Delhi Capitals (DC) left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav was seen playfully slapping Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Rinku Singh after their Indian Premier League (IPL) match on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday.
The incident occurred after the match, in the course of the customary interplay between gamers from each groups. On condition that each Kuldeep and Rinku signify Uttar Pradesh, the slaps seemed to be pleasant jabs exchanged in a light-hearted method.
Within the match KKR defeated Delhi Capitals by 14 runs to maintain their IPL play-off hopes alive.
With this win, defending champions KKR reignited their playoff hopes, although they remained on the seventh spot with 9 factors. DC stayed within the prime 4 with 12 factors.
Invited to bat, a collective batting effort helped KKR publish 204 for 9.
Their bowlers, led by Sunil Narine (3/29), then restricted the Capitals to 190/9 regardless of contributions by Faf du Plessis (62), Axar Patel (43) and Vipraj Nigam (38).
Earlier, Younger Angkrish Raghuvanshi (44) steadied the innings together with Rinku Singh (36), the duo including 61 runs off 46 balls. Raghuvanshi struck two huge sixes off Vipraj, whereas Rinku focused Kuldeep Yadav, smashing two boundaries and a six in a 17-run over that helped KKR cross the 150-run mark.
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Nevertheless, KKR misplaced the momentum once more as each Raghuvanshi and Rinku departed in fast succession, falling to Chameera and Vipraj respectively, simply after they regarded set to speed up.
Andre Russell smashed two fours and a six to push KKR previous the 200-mark, however the guests misplaced three wickets in as many balls within the closing over, with Starc selecting up two in dramatic vogue.
Mitchell Starc (3/43) picked up three wickets for the hosts, whereas spinners Axar 2/27 and Nigam (2/41) chipped in with two wickets apiece.