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Marcus Stoinis: It's a weird game, sometimes the luck goes your way, but it's easy to become the villain from the hero. SO it's important to enjoy the good days. I try to close down the areas where the bowlers can bowl, and it worked today. It's important to feed off everyone's energy. It's nice that the IPL has gotten going again, and tonight has been great entertainment. I thought KG bowled a beautiful over, and I don't have any qualms about not batting in the super over - I think the left-right batting combination was the right thing.
Player of the Match
Marcus Stoinis is the Player of the Match for 53 off 21 and 2/29.
Shreyas Iyer: It was difficult to see the game turning in different directions. We are used to this. Even last season we faced these. KG is the winning performer, and the way Stoinis batted was game-changing. Our top-order batsmen are difficult to stop like Prithvi. It wasn't easy from the outset to start hitting immediately, and RIshabh and I batted well in the middle to anchor the innings. Catching has been difficult because of the lights right in our eyes, but that's not an excuse because we have had practice, so we need to strengthen that area. It was important for us to get wickets, since the total was small, and I knew if I saved KG's over for the end it would be helpful. Ashwin's over was a key one, and it changed the game in our favour, but that's what T20 cricket is. Ashwin says he'll be ready for the next game, but in the end the physio is going to decide. Axar was fantastic with those middle overs too, stifling the runs in the middle after Ashwin was injured. We generally go by left-right combination in the team build-up. The way Stoinis assessed the wicket and played that innings was commendable.
KL Rahul: It is bittersweet. If at the end of 10 overs, if you had said this match is going to a Superover, Iwould have taken it. It's still our first game, so lots of learning. He (Mayank) was unbelievable and to get a game that close was magical. He's been doing well in Tests and to get the game that close again brings a lot of confidence in the group. Like I said at the toss, we didn't know what to expect. The wicket remains the same for both teams, so can't really complain. I will gladly take it as a captain whatever the result is. We stuck to what we planned but we did make a few mistakes. At 55 for five, we were calm and still positive.
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Trivia Alert!
Bowlers to bowl two Super Overs in IPL and win both:
Bumrah (v GL 2017, v SRH 2019)
Rabada (v KKR 2019, v KXIP 2020)
Shami to bowl. Pant on strike.
Ball 1. Short ball outside off and Pant swings his bat. The ball flies to the keeper.
Ball 2. WIDE! Poor ball. Down the leg side.
Ball 2 Fuller ball and Pant flicks the ball to fine leg and takes 2 runs.
Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer will be the two batsman for the Super Over.
So KXIP make just 2 runs in their Super Over. DC need just 3 runs to fecth 2 points. Mohammed Shami will bowl the Super Over for KXIP.
KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran walk out to bat in the Super Over. Kagiso Rabada to bowl the Super Over for DC.
Ball 1 Fuller ball and Rahul flicks the ball to leg-side and gets 2 runs.
Ball 2 WICKET! KL Rahul c Patel b Rabada 2 (2)
Short ball and Rahul pulls the ball. The ball flies high in the air and goes straight into the hands of Axar Patel.
Ball 3 WICKET! Pooran b Rabada 0 (1)
Good length delivery and Pooran swings his bat but misses and the ball hits the stumps.
What a thriller! After 40 overs the two teams cannot be sepereated.
DC 157/8 after 20 overs.
KXIP 157/8 after 20 overs.
Fate of the match to be decided in a Super Over!
KXIP 157/8 aftter 20 overs.
KXIP need 13 runs off last over. On strike is Mayank. Stoinis to bowl.
19.1 SIX! Fuller delivery and Mayank swings his bat to clear the sight screen with ease.
19.2 Yorker. Mayank digs and plays the ball to long-on and takes 2 runs.
19.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Mayank makes room and clears extra-cover for a boundary.
19.4 DOT BALL. Short and slow ball. Mayank looks to work the ball to leg-side but misses. The ball goes to the keeper.
19.5 WICKET! Mayank Agarwal c Hetmyer b Stoinis 89(60)
Full toss and Mayank hits the ball straight into the hands of the fielder at sweeper cover.
1 run needed off 1 ball. What a thriller. Jordan is on strike.
19.6 WICKET! Chris Jordan c Rabada b Stoinis 5(6)
Full toss on leg stump and Jordan plays straight into the hands on Rabada.
KXIP 145/6 aftter 19 overs.
Rabada to bowl. Mayank on strike.
18.1 DOT BALL
18.2 FOUR! Good length ball and Mayank lifts the ball down the ground for a boundary.
18.3 Fuller ball and Mayank punches the ball to long-on and gets 2 runs.
18.4 FOUR! Short ball. Mayank pulls the ball. The ball goes to long-on. Shreyas Iyer comes under the ball but he drops and the ball for a bounadry.
18.5 Mayank plays the ball to long-off and takes 2 runs.
18.6 Mayank punches the ball down the ground and gets a single.
KXIP 133/6 aftter 18 overs.
Mohit Sharma to bowl. Mayank on strike.
17.1 SIX! Fuller delivery and Mayank slashes the ball over backward point for a maximum.
17.2 Length ball and Mayank plays the ball to deep mid-wicket for 2 runs.
17.3 SIX! Fuller ball and Mayank swings the bat to clear long-off for a maximum.
17.4 Mayank works the ball to mid-wicket and gets 2 runs.
17.5 Good length ball and Mayank plays the ball to long-on for a single.
17.6 Swing and a miss by Jordan.
KXIP 116/6 aftter 17 overs.
Anrich Nortje is back into the attack. On strike is Mayank.
16.1 FOUR! Short ball and Mayank backs away and crunches the ball through long-off for a boundary.
16.2 DOT BALL.
16.3 FOUR! Slower ball and Mayank slaps the ball to beat the man at sweeper cover for a boundary.
16.4 Full and fast ball. Mayank plays the ball to cover and takes a quick single.
16.5 Short of length ball and Jordan plays the ball to long-on for a single.
16.6 Yorker and Mayank plays the ball to long-on for a single.
KXIP 105/6 aftter 15 overs.
Rabada is back to bowl. Mayank is on strike.
15.1 Short ball and Mayank hooks. The ball goes to leg-side. Prithvi Shaw makes a brave attempt to catch the ball running backwards but cannot hold onto the ball. He drops the catch and the batsman gets 2 runs.
15.2 Short ball and Mayank plays the ball to third-man for a single.
15.3 WICKET! Krishnappa Gowtham c Pant b Rabada 20(14)
Short and slow ball. Gowtham tries to make room and cut the ball. The ball takes thick edge of the bat and goes straight into KL Rahul's gloves.
Chris Jordan is the new batsman.
15.4 Back of the length delivery and Jordan plays the ball to backward square leg for 2 runs.
15.5 DOT BALL.
15.6 Short of the length ball and Jordan plays the ball to backward point for 2 runs.
KXIP 98/5 aftter 15 overs.
Mohit Sharma to bowl. On strike is Gowtham.
14.1 SIX! Length ball and Gowtham swings his bat to send the ball soaring over long-on for a maximum.
14.2 FOUR! Short ball and Gowtham pulls the ball over cover for a boundary.
14.3 A delivery that seams in and Gowtham plays the ball with soft hands to cover for a single.
14.4 Slower ball and Mayank plays the ball to square leg for a single.
`14.5 Slower ball and Gowtham plays the ball to on-side for a single.
14.6 Fuller ball and Mayank plays the ball to mid-on for a single.
KXIP 84/5 aftter 14 overs.
Axar Patel to bowl. Mayank on strike.
13.1 Tossed up delivery and Mayank plays the ball between extra-cover and long-off for a single.
13.2 Flat delivery and Gowtham plays the ball to long-on for a single.
13.3 Fuller delivery and Mayank blocks the ball.
13.4 Shortish ball and Mayank plays the ball to cover and takes a single.
13.5 Flat and full delivery. Gowtham plays the ball to long-on for a single.
13.6 DOT BALL.
KXIP 80/5 aftter 13 overs.
Nortje is back to bowl. On stike is Gowtham .
12.1 Back of the length ball and Gowtham punches the ball to cover. An overthrow gifts the batsman 3 runs.
12.2 DOT BALL.
12.3 FOUR! Short ball marginally wide and Mayank plays the ball through backward point for a boundary.
12.4 DOT BALL.
12.5 FOUR! Back of the length delivery and Mayank steers the ball away to third-man for a boundary.
12.6 Slower ball and Mayank plays the ball to backward squareleg for a single.
KXIP 68/5 aftter 12 overs.
Axar bowls. On strike is Mayank.
11.1 Fuller ball and Mayank plays the ball to long-on for a single.
11.2 DOT BALL.
11.3 DOT BALL.
11.4 DOT BALL.
11.5 Flat ball and Gowtham plays the ball to extra-cover for 2 runs.
11.6 Short ball and Gowtham plays the ball to long-off for a single.
KXIP 64/5 aftter 11 overs.
Stonis continues to bowl. Krishnappa Gowtham is the new batsman. Agarwal on strike.
10.1 Good length ball on off-stump. Mayank blocks the ball.
10.2 Back of the length delivery. Mayank punches the ball to cover.
10.3 Good length delivery angling in. Mayank plays the ball to mid-wicket for a single.
10.4 1 Leg Bye! Back of the length ball. The ball hits the thigh pads and goes to short fine as the batsman completes a single.
10.5 SIX! Short ball and Mayank pulls the ball to square-leg for a maximum.
10.6 Short of the length ball on middle and leg. Mayank plays the ball to mid-on for a single.
KXIP 55/5 aftter 10 overs.
Axar Patel to bowl. Mayank on strike.
9.1 Fuller delivery and Mayank plays the ball to short third.
9.2 Short ball and Mayank cuts the ball through deep cover for a single.
9.3 Fuller ball and Sarfaraz pushes the ball to long-off for a single.
9.4 Short ball and Mayank cuts the ball to the fielder at cover for a single.
9.5 Fuller delivery and Srafaraz blocks the ball.
9.6 WICKET! Sarfaraz Khan c Prithvi Shaw b Axar 12(12)
Fuller ball. Mayank comes down the track but plays a lose shot. The ball goes to long-on. Prithvi Shaw takes an easy catch in deep.
KXIP 52/4 aftter 9 overs.
Bowling chnage. Marcus Stoinis to bowl. On strike is Mayank.
8.1 Slower ball drifting onto the pads. Mayank plays the ball to leg-side for a run.
8.2 Fuller ball outside off and Sarfraz plays the ball to third-man for a single.
8.3 Cutter by Stoinis and Mayank plays the ball to backward point for a single.
8.4 Fast ball and Sarfaraz plays the ball to fine leg for a single.
8.5 Straight delivery and Mayank plays the ball to long-on for a single.
8.6 FOUR! Full and straight ball. Sarfaraz punshes the ball past the fielder at mid-off for a boundary.
KXIP 43/4 aftter 8 overs.
Bowling chnage. Axar Patel to bowl. On strike is Mayank.
7.1 Fuller ball and Mayank plays the ball to cover for a single.
7.2 Fuller ball and Sarfaraz plays the the ball to left of cover.
7.3 Quicker ball and Sarfaraz plays the ball to right of the bowler.
7.4 Tossed up delivery and Sarfaraz plays the ball to cover.
7.5 Fuller delivery and Sarfaraz plays the ball wide of cover for a single.
7.6 Fuller ball and Mayank plays the ball to deep square for a single.
KXIP 40/4 aftter 7 overs.
Rabada to bowl. Maxwell on strike.
6.1 Fuller delivery fired onto the pads. Maxwell blicks the ball.
6.2 Good length ball and Maxwell plays an uppish shot to mid-off.
6.3 WICKET! Glenn Maxwell c Shreyas Iyer b Rabada 1(4)
Poor shot by Mawell.Fuller ball outside off. Maxwell plays an poorly timed shot. The ball lobs in the air and goes to Shreyas Iyer at mid-off.
Sarfaraz Khan is the new batsman.
6.4 Fuller ball and Mayank platys the ball to third-man for a single.
6.5 FOUR! Fuller delivery. The ball takes the sharp outside edge of the bat and goes to third-man for a boundary.
6.6 Fuller delivery and Sarfaraz blocks the ball.
KXIP 35/3 aftter 6 overs.
Bowling change. R Ashwin to bowl. Nair on strike.
5.1 WICKET! Karun Nair c Prithvi Shaw b Ashwin 1(3)
Fuller delivery and Karun Nair wants to play a big shot. The ball takes the edge and goes high in the air. Prithvi Shaw takes an easy catch.
Nicholas Pooran is the new batsman.
5.2 Fuller delivery and Mayank plays the ball to long-on for an easy single.
5.3 Fuller delivery and Pooran pushes the ball back to the bowler.
5.4 Fuller delivery and Pooran drives the ball to cover.
5.5 WICKET! Nicholas Pooran b Ashwin 0(3)
Arm ball by Ashwin. Pooran looks to defend the ball. But the ball goes through his defences and knocks off the bails.
Glenn Maxwell is the new batsman
5.6 Fuller delivery and Maxwell pushes the ball to long-on for a single.
KXIP 33/1 aftter 5 overs.
Mohit Sharma to bowl. Rahul on strike.
4.1 Short ball and Rahul jabs the ball to third-man for a single.
4.2 Another short ball and Mayank cuts the ball to third-man for another single.
4.3 WICKET! KL Rahul b Mohit Sharma 21(19)
What a great ball! Fuller delivery which nips back in. Rahul wants to play the ball to leg-side. The ball takes inside edge of the bat and crashes onto the stumps.
Karun Nair is the new batsman.
4.4 Length delivery and Nair plays the ball with soft hands.
4.5 Good length ball on off-stump. Nair plays the ball to cover. A misfield by Shaw gives Nair a single.
4.6 Fuller delivery outside off and Mayank plays the ball to third-man for 2 runs.
KXIP 28/0 aftter 4 overs.
Anrich Nortje is back in the attack. Rahul is on strike.
3.1 Nortje bangs the ball short. Rahul wants to guide the ball to third-man but the ball flies past him.
3.2 FOUR! Short ball and Rahul goes on the backfoot to cut the ball past the fielder at point for a boundary.
3.3 Peach of a delivery. Fuller delivery on off-stump. The ball moves after pitching and goes past the outside edge of the bat.
3.4 FOUR! Length delivery outside off. Rahul goes for a drive. The ball takes the outsdie edge and flies to third-man for a boundary.
3.5 Fuller delivery fired onto the pads. Rahul works the ball to leg-side and takes a single.
3.6 Fuller delivery and Mayanak pushes the ball gently to the fielder at mid-on.
KXIP 19/0 aftter 3 overs.
Bowling chnage. Kagiso Rabada to bowk. Mayank on strike.
2.1 WIDE! Poor ball as Rabada bowls down the leg-side.
2.1 Short ball on legs. Mayank works the ball to leg-side for a single.
2.2 Short ball on off-stump. Rahul plays the ball with soft hands to third-man for a single.
2.3 Fuller ball on middle and leg. Mayank plays the ball just past the bowler.
2.4 Short ball outside off. Mayank guides the ball to third-man for a single.
2.5 Fuller ball fired onto the pads. Rahul plays the ball to cover and takes a quick single.
2.6 Short ball and Mayank pulls the ball to square leg. He adds a single to the team's total.
KXIP 14/0 aftter 2 overs.
Mohit Sharma to bowl from the other end. Rahul is on strike.
1.1 Fuller delivery on middle. Rahul blocks the ball.
1.2 Fuller delivery and Rahul plays a beautiful stroker through cover and gets 2 runs.
1.3 NO BALL! It is a good ball which swings and beats the outside edge of the bat. But the bowler has oversteped.
FREE HIT
1.3 SIX! Fuller delivery fired onto the pads. Rahul swings his bat to send the ball soaring in over long-leg for a maximum.
1.4 Fuller delivery and Rahul aims to work the ball on the on side. But the ball takes the outside edge and goes to off-side.
1.5 Good length ball on middle stump. Rahul blocks the ball with a dead bat.
1.6 Another good length delivery on middle stump. Rahul defends the ball.
KXIP 5/0 aftter first over.
Nortje to Rahul.
0.1 Short ball outside off. Rahul swings his bat to cut the ball but misses.
0.2 Fuller delivery and Rahul pushes the ball to cover.
0.3 Fuller ball and Rahul punches the ball to long-off and opens the account with a singe.
0.4 FOUR! Leg Byes! Short ball going down leg. The ball kisses Mayank's pads and goes to fine-leg for a boundary.
0.5 Fuller delivery fired on stumps. Mayank works the ball to leg-side.
0.6 Fuller delivery on off-stump. Mayank guides the ball to cover.
Anrich Nortje will bowl the first over. On strike is KL Rahul.
Right then! KXIP's chase is about to get underway. KXIP openers KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal are in the middle. DC players are in a huddle with Shreyas Iyer giving instructions. This should be an interesting chase.
DC 157/8 after 20 overs.
Jordan to bowl the last over. Stoinis is on strike.
19.1 SIX! Fuller delivery outside off and Stoinis moves across to send the ball over long-leg for a maximum.
19.1 WIDE! Poor ball as Jordan bowls down leg.
19.2 FOUR! Length ball outside off and Stoinis hits the ball. The ball takes the outside edge of the bat and goes to third-man for a bounadry.
19.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Stoinis plays the ball to fine-leg.
19.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off. Stoinis hammers the ball over cover and gets a boundary.
19.5 SIX! Full toss and Stoinis swings the bat to send the ball soaring over square-leg for a maximum.
19.6 NO BALL! and WICKET! Marcus Stoinis (Rahul/Pooran) 53(21)
Jordan over steps and bowls a fuller ball. Stoinis plays the ball to sweeper cover and wants 2 runs. The throw from the deep is accurate and Stoinis is caught short of his crease.
19.6 Anrich Nortje to face the last ball. He plays the ball to deep extra cover and takes 3 runs.
DC 127/7 after 19 overs.
Cottrell to bowl. Stoinis on strike.
18.1 FOUR! Fuller ball and Stoinis powers the ball through the off-side for a boundary.
18.2 FOUR! Short ball on leg-stump and Stoinis works the ball to fine-leg for another boundary.
18.3 WIDE! Poor bowling. Fuller ball way outside off-stump. Stoinis leaves the ball for the keeper.
18.3 FOUR! Full toss and Stoinis drives the ball behind sqaure on the off-side for the third boundary of the over.
18.4 Slower ball just outside off and Stoinis fails to read the ball.
18.5 Fuller ball outside off and Stoinis drives the ball behind point and gets a single.
18.6 WICKET! R Ashwin Ashwin c Shami b Cottrell 4(6)
Short ball with pace off. Ashwin looks to lift the ball over the fieler at third man. But the ball goes to Shami who completes an easy catch.
DC 113/6 after 18 overs.
Chris Jordan to bowl. Stoinis is on strike.
17.1 SIX! Beautiful shot by Stoinis. Fuller ball and Stonis swings his bat to send the ball soaring over long-on boundary for a maximum.
17.2 FOUR! Full toss. Stoinis swings his bat. The ball takes the inside edge and goes through Stoinis' legs to fine-leg for a boundary.
17.3 Fuller delivery and Stoinis punches the ball to long-on and gets a single.
17.4 Slower ball outside off and Ashwin fails to connect his bat onto the ball.
17.5 Jordan bangs the ball short. Ashwin swings but misses the ball.
17.6 Slower ball and Ashwin gets enough bat onto the ball to send it to long-off and gets 2 runs.
DC 100/6 after 17 overs.
Bowling change. Sheldon Cottrell is back. Patel is on strike.
16.1 WICKET! Axar Patel c Rahul b Cottrell 6(9)
Short ball going down leg-side. Patel looks to work the ball to fine-leg. The ball takes the gloves goes to KL Rahul who takes a neat catch.
R Ashwin is the new batsman.
16.2 Slower ball and Ashwin plays the ball to third man to open his account with a single.
16.3 Fuller delivery outside off and Stoinis drives the ball through off for a single.
16.4 Short ball and Ashwin plays the ball with soft hands to third-man for another single.
16.5 Slower ball outside off. Stoinis swings his bat but makes no connection with the ball.
16.6 Fuller ball outside off and Stoinis drives the ball to the man at sweeper cover for a single.
DC 96/5 after 16 overs.
Bishnoi to bowl his last over. Patel is on strike.
15.1 Fuller ball which spins away and betas the outside edge of the bat.
15.2 Fuller ball and Patel drives the ball through cover for a single.
15.3 Googly by Bishnoi. Stoinis goes for a drive but gets the inside edge of the bat and the ball goes to the fielder at short fine.
15.4 Sligthly short ball and Stoini wokrs the ball to leg-side for a single.
15.5 Fuller ball and Patel cuts the ball through backward point for a single.
15.6 Another googly and Stoinis plays the ball back to the bolwer.
DC 93/5 after 15 overs.
Bowling change. Shami is back into the attack. The new batman in is Marcus Stoinis.
14.1 WIDE! Poor ball by Shami as he bowls a bouncer which flies over Iyer's head.
14.1 WICKET! Shreyas Iyer c Jordan b Shami 39(32)
Slower ball by Shami. Iyer goes for a big shot. Doesn'y times the ball well and gets the bottom edge of the bat. Chris Jordan at mid-off tanes an easy catch.
Axar Patel is the new batsman.
14.2 Fuller ball and Patel blocks.
14.3 NO BALL! Shami bowls a good bouncer but the ball flies way above the batsman's head. NO BALL called.
FREE HIT BALL.
14.3 Fuller ball and Patel swings the bat to send the ball to mid-wicket and gets 2 runs.
14.4 A cutter from Shami and Patel plays the ball to off-side and takes a single.
14.5 Fuller ball and Stoinis plays the ball to cover and takes a single.
14.6 Short ball outside off and Patel works the ball to leg-side and takes a single.
DC 86/4 after 14 overs.
Bishnoi continues. Iyer on strike.
13.1 Straight ball and Iyer works the ball to leg-side for a single.
13.2 Fuller delivery and Pant plays the ball to leg side for another single.
13.3 Fuller ball and Iyer plays the ball to long-on and gets a single.
13.4 Fuller ball but Pant gets no run.
13.5 FOUR! Fuller ball and Pant swings the bat to send the ball between the fielders at long-off and long-on.
13.6 WICKET! Rishabh Pant b Ravi Bishnoi 31(29)
Wrong'un by Bishnoi. Pant swings his bat. The ball gets the inside edge of the bat and goes to the stumps.
DC 79/3 after 13 overs.
Gowtham continues. On strike is Iyer.
12.1 Off-break ball. Iyer plays the ball to mid-wicket and takes a single.
12.2 Bit of turn. Pant plays a defensive stroke and the ball goes past the outside edge of the bat.
12.3 Fuller delivery and Pant plays the ball to leg-side and gets a single.
12.4 SIX! Fuller delivery and Iyer swings his bat to send the ball soaring over the bowler's head and over the sight screen for a maximum.
12.5 SIX! And another monster hit by Iyer. Fuller delivery and Iyer hammers the ball over long-on for a maximum.
12.6 Short ball spinning away from Iyer. Iyer guides the ball to short third-man and takes a single.
DC 64/3 after 12 overs.
Bishnoi continues. Pant on strike.
10.1 FOUR! Slow flat ball. Pant swings his bat to go downtown. The ball takes the outside edge and goes to third-man for a boundary.
10.2 Fuller delivery and Pant goes for a sweep shot but misses.
10.3 Short ball and Pant plays the ball to leg-side to settle for a single.
10. 4 Short ball and Iyer plays the ball to mid-wicket and takes a single.
10.5 Short ball spinning away from Pant. The batsman cuts the ball through backward point for a single.
10.6 Fuller ball and Iyer pushes the ball to long-off for a single.
DC 56/3 after 11 overs.
Gowtham continues. Pant on strike.
9.1 Short ball outside off. Pant cuts the ball and gets a single.
9.2 Short ball on middle. Iyer works the ball to fine-leg and gets 2 runs.
9.3 Short ball angling in. Iyer goes on backfoot and cuts the ball through point for 2 runs.
9.4 Fuller ball. Iyer comes on front foot to block the ball. The ball goes past his outside edge.
9.5 Short ball and Pant plays the ball through off-side and gets a single.
9.6 Short ball and Pant cuts the ball through cover and gets a single.
DC 49/3 after 10 overs.
Bowling change. Ravi Bishnoi to bowl. On strike is Pant.
9.1 WIDE! Bishnoi starts of with a poor delivery way outside off stump.
9.1 Fuller ball and Pant goes for a reverse sweep but misses.
9.2 Fuller delivery and Pant goes for a cut but misses.
9.3 Slightly short ball angling away. Pant cuts the ball through backward point for a single.
9.4 Fuller delivery and Iyer blocks the ball.
9.5 Fuller ball and Iyer pushes the ball to pff-side for a single.
9.6 Short ball outside off and Pant cuts the ball through cover for a single.
DC 45/3 after 9 overs.
Gowtham continues. Pant is on strike.
8.1 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Pant goes on one knee to sweep the ball to fine-leg for a boundary.
8.2 Fuller ball and Pant plays the ball to mid-wicket for a single.
8.3 Shorter delivery and Iyer pushes the ball to cover.
8.4 SIX! WHAT A MASSIVE HIT! Good length delivery and Iyer just stands in his crease and crunches the ball to send it flying over long-on boundary. 99 m six that one.
8.5 Short ball and Iyer cuts the ball to third man for a single.
8.6 Short ball and Pant plays the ball to leg-side and gets a single.
DC 32/3 after 8 overs.
Jordan continues. Iyer on strike.
7.1 Fuller ball on middle stump. Iyer flicks the ball to mid-wicket. Good work by Sarfaraz in the field. Iyer only gets a single.
7.2 WIDE! Poor ball by Jordan as he strays in his line and goes down the leg-side.
7.2 Short ball but very slow by Jordan. The ball is outside off. Pant goes for a cut shot but misses.
7.3 Short ball on middle. Pant plays the ball to leg-side and takes a single.
7.4 Short ball which nips back in. Iyer plays the ball to point. Karun Nair stops the ball putting in a good dive.
7.5 Fuller ball and Jordan takes the pace off the ball again. Iyer plays the ball to long-on and takes a single.
7.6 Short ball on middle. Pant works the ball to mid-wicket and darts down to the other end for a quick single.
DC 27/3 after 7 overs.
Bowling chnage. Krishnappa Gowtham to bowl. Pant is on strike.
6.1 Short ball outside off and Pant works the ball to leg side and gets a single.
6.2 Short ball and Iyer drives the ball to cover.
6.3 Short ball again and Iyer cuts. The ball goes to the fielder at point.
6.4 Fuller delivery and Iyer leans into his drive.Gets a single.
6.5 Fuller ball and Pant plays the ball to mid-wicket for a single.
6.6 Another fuller ball and Iyer drives the ball to long-off for a single.
DC 23/3 after 6 overs.
Shami continues. Iyer is on strike.
5.1 Back of the length ball outside off and Iyer plays a defensive shot.
5.2 Slightly short ball and Iyer plays the ball with soft hands to third man for a single.
5.3 Good length ball on middle stump and Pant blocks the ball.
5.4 Fuller ball and Pant plays the ball to mid-wicket for a single.
5.5 Good length ball and Iyer plays the ball to the fielder at point.
5.6 Fuller ball darted into the stumps. Iyer presents full face of his bat to block the ball.
DC 21/3 after 5 overs.
Bowling change. Chris Jordan to bowl. Shreyas Iyer is on strike.
4.1 Good length delivery outside off and Iyer plays the ball to off-side.
4.2 Short ball and Iyer plays the ball to square leg.
4.3 Back of the length delivery outside off and Iyer plays the ball through cover. The fielder stops the ball just short of the boundary rope as the batsman completes 3 runs.
Rishabh Pant is the new batsman.
4.4 WIDE! Poor ball by Jordan as he bowls down the leg side.
4.5 FOUR! Short and wide outside off. Pant cracks the ball through cover for a boundary.
4.6 Fuller ball and Pant defends.
DC 13/3 after 4 overs.
Shami continues. On strike is Hetmyer.
3.1 Fuller delivery which moves away from Hetmyer. Hetmyer swings his bat but the ball flies to the keeper.
3.2 Good length delivery and Hetmyer plays the ball to third man and takes a quick single.
Shaw on strike.
3.3 WICKET! Prithvi Shaw c Jordan b Shami 5(9)
Short ball by Shami and Shaw plays a poorly timed pull shot. The ball lobs in the air and Chris Jordan at mid-on takes an easy catch.
3.4 FOUR! Short ball by Shami and Hetmyer pulls the ball to send int to leg side for a boundary.
3.5 Good length delivery which beats the outside edge of Hetmyer's bat.
3.6 WICKET! Shimron Hetmyer c Agarwal b Shami 7(13)
Slightly short ball. Hetmyer closes his bat early. The ball takes the outside edge and flies to Mayank Agarwal at extra cover.
DC 8/1 after 3 overs.
Cottrell cotinues. On strike is Hetmyer.
2.1 Full toss on Hetmyer's pads and the batsman flicks the ball to the fielder at mid-on.
2.2 Short ball on good length and Hetmyer looks to clear mid-wicket but misses.
2.3 Good length delivery and Hetmyer defends.
2.4 Fuller ball which shapes away. Hetmeyr presents the full face of his bat the ball just beats the outside edge.
2.5 Good length delivery and Hetmyer works the ball to backward point.
2.6 Good length delivery outside off and Hetmyer plays the ball to mid-off for a single.
DC 7/1 after 2 overs.
Mohammed Shami will team with Cottrell. On strike is Prithvi Shaw.
1.1 Slightly short ball outside off and Shaw pushes the ball to cover.
1.2 Oh! Peach ball by Shami which beats Shaw. Good length ball on middle stump and goes through Shaw's defences.
1.3 Fuller delivery which stays low. Shaw swings his bat but doesn't connect. But takes a quick single. 1 Bye.
1.4 WICKET! Shikhar Dhawan run out (Rahul/Gowtham ) 0(2)
Short ball by Shami and goes over Dhawan's head. The ball goes to the keeper. There is utter confusion between Dhawan and Shaw. Dhawan is outside his crease and Rahul and Gowtham combine to run-out Dhawan.
Shimron Hetmyet is the new batsman
1.5 Short ball oustide off and Hetmyer presensts his bat. There is slight noise. Rahul and Shami appeal. But the umpire gives that as NOT OUT. Review not taken.
1.6 Short ball and Hetmyer pulls to leg side. The fielder drops a hard chance. Hetmyer takes a single.
DC 5/0 after first over.
Cottrell to Shaw.
0.1 Cottrell starts off with a full-toss and Shaw blocks the ball.
0.2 A fuller delivery and Shaw pushes the ball to the fielder at mid-off.
0.3 Fuller ball on middle stump and Shaw pushes the ball straight back the bowler.
0.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery outsdie off and Shaw drives the ball. The ball takes the outside edge and flies to the third-man region for the first boundary of the evening.
0.5 Fuller delivery and Shaw pushes the ball to mid-off and darts down to the other end for a quick single.
On strike is Dhawan.
0.6 Slightly short ball. Dhawan comes down the track but gets the top end of his bat onto the ball.
Sheldon Cottrell will bowl the first over for KXIP. On strike is Prithvi Shaw.
The two umpires make their way to the middle. KXIP players are in a huddle. KL Rahul giving last bits of instructions to his team. And out come Shikhar Dhawan and Prithwi Shaw the two DC openers.
Live action begins shortly!
Trivia Alert!
KL Rahul is the 12th man to lead KXIP in IPL - the most players to captain a team in IPL.
Kings XI Punjab Playing XI
KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Sarfaraz Khan, Glenn Maxwell, Nicholas Pooran, Krishnappa Gowtham, Chris Jordan, Sheldon Cottrell, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami
Delhi Capitals Playing XI
Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Mohit Sharma
Shreyas Iyer at toss
We would have bowled first as well. I have learnt to take some responsibility, with the likes of Ponting and Ganguly, it makes my task a bit easier. Looking forward to a great season - We have plenty of options and it was difficult settling for the best XI - Hetmyer, Rabada, Stoinis and Nortje make our four overseas players.
KL Rahul at toss
We will bowl first. Fresh wicket, don't really know what to expect. I'm confident and so ss the entire team, great opportunity to go out and play some cricket. Staying indoors was difficult, but it also gave us time to think about our strategy, Maxwell, Pooran, Jordan and Cottrell are our four overseas players
Toss
KXIP skipper KL Rahul has won the toss and opted to bowl.
Pitch Report
A good looking wicket. Good covering of grass, the wicket should play like it did last night in Abu Dhabi. The square boundaries are pretty big, so the batsmen need to be tactical. The average first innings total is 167 and the captain winning the toss would like to chase first.
Trivia Alert!
Three players have scored 1000+ runs in last two IPL editions (2018 and 2019) and all three will be in action today.
KL Rahul (1252 runs)
Rishabh Pant (1172 runs)
Shikhar Dhawan (1018 runs)
Impact player for KXIP
Glenn Maxwell: KXIP would have loved every minute of Maxwell’s recent century against England. The quick-fire hundred from the Big Show could be a prelude of things to come. When Maxwell played for KXIP in 2014, the began in the UAE and he hammered 552 runs in 16 matches, including three scores in the nineties.
Impact player for DC
Rishabh Pant: In the previous two editions of the IPL, Pant has raked up 1,172 runs smashing eight fifties and one century. If this power-hitter gets going, he could shred any bowling attacking in this format.
For the fantasy buffs out there this is DH's pick of the best players from the two teams. Which players do you have in your fantasy teams?
Deccan Herald's Dream XI: Chris Gayle, KL Rahul, Glenn Maxwell, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mohammad Shami, Kagiso Rabada
Last five matches (most recent first):
Kings XI Punjab: W-L-L-L-W
Delhi Capitals: L-W-W-L-W
Head to Head:
Matches played: 24
Kings XI Punjab: 14
Delhi Capitals: 10
Both teams are in quest to win their maiden IPL title.
KL Rahul though is stepping into uncharted territory. After parting ways with R Ashwin, KXIP took a risk in naming Rahul as the captain. While Rahul’s contribution with the bat has been phenomenal in the tournament (1,977 runs at an average of 42.06), he will be judged this season on the strength of his leadership skills. It has been five years since KXIP finished in the top four. If Rahul manages to end the rut, it will be a job well done.
Shreyas Iyer was impressive last season as he guided DC to a third-place finish in the league standings while contributing 463 runs with the bat. Only a season before that, DC had finished at the bottom of the points table. That's a massive turnaround and improvement for a team.
Match between Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab is about two talented Indian batsmen leading their respective sides. Shreyas Iyer will be captaining DC for a second season, but but his opposite number KL Rahul will be leading KXIP for the first time.
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