Nitish Rana kept his cool in a tricky chase as Kolkata Knight Riders kept their play-off hopes alive with a three-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals in a low-scoring IPL contest here on Tuesday. The KKR bowlers made optimum use of the slow Sharjah track to restrict Delhi Capitals to 127 for nine.

T20 specialist Rana (36 not out) and seasoned Sunil Narine (21 off 10 balls) went after the inexperienced Lalit Yadav in the 14th over and also attacked seasoned Kagiso Rabada in the 16th over to tilt the game in KKR’s favour. The loss would be a nice wake-up call for DC, who remain second in the table with 16 points even as KKR consolidated their fourth spot with 10 points.