Delhi’s bowling showed strength as soon as Ishant Sharma came, stopping Kolkata for just 127 runs

IPL 2023 DC vs KKR: In the 16th season of IPL, the performance of Delhi Capitals (DC) bowlers was finally seen on the field. In the match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on their home ground, Delhi bowlers bowled brilliantly to bundle out Kolkata’s innings for 127 runs in 20 overs. Ishant Sharma, who returned to the IPL after a long time in the bowling for Delhi, got to see the amazing, who took 2 wickets while giving only 19 runs.

Delhi bowlers kept pressure on KKR batsmen from the beginning

Due to rain, this match started with a delay of about 1 hour. After winning the toss in the match, the captain of the Delhi Capitals team, David Warner, did not delay at all in taking the decision of bowling first. After this, Kolkata got off to a very poor start in which the opening pair of Jason Roy and Liton Das could only manage a 15-run partnership for the first wicket.

Mukesh Kumar made Liton Das his victim on a personal score of 4. After this, Venkatesh Iyer, who played a century in the last match, could not even open his account in this match. Venkatesh was sent to the pavilion by Enrique Norkhia, caught by Mitchell Marsh.

Kolkata’s team got the third big blow in the form of captain Nitish Rana on the score of 32, who returned to the pavilion on a personal score of 4 in an attempt to play a big shot off Ishant Sharma. In the first 6 overs, the Kolkata team could manage to score only 35 runs.

Kuldeep and Akshar Patel also showed their bowling skills and did not allow Kolkata to return

So far this season, the spin bowling of Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, who bowled brilliantly for Delhi, was also seen in this match. Kolkata’s team got the fourth blow on the score of 50 in the form of Mandeep Singh, who returned to the pavilion after being bowled out by Akshar Patel after playing an innings of 12 runs. After this, the Kolkata team also lost the wickets of Rinku Singh 6 and Sunil Narayan 4 quickly.

By the score of 70, the Kolkata team had lost its 6 wickets. From here the team expected a better innings from Jason Roy but he also gave his wicket to Kuldeep Yadav after playing an innings of 43 runs in 39 balls. Andre Russell definitely played an important role in taking the team’s score beyond 100 runs, playing an inning of 38 runs in 30 balls.

KKR’s team managed to reach a score of 127 in this match. In bowling for Delhi, Ishant Sharma, Enrique Norkhia, Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel took 2-2 wickets while Mukesh Kumar got 1 wicket.

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