Delhi Capitals ended their 2-match dropping streak after clinching a dominant 44-run win over IPL 2022 table-toppers Kolkata Knight Riders on the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. Delhi posted a a mammoth whole of 215 after Shreyas Iyer despatched them into bat earlier than developing with an all-round bowling effort to dismiss KKR for 171.
KKR vs DC, IPL 2022 Highlights
Earlier within the day, Delhi Capitals got here up with an improved batting effort with the new-look opening pair of David Warner and Prithvi Shaw taking the Kolkata new ball bowlers to the cleaners. On batting pitch, strike bowler Umesh Yadav, who’s the holder of the Purple Cap, couldn’t work his magic within the powerplay as Prithvi and Warner got here out all weapons blazing.
Delhi Capitals collected 68 run within the powerplay, taking the assault to Umesh, Rasikh Salam, Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine within the first 6 overs.
Prithvi was going all weapons blazing within the powerplay, persevering with from the place he left of their earlier sport towards Lucknow Super Giants as he hit 2 sixes and seven boundaries for his 29-ball 51. Shaw stored it easy and loved the corporate of Warner, who introduced his arrival at Delhi after a horror season with SunRisers Hyderabad whereby he was stopped of captaincy and dropped from the aspect.
Warner launched into the KKR bowling assault after dropping Prithvi following a 93-run opening stand that got here in simply 52 balls. The Australia opener acquired to his first fifty on return to the Capitals and made 51 from jus t4 balls.
Delhi appeared set to put up a 220-plus whole when Warner and captain Rishabh Pant have been going full steam after Shaw’s exit. However, Pant fell for a 14-ball 27 with Andre Russell getting the damaging Delhi captain.
The wicket helped KKR battle again as Delhi misplaced Lalit Yadav and Rovman Powell in fast succession to Sunil Narine who proved why he is without doubt one of the finest within the enterprise. The West Indies spinner completed with figures of two/21 when the opposite KKR bowlers have been taken to the cleaners.
WIth Umesh getting Warner within the seventeenth over, DC had slipped to 166/5 and have been in peril of ending below 200. However, Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur made certain the Capitals collected 48 runs within the final 3 overs.
Shardul hit 29 in simply 11 balls, smashing 3 sixes and the runs from the explosive India all-rounder’s bat proved to be a giant increase for Delhi.
