- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.3 Sakariya castles Finch next ball. Nice and full, hint of inswing against the angle, clattering into off stump. Finch swings for the hills once again, he does not touch the ball this time 4/14.3 pushed through on the pads with fine leg inside the circle. Venkatesh drops down to one knee and sweeps weakly as the ball lobs into the hands of Sakariya. Venkatesh's poor run this IPL continues 22/213.1 Pant thinks he has his man. Umpire Pathak refers it to the TV umpire. Kuldeep snatches the bottom edge, but did Pant take it cleanly behind the stumps? Pant sticks his right hand out and takes a low, shin-high catch. Indeed, that is a fair catch and Shreyas has to go. Wrong'un from Kuldeep, he drags it shorter and wider of off. Shreyas searches for a cut and bottom-edges it behind 83/57.2 The ball continues to follow Powell - he catches it at long-on. Stock ball from Kuldeep, Indrajith jumps out of the crease, gets too close to the pitch of the ball and does not get enough elevation to clear the outfielder. Sliced to Powell. Second-ball wicket for Kuldeep vs his former franchise 35/37.3 big appeal for lbw from Kuldeep, and umpire Pathak raises his finger. Was this wrong'un heading down the leg side? Narine thinks so and asks for a review. Nice and full, breaks back in. Narine plays back for it. The ball misses the inside edge and pings the pad in line. Ball-tracking suggests that it would have crashed into leg stump. Two in two for Kuldeep as Narine bags a golden duck 35/419.4 Top catch from Sakariya running in from sweeper cover and diving forward to collect a low catch. Rana waits as they refer it to the TV umpire. It's a fair catch from Sakariya. Rana has to exit, he exchanges a few words with Pant while doing so. Misses the wide yorker, sliced in the air over the off side. Terrific effort from Sakariya 146/813.4 Kuldeep continues to smash his former franchise. He ventures wide of the crease, dangled up and turns in from outside off. Russell advances at him, swings and misses. Pant does not collect the ball cleanly and fumbles but manages to break the stumps, with the ball disturbing the timber after bursting out of the gloves. Lucky rebound for Pant and DC 83/619.2 The ball has followed Powell this evening. He snags this catch running to his right from long-off. Just short of a yorker length on off stump, Rinku still can't get underneath it. Carves it in the air an Powell does the rest in the outfield 145/719.5 on-pace yorker from Mustafizur, knocks over the leg stump. Southee swings and misses. The ball dips and crashes into the leg stump 146/9Extras9 (lb 5, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL146/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.3)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Aaron Finch, 1.3 ov), 2-22 (Venkatesh Iyer, 4.3 ov), 3-35 (Baba Indrajith, 7.2 ov), 4-35 (Sunil Narine, 7.3 ov), 5-83 (Shreyas Iyer, 13.1 ov), 6-83 (Andre Russell, 13.4 ov), 7-145 (Rinku Singh, 19.2 ov), 8-146 (Nitish Rana, 19.4 ov), 9-146 (Tim Southee, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mustafizur Rahman 4 0 18 3 4.50 14 2 0 1 0 C Sakariya 3 0 17 1 5.66 8 2 0 0 0 SN Thakur 3 0 32 0 10.66 2 2 1 2 0 AR Patel 4 0 28 1 7.00 5 3 0 0 0 Kuldeep Yadav 3 0 14 4 4.66 8 1 0 0 0 Lalit Yadav 3 0 32 0 10.66 3 0 3 0 1
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 athletic return catch first ball! Fullish length ball on leg stump, really a half-volley, but Shaw is through his flick too early and a leading edge floats low to Umesh's left at knee height and he shifts left in his follow-through before diving forward to pluck this with supreme grace. 0/19.3 bounced out at deep fine leg! Almost got Lalit with the ploy on the previous ball. This time he makes Warner uncomfortable with a bumper on middle that forces Warner to turn his head away while playing an uncontrolled hook that sails flat to Narine at head height two yards in from the rope. He shuffles back a step to take this at rib height with ease with palms facing into the torso. . 82/31.3 sharp catch at deep backward square! And what a scalp to get for your maiden IPL wicket on debut! A bit of luck definitely involved though. Leg stump half-volley at 141 kph, Marsh goes for another heave over mid-on but it clips the inside edge and flies flat and fast to deep backward square. Venkatesh Iyer judges it very well, comes off the rope five yards and takes a comfortable catch crouching at thigh height. That was not easy, probably 7 out of 10 in difficulty with the pace it had coming on the ball, but he made it look like it was never in doubt. 17/210.6 fullish length on middle, prods forward and looked like an inside edge but a big appeal is upheld. Maybe not an inside edge though because Lalit curiously chooses to walk off rather than go for DRS. Indeed replays show he prodded down the wrong line on off stump as it turned past to hit him in line with middle. Still he was stretching a long way forward and the ball was turning sharply that it may have missed leg stump. Worth a review when you have two left but instead Lalit is on his way. 84/411.1 in the channel on sixth stump at 140 kph, Pant plays loosely well away from his body with no footwork and feathers a thin edge through to the keeper. 84/514.6 Laser of a relay from deep midwicket catches Axar short coming back for the second! Knee high full toss on the legs, flicked casually through midwicket, Shreyas charges hard off the rope and unleashes a howitzer to the non-striker's end where Venkatesh Iyer covering the stumps collects on one bounce and breaks the stumps with Axar's dive a half-yard short. 113/6Extras6 (lb 3, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL150/6 (19 Overs, RR: 7.89)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Prithvi Shaw, 0.1 ov), 2-17 (Mitchell Marsh, 1.3 ov), 3-82 (David Warner, 9.3 ov), 4-84 (Lalit Yadav, 10.6 ov), 5-84 (Rishabh Pant, 11.1 ov), 6-113 (Axar Patel, 14.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB UT Yadav 4 0 24 3 6.00 13 3 0 0 0 Harshit Rana 3 0 24 1 8.00 8 2 1 0 1 TG Southee 4 0 31 0 7.75 6 2 1 1 0 SP Narine 4 0 19 1 4.75 13 2 0 1 0 N Rana 1 0 14 0 14.00 1 3 0 0 0 AD Russell 1 0 14 0 14.00 1 1 1 0 0 VR Iyer 1 0 14 0 14.00 0 1 1 0 0 SS Iyer 1 0 7 0 7.00 4 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Delhi Capitals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
28 April 2022 - night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Delhi Capitals 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 29 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 7.3: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Umpire - PG Pathak, Batter - SP Narine (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 46/4 in 9.0 overs (SS Iyer 25, N Rana 2)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (56 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 83/6 in 13.4 overs (N Rana 21)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 5
- N Rana: 50 off 30 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (N Rana 33, RK Singh 16, Ex 2)
- Over 19.3: Review by Delhi Capitals (Bowling), Umpire - PG Pathak, Batter - UT Yadav (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 146/9 in 20.0 overs (UT Yadav 0, Harshit Rana 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 2 wickets)
- Delhi Capitals: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 66/2 in 8.0 overs (DA Warner 32, Lalit Yadav 17)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (DA Warner 28, Lalit Yadav 21, Ex 4)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 94/5 in 13.0 overs (R Powell 2, AR Patel 8)
- Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 14.1 overs (86 balls), Extras 5
- Delhi Capitals: 150 runs in 18.6 overs (115 balls), Extras 6
Match Coverage
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