By Aditya Chauhan | Updated: October 4, 2020 9:50 AM IST
Shreyas Iyer showed his class with a captain's knock and pacer Anrich Nortje honoured his skipper's heroics by bowling a splendid penultimate over in Delhi Capitals' 18-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in a thrilling IPL match on Saturday.
Iyer played a blistering knock of 88 not out off 38 balls after Prithvi Shaw's opening act propelled Delhi Capitals to an impressive 228 for four after being put into bat first by Dinesh Karthik.
Opener Prithvi Shaw played a cracking knock of 66 followed by skipper Iyer's unbeaten 88 which propelled Delhi Capitals to a mammoth 228/4.
If Iyer and Shaw weren't not enough, Rishabh Pant - 38 off 17 balls - dusted off his rustiness with a quickfire knock.
Such was Shaw's form that even Shikhar Dhawan - 26 off 16 balls - was overshadowed despite some decent hits in a 56-run opening stand. However, the man who entralled one and all was Iyer with some monstrous hits.
After two good games, young Kamlesh Nagarkoti - 1/35 - and Shivam Mavi - 0/40 - got harsh lessons as Dinesh Karthik couldn't risk completing their quota of overs.
Despite getting a good start, KKR young batsman Shubman Gill was dismissed for 28 by Delhi's wily spinner Amit Mishra.
DC ace pacer Kagiso Rabada won his battle against Kolkata Knight Riders powerhouse Andre Russell by dismissing the latter for 13 runs during 229 chase.
For DC, SA paceman Anrich Nortje was the wrecker-in-chief as he returned with figures of 3/33 while Harshal Patel bagged 2/34.
During the chase, there was a twist in the story as Rahul Tripathi and Eoin Morgan added 78 runs in the next 31 balls, courtesy some massive hits into the stands, which saw KKR making a comeback in the match.