Delhi tasted victory after 5 defeats: beat Kolkata by 4 wickets at home, Pandey-Akshar played important innings after Warner
Delhi Capitals, captained by David Warner, have tasted victory in the 16th season of the Indian Premier League. This team, which suffered 5 consecutive defeats, defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 4 wickets in a very exciting match.
With this victory, two points were added to Delhi’s account in the points table. see points table
Delhi won the toss and elected to bowl at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Kolkata scored 127 runs losing all wickets in 20 overs. In response, Delhi batsmen scored the required runs in 19.2 overs to win by 6 wickets. Ishant Sharma was the player in the match. He took 2 wickets for 19 runs in four overs.
Warner scored a half-century in 33 balls, Pandey Patel’s innings were also important
Batting first for Kolkata in this low-scoring, but exciting encounter, Jason Roy played a fighting inning of 43 off 39 balls. In the last over, Andre Russell scored an unbeaten 38 off 31 balls to take the team to 127 runs. He hit three consecutive sixes off Mukesh’s ball in the 20th over. None of the remaining batsmen could face the Delhi bowlers. Ishant Sharma, Enrique Nortya, Akshar Patel, and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets each for Delhi.
In response, Captain David Warner (57 runs) and Prithvi Shaw got Delhi off to a brisk start, but the pair could not score many runs and Prithvi Shaw was dismissed for 13 off 11 balls. After Prithvi’s dismissal, the Kolkata spinners kept their team in the match by taking wickets at a steady pace, although Warner held on from one end and brought up his half-century. In the middle, Varun Chakraborty made the match exciting by dismissing Warner. Then later in the slog overs, Akshar Patel scored 19 runs off 22 balls and crossed the team’s boat. Manish Pandey also contributed 21 runs in this match with a ball-to-run count.
Varun Chakraborty, Anukul Roy, and Nitish Rana bowled economically for Kolkata. All three took 2-2 wickets. See the Kolkata-Delhi match scorecard
Now know how whose wickets fell…
Delhi’s wickets fell like this…
First: Prithvi Shaw was bowled by Varun Chakraborty on the third ball of the 5th over.
Second: On the second ball of the eighth over, Nitish Rana got Mitchell Marsh caught by Vise.
Third: Phil Sart was caught and bowled by Anukul Roy on the first ball of the 9th over.
Fourth: Varun Chakraborty lbw David Warner on the first ball of the 14th over.
Fifth: On the fifth ball of the 16th over, Anukul Roy got Manish Pandey caught by Rinku Singh.
Sixth: Nitish Rana bowled Aman Khan on the second ball of the 17th over.
Kolkata wickets fell like this…
First: On the sixth ball of the second over, Mukesh Kumar got Liton Das caught by Lalit Yadav.
Second: On the third ball of the fourth over, Enrique Nortya got Venkatesh Iyer caught by Mitchell Marsh standing at slip.
Third: On the second ball of the sixth over, Ishant Sharma got Nitish Rana caught by Mukesh Kumar.
Fourth: Akshar Patel bowled Mandeep on the second ball of the ninth over.
Fifth: On the second ball of the 11th over, Akshar Patel got Rinku Singh caught by Lalit Yadav.
Sixth: On the second ball of the 12th over, Ishant Sharma got Sunil Narine caught by David Warner.
Seventh: On the fourth ball of the 15th over, Kuldeep Yadav got Jason Roy caught by Aman.
Eighth: On the fifth ball of the 15th over, Kuldeep Yadav lbw Anukul Roy.
Ninth: Umesh Yadav was caught and bowled by Enrique Nortya on the fourth ball of the 16th over.
Tenth: Varun Chakraborty got a runout on the last ball of the 20th over.
Warner scored the 59th half-century
Delhi captain David Warner scored the 59th half-century of his career. This is his fourth half-century this season. Warner has completed half a century in 33 balls. He scored 57 runs in 41 balls at a strike rate of 139.02. Warner’s innings included 11 fours.
Delhi’s bang in Powerplay
Captain David Warner has given Delhi a bang in the Powerplay. The team scored 61 runs for one wicket in the game of 6 overs. Warner is close to his 59th half-century.
Kolkata innings from here…
Russell hit 3 sixes in the last over, and Kolkata was reduced to 127 runs
Delhi captain David Warner won the toss and chose bowling at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Kolkata scored 127 runs losing all wickets in 20 overs. Opener Jason Roy played a struggling inning of 43 runs. Andre Russell, who played at number-8, scored an unbeaten 38 off 31 balls.
Kolkata’s top middle order collapsed
Kolkata’s top and middle order flopped. Opener Jason Roy held on at one end, wickets kept falling at the other end. Mandeep Singh 12, Rinku Singh 6, and Sunil Naren were dismissed after scoring 4 runs.
The openers didn’t work again, Kolkata got 3 shocks in powerplay Kolkata didn’t have a good start. The team lost three wickets in the first 6 overs to score 35 runs. Opener Liton Das, Venkatesh Iyer, and captain Nitish Rana have returned to the pavilion.