Delhi Capitals registered their maiden win of the IPL 2023 on Thursday as they thrashed Kolkata Knight Riders in a low-scoring match. DC won their sixth game after losing five matches on a trot at their homeground, Arun Jaitley Stadium. KKR on the other hand, lost their third consecutive game in the tournament. DC defeated KKR by 4 wickets in the match impacted by rain and going down to the wire.
DC won the toss and opted to bowl. Coming to bat first, KKR were bundled out for just 127 runs in 20 overs. The Kolkata batters struggled to score runs and wickets kept falling. Coming to chase, David Warner-led team registered win in 19.2 overs.
After the win, Delhi are still at the bottom of the points table with 2 points and a NRR of -1.183. On the other hand KKR are on the 8th postion after winning 2 out of 6 matches with 4 points at NRR of +0.214.
DC bowlers were on their mark as they bowled out KKR for a paltry 127 after skipper David Warner decided to bowl first. Ishant Sharma (2/19), Anrich Nortje (2/20), Axar Patel (2/13), and Kuldeep Yadav (2/15) took two wickets each. Warner then scored 57 before Axar Patel hit an unbeaten 19 to guide the hosts to a victory.
Earlier, Jason Roy (43 off 39) top-scored for KKR. Andre Russell played a useful unbeaten 38-run cameo towards the end to take his side over the 120-run mark.
Brief Scores:
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 127 all out in 20 overs (Jason Roy 43, Andre Russell 38 not out; Axar Patel 2/13).
- Delhi Capitals: 128 for 6 in 20 over (David Warner 57; Varun Chakaravarthy 2/16).
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Jason Roy, Litton Das(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Mandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
Delhi Capitals Playing XI: David Warner(c), Philip Salt(w), Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Lalit Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
