis’s 59 off 42 anchoring the innings. Out to chase under lights with the de...
For the third throwback moment, we go all the way back to the first-ever meeting between the two franchises that took place in Mohali in May 2008 (yes, back when Novak Djokovic had one Grand Slam titl...
Shreyas Iyer had a good start to his captaincy stint at Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL-15. A six-wicket victory against the Chennai Super Kings was achieved with ease though death-bowling remained...
Two qualities of Balaji’s glorious playing years for KKR were his passion and his demeanour. While the former was visible in his run-up, as he would pour every ounce of effort into every deliver...
Wickets or economy?
Narine wasn’t KKR’s highest wicket-taker this season. With 16 wickets, he was second to Varun Chakravarthy, who finished with 18. But an economy rate of 6.44 in the mo...
Sunil Narine has shown some sublime form in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) with the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). But that isn't reason enough for the West Indies selectors to include him ...
Narine agreed the wicket of Virat Kohli was certainly his “goal”. “I enjoy all wickets, but getting Kohli and tying them down was my goal. It was a total team effort,” he said....