Mumbai, April 28: After super bowling by Kuldeep Yadav (4/14) and Mustafizur Rahman (3/18), David Warner and Rovman Powell played notable strokes to help Delhi Capitals beat Kolkata Knight Riders by four wickets in IPL Match 41 2022 at the Wankhede. Stadium here Thursday.
Kuldeep showed his brilliant best against his old franchise and bowled like he had something to prove. He threw the ball, mixed up the wrong shots and sliders well, and varied the pace.
He and Mustafizur overshadowed an excellent half-century comeback from Nitish Rana (57 of 34) as Kolkata Knight Riders were held to 146/9 in 20 overs after Delhi won the toss and chose to bowl.
In response, Delhi Capitals reached 150/6 in 19 overs thanks to vital strikes from Warner, Lalit Yadav (22) Axar Patel (24) and Powell (33 not out) and scored their fourth win in 8 matches.
Chasing a modest goal, Rishabh Pant’s side got off to the worst possible start when opener Prithvi Shaw was eliminated by a first-ball duck in the first over, caught and bowled by Umesh Yadav. Mitchell Marsh also started early, going for 13 runs from seven balls before becoming Harshit Rana’s first IPL victim as Delhi dropped to 17/2.
David Warner (42) and Lalit Yadav (22) generated 65 runs for the third wicket before the Aussie went out, trying to negotiate a difficult gorilla down the middle from Umesh Yadav and pocketing Sunil Narine just two yards inside the box. rope. Although the other batsmen were struggling, Warner seemed to be in control, hitting Tim Southee to two limits in the fourth over and two limits from Nitish Rana’s successive deliveries in the ninth over.
Delhi missed a bit after that as Lalit Yadav and captain Pant went down in quick succession, but Axar Patel kept them in the hunt as he shot a 24-for-17 to take them to 36-for-30 deliveries in one stage. Patel was exhausted at a crucial moment, caught up in a second run when Shreyas Iyer made a brilliant throw from the rim.
But Rovman Powell helped them late, hitting a 16-ball 33 to help them record their fourth win and move up to sixth with eight points. KKR remained in eighth position with six points from nine games.
Delhi had to chase a modest goal thanks to Kuldeep Yadav, who looked his best against his former franchise and bowled as if he had something to prove. He dispatched KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer (42), Baba Indrajith (6), Sunil Narine (0) and Andre Russell (0) to finish 4/14. Too bad he didn’t get to shoot his fourth over or he could have completed a fiftieth.
Mustafizur claimed three wickets in the 20th, sending back Nitish Rana, Tim Southee and Rinku Singh, Rana and Southee from successive balls.
KKR was able to reach a modest total thanks mainly to Nitish Rana (57), who shared a 62-run, 35-ball partnership with Rinku Singh.
Rana continued the onslaught of death overs when he hit Lalit Yadav for 17 runs on the 17, including a six from a beamer off the stump and another firing another six from a wide half-volley point.
Rana and Rinku Singh shared a 62-run, 35-ball partnership for the seventh wicket that really supported KKR’s innings.
They could have gotten a few more runs but Rinku was eliminated on Mustafizur Rahman’s second ball of the final and after Umesh Yadav ran for a leg, Rana pocketed for cover as a libero trying to force some quick runs. Mustafizur gave up just two runs in the 20th and claimed three wickets, thus applying the brakes on KKR’s free scoring which had produced 43 overs in three overs at 17-19.
Previously, KKR got off to a poor start, losing Aaron Finch in the second over and soon dropped to 35/4 losing Venkatesh Iyer, Baba Aprajith and Sunil Narine, each scoring in single digits.
Captain Shreyas Iyer stopped the procession and raised 48 runs with Nitish Rana, building brick-by-brick innings with singles and hitting four bounds in between, all of them by Axar Patel. He was eliminated by the video referee, falling to an error by Kuldeep when Rishabh Pant completed a low catch with one hand to the shin.
KKR lost the plot in the middle overs as Kuldeep and Axar dominated the roost, Pant made some strange bowling changes – giving three overs to Lalit Yadav, costing them 32 runs, while Kuldeep and Chetan Sakariya, who gave away 14 and 12 races respectively. in three overs they were denied the fourth.
Short scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 146/9 in 20 overs (Shreyas Iyer 42, Nitish Rana 57; Kuldeep Yadav 4/14, Mustafizur Rahman 3/18) lost to Delhi Capitals 150/6 in 19 overs (David Warner 42, Lalit Yadav 22, Axar Patel 24, Rovman Powell 33 not out; Umesh Yadav 3/24). DC won by four wickets.