Quinton de Kock survived a dropped catch and a missed stumping to carry Delhi forward to victory. (Source: IPL)
Delhi Daredevils had luck their way with the toss and then they made the most of it. Amit Mishra picked up four wickets to reduce Kings XI Punjab to only 111 runs. In reply, Quinton De Kock made the most of two lives that came his way to stay unbeaten on 59. Pawan Negi got Delhi to an eight wicket win win with a six.
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AS IT HAPPENED:
2307 hrs IST: Amit Mishra the man of the match.
2256 hrs IST: SIX! Negi sends it soaring into the deep midwicket boundary and Delhi Daredevils have their first win of the season. DD win by 8 wickets.
2250 hrs IST: BOWLED! Axar possibly sees Samson coming down the track and he bowls a faster one and it hits the stumps. DD are 100/2.
2248 hrs IST: Two fours already in the over, Quinton De Kock is not done. Adds a six to the final delivery to bring up his FIFTY from 38 balls. And the mighty hit goes into the second tier at Kotla.
2240 hrs IST: Good batting by Sanju. Back-to-back boundaries to Glenn Maxwell.
2234 hrs IST: Short of length and Samson thumps it straight past Mohit Sharma for a boundary.
2216 hrs IST: Making most of the life, De Kock hits two boundaries within six balls. One to Axar Patel and now Mitchell Johnson.
2212 hrs IST: Murali Vijay drops it! Moving forward he goes down low but he let’s go of it from both hands. Lucky De Kock takes two
2209 hrs IST: Slow start by DD. They’re 12/1 after four overs.
2158 hrs IST: GONE! Shreyas Iyer seems to have got the slightest touch on a ball straying down for a wide. Umpire has a long thought but raises the finger in the end. Sandeep Sharma strikes
2153 hrs IST: Quinton de Kock and Shreyas Iyer are out in the middle for Delhi Daredevils to chase this low total. And they get 6 runs from the first over by Sandeep Sharma.
2132 hrs IST: Good over for KXIP to end things with it. 12 runs from the last over. KXIP finish on 111/9.
2128 hrs IST: Morris with a well concealed off cutter and Johnson has his off stump rattled. KXIP are 99/9.
2122 hrs IST: Zaheer Khan returns to bowl his final spell and starts with a wicket. Mohit Sharma, stuck at his wicket, skies it and Chris Morris holds on with ease. KXIP are 90/8
2113 hrs IST: New man-in Mohit Sharma wastes little to announce arrival. Second ball he thunders for a flat six, fourth ball for a four.
2111 hrs IST: GONE! Jayant Yadav strikes and Axar Patel departs. Good low diving catch by Negi at backward point
2109 hrs IST: Welcome boundary for KXIP – it has come after 39 balls.
2059 hrs IST: RUN OUT! Great work in the field now by Duminy. Saha departs. KXIP are 65/6.
2050 hrs IST: BOWLED! Amit Mishra bowls a wrong one and Vohra fails to read it. Topples the leg stump. KXIP are 59/5.
2042 hrs IST: WICKET! Amit Mishra strikes once again. Glenn Maxwell finds Carlos Brathwaite at long off and KXIP are struggling at 52/4.
2038 hrs IST: WICKET! Amit Mishra once again strikes from the first ball of the over. Miller tries to sweep it but gets no contact. Question whether he was too far forward. Umpire doesn’t think so. Miller is caught LBW and KXIP are 52/3.
2037 hrs IST: 50 come up for KXIP. Vohra plays it behind for a four. 52/2 after 8
2026 hrs IST: STUMPED! Amit Mishra introduced and strikes with first ball. Shaun Marsh goes for a big hit but gets nothing on it. Easy for de Kock to dismantle the stumps. KXIP 37/2.
2025 hrs IST: Brilliant batting by Vohra to hit wide array of shots. Brathwaite conceded 14. KXIP stand 37/1 after 6.
2021 hrs IST: Strong attacking field for Marsh
A slip, a fielder at short-leg, a short mid-wicket for Marsh…Zaheer hasn’t forgotten the art of setting a trap. Top spell so far #DDvKXIP
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 15, 2016
2020 hrs IST: Marsh with exquisite timing to dispatch Zaheer for a boundary. Not a bad delivery, just superb batting.
2016 hrs IST: Bit of a slow start by KXIP. 17/1 after 4 overs.
2013 hrs IST: Morris comes on and he starts with an absolute beauty. Marsh lucky to have survived getting bowled.
2007 hrs IST: Comedy of errors! Zaheer drops Manan Vohra as he peddled back. He should have taken that. But he passes it to Nayyar who throws it perfectly at the keeper’s end to send Murali Vijay back.
2004 hrs IST: On comes Pawan Negi and he’s been hit for a four.
2002 hrs IST: Good start by skipper Zaheer Khan. Just two runs conceded from first over
1930 hrs IST: TOSS: Delhi Daredevils win the toss and Zaheer Khan puts Kings XI into bat.
BUILD UP:
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