MUMBAI: In a match played here today in the IPL, despite the controlled bowling of Delhi Capitals bowlers led by Kuldeep Yadav and Mustafizur Rahman, Nitish Rana’s half-century, Shreyas Iyer’s 42 and Rinku Singh’s 23-run innings helped Delhi win the toss. He scored 150 runs for the loss of 6 wickets and won the match by 4 wickets.
Prithvi Shaw’s wicket fell just before the Delhi Capitals bowled before the innings, after which Mitchell Marsh was also dismissed. David Warner and Lalit Yadav shared a 65-run stand to take the score to 82 when Warner was dismissed for 42 off 26 balls. After that, Lalit Yadav and Rishabh Pant’s wickets fell in two balls and Delhi’s score was 84 for 5. After Akshar Patel was dismissed for 27 off 15 balls, Rowman Powell and Shardul Thakur gave the team a 4-wicket victory in the 19th over.
Batting first after Delhi won the toss and elected to field, KKR did not have a good start and lost the top four wickets by 35 runs. Shreyas and Nitish then had a 48-run partnership. Andre Russell was also dismissed for zero in the same over as Shreyas was dismissed for 42. KKR lost six wickets for 83 runs. A 62-run partnership between Nitish and Rinku then took the score to 145. However, after that KKR lost two more wickets in addition to 1 run to reach 146 for 9. Mustafizur took three wickets in the final over. Kuldeep took 4 wickets for just 14 runs in 3 overs.
