Delhi Capitals registered their first win of the IPL 2023 season after beating KKR by four wickets on their home soil. DC bundled out KKR for a below-par total of 127 runs in the first innings with the help of brilliant performances from all their bowlers.
Delhi Capitals struggled to play the KKR spin trio of Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, and Nitish Rana. David Warner's fifty-plus score (57) and Axar Patel's calm mind in finishing the match helped them to cross the winning line.
Numbers and Stats from DC vs KKR game:
1 - This is David Warner's first win as captain of DC in the IPL. Overall, he has played 8 games for DC as captain in IPL.
Most matches won as captain in the IPL:
MS Dhoni - 126
Rohit Sharma - 83
Gautam Gambhir - 71
Virat Kohli - 67
David Warner - 36
Adam Gilchrist - 35
Among overseas players, David Warner has won most matches as captain in the IPL.
3 - Ishant Sharma won Player of the Match award for third time in the IPL.
Instances of Ishant Sharma winning Player of the Match award in IPL:
5/12 vs KTK in Kochi, 2011
2/15 vs MI in Hyderabad, 2013
2/19 vs KKR in Delhi, 2023
31 - Andre Russell and Varun Chakravarthy recorded a 31-run partnership for the 10th wicket in the IPL.
Highest 10th wicket partnership in the IPL:
Shikhar Dhawan-Mohit Rathee : 55* vs SRH in Hyderabad, 2023
Tom Curran-Ankit Rajpoot : 31* vs KKR in Dubai, 2020
Andre Russell-Varun Chakravarthy : 31 vs DC in Delhi, 2023
47 - Prithvi Shaw has managed to score only 47 runs from six innings in IPL 2023.
50 - Varun Chakravarthy has taken 50 wickets for KKR in the IPL overall.
Most wickets for KKR in the IPL:
Sunil Narine - 158
Andre Russell - 91
Piyush Chawla - 66
Umesh Yadav - 65
Varun Chakravarthy - 50
75 - David Warner played his 75th game as captain of DC in the IPL.
Most matches played as captain in the IPL:
MS Dhoni - 215
Rohit Sharma - 147
Virat Kohli - 141
Gautam Gambhir - 129
David Warner - 75
Adam Gilchrist - 74
Among overseas, players David Warner has played most matches as captain in the IPL.
1075 - David Warner has smashed 1075 runs against KKR in the IPL.
Most runs against an opponent in the IPL:
David Warner - 1075 vs KKR
Rohit Sharma - 1040 vs KKR
Shikhar Dhawan - 1029 vs CSK
Most fifty-plus scores vs KKR in the IPL:
Suresh Raina / David Warner - 8
Rohit Sharma - 7
Chris Gayle / KL Rahul / Shikhar Dhawan - 6
