After Warner and Shah, Kuldeep and Khalil showed their mettle, Delhi beat Kolkata by 44 runs.

Mumbai: After the explosive batting of David Warner and Prithvi Shaw, thanks to the dangerous bowling of Chinaman bowlers Kuldeep Yadav and Khalil Ahmed, the Delhi Capitals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 44 runs in the 19th league match of IPL 2022. Defeated by runs. Delhi recorded their second win in four matches this season. This is Kolkata's second defeat in 5 matches.

Chasing the target of 216 runs set by Delhi, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 171 runs with two balls to spare. For KKR, captain Shreyas Iyer was the top scorer with 54 runs. For Delhi, Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets for 35 runs in his four over spell. Khalil Ahmed took 3 wickets. Shardul Thakur lost two wickets.

The Kolkata Knight Riders did not start well in pursuit of the target. Only 21 runs were added in the total score when Venkatesh Air was caught by Khalil Ahmed at the hands of Akshar Patel and gave a big shock to Kolkata Knight Riders. Venkatesh was dismissed for 18 off 8 balls. After that, Khalil Ahmed made veteran Ajinkya Rahane his second victim. Khalil Ahmed snatched Ajinkya Rahane at the hands of Shardal Thakur to give Delhi another victory. Ajinkya Rahane returned to the pavilion with eight runs off 14 balls.

Shree Yasir was sent to the pavilion by China bowler Kuldeep Yadav. Wicketkeeper Rishbh Pant stumped Shreya Air on Kuldeep Yadav's ball. Shree Yasir hit five fours and two sixes off 33 balls in his innings. Nitish Rana was caught by Lalit Yadav at the hands of Prithvi Shaw on a personal score of 30. Pat Cummins returned to the pavilion with 4 runs. Even Sunil Narine could not do anything special. He was sent to the pavilion by Kuldeep Yadav for an individual score of 4 runs.

Delhi scored 215 runs for the loss of 5 wickets

Earlier, with a stormy start from David Warner and Prithviraj Shaw, Delhi Capitals made a Himalayan score of 215 for 5 despite losing wickets in the middle overs. David Warner scored 61 off 45 balls, including six fours and two sixes. He added 93 for the first wicket with Prithvi Shaw (51 off 29 balls, 7 fours and two sixes) and 55 for the second wicket with captain Rishbh Pant (27 off 14 balls, two fours and two sixes). ۔