DC vs KKR Match 51 Live Commentary - Delhi (08 May 2026)

On a length, drifting back in. Stabbed off the back foot.

Full and around off, driven to widish long off for a run.

Good length, on leg, sliding in further. Allen heaves it wide of mid on for a single.

OUT! BOWLED! Another unlucky dismissal for KKR and the Capitals are up and about as they won't mind that.

Short, around off, Cameron Green hangs back and punches it wide of extra cover for a single.

Floated full, on off. Allen commits on the back foot and knocks it straight to cover.

 FOUR! Pinned through! On a back of a length, angling away from the batter. Finn Allen stays put and gets his hands through the line off the back foot. Pierces the cover and cover-point gap for a boundary.

Too full now, outside off. Allen carves it to the left of mid off. Axar Patel is alert to the situation, gets to his left, dives and stops the ball well. Saves a certain boundary as it was travelling. Just a single then.

A snorter! Hard length at 141.9 kph, hammered in the channel of off, nipping away. Ajinkya Rahane has a loose poke at it, but gets beaten on the outside edge by a kitten-whisker.

 SIX! Picked up and dumped into the crowd! Fuller in length, on middle and leg. Ajinkya Rahane picks the length early and whips it comfortably over deep backward square leg for a biggie.

Nips in from off, on a fuller length. Rahane tries to work it off side, but inside edges past the leg stump. The ball rolls to long leg for a single.

OUT! AJINKYA RAHANE IS RUN OUT! That's the most unfortunate way to get dismissed. 142.2 kph yorker from Starc, tailing in from off to middle. Allen tries to shovel it down the ground but Starc sticks his left hand out on the follow-through. Deflects off his hand and crashes into the stumps at the non-striker's end. Rahane had taken the charge ahead and is found short of his crease. The TV umpire confirms that it has deflected off Starc's hand. Rahane looked solid but has to walk back. KKR are 29/1, chasing 143.

 FOUR! That's a skilful shot! A touch short and sliding back in and around middle. Finn Allen is quick to pivot on the back foot and lofts it over mid-wicket to find the fence.

Skids through on a length, on off. Allen punches it across to long on for a single.

Slides into the batter, on a fullish length. Ajinkya Rahane presses back and watchfully smothers to the leg side. More off the inside edge. 

 FOUR! Finds the gap easily! Tossed up, full and around off. Rahane shuffles leg side of the ball and slashes it past the diving cover fielder to his right for a boundary.

Dropped short on middle. Rahane hangs deep in the crease and nudges it wide of mid on for a single.

Smidge fuller than the previous ball and Allen runs it down to long on for a single. 11 runs from Axar's first.

On target! Bring the ball back into the batter, on a fuller length, around middle. Rahane gets on the front foot, tries to drive away, but gets an inside edge to mid-wicket.

Full again, just outside off, curving back in. Ajinkya Rahane commits on the front foot and drives it straight to mid off.

Hard length, at 141.3 kph, this is bashed outside off. Ajinkya Rahane stands tall and cuts it over backward point, on the bounce to the fielder in the deep. A single and Rahane gets himself and KKR underway.

 Beaten! Pushed wide outside off, very full in length. Finn Allen collapses the back knee and reaches out for it, trying to drive past cover, but misses connect.

 FOUR! Plundered down the ground! Slightly on a length, around off, doesn't swing back in much as Starc hoped for. Finn Allen throws his hands at it and blasts it straight down the ground, to mid off's right for a boundary.

Overpitched delivery, on off, Allen heaves it across, but gets it off the bottom end and it rolls away to deep mid-wicket for a run. 6 runs off the first over.