KKR vs DC IPL Match Result: Kolkata crushed under the mountain of Delhi’s runs, defeated by 44 runs
KKR vs DC IPL 2022 Match: Batting first, Delhi Capitals scored 215 runs for five wickets. Prithvi Shaw and David Warner scored half-centuries from his side.
Delhi Capitals in IPL 2022 (Delhi Capitals) has Kolkata Knight Riders defeated by 44 runs. Chasing 215 runs, KKR’s team could only manage 171 runs despite captain Shreyas Iyer’s half-century. Iyer played an innings of 54 runs. Kuldeep Yadav from Delhi (Kuldeep Yadav) took the highest four and Khaleel Ahmed took three wickets. Kolkata Knight Riders in front of Delhi’s bowling (Kolkata Knight Riders) that the batsman could not play freely. This is KKR’s second defeat in this season while Delhi has registered its second win. Due to the half-centuries of David Warner and Prithvi Shaw, Delhi Capitals made a mammoth score of 215 runs for five wickets.
Warner scored 61 runs in 45 balls. This included six fours and two sixes. He added 93 runs for the first wicket with Shaw (51 off 29 balls, seven fours, two sixes) and 55 runs for the second wicket with captain Rishabh Pant (27 off 14 balls, two fours, two sixes). Shardul Thakur (29 not out in 11 balls, one four, three sixes) and Axar Patel (22 not out off 14 balls, two fours, six) put up an unbroken partnership of 49 runs in 20 balls to take the score beyond 200 runs in the last over. Sunil Narine (2 for 21) was the most successful bowler for KKR.
KKR under pressure in front of big target
KKR initially came under the pressure of big scores. Captain Shreyas Iyer (54 runs in 33 balls, five fours, two sixes) and Nitish Rana (30 runs off 20 balls, three sixes) added 69 runs for the third wicket to get the team out of the initial blow. But due to the widening gap between runs and balls, he kept losing wickets. KKR were finally out for 171 runs in 19.4 overs. Spinner Kuldeep took four wickets for 35 runs while fast bowler Khaleel Ahmed took three wickets for 25 runs. Shardul (2 for 30) took two wickets in the last over of the innings, including the wicket of Andre Russell (24).
Drama in the first over
The first over of KKR’s innings was eventful. Ajinkya Rahane survived the first two balls with the help of DRS while Venkatash Iyer (18 off eight balls) on the last ball was not appealed by bowler Mustafizur Rahman and any other player as the ball kissed the bat. Venkatesh took advantage of this and hit two sixes on Shardul but Khaleel sent him to the pavilion as soon as he came. However, in Khaleel’s next over, Shardul took the best catch of Rahane (eight runs off 14 balls). KKR could only manage 43 runs for two wickets in the powerplay.
Kuldeep took 3 wickets in 4 balls
Shreyas then displayed his skills of hitting the ground shot while Rana hit three sixes. Rana finally returned to the pavilion by giving an easy catch due to not being able to hit a controlled shot off Lalit Yadav’s ball. Shreyas completed his half-century by hitting a six on Kuldeep but this wrist spinner got him stumped on the next ball.
In his second spell, Khaleel forced Sam Billings (15 off nine balls) to wave the ball in the air while Kuldeep dismissed Pat Cummins (four), Sunil Narine (four) and Umesh Yadav in his last four balls.
Delhi Capitals batting condition
Batting first after losing the toss, Delhi made a strong start. Shaw maintained his form in the last match while Warner was also in the mood to play his natural game. Due to this, Delhi scored 68 runs for no loss in six overs of the powerplay. Whether it was a first-ball four by Umesh Yadav (1 for 48) or a six in deep square leg off Pat Cummins (4 overs, 51 runs), each of Shaw’s shots were confident. Was. Warner also welcomed Cummins with two fours and when the ball was handed to the spinners in the powerplay, Varun Chakraborty (1 for 44) was sent for six runs.
KKR captain Shreyas Iyer tried seven bowlers in the first eight overs. Shaw hit sixes and fours in successive deliveries from Venkatesh Iyer and completed his 12th fifty in IPL in just 27 balls. But he could not stretch his innings long and got bowled on Chakraborty’s googly. Chakraborty, however, could not control his balls in the next over in which 24 runs were scored.
Delhi lost 4 wickets in 18 runs
Pant also hit a six on Cummins after Chakraborty, while Warner completed his half-century by sending a slow delivery of Andre Russell for six runs. Pant, however, waved Russell’s ball in the air and could not stretch his innings. Due to this the run flow suddenly stopped. Delhi lost four important wickets within 18 runs. Narine sent Lalit Yadav (one) and Rovman Powell (eight) to the pavilion before the slog overs, while Umesh ended Warner’s innings, which was clearly under pressure from the other end.
Shardul-Akshar took over
In such a situation, Shardul and Akshar scored 39 runs in the last two overs. Both of them scored 23 runs in the 19th over of Umesh, which included two sixes from Shardul. Shardul ended the innings with a six on Cummins.
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