Delhi Capitals picked up their first victory of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders at Arun Jaitley Stadium by 4 wickets on Thursday and luck definitely performed an important function of their victory. Unexpectedly rain intervened and compelled the sport to kick off late than the standard time. The new circumstances took KKR without warning and DC capitalize on the chance that got here knocking on their door. DC batters nevertheless struggled to chase down the low goal as their batting unit as soon as once more surfaced as the foremost downside of their unsuccessful marketing campaign.

“We were on the luckier side today. We bowled well before as well this season. But the problem is the batting. We need to go back and look at ourselves and see how we can get better. Spinners bowled well. I know we have not played well and need to find a way to bat better. We work hard with the boys and get them back in form. Be it Prithvi, Manish, or Mitch Marsh. They have been important players and around for a while for their respective teams. We have a day off tomorrow and then fly to Hyderabad, hopefully, it will be a good batting wicket there, as it usually is,” stated Sourav Ganguly Director of Cricket, Delhi Capitals.

The stress of choosing up their first factors in IPL 2023 not solely affected the gamers but additionally the administration. For Ganguly, the stress of choosing up the primary factors within the marketing campaign was similar to scoring his first runs in Test format.

“Happy to get off the mark. I was sitting there in the dugout and thinking it was like getting my first Test run (about the pressure to get their first points of the season).

Kolkata Knight Riders were asked to bat first and they barely managed to put up a total of 127 on the board. Andre Russell’s last-over heroics played a crucial role in setting up the target. Russell struck three sixes in the final over. Delhi began their innings steadily but ended up losing wickets in quick succession. The game went to the final over and Axar Patel made sure to finish off the game by chasing the target of 128 with four balls to spare.

Delhi Capitals will be keen to build a winning streak against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.