Yuvraj-led KXIP leave Delhi disappointed

KXIP made a couple of (Kati)changes to their playing eleven – Ramnaresh Sarwan and Sunny Sohal made way for Simon, the player of the match, and Tanmay Srivastava.

DD made no changes to their playing eleven.

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

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 45, and lost three wickets.

Sehwag, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Ten balls into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Irfan Pathan, who broke the 11-run stand.

Shikhar Dhawan, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the (Ku)mark. Five balls later, he was caught by Sangakkara. Brett Lee broke the one-run stand.

Gautam Gambhir, whose 14-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 18. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Yuvraj Singh, KXIP’s skipper. V R V Singh broke the 33-run stand.

DD scored 50 off 6.5 overs (41 balls). KXIP had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Shoaib Malik, whose 17-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. Seven balls after Gambhir’s dismissal, he was caught by Lee. V R V broke the nine-run stand.

Dinesh Karthik, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 24. Twenty-nine balls later, Yuvraj broke the 34-run stand.

DD scored 100 off 14.2 overs (86 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave KXIP no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Rajat Bhatia, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 17. Twenty-seven balls after Karthik’s dismissal, Pathan broke the 37-run stand.

Manoj Tiwary, whose 34-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 39. Eight balls later, he was caught by Yuvraj. V R V broke the 14-run stand.

DD scored 150 off 19 overs (114 balls). KXIP had conceded 11 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The eighth-wicket pair put on 19. Farveez Maharoof, whose 12-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. Thirteen balls after Tiwary’s dismissal, his compatriots, Mahela Jayawardene and Sangakkara ran him out.

Yo Mahesh, who faced five balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten.

DD scored 158 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.

Sreesanth, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 25. He was wicketless, as was Piyush Chawla, who bowled four overs, conceding 29.

Yuvraj, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 11. He picked up a wicket, as did Lee, who bowled four overs, conceding 33.

Pathan, who bowled four overs, conceded 26. He picked up a couple of wickets.

V R V, who bowled four overs, conceded 29. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 55, and lost a couple of wickets.

Karan Goel, who faced three balls, scored a run. An over into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Glenn McGrath, who broke the two-run stand.

Sangakkara, who faced a couple of balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. An over later, he was caught by Karthik. Mohammad Asif broke the nine-run stand.

KXIP scored 50 off 5.3 overs (33 balls). DD had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 28 balls. While Katich’s contribution to the partnership was 35, Jayawardene’s contribution to it was 14. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Jayawardene, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 15. Thirty-five balls after Sangakkara’s dismissal, he was caught by Malik, who broke the 58-run partnership.

Katich’s half-century – which included nine boundaries – came off 32 balls.

KXIP scored 100 off 11.5 overs (72 balls). DD had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 37 balls. While Katich’s contribution to the partnership was 30, Yuvraj’s contribution to it was 17. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

In fact, the fourth-wicket partnership was worth 50. Katich, whose 52-ball innings included 11 boundaries and a six, eventually scored 75. Thirty-seven balls after Jayawardene’s dismissal, Sehwag and Bhatia ran him out.

Yuvraj, whose 29-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 40. He was unbeaten.

Srivastava, who faced nine balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 16 balls after Katich’s dismissal, he was caught by Karthik. Mahesh broke the 22-run stand.

KXIP scored 150 off 17.3 overs (107 balls). DD had conceded nine extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Pathan, whose seven-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Eight balls after Srivastava’s dismissal, he was caught by Karthik. Asif broke the 14-run stand.

Lee, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

KXIP, who scored 162 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 19.3 overs, won by four wickets with three balls to spare.

Bhatia bowled an over, conceding five. He was wicketless, as was Maharoof, who bowled three overs, conceding 31.

Malik bowled 3.3 overs, conceding 32. He picked up a wicket, as did McGrath and Mahesh, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 29, the latter conceded 23.

Asif, who bowled four overs, conceded 39. He picked up two scalps.