Delhi got off to a dream start. In 8.4 overs, Delhi’s opening partnership scored 93 runs. Shah scored the 12th half century of his IPL career. In the end, it was Varun Chakraborty who made Prithviraj Shah bold and broke the alliance. David Warner then hit a six off Andre Russell off 35 balls to complete his half-century.
Captain Rishabh, who came in at number three, seemed to be in good form, but Warner returned with a wicket to Russell in the same over that completed the half-century. He returned with 26 off 14 balls, including two fours and six sixes. Russell’s shot was caught by Umesh Yadav.
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Lalit Yadav (1 off 4 balls) and Rowman Powell (8 off 6 balls, including a six) did not last long. Umesh Yadav returned David Warner in the 17th over. In the death overs, Shardul Thakur (29 not out off 11 balls, including 1 four and 3 sixes) and Akshar Patel (22 not out off 14 balls, including 2 fours and 1 six) smashed 200 runs.
For Kolkata, Sunil Narine took 2 wickets for 21 runs in 4 overs. Varun Chakraborty scored 44 runs in 4 overs and Umesh Yadav 48 runs for the loss of one wicket each. Andre Russell took one wicket for 16 runs in 2 overs.
Earlier, Kolkata won the toss and elected to field. This will be Shreyas Iyer’s first match against Delhi since leaving the team. Kolkata are aiming for their third consecutive win as Delhi come out on top. Both teams have clashed in 29 games. Kolkata won 16 and Delhi 12. Delhi and Kolkata have met three times, including in the play – offs last season. Kolkata won two matches and Delhi won one.
Shreyas has been the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders since the start of the season. KKR, which won three of the four, is in first place. Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals are seventh with just one win in three matches.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Sam Billings, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Umesh Yadav, Rasikh Salam, Varun Chakraborty.
Delhi Capitals: Prithviraj Shah, David Warner, Rishabh Pant (captain, wicketkeeper), Rowman Powell, Sarfraz Khan, Lalit Yadav, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khalifa.
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