Kuldeep’s Hat-Trick Ball, and Kolkata’s Season Ended
IPL Reports / Kuldeep’s Hat-Trick Ball, and Kolkata’s Season Ended
Delhi Capitals 203/5 (20 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders 163 (18.4 overs)
Last league match at Eden Gardens, 24 May. Kolkata needed a win and other results to stay in the four. Delhi were already out. KL Rahul made 60 off 30. Axar Patel 39. David Miller 28. Delhi 203 for 5. Kolkata chose to chase.
Ajinkya Rahane made 63 off 39. Finn Allen 20. Manish Pandey 25, caught by Mitchell Starc diving at long-on. Then Kuldeep Yadav. Green caught at long-off, 2 off 3. Rahane sliced to long-off. Rinku Singh, first ball, chipped to Tristan Stubbs, who took it low. Kuldeep on a hat-trick. He did not take the hat-trick. He finished 3 for 29. Kolkata 163 all out in 18.4. Lungi Ngidi 3 for 27. Player of the match: Kuldeep.
Delhi won by 40. They finished sixth, 14 points. Kolkata finished seventh, 13. The last night of the league at this ground did not change the playoff list. Rajasthan were already on their way to Mullanpur.
TATA IPL 2026 Match 70: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals. If the player does not load, open it on YouTube.