Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils: KXIP beat DD by six wickets in Mohali

IPL Blog: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils


Opener KL Rahul's scintillating knock sealed the comfortable chase for Kings XI Punjab inside the Powerplay and Karun Nair did the rest with a fine half century. It is certailny a great beginning to the season for Punjab under R Ashwin.
OVER 18.5: That's it Kings XI Punjab (167/4) beat Delhi Daredevils (166/7) by six wickets
OVER 18 : Kings XI inch closer to win, need 10 runs off 12 balls
OVER 17 : Marcus Stoinis and David Miller in the middle as Kings XI need 15 runs off 18 balls
OVER 16 : Kings XI 141/4, need 26 runs off 24 balls
Strategic time out
OVER 15.4 : OUT Nair (50) falls soon after his fifty.Kings XI 138/4 in chase of 167
OVER 15.2: Nair brings up his fifty with a six. Kings XI 138/3
OVER 15: Kings XI 132/3, need 35 runs off 30 balls
OVER 14: Kings XI steady in chase of 167, reach 126/3
OVER 13: Nair closing towards fifty as Kings XI reach 121/3 in chase of 167
OVER 12: Kings XI 115/3 , need 52 off 48 balls
OVER 11: Nair going strong as Kings XI reach 109/3 in chase of 167
100 up for Kings XI Punjab in 10.1 overs
OVER 10: Kings XI 99 for the loss of three wickets in chase of 167

OVER 9.2: OUT! Rahul Tewatia sends Yuvraj (12) back. KXIP 97/3
Strategic time out
OVER 9: Nair hits three back-to-back fours to Shami. Kings XI 97/2 in chase of 167
OVER 8: Yuvraj Singh and Karun Nair in the middle as Kings XI reach 83/2 in chase of 167
OVER 7: Kings XI 80 for the loss of two wickets in chase of 167
OVER 6: End of Powerplay. Kings XI 73 for the loss of two wickets in chase of 167
OVER 4.5: OUT Rahul (51) falls soon after hitting fastest IPL fifty. Chasing 167, KXIP 64/2
OVER 3.2: OUT Morris dismisses Agarwal for 7 to give KXIP breakthrough.
OVER 2.5: KL Rahul races to fastest IPL fifty off just 14 balls
OVER 2: Rahul on a roll, hits Mohammed Shami for a six and four. KXIP 28/0
OVER 1: Rahul hits two fours and a six to pick 16 runs off Trent Boult. KXIP 16/0 in chase of 167
KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal open chase for KXIP
OVER 20: Gambhir's 55 guides Delhi Daredevils to 166/7
OVER 19: Tight over from Mujeeb as he gives only six runs. Daredevils 144/6
OVER 18: Tight over from Mujeeb as he gives only six runs. Daredevils 144/6
OVER 17: Chris Morris hits Mohit for a huge six. Daredevils 138/6
OVER 15.3: OUT! Ashwin traps Rahul Tewatia to give another dent to DD. Daredevils 125/6
OVER 14.6: OUT! Mujeeb Ur Rahman's direct hit gets rid of Gambhir (55). Daredevils 123/5
OVER 14: Strategic Time Out! Daredevils reach 118 for the loss of four wickets

OVERS 13.2: OUT Tye gets rid of Pant, who scores a quickfire 13-ball 28. Daredevils 111/4
OVER 13: Rishabh Pant slams 16 runs off Andrew Tye. Daredevils 107/3
It is Gambhir's 36th IPL fifty as he equals David Warner's record for most half-centuries in the competition
OVER 12: Skipper Gambhir hits fifty off 36 balls. Daredevils 90/3
OVER 11: Daredevils reach 84/3 after losing Shankar
OVER 10.1: OUT! Vijay Shankar falls for 13 to become Mohit Sharma's victim. Daredevils 77/3
OVER 10: Gambhir holds fort as Daredevils reach 77/2 in 10 overs
OVER 9: Strategic Time Out! Daredevils 70 for the loss of two wickets
OVER 6.5: OUT! Patel strikes to send Iyer back for 11. Daredevils 54/2
OVER 6.2: First six from Shreyas Iyer off Axar as Daredevils cross 50-run mark
OVER 6: End of Powerplay. Daredevils 45/1 after six overs
OVER 5: Daredevils survive a review to reach 39 for the loss of one wicket
OVER 4: Gambhir hits 4, 4 and 6 off Axar Patel. DD 30/1 in 4 overs
OVER 2.3: OUT! Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 17, who is the youngest player to appear in IPL, traps Colin Munro to give breakthrough. DD 12/1
OVER 2: Delhi Daredevils off to a slow start, reach 10 for no loss
OVER 1: Skipper Ashwin opens the bowling for Kings XI Punjab against Delhi Daredevils
TOSS: Kings XI Punjab win toss and opt to field against Delhi Daredevils
Playing XIs
Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Yuvraj Singh, David Miller, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Delhi Daredevils: Gautam Gambhir (c), Colin Munro, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Chris Morris, Vijay Shankar, Daniel Christian, Amit Mishra, Rahul Tewatia, Trent Boult, Mohammad Shami
Gautam Gambhir: "It's great coming back home. Hopefully we can turn it around. Hopefully all of us together can. It's just about trying to implement what we want to do on the field. We're playing Munro, Christian, Morris and Boult."
R Ashwin: "We will be fielding first. Playing the IPL, which is one of the marquee events, and I am very happy. We have a lot of international experience. It's a new start. A decade if IPL is gone by and the franchises are looking to build a new culture and that's where me and Hodge come in. We're playing Stoinis, Miller, Zadran and Tye as our four overseas players."
New era begins for Delhi Daredevils & Kings XI Punjab
With the likes of Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, David Miller, Marcus Stoinis, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Yuvraj Singh and Mayank Agarwal in their ranks, Kings XI have enough firepower to decimate any opposition just through their batting strength. And Sehwag wants his team to show their “full potential”. Click to read more