Former Indian National Cricket team skipper Virender Sehwag showered high praise on Kagiso Rabada after he led Delhi Capitals to a super over win over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.
Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals lost momentum at the end of the game to stretch the tie to the Super Over. Prasidh Krishna actually did really well to keep Delhi to ten, and a match would’ve worked just as fine for them, and then when Andre Russell smashed the first ball for a boundary, it looked all gone. But Kagiso Rabada had some other plans as he bowled Russell and then defended the target to register lowest ever IPL super-over defended.
Delhi; however, had the game in their favour from the beginning before a flurry of wickets shifted the momentum. Prithvi Shaw and Shreyas Iyer were of top-class both showing some outstanding technique to close in on the target of 185 runs set by the Kolkata Knight Riders. However, Kuldeep Yadav’s late blow and a timely runout of Colin Ingram helped Kolkata finish the game on even-stevens before the umpires had to rely on super over to find a winner.
Virender Sehwag after a terrific effort from Delhi Capitals praised them calling out Kagiso Rabada and Prithvi Shaw. He also feels that the upcoming matches will have more thrills in store going by the first weekend.
RA-BA-DA special super over. Well played Prithvi Shaw ! IPL turning out to be Super Exciting in the first week itself.
#DCvKKR
RA-BA-DA special super over.
Well played Prithvi Shaw ! IPL turning out to be Super Exciting in the first week itself. #DCvKKR pic.twitter.com/UhnUtKzGg3— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 30, 2019
Previously, Andre Russell once again powered Kolkata Knight Riders to 185 runs at the end of 20 overs. He smacked a 28-ball 62 including four boundaries and six massive sixes to continue his swashbuckling form. Dinesh Karthik also provided good support with a timely half-century. Sandeep Lamichhane stood out for Delhi Capitals while Kagiso Rabada took them home with an excellent super over.