Delhi Capitals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 4 wickets at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday to reach No. 6 in the IPL 2022 points table. David Warner (42) laid the foundation for the chase of 147 before Kuldeep Yadav (4 for 14) bowled the ball.
DC overcame a middle-order collapse thanks to Rovman Powell (33 not out) and Axar Patel (24), who played a useful role in their fourth win of the season.
After Kolkata Knight Riders were called out to bat, Chetan Sakaria dealt a blow to Aaron Finch soon after he was dismissed. Nitish Rana scored a half-century and Shreyas Iyer tried to lead from the front and honor KKR’s score, but their efforts were foiled by Kuldeep Yadav and KKR’s own batsmen, whose shot-selection was disappointing for the coaching staff. Will happen. Dug out.
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Despite KKR’s somewhat inexplicable strategy, Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh did well in the end to take KKR to 146 for 9 in their 20 overs. While KKR’s strategies were awkward, DC’s decision to go with Lalit Yadav and Shardul Thakur in the death overs raised more eyebrows. Kuldeep Yadav, who took 4 for 14, and Chetan Sakariya bowled only three overs from their full quota of four overs.
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Delhi Capitals lost Prithvi Shaw on the first ball of their innings when Umesh Yadav took a smart return catch. Chasing 147 for a crucial win, DC would have expected another explosive start to improve their net run-rate in the process, but that did not happen.
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Mitchell Marsh, who was returning after recovering from Kovid-19, started well but became Harshit Rana’s first wicket in the IPL in his first over.
David Warner remained on the offensive despite the opening blows. Warner made quick runs without taking any risk and added 65 runs for the third wicket with Lalit Yadav.
Warner looked well prepared for a half-century but Umesh Yadav dismissed him in his third over and DC’s 10th over to give the Knight Riders a glimmer of hope. Lalit Yadav was dismissed by Sunil Narine in the very next over and then in the 12th over Umesh Yadav took his third wicket to dismiss Rishabh Pant, who caught the wicketkeeper after taking a faint lead trying to drive a length ball. out.
Unlike Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy was spot-on and he used his resources tactfully. The KKR skipper knew they needed to seal the game and ended Umesh Yadav’s quota of four overs, with eight more still to go. Umesh took 3 for 24 to give KKR a real chance.
DC still had some good batsmen left to work for them. Axar Patel had joined Rovman Powell in the middle for the fall of five wickets and Shardul Thakur was waiting for his chance.
Axar Patel scored 24 off 17 but was run out and it looked like the game was heading towards a tight end, with DC needing 34 runs in 5 overs with 4 wickets in hand.
Rovman Powell kept a calm mind and gave DC a comfortable win with one over and four wickets to spare.
Kuldeep’s threat
Kolkata Knight Riders got off to a terrific start with the bat and could never recover despite skipper Shreyas Iyer’s fluent 42. Chetan Sakariya, making his debut for Delhi Capitals, opened the damage for KKR when he dismissed Aaron Finch in his first over. It was a poor shot from Finch and that should make the Australia captain think.
Aaron Finch’s opening partner Venkatesh Iyer was the next man to go when he was caught inside the circle at fine leg to Chetan Sakariya in the first over of Axar Patel.
Shreyas Iyer was looking good against his former team while his teammate fell early at the other end. Shreyas had hit a half-century in KKR’s previous match against DC and on Thursday he looked determined again.
However, Kuldeep Yadav stunned the Knight Riders in his four overs. He dismissed debutants Baba Indrajit and Sunil Narine in successive deliveries in his first over before sending Shreyas back, cleverly caught by Rishabh Pant. Kuldeep, who was with KKR till last year, dismissed Andre Russell for a duck.
Runner-up KKR in 2021 was in all sorts of trouble and pinned their hopes on Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh.
It was a bizarre batting approach from KKR. Sunil Narine had opened in his previous match but on Thursday he returned to the middle order and batted against specialist batsmen like Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh and Andre Russell.
In a strange move, Rishabh Pant decided to go for part-time spinner Lalit Yadav in the 17th over even though he had Kuldeep and Mustafizur Rahman to choose from. Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh gladly accepted Pant’s offer and took 17 runs in the over.
Nitish Rana scored a brilliant half-century and shared a fifty-run partnership with Rinku Singh.
Rishabh Pant’s captaincy was questionable despite some concerted efforts behind the stumps. Pant brought in Shardul Thakur for the 19th over, even as he had the option of using either Sakariya or Kuldeep, two of DC’s best bowlers in the night. Thakur scored 11 runs in his first over and 16 runs in the third over. The last over of the innings was given to Mustafizur, which meant that DC’s most successful bowlers Kuldeep Yadav and Chetan Sakaria could manage only three overs.
Mustafizur took three wickets in the final over, but at one stage during KKR’s innings, DC would have expected to limit their opposition to little.