IPL 2023: “Victory Must Have Mattered The Most to David Warner,” says Aakash Chopra

IPL 2023: Delhi Capitals finally registered their first victory in TATA IPL 2023. After facing five losses, the new captain of Delhi Capitals David Warner finally took a sigh of relief after winning the first two points on the points table.

Delhi Capitals finally got the opportunity to celebrate after beating Kolkata Knight Riders on their home ground Arun Jaitely Stadium, Delhi. Delhi Capitals has been struggling with form ever since the tournament began. With the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League nearing half its course, Delhi Capitals finally got caught in celebrations.

After facing major losses, the stealth of bats and other sports equipment, and delay in the match due to rain, Delhi Capitals, and Captain David Warner are into relaxing mode until their next two games with Sunrisers Hyderabad.

IPL 2023: Aakash Chopra on David Warner’s Knock

Kolkata Knight Riders had an extremely slow start. KKR could manage to reach the score of only 127 on Delhi’s slow pitch. David Warner led Delhi Capitals to chase the low score in 19.2 overs. David played a captain’s knock and scored 57 runs off 41 deliveries. He smashed 11 boundaries making the Delhi crowd go bananas in the low-run chase.

Speaking of David Warner’s knock against Kolkata Knight Riders, Aakash said “When you are chasing, the talk is never about the strike rate as you are playing according to the scoreboard. You approach the game with the mindset of asking yourself what is needed. It’s not important in which over you win the match. But Warner batted well. The bowling was a bit ordinary in the beginning, but what must have mattered to Warner was that he ended up on the winning side.”

KKR has lost three matches back-to-back against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians, and now Delhi Capitals. Earlier, they faced a loss against Punjab Kings in their first match of IPL 2023.

KKR’s ace bowler Sunil Naraine is struggling with form. While he remains a strong wicket-taking option for KKR, he is conceding high runs. On the other hand, Ishant Sharma performed well for Delhi Capitals while ending the spell with 4-0-19-2. Ishant was awarded the Player of the Match.