DC still short of playoffs
Delhi Capitals were delayed from claiming a playoff berth in the Indian Premier League after losing to Kolkata Knight Riders by three wickets on Tuesday. (BCCI/IPL Photo)
KKR restrict DC
Delhi could have advanced with a win, and remained second overall but were restricted to 127/9 after being put in. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)
Dashing Dhawan
Tournament top run-scorer Shikhar Dhawan hit five crisp boundaries among 24 runs for Delhi before falling to Lockie Ferguson at point in the batting powerplay. (BCCI/IPL/ANI Photo)
Slow Smith
Steve Smith returned to the side but laboured for 34 deliveries in scoring 39 before he was clean bowled by Ferguson. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)
Powerless Pant
Rishabh Pant also struggled to accelerate, hitting just three boundaries in his 36-ball 39. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)
Two wickets each
Lockie Ferguson (2/10), Sunil Narine (2/18) and Venkatesh Iyer (2/29) led the Kolkata attack. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)
Awesome Avesh
Young Delhi fast bowler Avesh Khan took 3/13 to raise his wickets tally to 18. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)
KKR five down
Ravichandran Ashwin got the key wicket of Kolkata skipper Eoin Morgan without scoring, and when Dinesh Karthik played onto Khan in the 15th over, Kolkata slipped to 96/5. (BCCI/IPL/ANI Photo)
Narine smashes Rabada
But Narine smashed two sixes and a four against Rabada in the next over and ripped the game from Delhi's grasp. (BCCI/IPL Photo)
Rana takes KKR to win
Nitish Rana made an unbeaten 36 off 27 balls as Kolkata won by reaching 130/7 in 18.2 overs. (BCCI/IPL/ANI Photo)