Rain, Sehwag-led DD disappoint Punjab

DD (Moham)made five changes to their playing (Dani)eleven – Shikhar Dhawan, Farveez Maharoof, Amit Mishra, Asif and Glenn McGrath made way for A B de Villiers, Dirk Nannes, Vettori (the player of the match), Aavishkar Salvi and Pradeep Sangwan.

KXIP made five changes to their playinG(o)eleven – Shaun Marsh, James Hopes, Wilkin Mota, Ramesh Powar and Sreesanth made way for Ravi Bopara, Karan, Taruwar Kohli, Vikramjeet Malik and Yusuf Abdulla.

On winning the toss, Virender Sehwag, DD’s skipper, chose to field.

The match was delayed due to rain, as a result of which it was reduced to a 12-overs-a-side match.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the fourth over. They scored 41, without the loss of a wicket.

KXIP scored 50 off 4.3 overs (27 balls). DD had conceded five extras at that point. While Bopara’s contribution to the partnership was 20, Goel’s contribution to it was 25.

Goel, whose 21-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 38. Half-a-dozen balls into the match, he was caught by Vettori. Yo Mahesh broke the 67-run partnership.

It was at that point that the drinks break was taken. Bopara was batting on 22.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Bopara, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of sixes, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. A ball after Goel’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Vettori.

Kumar Sangakkara, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Nannes. Vettori broke the 10-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 21. Yuvraj Singh, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 16. Eleven balls later, Dinesh Karthik and Vettori ran him out.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Mahela Jayawardene, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Tillakaratne Dilshan off the bowling of Vettori.

The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Piyush Chawla didn’t face a ball. The next ball, Manoj Tiwary ran him out.

KXIP scored 100 off 11.3 overs (69 balls). DD had conceded eight extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Irfan Pathan had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored half-a-dozen. An over later, he was caught by Dilshan. Salvi broke the run-a-ball stand.

Kohli, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

KXIP scored 104 for the loss of seven wickets off a dozen overs.

Sangwan, who bowled two overs, conceded 19. He was wicketless, as was Nannes, who bowled three overs, conceding 24.

Yo Mahesh and Salvi bowled a couple of overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 25, the latter conceded 17.

Vettori, who bowled three overs, conceded 15. He picked up three scalps.

As a result of rain, DD’s target was revised to 54 off half-a-dozen overs.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the second over. They scored 28, without the loss of a wicket.

Eleven balls into the chase, there was an interruption due to rain. DD’s openers had scored 24 at that point. While Gautam Gambhir had scored eight, Sehwag was batting on 14.

DD’s openers put on 50 off 4.3 overs (27 balls). KXIP had conceded four extras at that point. While Gambhir’s contribution to the partnership was 14, Sehwag’s contribution to it was 32.

Gambhir, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 15. He was unbeaten, as was Sehwag, who eventually scored 38. His 16-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes.

KXIP eventually conceded five extras. DD, who scored 58 without the loss of a wicket off 4.5 overs, won by 10 wickets with seven balls to spare under the Duckworth/Lewis method.

Chawla, who bowled five balls, conceded a dozen. He was unbeaten, as were Abdulla, Malik, Pathan and V R V Singh, who bowled an over apiece. They scored 19, 11, nine and five, respectively.