IPL 2018, DD vs KKR: 5 talking points

#3 The poor show by most of the KKR batsmen

Karthik did not contribute much with the bat

164 is certainly not a bad total in T20 cricket but for KKR tonight, it wasn't a collective. Most of those runs came from Andre Russell, Shubman Gill and a cameo from Sunil Narine. The other batsmen were pretty much sloppy for the two-time champs.

With the target being 220, a lot was expected from Chris Lynn and he began with an early boundary. However, he was bowled a few minutes later by Glenn Maxwell. Sunil Narine began well and smashed a few sixes but he could not stand long and was eventually dismissed by Trent Boult. Robin Uthappa was simply terrible today as he scored just 1 before being sent back by Boult.

Nitish Rana was also lacklustre today as he scored just 8 before being dismissed by Avesh Khan. Skipper Dinesh Karthik couldn't add much either as he added only 18 runs to the total.

When a team has to chase down a target as high as 220, then the first five batsmen have to take the responsibility of adding as many runs as possible. However, that did not happen today.