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IPL 2022, Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Highlights: Kuldeep Yadav, Rovman Powell star as DC beat KKR by 4 wickets. Cricket News – Times of India

April 28, 2022
Bharat Times

The story of Kuldeep Yadav’s return is increasing day by day. He was able to take just five wickets in 14 matches. Kolkata Knight Riders in 2019 and 2020 before he sat on the bench for good in 2021. In two matches he played against KKR This season, Kuldeep now has eight wickets in his bag alone. On Thursday night, he picked up a 4/14 to back up his 4/35 in the previous game.
As he broke the back of KKR’s batting for the second time this season, he offered Delhi Capitals Beginning to make a comeback in the competition by restricting KKR to 146/9. His spell set up the game for a nervous Capitals batting lineup to chase down the target with six balls and four wickets to spare.

Rovman Powell’s unbeaten 16-ball 33 calmed the nerves in the Capitals dugout after David Warner’s 26-ball 42 and the chase began with the captain. Rishabh Pant Out for 2 runs in the 12th over at 84/5. KKR’s freefall under new captain Shreyas Iyer is far from over.
as it happened
Kuldeep has been vocal about the confidence that Rishabh Pant has given him through the tournament. He delivered again at the Wankhede Stadium. After Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur hit chokes in the powerplay, Kuldeep claimed the wickets of IPL debutants Baba Inderjit and Sunil Narine on his second and third balls. Mantra to reduce KKR to 4/35.

Just as Iyer seemed to be gaining some momentum at 42 off 37, Pant miraculously caught an under-edge off Kuldeep’s delivery. Kuldeep deceived the dangerous Andre Russell three balls later and stumped him for a duck. The pitch looked double-paced and Kuldeep’s trickery was too much to handle the precarious batting lineup of KKR which were at 83/6 in the 14th over.
Amidst all the discussions about Pant’s trust on Kuldeep, he did not let Kuldeep finish his entire quota of four overs. Perhaps, KKR got a window to break free and Nitish Rana redeemed Lalit Yadav for 18 runs in the 17th over to add some momentum to the innings. Rana seemed like the only stable thing in the chaotic KKR camp to cut and replace his playing XI heavily. The team doesn’t even resemble the team they started with in the tournament.
A calm head with a clear vision, he threatened to inflict major injury on the Capitals with his 34-ball 57. During his enterprising partnership of 62 off 34 balls with Rinku Singh for the seventh wicket, Rana was highlighting the Capitals’ weak death bowling. , Mustafizur worked his magic in the last over, conceding just two runs and picking up three wickets, to end his four overs with figures of 3/18 and ensured KKR did not run away from the game.