Delhi Capitals on Thursday registered their first win of IPL 2023 as they defeated Kolkata Knight Riders in a low-scoring match. DC won their sixth game after losing five matches in a row at their home ground Arun Jaitley Stadium. KKR, on the other hand, lost their third game in a row in the tournament. DC beat KKR by 4 wickets in a rain-affected match that went down to the wire.
DC won the toss and elected to bowl. Electing to bat first, KKR’s team got bundled out for just 127 runs in 20 overs. Kolkata batsmen struggled to score runs and wickets kept falling. The David Warner-led side chased down the chase in 19.2 overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Jason Roy, Liton Das(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Mandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty
Delhi Capitals Playing XI: David Warner (c), Philip Salt (w), Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Lalit Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar.