Finn Allen's 100 not out powers KKR to eight-wicket win.
Allen hit 10 sixes including the winning blow after KKR's spin choked DC.
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Capitals by eight wickets at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday. Finn Allen scored an unbeaten 100 off 47 balls with five fours and ten sixes to chase 143 in 14.2 overs. Cameron Green added 33 not out off 27 balls after DC made 142 for eight with Pathum Nissanka's 50 off 29 top-scoring.
KKR restricted DC through spin as Sunil Narine took one for 17 and Varun Chakravarthy claimed wickets in the collapse from 74 for one. Anukul Roy took two for 31, Vaibhav Arora one for 29, and Kartik Tyagi two for 25 for KKR. Axar Patel returned one for 27 for DC.
The win gives KKR four victories from ten games for nine points as they chase playoff spots. DC lost their second straight after an eight-wicket defeat to CSK. Allen earned player of the match for his fourth IPL hundred.
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