KKR vs DC: In the 16th season of IPL, the Delhi Capitals (DC) team finally ended their 5 consecutive defeats and won the match against Kolkata Knight Riders by 4 wickets. Chasing the target of 128 runs, the Delhi team had definitely lost its 6 wickets, but in the end the team won the match with 4 balls remaining. Captain David Warner scored the highest innings of 57 runs for the team.
Prithvi Shaw again disappointed Captain Warner handled the innings from one end
Chasing a score of 128 runs, the opening pair of Captain David Warner and Prithvi Shaw landed on the field for the Delhi Capitals team. There was a quick partnership of 38 runs for the first wicket between the two. Prithvi Shaw was bowled out by Varun Chakraborty after playing an innings of 13 runs in 11 balls in this match. After this, at the end of the first 6 overs, the Delhi team had scored 61 runs at the loss of 1 wicket.
Kolkata tried to come back till the score of 111 Delhi took 6 wickets
The bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders also saw a comeback in this match when they worked to give the Delhi team the third blow in the form of Mitchell Marsh on the score of 62 and then Phil Salt on the score of 67. From here, David Warner shared a 26-run partnership in 30 balls for the fourth wicket with Manish Pandey.
The Delhi team got the fourth blow on the score of 93 in the form of captain David Warner, who returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 57 runs in 41 balls. After this, the Delhi team got 2 more setbacks on the score of 110 and 111 when Manish Pandey and Aman Hakim Khan also returned to the pavilion at crucial times.
Akshar Patel reached the target with his innings of 19 runs.
The Delhi Capitals team, which had lost 6 wickets on the score of 111, was once again seen under pressure. Akshar Patel, who was present on the pitch, worked for the team at this crucial time to reach the target with an unbeaten inning of 19 runs in 22 balls. Varun Chakraborty, Anukul Roy and captain Nitish Rana took 2-2 wickets in this match for Kolkata.
Kolkata showed disappointing performance in batting
Talking about Kolkata’s innings in this match, it can be called quite disappointing. The team saw unbeaten innings of 38 runs off the bat of Jason Roy 43 and Andre Russell. Apart from this, 8 batsmen of Kolkata team could not even touch double figures. Kolkata’s innings got reduced to 127 runs in 20 overs. Ishant Sharma, Enrique Norkhia, Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav took 2-2 wickets in this match for Delhi.
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