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Kolkata Knight Riders boosted their hopes of qualifying for the Indian Premier League play-offs by beating Delhi Capitals by 14 runs.

After being held to 204-9 after a fast start, KKR removed the Capitals' top three inside seven overs.

Then Sunil Narine worked his magic to take three wickets for 29 runs as Capitals were restricted to 190 for nine.
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00:00Before Sunil Narain did the damage with the ball, he started with the bat.
00:04Narain and Ramanula Gurbas had earlier put on 48 in three overs for the first wicket
00:09in KKR's innings, which faded later on.
00:14A little bit of luck for Gurbas, inside edge will get him full.
00:18Narain made it 27, Gurbas and Ajinkia Rahan both scored 26, Ankrish Raghuvanshi added
00:2544 and Rinkus Singh 36.
00:29Andre Russell was eventually run out for 17 of 9 and Ravman Powell got out for 5.
00:38This meant they passed 200 despite losing 5 for 45 in the final 5 overs.
00:46Mitchell Stark took 3 wickets.
00:50In reply, Faf Duplessis and Capitals captain Aksa Patel rebuilt the innings to 136 for
00:563 with a fine partnership of 76 but Aksa Patel, who was struggling with a hand injury sustained
01:02while fielding, fell as the first of 3 wickets for veteran spinner Sunil Narain.
01:09Aksa was caught at cover for 43, South Africa Tristan Stubbs bowled for 1, 4 balls later and
01:20Duplessis caught a deep mid wicket for 62.
01:22Sunil Narain is turning this game around.
01:25West Indies international Narain standing in as skipper with Ajinkia Rahan off the field then
01:31turned to fellow spinner Varun who dismissed Ashutosh Sharma and Mitchell Stark in consecutive
01:37balls.
01:38A powerful hitting by Vipraj Nijam kept the game alive but with 25 needed from the final
01:44over, the Capitals finished on 190 for 9.
01:47Nijam fell for 38 from 19 balls of the penultimate ball.
01:52KKR will have to win their final 5 matches to finish in the top 4.
01:56They remain 7th but close the gap to the Capitals in 4th to 3 points.
02:01Sajid 4, TV6 board.
02:04Sajid 4, TV6 board.
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