DC vs KKR: "We Scrapped Our Way To It " - David Warner Speaks After Delhi Capitals' Gruesome Win Over Kolkata

No one expected the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals to drag on to the final over of the chase. However, after a lot of turns in the game, David Warner’s Delhi Capitals emerged victorious over Kolkata Knight Riders at the end of the day to bag their first win of the season in their sixth game in the Indian Premier League 2023.

Earlier in the day, David Warner won the toss and invited Kolkata to have a go with the bat first, his decision turned out to be perfect as the bowlers performed their role to the very perfection throughout the first inning leaving the final over in the contest.

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Kolkata till the 19th over were struggling to score with just 108 runs on the board. However, Andre Russell smashed Mukesh Kumar’s 19 runs in the final over to make sure KKR reached a defendable total.

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Chasing the target Delhi once again had a great start with David Warner 57 runs off 41 deliveries to give his team the platform for the chase. However, things went downhill for the side post-Warner’s dismissal as the scoring rate took a massive drop with the batters struggling to get going in the difficult conditions.

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Ultimately it was Axar Patel who persevered and scored an unbeaten 19 runs off 22 deliveries to guide his team past the finish line against the Knight with 4 balls to spare providing David Warner’s DC their maiden win.

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We Played An Okay Game: Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals skipper David Warner was present with the broadcasters at the end of the game where he talked about the hard-fought win over the Knight Riders and how much it meant for his side to finally get a win in the tournament.

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“Finally. We scrapped our way to it. Over to Hyderabad. We are really proud of the bowling unit. We did exceptionally well to get wickets in the PP. We lost wickets in cluster. We are very honest to each other. We discussed about areas to improve upon. We played an Okay game.”

Delhi Capitals will surely be happy with their first win in the tournament. However, the team have a lot of work to do considering their margin of the win over their opponents.

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