DC beat KKR by 4 wickets with the help of bowlers' brilliant performance and Warner's half-century

 

In the 28th match of IPL 2023, Delhi Capitals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 4 wickets with the help of a brilliant performance by the bowlers and a half-century by captain David Warner. This is Delhi's first win in this season. Earlier, he had lost in 5 consecutive matches. Delhi won the toss and decided to field first in this match. Kolkata fed Anukul Roy in place of Venkatesh Iyer as an impact player in this match. At the same time, Delhi fed Prithvi Shaw in place of Ishant Sharma as an impact player. Let us tell you that due to rain, this match started after about 1:30 hours. 

Batting first, Kolkata piled on a score of 127 in 20 overs. Jason Roy and Liton Das came to start the innings for the team. It was Liton's IPL debut but he could not make it memorable. Jason Roy scored the most runs for the team. He scored an inning of 43 runs in 39 balls with the help of 5 fours and a six. 

Apart from him, Andre Russell played an inning of 38 * runs in 31 balls with the help of one four and 4 sixes. Russell hit 3 sixes in Mukesh's last over. Only three batsmen could cross the double figure in Kolkata's innings. Ishant Sharma, Enrique Norkhia, Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav took maximum 2-2 wickets from Delhi. Mukesh Kumar got one wicket there. 

Chasing the target, the Delhi team won the match by losing 6 wickets in 19.2 overs. Captain David Warner scored the most runs for the team. He played a half-century innings of 57 runs in 41 balls with the help of 11 fours. Manish Pandey contributed 21 runs in 23 balls with the help of 2 fours. Varun Chakraborty, Anukul Roy and captain Nitish Rana got 2-2 wickets from Kolkata. 

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Jason Roy, Liton Das (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Mandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty. 

Delhi Capitals Playing XI: David Warner (Captain), Philip Salt (Wicketkeeper), Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Akshar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Lalit Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Norkhia, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar. 

Option as an impact player

Delhi Capitals Options: Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Sarfaraz Khan, Chetan Sakaria and Ripple Patel

Substitutes for Kolkata Knight Riders: Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, David Weiss, Suyash Sharma and N. jagadeesan