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Finn Allen Slams Maiden IPL Ton as KKR Seal 8-Wicket Win Against Delhi Capitals

Finn Allen Slams Maiden IPL Ton as KKR Seal 8-Wicket Win Against Delhi Capitals

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A blazing century from Finn Allen has set up Kolkata Knight Riders’ dominant 8-wicket win against Delhi Capitals on May 08 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. His maiden IPL century comes from a six, which also completed the chase and sealed the fourth win for KKR in the season. By this win, Kolkata Knight Riders secured fifth position in the IPL 2026 points table. After being invited to bat first, KL Rahul and Pathum Nissanka opened the innings while Anukul Roy opened the bowling attack. The opener duo made a solid start, scoring 49 runs for the first wicket. However, Kartik Tyagi brought a crucial breakthrough, dismissing in-form KL Rahul for 23 runs. He got dismissed on a slower length delivery where he hit the ball in the air towards mid-on with Cameron Green taking the catch. Nitish Rana who came to bat at No.3 joined Pathum Nissanka as Delhi Capitals scored 55 runs in the powerplay. Cameron Green who deliveried the 8th over, bagged the wicket of Nitish Rana for 3 runs. He was …

Finn Allen blazes maiden IPL century to power KKR to 4th consecutive win | Cricket News

Finn Allen blazes maiden IPL century to power KKR to 4th consecutive win | Cricket News

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2 min readUpdated: May 8, 2026 10:56 PM IST Finn Allen smashed his way to his first Indian Premier League century as he powered Kolkata Knight Riders to their fourth consecutive victory. KKR beat Delhi Capitals by eight wickets as Allen’s unbeaten 100 in 47 balls helped them chase down a target of 143 with 34 balls to spare. Allen had found the going difficult for much of the early part of his innings, dragging himself to 18 in 20 balls. However, the Kiwi batsman then smashed as many as 10 sixes and five fours to get to the mark. Earlier, KKR’s spinners choked the life out of the DC batters as the hosts dragged themselves to a score of 142/8 in 20 overs. KKR had as many as five different wicket-takers. Anukul Roy and Kartik Tyagi took two each while Vaibhav Arora, Sunil Narine and Cameron Green got solitary wickets. Narine was the star of the show despite having only one wicket, conceding just 17 runs in his four overs. AS IT HAPPENED | …

Series against India on black soil helped us, Finn Allen after NZ entered T20 WC final | Cricket News

Series against India on black soil helped us, Finn Allen after NZ entered T20 WC final | Cricket News

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3 min readMar 5, 2026 10:20 AM IST New Zealand gained invaluable insights from the five-match series against India on black soil surfaces in the lead up to the T20 World Cup, explosive opener Finn Allen confirmed after the dominating win against South Africa. The Kiwis entered the final of the ongoing T20 World Cup as Allen lit up the Eden Gardens with a stunning 33-ball 100 not out, toying the South African attack with towering sixes and superb boundaries as New Zealand chased down 170 in just 12.5 overs, sealing a nine-wicket win with 43 balls to spare. “It was an extremely impressive start from our bowlers — they set the game up for us, for sure,” Allen said in the post-match media interaction. “On a surface like that, if you can take wickets up front and build pressure, it makes life a lot easier for the batters.” Important series The swashbuckling right-hander underlined the importance of the pre-tournament India series. “…it just shows the importance of that India series the boys played before …

‘Absolutely speechless’: Finn Allen shatters Chris Gayle’s record with 33-ball century to dump South Africa out of World Cup | Cricket News

‘Absolutely speechless’: Finn Allen shatters Chris Gayle’s record with 33-ball century to dump South Africa out of World Cup | Cricket News

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3 min readMar 4, 2026 10:25 PM IST Finn Allen smashed a century in just 33 balls, at a strike rate of a whopping 303.03, to help New Zealand enter the final of the T20 World Cup. Allen’s destructive batting helped the Black Caps defeat South Africa by a nine-wicket margin in the first semi-final, chasing down the target of 170 with 43 balls left. South Africa have been the team to beat at the T20 World Cup 2026, staying unbeaten all through the event, until today that is! Their first defeat at the T20 World Cup ended their campaign. Allen scored 88 per cent of his runs at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens on Wednesday from hits to the fence—he smashed 10 fours and eight sixes. What was even more remarkable was that he played just four dot balls all game. This is now the fastest century in T20 World Cups, leaving Chris Gayle’s 47-ball effort against England at the Wankhede Stadium in 2016 far behind. This is now the joint third fastest century in the …