18:13 IST KXIP win by 10 wickets! A big win for them, that will boost their net run rate!
18:12 IST Nadeem comes into bowl, Guptill takes a single off the first ball. Amla goes back into his crease and takes a single towards short fine leg. Guptill back on strike, SIX! That is a humongous one, goes deep into the crowd, he moves on to 49 with that shot. Just 1 run needed now, will he go for another maximum. A dot ball to follow, Guptill finishes the game and reaches his fifty!
18:09 IST Mishra comes into bowl, Guptill on strike, SIX! He goes for the big shot, hits it over deep midwicket for another maximum, he is in a serious hurry to finish the game. Guptill takes a single towards square leg. Amla takes a single towards covers, brings Guptill back on strike. Guptill is trying to go for a big shot, two dot balls played by him. He takes a single off the last ball. KXIP 59/0.
18:06 IST Shami comes into bowl, a dot ball to Amla. WIDE! That one was short and on the leg side. Amla pushes the ball towards mid-on, a dot ball. Amla pulls and takes a single towards square leg. Guptill gets on strike, FOUR! he did not time that one, a boundary towards deep midwicket. FOUR! Here’s another boundary towards square leg, back-to-back boundaries for Guptill. He goes for the big shot again, takes a single towards mid on, 11 from it. DD 50/0.
18:01 IST Morris continues, Amla goes for the big shot on the second ball, gets three runs towards square leg, Guptill on strike. SIX! That one is humongous, makes room for himself and hits it over side screen, on the first tier, a maximum for him. Morris bowls a yorker to him, a dot ball. He takes a single off the next ball. Amla on strike on the next ball. he flicks the ball for a single, 11 runs from it. KXIP 39/0.
17:57 IST Rabada comes to bowl, Amla turns the ball away for a couple of runs towards square leg. An inswinger from Rabada, Amla defends it, takes a single. Guptill on strike, he defends on the front foot, a dot ball. FOUR! Uppercut from Guptill, runs towards the boundary, this match is officially one-sided. He defends the next one, a dot ball. FOUR! Guptill mistimed it but manages to find the boundary, 11 runs from it. KXIP 28/0.
17:53 IST Chris Morris comes to bowl, Guptill takes a single off the first ball. Amla faces three dot deliveries as he is looking for gaps on both sides of the fields. Amla punches again but hits straight to the fielder, another dot ball. Amla cuts but Rabada cuts it off, just a single off the last ball. KXIP 17/0.
17:49 IST Kagiso Rabada comes into bowl, Amla on strike, he starts off with a dot ball. Another dot ball as Amla defends, he will soon be looking for boundaries. A short of the length delivery from Rabada, a dot towards cover-point. WIDE! Short ball from Rabada, goes over Amla’s head. He takes a single off the next ball towards covers. Guptill guides the ball towards square leg for a single. A boundary to end the over, 7 runs from it. KXIP 15/0.
17:44 IST Guptill on strike, Shami drops first one on the pads, a dot ball. A shorter one from Shami, Guptill defends on the back foot. Guptill pulls out at the end due to movement near strike rate, Shami bowls the ball anyway, hits the stumps. FOUR! Guptill lofts the ball over covers for a boundary. Guptill swings and misses, a dot ball. Another dot ball as Guptill defends on the back foot. FOUR! Another boundary, good over for Punjab. KXIP 8/0.
17:39 IST Martin Guptill and Hashim Amla come out to bat, Shami to bowl the first over.
17:38 IST DD team walk out to defend a total of 68!
17:21 IST KXIP need 68 runs to win!
17:19 IST WICKET! Nadeem c & b Mohit Sharma 0(1)
17:18 IST WICKET! Shami c Sandeep b Aaron 2(4)
17:18 IST WICKET! Shami c Sandeep b Aaron 2(4)
17:18 IST Aaron continues, Shami takes a single off the first ball towards the third man, Mishra turns the next ball towards midwicket, a dot ball. Another dot ball to Mishra. Mishra flicks the ball towards fine leg, takes a single. OUT! Shami gone.
17:13 IST Mishra takes a single towards fine leg. Shami too pulls the ball towards midwicket, takes a single. WIDE! A dot ball to end the over, DD 65/8.
17:10 IST WICKET Rabada c Marsh b Sandeep 11(20)
17:10 IST Mishra on strike, Sandeep comes back into the attack, he bowls a wide. Mishra comes down the track but guides the ball towards the third man for a single. Sandeep comes round the wicket to Rabada, inside edge off the bat on to pads, a dot ball. OUT! Rabada departs, another one bites the dust!
17:07 IST Amit Mishra comes to bat, he faces a short ball to start with, Mishra could not score off the first two balls. He takes a single towards fine leg, Rabada on strike. DROPPED! Shaun Marsh should have taken that, Rabada survives. DD 60/7.
17:02 IST WICKET! Corey Anderson b Aaron 18(25)
16:59 IST Corey on strike, Maxwell continues, dot balls after dot balls from him. Corey could not even take a single off the first four balls, even got dropped once by Saha. Corey takes a single towards long on. Rabada defends the last ball, DD 59/6.
16:57 IST Axar continues, Rabada on strike, he starts off with a wide. Two dots to follow as Rabada is not able to find the gap. Rabada takes a single towards long on. Anderson takes a single towards midwicket. Rabada plays a dot ball. FOUR! He goes down the track and hits the ball towards long on, finds a boundary. DD 58/6.
16:55 IST Rabada plays two dot deliveries as Maxwell continues. He drives the ball with power, takes a couple of runs towards deep cover. He takes a single off the next ball, Corey is back on strike now. He finds the gap yet again, takes a couple of runs as Guptill does well to cut that one off. He defends the last ball towards short midwicket, 5 runs from the over. DD 51/6.
16:52 IST Axar continues, Rabada-Anderson are trying to knock the ball around for singles and defending their wickets. Last ball of the over, SIX! Andreson comes down the wicket and hits the ball over deep midwicket for a maximum. First signs of aggression from Anderson.
16:50 IST Maxwell continues, Corey on strike, he plays two dot balls. Delhi are struggling to even take singles. Corey pushes the ball towards long off for a single. Rabada on strike, he defends on the front foot, takes a single. Corey defends and takes a couple of runs off the next ball. DD 37/6.
16:47 IST Kagiso Rabada comes into bat, he faces two dot balls, another good over from Punjab. DD 33/6.
16:45 IST WICKET! Morris c & b Axar 2(5)
16:45 IST Axar continues, Morris on strike, he takes a single towards long on after playing a dot ball. Corey on strike, he takes a single towards square leg. Morris departs! DD 33/6.
16:43 IST Chris Morris comes into bat, he takes a single after facing a dot ball. DD 31/5.
16:41 IST WICKET! Pant lbw b Maxwell 3(6)
16:41 IST Glenn Maxwell comes into bowl, Anderson plays two dot balls, takes a single towards long on. Pant on strike on the fourth ball, huge lbw appeal, OUT! DD 30/5.
16:37 IST Axar continues his over, Corey Andreson plays a dot to start with. He takes a single towards covers. Pant takes a single towards mid-wicket. A dot ball to follow as Anderson could not time it, he takes a single off the next ball, a wicket and 4 runs from the over. DD 29/4.
16:33 IST WICKET! Karun Nair b Axar Patel 11(10)
16:32 IST Rishabh Pant comes to bat but he is off strike, Mohit will bowl his first over. Nair on strike, he plays the ball towards off side, a dot ball. He takes a quick single towards short mid wicket. Pant on strike, this is last over of the powerplay, will he attack? he defends the first ball with a straight bat on the front foot. He guides the ball towards point, takes a couple of runs. Two dot balls to follow, just 3 runs from the over. DD 25/3.
16:24 IST WICKET! Shreyas Iyer c & b Sandeep Sharma 6(7)
16:24 IST Sandeep continues, Nair on strike, he pulls the ball towards square leg, takes a single. Iyer on strike, he pushes the ball towards point, a dot ball. He takes a quick single off the next ball towards mid-off. SIX! First maximum for Nair’s bat, hits it over deep mid-wicket, that will lift the spirits up. Nair needs to play a captain’s knock now. He takes a quick single towards mid-on. Good over for DD, 9 runs off it already. Last ball of the over, Iyer on strike, OUT! What a catch from Sandeep on follow through. DD 22/3.
16:20 IST Natarajan continues, Shreyas Iyer on strike, two dot balls to start with. DD need to catch up now otherwise they will not be able to score even a fighting total. FOUR! That was smacked towards offside for a boundary towards covers, first signs of aggression from Nair. He takes a single towards backward point. Nair times the ball well but towards point, a dot ball as it gets fielded inside the circle. He takes a single towards midwicket, 6 runs off it. DD 13/2.
16:16 IST Nair on strike, a dot ball to end the over. 5 runs and a wicket from the over. DD 7/2.
16:14 IST WICKET! Sanju Samson c Mohit b Sandeep 5(14)
16:14 IST Sandeep Sharma continues, Karun Nair on strike, he is the captain of DD side today. Edge and safe! Just a single off that one towards third man. Samson on strike, he pushes the ball towards covers, a dot one. FOUR! Samson finds the gap this time, first boundary of the innings in the third over. Samson turns the ball towards midwicket, a dot ball. In the air and gone! Here goes the second wicket of DD, they are in trouble now as Samson departs. DD 7/2.
16:10 IST T Natarajan to bowl his first over, Samson on strike, he has not been able to find the gaps, a beautiful over from Natarajan, just a single off it and that too by wide. DD 2/1.
16:04 IST WICKET! Sam Billings c Saha b Sandeep 0(2)
16:04 IST Good bowling from Sandeep Sharma as he is swinging the ball both ways, just a single off his over, followed by a wicket on the last ball of the over. OUT! Sam Billings has to depart, big blow for DD in the first over itself. DD 1/1.
16:00 IST Sam Billings and Sanju Samson come out to bat, Sandeep Sharma to bowl the first over.
15:42 IST: Zaheer Khan misses out.
DD XI: S Samson, S Billings, K Nair, S Iyer, R Pant, C Morris, C Anderson, K Rabada, A Mishra, M Shami, S Nadeem
KXIP XI: H Amla, M Vohra, S Marsh, G Maxwell, M Guptill, W Saha, A Patel, M Sharma, V Aaron, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan
15:32 IST: Kings XI Punjab win the toss opt to bowl. Surprise, surprise Karun Nair is captaining Delhi Daredevils today.
Welcome to inUth’s digital coverage of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017’s Match 36 between Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Delhi Daredevils (DD) at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali. Seeing the way KXIP performed in the previous match at Mohali, their skipper Maxwell will surely look to bat first if he wins the toss as the pitch seems like a batting paradise. Zaheer Khan is expected to opt for batting as well if he wins the toss and give his fast bowlers a chance to defend the total on a pace Mohali wicket.
Both the teams are struggling to make their way up in the IPL 2017 Standings as KXIP and DD are placed at 6th and 8th place respectively. DD have a chance to move to 5th spot today as they have a better run rate than any of the bottom four. If KXIP manages to win, they will pip Gujarat Lions (GL) at 5th spot with 4 wins from 9 games.
The main focus will be on KXIP star opener Hashim Amla who was unfit to play in the previous match. Having scored a century in this season, he is an indispensable member of KXIP side, his services up the order have been invaluable. There is also a chance that Maxwell picks Darren Sammy on the side instead of Eoin Morgan. Shaun Marsh is in good form as well after his heroic 84 in the previous game. Martin Guptill might just get one more chance to prove himself.
DD are a strong bowling side and they have proven it all along the tournament. They have lost close matches and that is the reason they have a decent net run rate. They need wins and in order to do that, they need to strengthen their batting department. They might ditch one of the fast bowlers and opt for a specialist batsman in the side. Marlon Samuels might just get a chance in the Playing XI.
Their domestic players have performed well including Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant. We might see Sam Billings in the side with one of the fast bowlers excluded from the side replaced by Mohammed Shami. Kagiso Rabada and Chris Morris need not worry about their spot though.
Kings XI Punjab: Martin Guptill, Manan Vohra, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell(c), Eoin Morgan, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Axar Patel, Anureet Singh, Mohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma, David Miller, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sandeep Sharma, Nikhil Naik, Marcus Stoinis, KC Cariappa, Armaan Jaffer, Pardeep Sahu, Swapnil Singh, Hashim Amla, Varun Aaron, Matt Henry, Rahul Tewatia, Darren Sammy, Rinku Singh, T Natarajan
Delhi Daredevils: Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Chris Morris, Corey Anderson, Ankit Bawne, Pat Cummins, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan(c), Marlon Samuels, Angelo Mathews, Aditya Tare, Murugan Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Shashank Singh, Mohammed Shami, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jayant Yadav, Sam Billings, Carlos Brathwaite, Chama Milind, Khaleel Ahmed, Pratyush Singh, Ben Hilfenhaus
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