Delhi Capitals registered their first victory in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders in the 28th match of the tournament. The hosts’ skipper won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, the batting lineup of KKR struggled a lot against Delhi’s bowling attack and they could score a below-par total of 127 runs after losing all the wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Although it wasn’t that much easy for the Capitals to chase down the target and they also crumbled while chasing the target. But somehow, they managed to cross the finishing line with a win in the end.
The fans also came up with a lot of interesting reactions after the Delhi Capitals registered their first win in the current season of the tournament. Fans took to Twitter and reacted to Delhi’s win in this clash against KKR.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Delhi Capitals should have won comfortably..
— Mudit 🇮🇳 (@MuditHastir) April 20, 2023
They have taken this match also too deep ..#DCvKKR #TATAIPL2023
#DCvKKR Match Feels Like Watching Maniratnam Movie
— GV™ (@Venckat_) April 20, 2023
Season ki pehli Jeet Mubarak Delhi walon!!🤩🤩#IPL2O23 #DavidWarner #DCvKKR #KKRvsDC #TATAIPL2023 #TATAIPL #IPL #DelhiCapitals
— Team._Captain._Cool._7781 (@TeamCaptainCool) April 20, 2023
Maine to Soncha match Jeet Hi gaye 🥴🥴#DCvKKR
— kar Suspend Ab 🦥 (@karSuspendab) April 20, 2023
Tum sabko #BlueTick ki padi hai yaha match bhi Gaya... #DCvKKR
— :-🕊️شـᷟــــͣـــᷞـــͣـــیخ (@Alam_Lafz_) April 20, 2023
Elon Musk....🤡 pic.twitter.com/Wu6MlsmTAT
काफी संघर्ष और लम्बे समय बाद #IPL2O23 में आखिर कार @DelhiCapitals को पहली जीत मिल ही ग ई...
— DINESH DADHICH 🙏 (@DineshD7737) April 20, 2023
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
बधाई @DelhiCapitals #TATAIPL | #DCvKKR
We lost here😑 #DCvKKR #DCvsKKR #kkr pic.twitter.com/5fgs8jVczk
— Shahil 007 (@TheRealShahil9) April 20, 2023
#DC batting line up
— Mr. Nick (@Shubhamraj_1) April 20, 2023
Warner
Warner
Warner
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Warner
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Axar
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Axar#DCvKKR #RCBvPBKS #IPL2O23
Poor wicket keeping from litton Das cost #KolkataKnightRiders, missing the chances of stumping was horrible!!!
— # MD hedayatullah (@arfeen_shaikh_) April 20, 2023
Though pathetic batting from #DelhiCapitals , Irresponsible batting , ridiculous shots still managed to get 2 points !!!#DCvKKR pic.twitter.com/stF3dIqpnT
Speaking of the action of the match, it was veteran opener Jason Roy who scored 43 runs for KKR in the first innings. Other than him, it was only Andre Russell who scored 38 runs with a boundary and four sixes to his name. On the back of these knocks, the visitors somehow managed to score 127 runs and lost all their all wickets in the first 20 overs of the game.
Senior pacer, Ishant Sharma, Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, and Kuldeep Yadav scalped two wickets each alongside one wicket claimed by Mukesh Kumar.
While chasing the target, it was only the skipper and veteran opener, David Warner who stood in the middle and took the charge for Delhi Capitals. He scored 57 runs with 11 boundaries with the wood. Other than him, Manish Pandey and Axar Patel scored 21 and 19 runs respectively to win the match for DC by a close margin of six wickets scoring 128 runs for the loss of six wickets in 19.2 overs.