David Warner hits 61 and Prithvi Shaw 51 before Kuldeep Yadav claimed 4 for 35 in the chase
Mumbai: Delhi Capitals 215-5, Kolkata Knight Riders 171 - Delhi Capitals won by 44 runs
Kuldeep Yadav came back to haunt Kolkata Knight Riders with figures of 4 for 35 as Delhi Capitals claimed their second victory of the 2022 Indian Premier League.
David Warner (61) and Prithvi Shaw (51) both struck their first half-centuries of the season as the 2020 runners-up put a massive 215 for 5 - their second-highest IPL score.
They might have bettered their record of 228 set in 2020 had it not been for the frugal Sunil Narine, who dismissed Lalit Yadav and Rovman Powell in the space of three deliveries.
Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur put on 49 in 26 balls in what was a key partnership at the death, as Umesh Yadav and Pat Cummins were dispatched.
Andre Russell couldn't hit his stride (BBCI)
Set what would have been the fourth-highest total to win an IPL match, KKR lost Ventakesh Iyer in the third over and never really recovered.
Skipper Shreyas Iyer made 54 with five fours and two sixes, putting on 69 for the third wicket.
Khaleel Ahmed claimed 3 for 25 and the demoralise Knight Riders were ripped through by player of the match Kuldeep, who played for KKR between 2014 and 2021, as Cummins, Narine and Yadav departed in the space of four balls in the 16th over.
Andre Russell (24) hung around until the dying embers of the contest but was unable to find his rhythm and reached the boundary on just three occasions.
Shardul Thakur returned to pick him up and then wrapped up the innings with two balls to spare by dismissing Rasikh Salam.
The victory lifts Ricky Ponting's side into sixth in the points table, while KKR remain top after suffering their second defeat of the campaign.
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