Kuldeep Yadav took four wickets after half-centuries from Shaw, Warner helped Delhi po sr 215/5
Score : DC 215 (5 wkts, 20 Overs) & KKR 171 (10 wkts, 19.4 Overs)
On a batting belter, KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer’s decision to put Delhi Capitals in backfired as they piled up 215 for five riding on half-centuries from Shaw (51 off 29 balls) and Warner (61 off 45 balls).
In reply, KKR were all-out for 171 in 19.4 overs and it was left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav’s evening at the Rabourne Stadium as he exacted sweet revenge against a franchise that didn’t treat him too well during his stint as his career came to a halt.
The scoreboard pressure was always telling and Kuldeep’s (4/35 in 4 overs), who is proving to be an asset for Capitals, decisively swung the match in the Rishabh Pant-led side’s favour, getting opposition skipper Shreyas Iyer (54 off 33 balls) stumped with a left-arm wrist spinner’s googly. Iyer had no clue as he came down the track and the ball turned away after pitching.
Scoreboard:
Delhi Capitals Innings: Prithvi Shaw b Chakaravarthy 51 David Warner c Rahane b Umesh 61 Rishabh Pant c Umesh b Russell 27 Lalit Yadav lbw b Narine 1 Rovman Powell c (sub)Rinku Singh b Narine 8 Axar Patel not out 22 Shardul Thakur not out 29
Extras: (B-4, LB-7, W-2, NB-3) 16; Total: 215 (5 wkts, 20 Overs)
Fall of Wickets: 93-1, 148-2, 151-3, 161-4, 166-5
Knight Riders bowling: Umesh Yadav 4-0-48-1, Rasikh Salam 1-0-10-0, Pat Cummins 4-0-51-0, Varun Chakaravarthy 4-0-44-1, Sunil Narine 4-0-21-2, Andre Russell 2-0-16-1, Venkatesh Iyer 1-0-14-0.
Kolkata Knight Riders Innings: Ajinkya Rahane c Thakur b Khaleel Ahmed 8 Venkatesh Iyer c Axar b Khaleel Ahmed 18 Shreyas Iyer st Pant b Kuldeep Yadav 54 Nitish Rana c Prithvi Shaw b Lalit Yadav 30 Andre Russell c Sarfaraz Khan b Thakur 24 Sam Billings c Lalit Yadav b Khaleel Ahmed 15 Pat Cummins lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 4 Sunil Narine c Rovman Powell b Kuldeep Yadav 4 Umesh Yadav c and b Kuldeep Yadav 0 Rasikh Salam c Rovman Powell b Thakur 7 Varun Chakaravarthy not out 1
Extras: (LB-3, W-3) 7; Total: (10 wkts, 19.4 Overs) 171
Fall of Wickets: 21-1, 38-2, 107-3, 117-4, 133-5, 139-6, 143-7, 143-8, 170-9, 171-10
Delhi Capitals Bowlimg: Mustafizur Rahman 4-0-21-0, Shardul Thakur 2.4-0-30-2, Khaleel Ahmed 4-0-25-3, Axar Patel 3-0-32-0, Kuldeep Yadav 4-0-35-4, Rovman Powell 1-0-17-0, Lalit Yadav 1-0-8-1.
IPL 2022: RR vs LSG | Hetmyer, Chahal move Rajasthan Royals to three-run win over Lucknow Super Kings
First invited to bat, star West Indies batter Hetmyer scored an unbeaten 36-ball 59 to lift RR from 67 for four to 165 for six in 20 overs
SCORE : RR 165 (6 wkts, 20 Overs) & LSG : 162 (For 8 wickets in 20 overs)
Shimron Hetmyer lived up to his ₹8.5 crore price tag with a six-hitting exhibition before Yuzvendra Chahal and Trent Bout displayed their wizardry with the ball as Rajasthan Royals outwitted Lucknow Super Kings by three runs in an IPL game in Mumbai on April 10.
Invited to bat, star West Indies batter Hetmyer smashed an unbeaten 36-ball 59 to lift RR from 67 for four to 165 for six in 20 overs.
Trent Boult (2/30) then struck twice in a sensational opening over, while Chahal (4/41) picked up four wickets to achieve the feat of claiming 150 IPL victims but Marcus Stoinis blasted two fours and four maximums in his unbeaten 38 off 17 balls to conjure up hopes of a turnaround.
But Kuldeep Sen, making his IPL debut, showed great nerves as he defended 15 runs in the last over as RR limited LSG to 162 for eight.
With this win, RR bounced back from their four wicket loss to RCB in the last match to take the top position in the IPL standings, while LSG slipped to fifth spot.
Scoreboard
Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler b Avesh Khan 13 Devdutt Padikkal c Holder b K Gowtham 29 Sanju Samson lbw b Holder 13 Van der Dussen b K Gowtham 4 Shimron Hetmyer not out 59 R Ashwin retd out 28 Riyan Parag c K Gowtham b Holder 8 Trent Boult not out 2
Extras: (LB-3, W-6) 9
Total: (6 wkts, 20 Overs) 165
Fall of Wickets: 42-1, 60-2, 64-3, 67-4, 163-5.
Lucknow Super Giants Bowling: D Chameera 4-0-22-0, J Holder 4-0-50-2, Ravi Bishnoi 4-0-29-0, Avesh Khan 4-0-31-1, K Gowtham 4-0-30-2.
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul b Boult 0 Quinton de Kock c Parag b Chahal 39 Krishnappa Gowtham lbw b Boult 0 Jason Holder c Ashwin b Prasidh Krishna 8 Deepak Hooda b Sen 25 Ayush Badoni c Parag b Chahal 5 Krunal Pandya b Chahal 22 Marcus Stoinis not out 38 Dushmantha Chameera lbw b Chahal 13 Avesh Khan not out 7
Extras: (LB-1, W-4) 5 Total:(For 8 wickets in 20 overs) 162
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-1, 3-14, 4-52, 5-74, 6-101, 7-102, 8-126
Rajasthan Royals Bowling: Trent Boult 4-0-30-2, Prasidh Krishna 4-0-35-1, Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-20-0, Kuldeep Sen 4-0-35-1, Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-41 -4.