Achi news desk-
In the 16th match of the 17th season of IPL, Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders on 3rd April. This match was organized at Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Kolkata won at Delhi’s home ground. It was Kolkata’s third win in a row. Kolkata challenged Delhi to 273 runs to win. But Delhi could score only 166 runs. .
Captain Rishabh Pant top scored for Delhi with 55 runs. Tristan Stubbs added 54 runs. David Warner scored 18 runs and Prithvi Shaw scored 10 runs. Both are out on zero. Apart from these four from Delhi, no one could reach double figures. Delhi was defeated. However, 2 Delhi batsmen have gained in the race for the Orange Cap. 2 people from Delhi made it in the top five. So the first 2 batsmen remained.
RCB’s Virat Kohli with the orange cap after 16 matches. Ryan Parag from Rajasthan managed to retain the second position. Hyderabad’s Henrik is third in the class. Delhi captain Rishabh Pant and opener David Warner sit at the fourth and fifth positions. Pant scored his second consecutive half-century of the season against Kolkata. Warner again reached the top five.
Pant scored a half-century against Chennai Super Kings. Pant’s half-century came after a 15-month comeback. He then scored a fifty against Kolkata. Both Nicholas Foran and Quinton de Kock of Lucknow Supergiants were hit by Pant and Warner. Both dropped from the top 5.
The orange cap goes to Virat, who is in the top 5?
Delhi Capitals Match XI: Rishabh Pant (captain and wicket keeper), Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Tristan Stubbs, Akshar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Rasik Dar Salam, Enrique Nortier, Ishant Sharma and Khalil Ahmed.
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI : Shreyas Iyer (captain), Philip Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrishna Rajovanshi, Andre Russell, Ramdeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty.
