IPL 2016: DD V RPS

Yesterday’s match was an interesting match. The match was played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. This was the last match for Delhi at this ground before playoffs.

Rising Pune Supergiants won the toss and chose to bowl first. Delhi start was not good. They lost Rishabh Pant early in 3rd over of the innings. Rishabh Pant was bowled by Dinda. They started boundaries and run-rate is goes past 8 runs per over. The 35-run stand between Samson and Karun Nair in 20 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Samson in last ball of 6th over of the innings. Samson was caught by Ravichandran Ashwin off Boland’s 2nd over. Karun Nair scored a classy 32 off 23 balls and attacked the Pune bowling. They lost Karun Nair in 10th over of the innings. Karun Nair was caught by Thisara Perera off Rajat Bhatia’s 1st over. Delhi was reduced to 65 for 3 in 9.4 overs. Billings hit 2 consecutive sixes off Ravichandran Ashwin’s 3rd over. Delhi was comfortably placed at 110 for 3  in 14.3 overs. The 45-run stand between JP Duminy and Billings in 30 balls was the highest. They lost Billings in 15th over of the innings. Billings was caught by Rahane off Rajat Bhatia’s 2nd over. Carlos Brathwaite hit 2 more sixes off Murugan Ashwin’s 2nd over. Carlos Brathwaite scored a quickfire 20 off 8 balls. Delhi was comfortably placed at 137 for  4 in 16.4 overs.  JP Duminy scored a fine 34 off 32 balls and destroyed the Pune bowling. JP Duminy was run out by a direct throw by Rahane and Dhoni. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. They lost 3 more wickets for 6 runs in the span of  1.1 overs and Pune made a comeback. Delhi posted a competitive total of 162 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Rajat Bhatia and Boland took 2 wickets each for Pune.

Pune start was good. Usman Khawaja was dropped by Amit Mishra in early stages of the innings when he was on 8 runs. It was a costly miss as he went on to score 22 more runs. He survived run-out chances by a direct throw by Amit Mishra when he was on 9 and 22 runs. Usman Khawaja scored a brisk 30 off 27 balls and smashed Delhi bowling. This was his debut IPL match after the injury of du Plessis. They bowled Jayant Yadav’s 3 overs after reached 50 to end the powerplay. The 59-run stand between Rahane and Usman Khawaja in 50 balls was the highest. They lost Usman Khawaja in 9th over of the innings. Usman Khawaja was stumped by Sanju Samson off Amit Mishra’s 2nd over. Rahane continued the risk-free boundaries off  JP Duminy and Carlos Brathwaite.  Pune was comfortably placed at 104 for 1 in 13.1 overs and it looked Pune will win the match. The 45-run stand between Rahane and Saurabh Tiwary in 30 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Saurabh Tiwary in 14th over of the innings. Saurabh Tiwary was caught by Billings off Imran Tahir’s 2nd over. Dhoni was promoted to No.4 in batting order. He hit a four and straight six off Mohammad Shami’s 2nd over. The team took 13 runs in next 16 balls. Dhoni goes all over the bounday off Mohammad Shami’s 2nd ball of 3rd over but umpire signaled as 5 wides. Dhoni hit consecutive boundaries off Mohammad Shami’s this over. Pune was also comfortably placed at 146 for 2 in 18 overs. The 42-run stand between Rahane and Dhoni in 29 balls fought back. They lost Dhoni in first ball of 19th over of the innings. Dhoni was also caught by Billings off Imran Tahir’s final over. Thisara Perera hit 2 consecutive sixes off Imran Tahir’s last over. Rahane scored a brilliant 63 off 48 balls and hammered the Delhi bowlers. This was his 5th fifty of the season and overall 17th fifty of his IPL career. This was his second highest score of the season behind 66 runs against Mumbai Indians at Mumbai. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. Rahane hit the winning four and Pune won comfortably. Pune won the match by 7 wickets. This was Pune’s 3rd win in IPL 2016 all away from home. This was Delhi’s 2nd loss in last 3 matches at this ground.

Now, Rising Pune Supergiants will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore on May 7. Delhi  Daredevils will face Kings XI Punjab also on May 7.

We will back with today’s match update tomorrow. Bye for now.

IPL 2016: DD V KKR

Yesterday’s match was an interesting match. The match was played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bowl first. Delhi’s start was poor. They lost 2 wickets for 2 runs in span of 5 balls. The 30-run stand between Samson and Karun Nair in 25 balls was fought back. They lost Samson in last ball of 5th over of the innings. Samson was out LBW off Narine. Delhi was reduced to 32 for 3 in 5 overs. Delhi was weakly placed at 137 for 3 in 16.1 overs. Karun Nair scored a fine 68 off 50 balls and destroyed the Kolkata bowlers. This was his 2nd fifty of the season and overall 5th fifty of his IPL career. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. The 105-run stand between Karun Nair and Billings in 68 balls was the highest and Delhi made a comeback. This was the highest 4th wicket partnership for Delhi in this season. They lost 2 more wickets in 17th over of the innings. Karun Nair was out LBW off Umesh Yadav. Billings hit 2 sixes off Andre Russell’s 3rd over. Carlos Brathwaite hit 2 sixes again off Umesh Yadav’s last over.  Delhi was also weakly placed at 174 for 5 in 18.3 overs. Billings scored a gutsy 54 off 34 balls and attacked the Kolkata bowlers. This was his 1st fifty in his IPL career and overall 6th fifty in his T20 career. This was Billings IPL debut. The 37-run stand between Billings and Carlos Brathwaite in 12 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Billings in 19th over of the innings. Billings was bowled by Umesh Yadav. Carlos Brathwaite scored a quickfire 34 off 11 balls and smashed Kolkata bowling.  They lost last 2 wickets in next over. Carlos Brathwaite was caught by Narine of Andre Russell’s last over. Rishabh Pant was run out by a direct throw by Suryakumar Yadav and Uthappa. Delhi posted a competitive total of 186 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Andre Russell and Umesh Yadav took 3 wickets each for Kolkata.

Kolkata’s  start was also not good. They lost 2 wickets for 33 runs in the span of 4.4 overs. They lost Yusuf Pathan in penultimate ball of 8th over of the innings. Yusuf Pathan was caught by Amit Mishra off Carlos Brathwaite’s bowling. Kolkata was reduced to 58 for 3 in 7.5 overs. Carlos Brathwaite conceded 22 runs including no-ball in 10th over of the innings. Kolkata was weakly placed at 94 for 3 in 11.1 overs. They 36-run stand between Uthappa and Suryakumar Yadav in 21 balls increased the run-rate. They lost 2 more wickets for 13 runs in the span of 2.2 overs and Delhi made a comeback. Kolkata was also reduced to 107 for 5 in 13.3 overs. Uthappa hit a four and six off Amit Mishra’s 3rd over. Russell almost smashed Amit Mishra flush on the face in last ball of 15th over of the innings. Kolkata was comfortably placed at 151 for 5 in 16.5 overs and it looked Kolkata will win the match. Uthappa scored a brilliant 72 off 52 balls hammered the Delhi bowlers. This was his 2nd fifty of the season and overall 18th fifty of his IPL career. This was the highest score by a batsman in the match. The 44-run stand between Uthappa and Russell in 21 balls was the highest. They lost Russell in last ball of 17th over of the innings. Russell was caught and bowled by Amit Mishra in his last over. They lost 2 more wickets in next over. This was the turning point of the match. Uthappa was caught by Karun Nair off Chris Morris’ last over. They lost 2 consecutive wickets in last 2 balls. Kolkata lost last 5 wickets for 7 runs in the span of 1.4 overs and Delhi made a comeback. Zaheer Khan took the last wicket and Delhi won comfortably. Kolkata was bowled out at 158 runs in 18.3 overs. This was the first all-out by team in this season. Zaheer Khan and Carlos Brathwaite took 3 wickets each for Delhi. Delhi won the match by 27 runs. This was Delhi’s 4th win in IPL 2016.

Now, Delhi Daredevils will face Gujarat Lions on May 3. Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore on May 2.

We will back with yesterday’s second match soon.

IPL 2016: DD V GL

Yesterday’s match was an exciting match. The match was played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bowl first. Lions start was a good. This was the fastest 50 by any team in IPL 2016 in 23 balls. This also was the fastest 100 by any team in IPL 2016 in 54 balls. Dwayne Smith scored a fine 53 off 30 balls destroyed the Delhi bowlers. This was his first fifty of the season and overall 6th fifty of his IPL career. The 112-run stand between Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum in 64 balls was the highest. This was the 2nd highest 1st wicket partnership for any team in IPL 2016. They lost Dwayne Smith in 11th over of the innings. Dwayne Smith was out for LBW Imran Tahir in this over. Brendon McCullum scored a brilliant 60 off 36 balls hammered the Delhi bowlers. This was his fastest fifty by Lions in 26 balls. This was his 1st fifty of the season and overall 14th fifty of his IPL career. This was the highest score by any batsman in this innings. They lost 2 more wickets in next over. Brendon McCullum was bowled by Chris Morris. Raina was caught by Karun Nair of Chris Morris bowling. Lions was comfortably placed at 130 for 3 in 14.2 overs. They lost 3 more wickets for 12 runs in the span of 2.3 overs and Delhi made a comeback. Lions was reduced to 142 for 6 in 16.5 overs. The 30-run stand between Dwayne Bravo and  Faulkner in 19 balls remained unbeaten. Lions posted a competitive total of 172 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Imran Tahir was the most successful bowler for Delhi when he took 3 wickets including 2 consecutive wickets in 17th over. All South African players took wickets for Delhi in this innings.

Delhi start was not good. They lost 3 wickets for 16 runs in the span of 4 overs and it looked Lions will win with the huge margin. Delhi was weakly placed at 57 for 3 in 10.3 overs. The 41-run stand between JP Duminy and Rishab Pant in 40 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Rishab Pant in 11th over of the innings. Rishab Pant was caught by Praveen Kumar of Faulkner’s bowling. Delhi was also reduced to 57 for 4 in 10.4 overs. Chris Morris hit 2 sixes of Dwayne Bravo’s bowling when a team total of 86 for 4 in 13 overs.  He also hit 2 sixes of Tambe’s bowling when a team total of 114 for 4 in 15 overs.  It was a turning point when he hit hat-trick of sixes of Dwayne’s Smith bowling when a team total of 142 for 4 in 17 overs.  Delhi was also comfortably placed at 144 for 4 in 17 overs and it looked Delhi will win the match. JP Duminy scored a gutsy 48 off 43 balls against Lions bowling. The 87-run stand between JP Duminy and Chris Morris in 39 balls was the highest. They lost JP Duminy in first ball of 18th over of the innings. JP Duminy was caught and bowled by Dwayne Bravo. Chris Morris scored a quickfire 82 off 32 balls attacked the Lions bowlers. This was 3rd fastest fifty by any batsmen in IPL history in 17 balls. This was his 1st fifty of the season and also overall 1st fifty in his IPL career. This was the highest score by any batsman in this innings. Dwayne Bravo bowled the final ball and Lions won in a nail-biter. This was the 2nd nail-biter of the season. Dhawal Kulkarni was the most successful bowler for Lions when he took 3 wickets including 2 wickets in the 4th over. Lions won the match by 1 run. This was the 6th time the team won the match by 1 run in IPL history. This was Lions 5th win in IPL 2016 and go top of the table.

Now, Gujarat Lions will face Rising Pune Supergiants on April 29. Delhi Daredevils will take on Kolkata Knight Riders on April 30.

We will back with today’s match update tomorrow. Bye for now.

IPL 2016: DD V MI

Yesterday’s first match was an exciting match. The match was played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.

Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bowl first. Delhi start was not good. They lost de Kock early in last ball of 2nd over of the innings. de Kock was caught by Hardik Pandya of McClenaghan’s bowling.after that Delhi was comfortably placed at 48 for 1 in 6.5 overs. The 37-run stand between Shreyas Iyer and Samson in 30 balls increased the run-rate. They lost 2 more wickets for 12 runs in the span of 1.1 overs. Shreyas Iyer was caught by Rayudu of Hardik Pandya’s bowling and Karun Nair was caught by Southee of Harbhajan Singh’s bowling. Samson hit a boundary of Krunal Pandya’s bowling and it was a nasty collision between Hardik Pandya and Buttler when Buttler’s chest bumped into Hardik  Pandya’s face. Hardik Pandya has been lifted off the field.  Delhi was also comfortably placed at 125 for 3 in 16.2 overs. The 71-run stand between Samson and JP Duminy in 51 balls was the highest. Samson scored a fine 60 off 48 balls and destroyed the Mumbai bowlers. This was his 1st fifty of the season & overall 5th fifty of his IPL career. This was the highest score by batsmen in this innings. They lost Samson in 17th over of the innings. Samson was also caught by Southee of McClenaghan’s bowling. JP Duminy was caught by Parthiv Patel of Bumrah’s bowling in last over but umpire signaled as no-ball for bowling above waistline. The 39-run stand between JP Duminy and Negi in 21 balls remained unbeaten. JP Duminy scored a classy 49 off 31 balls and attacked the Mumbai bowling. Delhi  posted a competitive total of 164 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. McClenaghan was the most successful bowler for Mumbai when he took 2 wickets. He earned the Purple Cap for taking 9 wickets which are highest in this season till now.

Mumbai also started badly. They lost Parthiv Patel early in 2nd over of the innings. Parthiv Patel was run out by a throw of Shreyas Iyer & de Kock. JP Duminy dropped Rayudu in early stages of Mumbai innings when he was on 17 runs. It was not a costly miss as he could  score only 8 more runs. Mumbai was comfortably placed at 62 for 1 in 8.2 overs. The 53-run stand between Rohit Sharma and  Rayudu in 41 balls was the highest. Rayudu was bowled by Amit Mishra.  Mumbai was also comfortably placed at 103 for 2 in 12.3 overs and it looked Mumbai will win comfortably. The 41-run stand between Rohit Sharma & Krunal Pandya in 25 balls increased the run-rate. Krunal Pandya’s run out was the turning point as Krunal Pandya scored a quickfire 36 off 17 balls and he was taking match away from Delhi. after this Delhi choked Mumbai for runs. Mumbai  lost Jos Buttler in next over. Mumbai was reduced to 110 for 4 in 14.3 overs. Mumbai was weakly placed at 144 for 4 in 18.5 overs. The 34-run stand between Rohit Sharma & Pollard in 27 balls revived some hope but they lost last 3 wickets for 8 runs in the span of 0.5 overs & Delhi made a comeback. Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant 65 off 48 balls and  hammered the Delhi bowlers. This was his 3rd fifty of the season & overall 27th fifty of his IPL career. This was the highest score by batsmen in this innings. He was run out by a throw of Negi, Chris Morris & de Kock . Unfortunately  it was second nasty collision of the day between Hardik Pandya and Rohit Sharma. when Morris fumbles and there is a mid-pitch collision. Harbhajan Singh was out LBW of Chris Morris in the last over. Delhi won in a thrilling finish. Morris conceded only  10 runs for 2 wickets including the run-out in final over of the innings. Amit Mishra was the most successful bowler for Delhi when he took 2 wickets. Delhi won the match by 10 runs. This was the first closer victory in terms of runs by a team in this season. This was Delhi’s 3rd win in IPL 2016.

Now, Delhi Daredevils will face Gujarat Lions on April 27. Mumbai Indians will also take on Kings XI Punjab on April 25.

Now we will back with yesterday’s second match soon.