First win of the season in Delhi camp, beat KKR by 4 wickets

DC vs KKR: On the basis of David Warner's captaincy innings, Delhi Capitals have tasted victory in the 16th season of the Indian Premier League. After suffering five consecutive defeats, the team defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by four wickets. With this victory, two points were added to Delhi's account in the points table. Delhi captain David Warner won the toss and chose bowling at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Kolkata scored 127 runs losing all wickets in 20 overs. In response, Delhi batsmen scored the required runs in 19.2 overs to win by 6 wickets.

Delhi's wickets fell like this...

First: Prithvi Shaw was bowled by Varun Chakraborty on the third ball of the 5th over.

Second: On the second ball of the eighth over, Nitish Rana got Mitchell Marsh caught by Vise.

Third: Phil Sart was caught and bowled by Anukul Roy on the first ball of the 9th over.

Fourth: Varun Chakraborty lbw David Warner on the first ball of the 14th over.

Fifth: On the fifth ball of the 16th over, Anukul Roy got Manish Pandey caught by Rinku Singh.

Sixth: Nitish Rana bowled Aman Khan on the second ball of the 17th over.

Warner scored 59th half-century

Delhi captain David Warner scored the 59th half-century of his career. This is his fourth half-century this season. Warner has completed half century in 33 balls. He scored 57 runs in 41 balls at a strike rate of 139.02. Warner's innings included 11 fours.

Warner gave a bang

Captain David Warner has given Delhi a bang in the Powerplay. The team has scored 61 runs for one wicket in the game of 6 overs. Warner is close to his 59th half-century.

Russell hit 3 sixes in the last over, Kolkata were reduced to 127 runs

Delhi captain David Warner won the toss and chose bowling at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Kolkata scored 127 runs losing all wickets in 20 overs. Opener Jason Roy played a struggling inning of 43 runs. Andre Russell, who played at number-8, scored an unbeaten 38 off 31 balls. He hit three consecutive sixes off Mukesh's ball in the last over of the innings. None of the remaining batsmen could face the Delhi bowlers. Ishant Sharma, Enrique Nortya, Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets each for Delhi.

Kolkata wickets fell like this...

First: On the sixth ball of the second over, Mukesh Kumar got Liton Das caught by Lalit Yadav.

Second: On the third ball of the fourth over, Enrique Nortya got Venkatesh Iyer caught by Mitchell Marsh standing at slip.

Third: On the second ball of the sixth over, Ishant Sharma got Nitish Rana caught by Mukesh Kumar.

Fourth: Akshar Patel bowled Mandeep on the second ball of the ninth over.

Fifth: On the second ball of the 11th over, Akshar Patel got Rinku Singh caught by Lalit Yadav.

Sixth: On the second ball of the 12th over, Ishant Sharma got Sunil Narine caught by David Warner.

Seventh: On the fourth ball of the 15th over, Kuldeep Yadav got Jason Roy caught by Aman.

Eighth: On the fifth ball of the 15th over, Kuldeep Yadav lbw Anukul Roy.

Ninth: Umesh Yadav was caught and bowled by Enrique Nortya on the fourth ball of the 16th over.

Tenth: Varun Chakraborty got runout on the last ball of the 20th over.

Kolkata's top middle order collapsed

Kolkata's top and middle order flopped. Opener Jason Roy held on at one end, wickets kept falling at the other end. Mandeep Singh 12, Rinku Singh 6 and Sunil Naren were dismissed after scoring 4 runs.

Openers didn't work again, Kolkata got 3 shocks in powerplay Kolkata didn't have a good start. The team lost three wickets in the first 6 overs to score 35 runs. Opener Liton Das, Venkatesh Iyer and captain Nitish Rana have returned to the pavilion.

Delayed due to rain

It rained for a long time before the match in Delhi, due to which the start of the match was delayed by an hour at 8:30 pm. The toss also took place at 8:15 pm instead of 7 pm. Even after the delay, the overs in the match were not reduced.

Phil Salt made his debut

Delhi made 2 changes and Kolkata made 4 changes in their team. Wicketkeeper Phil Salt is making his debut from Delhi. He replaced Abhishek Porel, while Ishant Sharma got a chance in place of Prithvi Shaw. Kolkata Knight Riders have given chances to Jason Roy, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh and Kulwant Khejroliya. Litton, Roy and Khejroliya made their debut for KKR. Litton joined IPL for the first time.

See the playing XI of both the teams...

Delhi Capitals: David Warner (Captain), Manish Pandey, Mitchell Marsh, Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Lalit Yadav, Aman Khan, Akshar Patel, Anrich Nortya, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma and Mukesh Kumar.

Impact Players: Riley Russo, Prithvi Shaw and Yash Dhull.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (Captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Litton Das, Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Mandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty and Kulwant Khejroliya.

Impact Players: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Tim Southee, David Wiese, Vaibhav Arora.