For these believing within the regulation of averages, a victory for Delhi Capitals was actually across the nook. After being dominated in 5 earlier encounters within the IPL 2023 season, a slender win lastly got here Capitals’ method 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 profitable 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 properly forward of the required run-rate.
Eventually, after a minor collapse resulting in some anxious moments, the Capitals gained 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.
-Rakesh Rao
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Source: sportstar.thehindu.com