For these believing within the legislation of averages, a victory for Delhi Capitals was definitely across the nook. After being dominated in 5 earlier encounters within the IPL 2023 season, a slim win lastly got here Capitals’ approach and resulted in a hat-trick of defeats for Kolkata Knight Riders.
In a rain-delayed contest on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, after KKR struggled to 127, Capitals skipper David Warner set the muse of a successful chase.
The left-hander contributed a match-winning 41-ball 57, together with a 25-ball 45 studded with 10 fours within the PowerPlay. In the sixth over, Warner carted Sunil Narine for 4 boundaries to maintain Capitals nicely forward of the required run-rate.
Eventually, after a minor collapse resulting in some anxious moments, the Capitals received with 4 wickets and as many deliveries to spare.
The early dismissals of Prithvi Shaw and Mitchell Marsh didn’t damage the Capitals this time. With Warner, now second in th erace for the Orange Cap with a tally of 285 runs, Capitals appeared in management.
But the dismissals of Manish Pandey for a 23-ball 21 and Aman Khan (0) raised KKR’s hopes earlier than Axar Patel and Lalit Yadav completed the job.
While Capitals stayed within the cellar, KKR’s fourth defeat must be its most painful; it got here in opposition to this season’s least-performing group.
Asked to bat, KKR discovered its vivid spots in Jason Roy and Andre Russell, who took turns to maintain the innings afloat. Roy, dropped at 24 by bowler Mitchell Marsh, went on to attain 43 together with 5 boundaries and a six. His fall to Kuldeep Yadav left KKR tottering at 93 for seven within the fifteenth over.
Later, after being in peril of working out of companions, Russell supplied the late flourish by hitting three successive sixes off the ultimate over bowled by Mukesh Kumar. The over resulted in 19 runs and the last-ball run-out of Varun Chakaravarthy.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com