Finn Allen smashed an unbeaten 100 off 47 balls as Kolkata beat Delhi Capitals by eight wickets on Friday, a finish that sent the home side to a fourth straight win and up to seventh place in the IPL standings with nine points.
Cameron Green said he started doing the maths when Kolkata needed about 29 more runs and made the call to take a single so Allen could stay on strike. Allen then ended the chase with a six, capping an innings built on 10 sixes and five fours and giving Kolkata a result that felt far bigger than one night in the league table.
The knock mattered because it came after a hard opening stretch for Allen in the 2026 campaign. He had managed 81 runs across his first five appearances and had been dropped from the starting eleven for three matches, a spell that made Friday's hundred look less like a flourish than a release.
Kolkata’s recent surge has changed the shape of its season. The win over Delhi was its fourth in a row and moved the team into a better position in the playoff race, with the standings now showing a side that has begun to turn pressure into momentum.
Green, who watched the finish unfold from the other end, joked that he would be the most hated man in Kolkata if his single had denied Allen the chance to complete the century. Instead, the pair closed out a chase that gave Kolkata 143 runs of breathing room in the final telling of the night and a result the standings will now reflect.
