Shah Rukh Khan Gives Sunil Narine a Standing Ovation as KKR Opener Sets Visakhapatnam Ablaze: WATCH

The ferocious Sunil Narine went out all guns blazing in Visakhapatnam as Kolkata Knight Riders locked horns with Delhi Capitals on Wednesday evening. Promoted to open the innings again this season, the Caribbean all-rounder fired all cylinders right from the word go, taking every Delhi bowler to the cleaners. The left-hand batter smashed 7 sixes and as many boundaries during his stay in the middle but missed out on his maiden IPL century by a mere 15 runs.

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Narine was smashing effortlessly all around the park, resembling to some computer game of cricket. He notched up his half-century off just 21 balls but before reaching the milestone, he hammered 3 sixes and a couple of boundaries in an over to veteran bowler Ishant Sharma. An over later, he launched an assault against uncapped pacer Rasikh Dar Salam, scoring 18 runs with 3 boundaries and 2 sixes to accumulate 81 runs in the Powerplay.

After losing his opening partner Phil Salt early, Narine joined forces with Angkrish Raghuvanshi and the duo bludgeoned the Delhi bowling attack with a 104-run partnership for the second wicket. Their fireworks seemed to be taking KKR to a new height, somewhere close to 300, but Mitchell Marsh poured cold waters on Kolkata’s plans.

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It was the 13^th over when the Australian all-rounder bowled a short ball and Narine looked to play it against the line but edged it directly to Rishabh Pant behind the stumps. It was a great relief for Delhi as Marsh had caught the big fish. On the other hand, Narine received a standing ovation from his teammates in the dugout and also from the team’s co-owner, Shah Rukh Khan who was present in the stands.

Earlier, KKR captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat first against Delhi Capitals. DC are at number seven currently in the points table and got off the mark with a 20-run win over Chennai Super Kings on Sunday. KKR, the two-time IPL champions, are up in second place and still undefeated in the competition. In the last three IPL meetings between these two teams, DC have emerged victorious.