that's it! Punjab have won. Barath goes down the track and hits to mid-on, he runs the single and has to sprint, Sehwag throws the ball to Vettori who doesn't collect cleanly, he would have been in anyway, it needed a direct hit
Daredevils vs Kings XI, 44th match at Delhi, IPL, Apr 11 2010 - Match Result
Kings XI won by 7 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
So Punjab have chased down the target of 112 with relative ease on a sluggish pitch. "Punjab are turning out to be the giant killers!!!" shrieks Anand. Delhi failed to assess the pitch - slow, low and turning - quickly and lost crucial wickets to poor running. They failed to hit a six in their innings, and Punjab too also managed only two.
"It was slow, turning, you had to put your head down and play down the ground," says Yuvraj. "You get confidence from beating Mumbai and if you play well you can beat any team."
Gambhir: "Three run outs in a row, I've never had such an experience. We are not up to the mark, 111 on this track was not enough. We should have got 140 or 150. We can never get into the game with only 111 on the board. It's been [topsy turvy] with all the teams. None of the teams are in the semis as yet. We don't want to get into a situation where we need to win two out of two so the next game is very crucial for us."
Sangakkara: "We realised we're a good side and we shouldn't be in the position we put ourselves in. We just want to go forward and build on this. Chawla's given a masterclass in legspin bowling in this game, Irfan and Rusy Theron bowled well as well. As well as Ramesh Powar in the Powerplay."
The Man of the Match is Piyush Chawla. Well that's it from this game, but Rajasthan-Mumbai is beginning shortly. Join us for that one. Cheers.
played off the back foot to point, the crowd love it, the delay
driven off the front foot to mid-off
played off the back foot to short cover
The scores are level, Barath has the opportunity to hit the winning runs.
he's away with a single through point
Adrian Barath from Trinidad is the new batsman.
bowled him! Sangakkara plays down the wrong line and Collingwood hits middle stump
Yuvraj muscles the ball to deep midwicket where Manhas prevents the four with a diving effort
he slog sweeps again and gets a top edge that goes behind Karthik and falls safely before Sehwag reaches it from short fine leg
Yuvraj goes for a massive slog sweep but misses, Collingwood appeals but gets rejected by Bowden
Sangakkara sweeps but Sehwag prevents the four by diving at short fine leg
Yuvraj rocks back this time and pulls powerfully to the deep midwicket boundary, another one of these blows will do it
Yuvraj tries to close the face but gets a leading edge to Vettori
played through midwicket for a single
that's outside leg stump and Sangakkara sweeps it over the head of the fielder at short fine leg
played to midwicket, Sanga wants one but can't find it
short ball and Sangakkara cashes in, rocking back and pulling powerfully to the square leg boundary
"If possible, let's unite the discussion of the pitch with the discussion of helmets: Which batsman do you think would be brave enough to face fast bowlers with a cap on this pitch?" asks Gilad.
Yuvraj lunges forward and blocks and it's time for another of those time-outs, Punjab need 17 off the last 24
"I guess Kumble and RCB fans (me included) will be most satisfied with the turn of events here. A defeat to the double D's eases the pressure on them a little bit as they will continue to stay 2nd on the table. A defeat to the Royals later today will be a bonus. Of course this is purely whimsical as any of the mid table teams can still progress!" says Kaushik.
nudged off the pads behind square
placement! Sangakkara goes inside out and lofts the ball into the gap on the extra cover boundary
Yuvraj gets down low and sweeps firmly towards long leg
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | |
Toss | Delhi Daredevils, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2009/10 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.20, Interval 17.20-17.40, Second Session 17.40-19.00 |
Match days | 11 April 2010 - daynight (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Kings XI Punjab 2, Delhi Daredevils 0 |
Over 19 • KXIP 112/3
Kings XI won by 7 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)