DC vs KKR, IPL 2023 highlights: Delhi beat Kolkata by by four wickets

It is a mistake that decides this match in the end. Khejroliya oversteps for the second ball and that hence produces three runs and a free hit. All of a sudden DC need just two to win off the three balls with Axar getting a free hit and this time, they don't make a meal of it. He lofts the delivery between long on and deep midwicket and Delhi Capitals, finally, win their first match of the season.

Kulwant Khejroliya bowling the last over, Axar Patel on strike with Lalit Yadav at the other end. This match looked like a low scoring sleeper not too long ago. It has turned into a long scoring thriller. 

Talks of NRR boosts seem to be a long, long time ago now. DC are desperately holding on here to crawl over the line. KKR are trying to make their job more difficult but mistakes in the field are not really helping them. The side which makes the lesser mistakes wins this match, which is a bit of a summation of how the season has gone for these two teams. 

What a delivery that is from Nitish Rana! The ball straightens after pitching and Aman Khan is left dumbfounded as it fizzes past his bat and hits the top of off. Wow, Delhi down to their last four wickets.

Delhi are not doing themselves any favours here. Manish Pandey steps out to Anukul off the fifth ball of the 16th and hits it straight into the hands of long-on. Delhi may face a situation where they have to chase down this target with a tail ender out there. Forget about NRR, even getting 2 points might be a good result now.

Well DC are not finishing this in 15 overs, they are not going to get a huge NRR boost, which is something that really was on, but a win is a win and they seem set for that at least. They need 24 to win off 30 balls.

Appeal for LBW and given! Now then, are Delhi bottling this? They don't know how to win, that much is clear this season, will they panic now? He tried to reverse sweep, the ball hits his front foot on the full and he is plump, Warner goes.

Warner lbw b Varun 57 (41), DC 93/4 (13.1 Ov)

Need 41 to win off 48 balls. Manish Pandey has got going with a four and he is on 10 off 13. Warner is on 55 off 37.

He gets there with his 11th four of the match. Warner has hit this half century in 33 balls. His strike rate had been an issue this season, not in this match though.

Warner is on 48 off 32, Manish Pandey on 3 off 6. It is a lone warrior act from Warner at the moment, none of the other DC batters have been able to hold up.

Salt hits it right back at the bowler and Anukul Roy doesn't drop. The Delhi batters continue to flounder despite the fact that they are chasing just 128. How far can KKR get with this?

Warner on 45 off 27, Salt hit a four off the first ball he faced, he is on 5 off 2.

Warner is on 45 off 25, Marsh two off seven. The DC captain has done it all thus far and DC really have a chance to boost their NRR today. They need 66 to win, with 78 balls remaining.

Warner pulls the fourth ball wide of mid-on, then he swats back the next one that is sent in short by Narine. Techincally that is a hat-trick of fours as Narine had sprayed the fourth ball wide initially.

Slog sweep over short fine leg from Warner for the third ball of the sixth. This is Sunil Narine bowling but the DC captain is taking him for runs. That is the second four of the over after the first ball had gone for a boundary as well.

Shaw chops on and so his struggles continue. It didn't bounce as much Shaw would've wanted, his cut shot ends up taking the bottom edge and smashing onto the stumps.

Shaw b Varun 13 (11), 38/1 (4.3 overs)

Warner is on 25 off 15, Shaw on seven off four. Sunil Narine is set to bowl the fourth. Warner has hit five fours so far, can he get his first six of the season today?

Warner looking very good indeed. Russell bowling the third and the first legal ball, after the over started with a no ball, is sent between the bowler and mid-on. Then he smashes the next ball to the same area again.

The second ball of the first over bowled by Umesh Yadav is smashed to deep mid by Warner. Slightly short from Umesh and Warner pulls it with aplomb.

DC have a real chance at getting some sweet NRR nectar but so poor has their batting been that they might as well just decide to take it slow and get at least one win under the belt this season. In the middle are the normally dangerous but subdued for this season pair of David Warner and Prithvi Shaw.

“We bowled really well in the powerplay, got three, four wickets, I think that was game changing for us. I love bowling the quicker ones, in future too I will bowl the quicker ones to keep the batters guessing. I think we bowled well, probably this was the lowest we could restrict them to, given their line-up. I think we can chase this down.”

A dot ball off the fifth ball and then Chakravarthy is run out off the last ball and so that is where it all ends. Those three sixes made this look like a somewhat respectable total but this really should not be a difficult chase. However, Delhi Capitals have not had the best of times with the bat this season and KKR spinners can make any score look difficult. The powerplay is going to be key, if DC can do well in that period, this match might get over in about 13 overs of their innings.