After five losses on the jog, Delhi Capitals figured out how to escape a success against Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday.
Delhi Capitals (DC) have only won once in their first six games of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season.
The appearance of opening batter Prithvi Shaw, who has not received any starts thus far, has been DC’s primary concern. Shaw has scored just 43 runs in six matches, which is very low for a player of his caliber.
Michael Vaughan, a former captain of England, said that Shaw needs to score runs because he can’t play on reputation alone.
Mark Wood bowled him in the tournament’s early stages. His feet did nothing. He was sitting tight for the short one however it was pitched up and he was not even close to the line of the ball.
I believe Prithvi requires runs. He cannot rely solely on your reputation and cannot continue to criticize your past actions; you must produce occasional runs. He has had an unfortunate beginning.
DC was able to elude defeat on Thursday against Kolkata Knight Riders after five consecutive defeats.
Ishant Sharma, the veteran pacer who was playing his first IPL match since 2021, returned figures of 2-19 to lead DC’s charge, scoring a fluent 57.
Before being replaced as a result of the new impact player rule, Ishant stood out by taking crucial wickets of Rana and Sunil Narine.
Others participated as speed bowler Anrich Nortje, and spinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets each to package out the resistance for 127 on the last chunk of the innings.
In a rain-delayed match that continued into the wee hours of the morning, DC achieved their goal of 128 with four balls to spare, despite Warner’s fourth fifty of the season.