Lucknow: On Monday, 29 April, Delhi Capitals (DC) lost by 7 wickets in the match played against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Eden Garden. Seeing this defeat of Delhi, former Indian batsman Mohammad Kaif has blamed it on captain Rishabh Pant. He believes that Pant made some mistakes in his captaincy, due to which DC had to face defeat because he did not score many runs. Let us tell you that in this match DC's batting proved to be a huge flop and they could score only 153 runs.

Despite scoring low, Pant did not use his spinners in the powerplay, whereas the spin bowlers were getting help there. He decided to go with the fast bowlers in the first 6 overs and this is where he made a big mistake. The result was that Kolkata had scored 79 runs in the powerplay itself without losing any wicket. Kaif has given a big statement during the discussion on Rishabh's captaincy on Star Sports.

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He said, “Rishabh Pant should have been a little braver and bowled to the spinner in the powerplay. They have two excellent spinners, Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel. In such a situation, Pant should have bowled the first 6 overs before these two. Delhi had not scored many runs in this match and in such a situation Pant should have taken a brave step.

Kolkata defeated Delhi by 7 wickets

If we talk about the match, in this match the Delhi captain had won the toss and decided to bat first. However, his decision proved wrong and his team could score only 153 runs in 20 overs. Star spinner Kuldeep Yadav was the best scorer for Delhi, who played an unbeaten inning of 35 runs with the help of 5 fours and 1 six in 26 balls. Apart from them, Rishabh had also scored 27 runs but apart from these two, no other player could touch the figure of 20 runs.

Kolkata team, which came to chase the target of 154 runs, made a strong start and scored 79 runs in the powerplay itself. After this, they achieved this score in 16.3 overs at the loss of 3 wickets and registered their sixth win this season.

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