Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 16th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Lest we forget amidst all the madness, Delhi have moved to the top of the table. They replace Bangalore. Given how seemingly weird the strategies and the campaigns have been over the years for both these teams, this does feel new. But again, lest we forget, this is 2020. So this was me, Vineet Anantharaman scribbling it out for you in the company of Sagar Chawla, Akshay Maanay, Abhinand Raghavendran, Hari Sadanandan and our scorer, Siva. Until tomorrow, and more madness, twice over, ta ta!!

Shreyas Iyer | Winning captain | MoM: It is really difficult to defend here. It has been such an amazing tournament, especially in Sharjah. It is always a thrill to play at this ground, the last time I played here was in the under-19s. Winning the match was the icing on the cake. It was really necessary for me to take time at the start which I did in the earlier games as well. It was the right time for me to take on the bowlers and then rotate strike as well after that. Luckily it worked out for me. I know the hard work and the smart work I have put in through my gym sessions, so I wouldn't say I am a very gifted player. We keep talking about close victories and this was one of them. Really satisfield with the way everyone stepped up. Unfortunate to lose Mishra in the middle when he was spinning the ball really well. We were confident we had two good overs left, but anything could happen, it is a funny game is T20s and especially here in Sharjah. We really have a good platform and we have to be insatiable with our work ethics and keep getting better game after game from here on.

Anrich Nortje: We wanted to use the conditions to the best of our ability. There was a little bit of dew. Myself and KG tried to get a few to go through. We did it at the start. It got a little bit tough in the end, the ball was coming on nicely. It was a bit difficult, proud that the guys pulled it through. We had different plans - try and change it up, not go with the same thing over and over again.? Could have gone for a six, but luckily we got him (Morgan) out. Some balls gripped, that one gripped and we got the wicket. It's great bowling with him (Rabada), really enjoying the time we spend together. Trying to feed off each other, trying to find out what he thinks, what he does and it's nice to be in the same team with him. (Thought process coming to Sharjah) We worked on our yorkers, we can still improve a little bit, but we were hitting them in the nets. We tried to touch on all the skills. We worked on the slower ball, we worked on the good length and then obviously on the yorkers. It was about the skills at the end and just to try and out-skill the opponents.

Dinesh Karthik | Losing captain: The way the boys batted is something I am really proud of, we kept fighting till the end which is the nature of our team. Really happy with the effort we put in today. Maybe in between 10-13 overs we didn't get many boundaries, we lost a couple of wickets as well which sets you back in such run chases. To be honest, couple more sixes and we would have crossed the line, we wouldn't be talking about the lengths. I thought it was a hard wicket to bowl on and the bowlers did a fabulous job, maybe 10 runs too many but its okay. We trust him (Russell) and believe he is the best in the business, we want to give him enough time to create an impact on the game and that's something we want to encourage. I haven't thought about it (making the change at the top) but maybe after this game I will sit down with the coaching staff.. We still believe in Narine and whenever he gets going he gets us off to a great start.

22:10 Local Time, 18:10 GMT, 23:40 IST: Surely 228 isn't meant to be chased down. Surely. Surely not when Andre Russell has been sent back, surely not when Rahul Tripathi - the otherwise opener - is shunted down to number eight with the asking rate of 20-something an over, surely not when Rabada and Nortje are bowling. Well, 'surely' doesn't make sense when in Sharjah. This isn't playing by the rulebooks, this is playing EA Cricket, with cheatcodes. So this is how this chase went: Narine once again couldn't get going, Gill laid a platform for himself but couldn't kick on, Rana paced his knock well but couldn't go on in top gear for long, Russell found himself foxed, Karthik couldn't do much. And until this point, Morgan hadn't faced a single delivery. But when he actually did, and Tripathi matched him stroke for stroke, it was a serious show: 14 off the 16th, 24 off the 17th, 23 off the 18th. But thanks to that one delivery where Morgan found the only man placed in the deep with a rather well-timed heave, Delhi could breathe. Hang around, we'll bring you the presentations ..

Stoinis to Shivam Mavi, leg byes, 1 run, harmlessly into the pads, off a full toss, and Mavi's swipe makes no difference. Delhi avoid a daylight robbery, somehow

Stoinis to Shivam Mavi, no run, beats him. Yorker, under the bat, almost into leg-stump. Yea, that's what th confidence of having pocketed the game does to you

Stoinis to K Nagarkoti, 1 run, takes it on the full and drills it wide of long-on, another sliding dive

Stoinis to Shivam Mavi, 1 run, short, bodyline, pulled away behind square where fine leg actually does well to run across and slide into it

Shivam Mavi, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Stoinis to R Tripathi, out Bowled!! Yorker. Timber. Stoinis finally gets it right, dipping under Tripathi's yet-another one-kneed-hoick and sneaking further to clean him up. R Tripathi b Stoinis 36(16) [4s-3 6s-3]

Stoinis to R Tripathi, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Stoinis to R Tripathi, FOUR, over point. Tripathi's one-kneed, staying under the low full toss and nailing it over. Now, now

Marcus Stoinis [3.0-0-40-0] is back into the attack

So Delhi won't gamble with trusted Indian Test-certainty spin. Even with 26 in the bank.

Nortje to K Nagarkoti, no run, refuses the single, keeps the strike, and will deal with 26 off the final over. It was down to long-on, off a punch

Nortje to K Nagarkoti, 2 runs, short, outside off, cut, and Ashwin misfields at point leaking the second

Nortje to R Tripathi, 1 run, cramping full toss, whipped without real control to deep mid-wicket

Kamlesh Nagarkoti, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Nortje to Morgan, out Caught by Hetmyer!! Brave delivery this -- back of a length, into the body and Morgan in fact swipes it rather well. But no, it's flat and straight to a waiting backward square leg. The trick was that this one skidded along more than normal, getting Morgan crouched more than normal. Okay, now, surely game over? No? Okay. Morgan c Hetmyer b Nortje 44(18) [4s-1 6s-5]