Delhi Capitals met Kolkata Knight Riders met each other in the 28th game of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023. Ahead of the game, the home team, DC was looking for their first win of the ongoing season. Apparently, they lost their first five games of the tournament. On the other hand, after their last ball win against Gujarat Titans, KKR lost their previous two games.
Meanwhile, in the game, the Capitals won the toss and elected to bowl first. After all, the game started after a rain delay but no overs were lost. The Knight Riders had a poor day with the bat as they were bowled out for 127 runs in 20 overs. For India’s national capital-based side, Ishant Sharma, playing his first game, took two wickets alongside the likes of Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, and Axar Patel.
Mukesh Kumar took one wicket too. Only three KKR batters, Jason Roy, Mandeep Singh, and Andre Russell could cross the double-digit mark.
Delhi Capitals started with an intent to win big but might have to wait for another game
In reply, the 2020 finalists got off to a quick start as they were looking to improve their Net Run Rate. It was (-1.488) ahead of the game. Meanwhile, the likes of skipper David Warner and Prithvi Shaw scored 44 runs in the first five overs, losing the wicket of the latter. After the powerplay, the likes of Mitchell Marsh and Phil Salt lost their wickets cheaply to Nitish Rana and Anukul Roy respectively.
At 68/3, the likes of Warner and Manish Pandey took the chase ahead with the former scoring the fourth fifty of the season. However, while trying to increase the scoring rate, the left-hander, Warner was trapped lbw by Varun Chakravarthy in the 14th over. After losing three wickets, the scoring rate of the team also nose-dived.
In the end, Axar Patel played a helping hand to take the team over the line by four wickets and four balls in hand.
This is how Twitter reacted
Delhi Capitals beat KKR by 4 wickets in this IPL 2023. First win for Delhi Capitals in this IPL. Axar Patel show finish the match for DC. pic.twitter.com/YKkLek6Aax
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) April 20, 2023
Delhi Capitals impact player. pic.twitter.com/SRgq0CikWA
— Sai Teja (@csaitheja) April 20, 2023
Delhi Capitals beats Kolkata Knight Riders by 4 Wickets#IPL2023 #DCvKKR pic.twitter.com/S3oirMnFDx
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) April 20, 2023
delhi capitals impact player pic.twitter.com/fuH4Mmheqt
— Gagan?? (@1no_aalsi_) April 20, 2023
Delhi Capitals registered their first win of IPL 2023.
KKR registered their 3rd consecutive defeat of IPL 2023.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 20, 2023
When he said.. He meant it… Dada Sourav Ganguly… Delhi Capitals is back.. pic.twitter.com/KEJ4Fl5fV8
— Saurabh (@sirothiasaurabh) April 20, 2023
David Warner to Axar Patel after played match winning Knock for Delhi Capitals ?#DCvKKR #IPL2O23 #DavidWarner pic.twitter.com/PoGLeN8rfe
— Ashutosh Srivastava ?? (@sri_ashutosh08) April 20, 2023
Overseas player for Delhi Capitals to score 25+ runs –
David Warner : Four 50+ scores
Rilee Rossouw : Just once
End of the list.
The reason why Delhi Capitals find themselves on the bottom of IPL points table.
Also shows the over-dependency on David Warner as a batter. pic.twitter.com/daJOYFOLAv
— Rahul Sharma (@CricFnatic) April 20, 2023
Delhi Capitals took two days to get 2 points from one game.#DCvKKR #DCvsKKR
— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 20, 2023
Always Delhi Capitals ?? pic.twitter.com/JBJw5cpFsW
— Rowan (@Akhil39888074) April 15, 2023
