Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab, IPL, Delhi
Punjab edge a rain-reduced game
May 17, 2008
Kings XI Punjab 94 for 3 in eight overs (Jayawardene 36*, Pomersback 25*) beat Delhi Daredevils 118 for 4 (Sehwag 51*) by six runs on the D/L method
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
Not even 20 overs were bowled, but there was no shortage of excitement and drama as the Kings XI Punjab inched closer to a semi-final spot with a win that in the end was sealed with a six off the final ball of the match.
Full report to follow
11 overs Delhi Daredevils 118 for 4 (Sehwag 51*) v Kings XI Punjab
With less than three overs remaining in their curtailed innings and nine wickets in hand, Delhi Daredevils came out with the intention to score the maximum possible runs. However, three quick wickets, strong winds, and an exceptional final over from James Hopes helped Kings XI Punjab keep Delhi down to 118, a small battle won after the home side had raced to 94 for 1 in 8.1 overs before a rain interruption reduced the contest to 11 overs a side. Punjab's target, after the Duckworth/Lewis revision, will be 123.
Delhi's openers had blazed away before the break, and Sehwag was looking ominous on 47 off 19. Post-resumption, Shikhar Dhawan launched a Ramesh Powar full toss over midwicket, but a mishit soon after found a fielder. Sehwag reached his fifty off 23, before Hopes struck twice in the 11th over, and conceded just three.
8.1 overs Delhi Daredevils 94 for 1 (Sehwag 47*, Gambhir 40, Dhawan 1*) v Kings XI Punjab
A light drizzle delayed the start, but Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir kicked off proceedings at the Feroz Shah Kotla with a blistering start for Delhi Daredevils. After 8.1 overs, the team had piled up 94 for 1 before rain played spoilsport and halted an ominous-looking Sehwag, who was batting on 47 off 19 balls.
Delhi decided to bat at the toss, and their opening pair made full use of the Powerplay overs, racing to 68 after six. Gambhir was the aggressor in the initial overs, but Delhi were lucky not to lose their openers early. Having got a six off a top edge in Sreesanth's first over, Sehwag tried to launch one over Sreesanth's head in his next over, but the ball took the edge and ballooned towards mid-off, where Yuvraj Singh spilled a sitter. Two balls later, Gautam Gambhir got a thick outside edge, but VRV Singh was slow off the blocks at third man, the ball bounced in front of him, and the lackadaisical effort enabled the ball reach the boundary.
At the other end, Gambhir made room against Irfan Pathan and sent the ball racing through the off side for fours, forcing Punjab to place a fielder on the boundary. Gambhir rode his luck as well, a Pathan delivery nearly hit the stumps after clipping his pads, while a few mistimed shots managed to stay clear of the fielders.
VRV Singh was slapped through the leg side for four by Gambhir, bringing up Delhi's 50 in just 5.2 overs. Sehwag, who had been getting a thin share of the strike, then hit carted consecutive sixes through the off side, and a fuller delivery was steered wide of the wicketkeeper to make it 22 for the over.
Ramesh Powar was brought in after the Powerplays, and Sehwag nearly holed out to long-on - the ball falling short of Piyush Chawla - but the offspinner did manage to deceive Gambhir, and had him castled. It didn't deter Sehwag, though. He smashed a four and six in Chawla's first over, then stepped out against Powar and deposited him over midwicket, before rain brought a stop to the excitement.
Toss Delhi Daredevils chose to bat v Kings XI Punjab
After a light drizzle delayed the start, Virender Sehwag, the Delhi Daredevils captain, decided to bat against the Kings XI Punjab at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Sehwag said the pitch could get slower as the match progresses, and Punjab fielding two specialist spinners in Piyush Chawla and Ramesh Powar indicated the same. Rain caused a delay of nearly 15 minutes, but there was no reduction in the number of overs.
For Delhi, Shoaib Malik comes in place of Manoj Tiwary while Mohammad Asif, who struggled with form and fitness during their last game against the Deccan Chargers, makes way for left-armer Pradeep Sangwan. There's still no place for AB de Villiers, but expect him to come on as a substitute, an issue which became a point of contention during Delhi's previous game.
A win for Delhi, equal on ten points with the Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata Knight Riders, will boost their hopes of a semi-final spot, while Punjab would be looking for their seventh win in their last eight matches.
Teams
Delhi Daredevils: 1 Virender Sehwag (capt), 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Shikhar Dhawan, 4 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7 Farveez Maharoof, 8 Rajat Bhatia, 9 Amit Mishra, 10 Pradeep Sangwan, 11 Glenn McGrath.
Kings XI Punjab: 1 Shaun Marsh, 2 James Hopes, 3 Luke Pomersbach, 4 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Irfan Pathan, 7 Ramesh Powar, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Uday Kaul (wk), 10 Sreesanth, 11 VRV Singh.
| Twenty20 match |  | Indian Premier League - 40th match Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab | | 2007/08 season |
| Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, on 17 May 2008 - day/night (20-over match) Result Kings XI Punjab won by 6 runs (D/L method) |
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| Delhi Daredevils innings (11 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| G Gambhir | b Powar | 40 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 142.85 | |||
 | V Sehwag | not out | 51 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 196.15 | ||
| S Dhawan | c Chawla b Powar | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 160.00 | |||
| TM Dilshan | c Pomersbach b Hopes | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |||
| MF Maharoof | c Powar b Hopes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Shoaib Malik | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 7, nb 1) | 10 | |||||||
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| Total | (4 wickets; 11 overs) | 118 | (10.72 runs per over) | ||||||
Did not bat P Sangwan,  KD Karthik, A Mishra, R Bhatia, GD McGrath |
| Fall of wickets1-75 (Gambhir, 6.6 ov), 2-104 (Dhawan, 8.6 ov), 3-115 (Dilshan, 10.2 ov), 4-116 (Maharoof, 10.4 ov) |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| S Sreesanth | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 11.00 | (4w) | |
| IK Pathan | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | ||
| VRV Singh | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 16.50 | (1nb) | |
| RR Powar | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 11.00 | (2w) | |
| PP Chawla | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13.00 | ||
| JR Hopes | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
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| Kings XI Punjab innings (target: 89 runs from 8 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| SE Marsh | c Dhawan b Sangwan | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| JR Hopes | c Shoaib Malik b Mishra | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| Yuvraj Singh | c Maharoof b McGrath | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 287.50 | ||
| DPMD Jayawardene | not out | 36 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 211.76 | |||
| LA Pomersbach | not out | 25 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 208.33 | |||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 2) | 4 | |||||||
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| Total | (3 wickets; 8 overs) | 94 | (11.75 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat IK Pathan, RR Powar, PP Chawla, U Kaul, S Sreesanth, VRV Singh |
| Fall of wickets1-3 (Marsh, 1.1 ov), 2-30 (Yuvraj Singh, 2.6 ov), 3-31 (Hopes, 3.3 ov) |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| GD McGrath | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 9.00 | ||
| P Sangwan | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12.00 | (1w) | |
| A Mishra | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 10.50 | ||
| V Sehwag | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22.00 | (1w) | |
| MF Maharoof | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 | ||
| R Bhatia | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 |
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Points Kings XI Punjab 2, Delhi Daredevils 0
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