IPL 2022 Highlights, DC vs KKR: Delhi Capitals beat Kolkata Knight Riders by four wickets

Kuldeep Yadav is on fire as he removed a well settled Shreyas Iyer with a widish delivery, which keeps low. The ball takes the inside edge and is brilliantly collected by Rishabh Pant. He departs after a fine knock of 42 (37). 

We have another wicket in the same over. Andre Russell dances down the track against Kuldeep but fails to make any connection. Easy stumping opportunity for Pant, but he fails to control the ball, but it hits his gloves and goes on to knock the stump. 

Meanwhile, two wickets and the same number of runs come off the over. KKR: 85/6 (14 overs)

Lalit Yadav is introduced in the attack and Nitish Rana hits him for a huge six towards the mid-wicket fence. 11 runs come off the over as KKR reach 83-4 after 13 overs. 

Shreyas Iyer switches gear and whacks Axar Patel for two boundaries. 11 runs come off the over as KKR move to 72/4 after 12 overs.

Shardul Thakur is brought back into the attack and he keeps things tight. No boundaries just singles as five runs come off the over. KKR: 61-4 (11 overs)

Relief for KKR fans as the boundaries and the big overs have started to arrive. Nitish Rana starts the Kuldeep Yadav's over with a cheeky sweep, which fetches him a boundary and then combine with Shreyas Iyer to accumulate another six runs in the next five deliveries. 10 runs come off the over as KKR reach 56/4 after 10 overs.

A welcome boundary by Shreyas Iyer as he welcomes Axar Patel with a FOUR, which penetartes between the fielders present at backward point and short third man.

The spinner recovers well after that and gives just five singles as 9 runs come off the over. KKR: 46/4 (9 overs) 

It took Kuldeep Yadav just two deliveries to pick his first wicket of the contest. Pitches it slightly short and Baba Indrajith goes for the aerial route but finds Rovman Powell at long-on. He departs for 6 (8). 

Meanwhile, the spinner strikes again in the next ball and this time it will be Sunil Narine, who'll have to take the long walk back to the pavilion. He is trapped LBW on 0. 

Three runs and two wickets come off the over as KKR reach 37/4 after 8 overs.

Both Shreyas Iyer and Baba Indrajith are struggling to find the gaps and are just rotating the strike by pushing the ball around. Five runs come in the over bowled by Axar as KKR reach 34/2 after 7 overs. 

Baba Indrajith and Shreyas Iyer deal in singles as just five runs come off the over bowled by Mustafizur Rahman. After six overs, KKR are batting at 29/2.

Axar Patel joins the party. However, if we look carefully it was not a wicket-taking delivery. Pitched down the leg and Venkatesh Iyer tries to guide it over the fielder inside the circle, but his shot goes straight to Chetan Sakariya, who takes a simple catch. He departs for 6 (12). 

Four runs come of the over as KKR reach 24/2 after 5 overs. 

Another brilliant over by Chetan Sakariya, as just four runs come in his second over. KKR reach 21/1 after 4 overs.

Shardul Thakur comes to bowl the third over. He does everything fine until the first four balls but misses his length on the fifth. The ball is pitched full and wide and Shreyas Iyer drives it for a boundary towards the cover region. 

11 runs come off the over. KKR: 17/1 (3 overs)

Chetan Sakariya strikes. The ball comes straight as he tries to play it across the line. Fails to get any connection as the ball knocks the stump. He departs for 3. 

Four runs come off the over. KKR: 6/1 (2 overs)

Mustafizur starts off with a tight over, and almost goes on to dismiss Finch in the first over itself. However, the DC decide not to take the review as TV replay confirms the ball was kissing the top of the middle-stump. 

Just two runs come off it. DC: 2/0

Venkatesh Iyer and Aaron Finch will lead the charge for KKR. Mustafizur Rahman will open the attack for DC. 

Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Rovman Powell, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya 

Kolkata Knight Riders: Aaron Finch, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Baba Indrajith(w), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana

Delhi Capitals win toss, opt to bowl

“We're back on the same pitch that produced an absolute humdinger last night. The surface is good, absolutely spectacular. The bowlers need to produce this evening, because the batsmen would be licking their lips.”

Four different opening combinations in four different matches. That has been the story of KKR recently and none of them have actually yield any results. 

Their highest first wicket stand this season stands at 43. 

Another good news for the Delhi fans is that Andre Russell has been dismissed by Shardul Thakur and Mustafizur Rahman three times apiece. Can either of the two do it again as we move closer to the toss?

If we look into the head-to-head record, the Knight Riders have a slender edge over their opponents. KKR 16 - 13 DC

If we look at KKR's bowling options, Umesh Yadav and Tim Southee has been exceptional. Sunil Narine too has been extremely economical, which at the moment stands at less than 6 per over.

Varun Chakravarthy, on the other hand, need to pull his socks. The spinner has just managed four wickets from eight outings and has leaked runs over 8 runs per over. 

Meanwhile, Andre Russell has been among the wickets, which is a good sign for KKR.

Despite being the leading scorer from the KKR camp, skipper Shreyas Iyer will have to put up an improved show. He didn't put up a big score in the previous game and will definitely aim for a much improved performance this time around.  

The right-handed batter has so far accumulated 248 runs from 8 matches.

Kolkata Knight Riders will be wary of the Delhi Capitals spin threat, particularly Kuldeep Yadav. The Capitals camp has a lethal spin attack with Kuldeep and Axar Patel doing most of the spin duties. 

However, they also have a third option with Lalit Yadav in their ranks. The trio has combined to pick 20 wickets so far in the competition.

In a unique step to lift sports in the country, the Delhi Capitals will be auctioning the special jersey worn by the players against KKR. The money raised from the campaign will be donated to Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) Vijayanagar. 

An official statement confirming the same was shared by the franchise on Wednesday.