'Most hated man in Kolkata': Green reveals how he helped Allen complete IPL ton

Cameron Green said being astatine the non-striker’s extremity during Finn Allen’s period against Delhi Capitals was 1 of those moments a subordinate gets to acquisition lone a fewer times successful a career.Allen’s unbeaten 100 disconnected 47 balls helped Kolkata Knight Riders registry their 4th consecutive triumph successful IPL 2026 connected Friday.

KKR chased down 143 successful 14.2 overs to triumph by 8 wickets.

The New Zealand batter deed 10 sixes and 5 boundaries during his sound aft coming into the crippled with 110 runs from six matches this season.Speaking aft the match, Green praised Allen’s innings and said, "So special. I deliberation you lone get the accidental to beryllium astatine the different extremity a fistful of times successful your career, truthful that's 1 of them."Allen and Green shared an unbeaten concern arsenic KKR comfortably completed the chase.

Asked astir his speech with Allen successful the middle, Green said, "Nothing really. I think, Finn, each helium said was, 'see you adjacent over.' So, yeah, that's fundamentally what I tried to do. I was conscionable the different extremity playing 2nd fiddle."Green besides revealed that helium was calculating the pursuit cautiously erstwhile Allen approached his century. With Allen batting connected 94 and KKR adjacent to victory, Green made definite his spouse kept strike.

"I deliberation I did the mathematics erstwhile we had 29 to get. So yeah, I knew I'd beryllium the astir hated antheral successful Kolkata if I did thing other isolated from that," Green said.When asked who was doing the calculations, Green replied, "No, not us. I was, I did the math. But no, Finn's precise bully astatine maths arsenic well, truthful I'll springiness him recognition for that. So, probably, helium was astir apt doing the same. Winning, that's been the astir satisfying."Earlier, Delhi Capitals were restricted to 142/8 connected a dilatory transportation contempt a bully commencement from Pathum Nissanka (50) and KL Rahul (23), who added 49 runs successful the archetypal 5 overs.Allen besides had an unfortunate infinitesimal during the pursuit erstwhile his changeable deflected disconnected Mitchell Starc’s manus onto the stumps astatine the non-striker’s end, moving retired KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane.Allen reached his 50 successful 32 balls earlier bringing up the 2nd fractional of his period successful conscionable 15 deliveries. Green remained unbeaten connected 33 disconnected 27 balls arsenic KKR sealed the win.