Yuvraj shines; KXIP beat Hyderabad

KXIP made no changes to their playing eleven.

DC made one change to their playing eleven – Harmeet Singh made way for his namesake and Twenty debutant Jaskaran Singh.

On winning the toss, Adam Gilchrist, DC’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 39, and lost three wickets.

Sunny Sohal, whose 12-ball innings included a six, scored nine. A couple of overs into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Rohit. Rudra Pratap Singh broke the run-a-ball stand.

The second-wicket pair put on three. Luke Pomersbach, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Five balls later, Herschelle Gibbs and Gilchrist ran him out.

Simon Katich, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Nine balls later, he was caught by Pragyan Ojha. Andrew Symonds broke the 11-run stand.

KXIP scored 50 off 8.1 overs (49 balls). DC had conceded four extras at that point.

Yuvraj Singh, KXIP’s skipper and the player of the match, scored 20. His 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six. Twenty-seven balls later, Venugopal Rao broke the 26-run stand.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. KXIP scored 55 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Kumar Sangakkara had scored nine, Wilkin Mota had scored a run.

KXIP scored 100 off 15.5 overs (96 balls). DC had conceded five extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 43 balls. While Sangakkara’s contribution to the partnership was 38, Mota’s contribution to it was a dozen. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Mota, who eventually faced 19 balls, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Forty-four balls after Yuvraj’s dismissal, he was caught by Ryan Harris. Tirumalasetti Suman broke the 53-run partnership.

Sangakkara’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a six – came off 38 balls.

He eventually scored 56 off 43 balls. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Harris. Rudra Pratap broke the 17-run stand.

Irfan Pathan, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Nine balls later, he was caught by Gibbs. Rudra Pratap broke the run-a-ball stand.

Brett Lee, who faced five balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten, as was Piyush Chawla, who faced a ball, scoring a run.

The number of extras they eventually conceded gave DC no reason to be in seventh heaven.

KXIP scored 134 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Sharma and Ojha bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 12.

Harris, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 31.

Symonds and Rao bowled a couple of overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 10, the latter conceded eight.

Suman, who bowled four overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket.

Rudra Pratap, who bowled four overs, conceded 26. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 46, and lost a couple of wickets.

Gilchrist, whose 13-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 23. Twenty-six balls into the chase, he was stumped by Sangakkara. Ramesh Powar broke the 34-run stand.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Suman, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. The next ball, he was dismissed by Powar.

DC scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). KXIP had conceded an extra at that point.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. DC scored 65 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Gibbs had scored 25, Symonds had scored 16.

Gibbs, whose 37-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 26. Thirty-nine balls after Suman’s dismissal, he was caught by Chawla. Yuvraj broke the run-a-ball stand.

Symonds, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 25. Seven balls later, he was stumped by Sangakkara. Yuvraj broke the six-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Rao, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was dismissed by Yuvraj, who became the first bowler in IPL history to take two hat-tricks.

DC scored 100 off 17.3 overs (106 balls). KXIP had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 31. Dwaraka Ravi Teja, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Thirty-seven balls after Rao’s dismissal, Sangakkara and Lee ran him out.

Sharma, whose 26-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, scored 42. Pathan had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the 21-run stand.

Harris, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Rudra Pratap, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Pathan off his own bowling.

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

KXIP eventually conceded five extras. DC, who scored 133 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs, lost by a run.

Mota, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 18.

Sreesanth, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 10.

Lee and Chawla bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 20.

Powar, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 11. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Pathan, who bowled three overs, conceding 29.

Yuvraj, who bowled four overs, conceded 13. He picked up three scalps.