India, April 29 -- Delhi Capitals suffered a massive blow during Tuesday's Indian Premier League match against Kolkata Knight Riders as skipper Axar Patel hurt himself and left the pitch in agonising pain. The home team captain put up an effort to save runs of his team with his acrobatic effort but in that attempt he hurt his hand during the fag end of KKR's innings at Arun Jaitley Stadium.

It was the 18th over of the innings when Rovman Powell hit the ball hard towards mid-wicket, where Axar put in a dive to deny a single but hurt his finger. The physio entered the middle to check him as he went straight away to get further medical attention.

Before getting injured, Axar completed his quota of four overs in which he produced a sensatio...