KKR hammer Delhi Capitals by eight wickets as Allen smashes unbeaten ton

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Kolkata Knight Riders' Finn Allen and Cameron Green observe  aft  winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket lucifer  betwixt  Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders, successful  New Delhi, connected  May 8, 2026.

Kolkata Knight Riders' Finn Allen and Cameron Green observe aft winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket lucifer betwixt Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders, successful New Delhi, connected May 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

Finn Allen smashed a 47-ball 100 not retired arsenic Kolkata Knight Riders thrashed Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets to registry their 4th triumph connected the trot successful the IPL, successful New Delhi connected Friday (May 8, 2026).

Opting to bowl, KKR spinners led by Sunil Narine strangled Delhi Capitals successful the mediate overs connected a tacky aboveground to restrict them to 142/8.

Pathum Nissanka struck a speedy 50 (29 balls; 5x4, 3x6) but Delhi mislaid momentum aft his dismissal, scoring conscionable 11 runs betwixt the 12th and 16th overs arsenic Anukul Roy (2/31), Kartik Tyagi (2/25) and Sunil Narine (1/17) applied the brakes.

Ashutosh Sharma’s precocious 28-ball 39 (3x4, 3x6), gave Delhi immoderate respite. In reply, Allen, who came successful arsenic Impact Sub for Varun Chakravarthy, smashed 10 sixes and 5 fours to marque it a lopsided pursuit arsenic KKR sealed the triumph successful conscionable 14.2 overs.

Scoreboard

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane tally retired 13 Finn Allen not retired 100 Angkrish Raghuvanshi b Patel 1 Cameron Green not retired 33

Extras: 0 Total: 147/2 successful 14.2 overs

Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-31

Bowling: Mitchell Starc 3-0-31-0, Axar Patel 4-0-27-1, Lungi Ngidi 2-0-7-0, Vipraj Nigam 2-0-34-0, Kuldeep Yadav 3-0-41-0, Mukesh Kumar 0.2-0-7-0.

Delhi Capitals: 142/8 successful 20 overs (Pathum Nissanka 50, Ashutosh Sharma 39; Anukul Roy 2/31, Kartik Tyagi 2/25)

Published - May 08, 2026 10:54 p.m. IST

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