Delhi Daredevils

IPL: Delhi Dare Devils beat Kings XI Punjab

Delhi Dare Devils beat Kings XI Punjab in a rain curtailed match which was first reduced to 12 overs and then to 6 overs. They won the match by 10 wickets.

Delhi won the toss and elected to field first. Openers Ravinder Bopara and Karan Goel walked out and blasted 67 runs for the first wicket, which came in the first six overs. If it wasn’t for New Zealand skipper and left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori, Delhi were easily watching the game slip away. Vettori’s three wickets turned the tide and Punjab never recovered. His three overs went for just 15 runs and the New Zealand skipper consumed three wickets too, scalping Bopara first and then the dangerous Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.

In the end, Kings XI set Delhi a competitive target of 104 off 12 overs at an asking rate of 8.67. Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir walked out and got going at 14 runs per over and by the time rain halted play again, the D/L method was asking Delhi to score a mere 30 runs from 25 balls. The rest remained merely a formality for the dashing Delhi duo. The 26-year-old Yusuf Abdullah from Johannesburg, who was bought by Kings XI to replace Sreesanth, bore the brunt when Sehwag belted him for 19 runs in a single over.

Delhi Dare Devils now have two points on that board as Daniel Vettori was elected the man of the match.

Tags: Delhi Dare Devils, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Season 2, South Africa