Aksher Patel expected this batsman to be disappointed after the defeat Trending Global News

New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Delhi Capital (DC) by 14 runs in the thrilling match of the IPL 2025 and kept their expectations alive in the playoff race. KKR bowlers Sunil Naren and Varun Chakraborty jointly took five wickets in the match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium and played a key role in the team’s victory. In particular, the two bowlers took two wickets in their last over and surprised Delhi’s expectations. After losing the toss, KKR batted first and scored a difficult 204/9 score. The team’s batsmen made a small but useful contribution. Angrish Raghavana played 44 and Rinko Singh scored 36 runs. For Delhi, Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets, while Akshar Patel took 2 wickets. The Delhi team could score 190/9 runs in 20 overs and this was his third defeat in the ground. For KKR, this victory was very important in the play -off race. What did Delhi captain Akshar Patel say after the match? Let’s tell you.

What did Akshar Patel say after the match?

After the match, Delhi’s capital captain Akshar Patel said, “I think we gave 15-20 runs in the power play. We too lost some wickets easily. The good thing is that after the power play, we stopped them from scoring. Talking about batting, though some batsmen did not go, 2 of us cooperated and took the match very closely. When Vijraj was batting, he was expected, if Ashutosh was there, he could have done the first match. To stop the ball, my skin was sparked with diversion on a practice wicket, but the good thing is that there is a 3-4 day interval and hopefully I will recover.

What will Delhi do to reach the playoff?

Now there are 4 matches remaining for this season’s group stage in Delhi. They will have to win at least 2 out of 4 matches to reach 16 points from here. If the DC fails to do so and only wins the match, the matter can be trapped at a net run rate. Delhi will have to keep in mind that if they only reach 14 points, they will have to keep a better net run rate than all the teams, which will have 14 points. With 14 points, teams have made it to the IPL Play Office.
(With input of IAS)