IPL 2018: KKR vs DD - 3 things you might have missed from the match

A fairly one-sided end to match 13 in IPL 2018 saw Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Daredevils by 71 runs thanks to a brilliant half-century from Nitish Rana and a scintillating cameo from Andre Russell, posting 200 runs on the board, batting first.

Despite losing three wickets in three overs, Delhi Daredevils stayed in the hunt to chase the target until the attacking partnership from Rishabh Pant and Glenn Maxwell. But after the dismissal of the duo, the result was merely a formality as the Delhi team lost their last 7 wickets for 43 runs in a space of six overs.

Sportskeeda takes a look at the three unnoticed things from the match which had a considerable impact on the end result.

---

#1 Tag-team catch to remove Narine

Opening the batting after dropping down the order unsuccessfully in the previous match, Sunil Narine didn't make an impact with the bat thanks to brilliant teamwork by Rishabh Pant and Glenn Maxwell.

Trent Boult started the innings with a maiden over against Lynn, who was clueless against the Kiwi pacer's immaculate line and length. Boult then tried short ball tactics while bowling to Sunil Narine in the second over after yorking him the previous ball.

Narine took the bait and went for a pull shot but ended up offering a difficult caught behind chance to Rishabh Pant who tipped over, leaping up, and Maxwell completed the catch while backtracking.

#2 Lynn's struggles

One of the success stories of the Big Bash League in the last couple of years, Lynn has struggled to launch himself in this year's IPL, failing to unleash the big shots he was reputed for.

He consumed 9 balls to get off the mark which included a maiden over from an impressive Trent Boult first over. He failed to take off from there, which Gayle did successfully in the previous match with a similar start and played second fiddle to Robin Uthappa.

He, however, mustered a respectful 31 runs off 29 balls including four boundaries and a solitary six, while he would have at least doubled the score when he was on song. KKR fans will be hoping for the Lynnsanity to unleash sooner rather than later in the upcoming matches.

#3 Tewatia's dream over

Having bowled out Chris Morris and Trent Boult, Gambhir had to find someone to complete the last over and he handed the ball to Rahul Tewatia who had bowled only a couple of overs until that point.

In the end, he got more than he bargained for with three wickets and conceding a solitary run.

Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, and Tom Curran were the three batsmen scalped by Rahul Tewatia and he completed his three-over spell for 18 runs, but couldn't prevent KKR from posting a challenging 200 runs on the board, which proved to be too much for Delhi Daredevils in the end.