Hyderabad disappointed; Gilchrist-led KXIP triumph

DC made no changes to their playing eleven.

KXIP made one change to their playing eleven – Bhargav Bhatt made way for Vikramjeet Malik.

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

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 48, and lost a wicket.

Although his innings included a boundary, Sunny Sohal, who faced five balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – a dozen balls into the match, he was caught by Dinesh Karthik. Ryan Harris broke the 13-run stand.

DC scored 50 off 6.3 overs (39 balls). KXIP had conceded an extra at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 38 balls. While Shikhar Dhawan’s contribution to the partnership was 23, the contribution of Kumar Sangakkara, DC’s skipper, to it was 25. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Sangakkara, whose 28-ball innings included five boundaries, eventually scored 35. Nine overs after Sohal’s dismissal, he was caught by Ryan McLaren. Piyush Chawla broke the 75-run partnership.

Dhawan, whose 36-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, eventually scored 45. Five balls later, he was caught by Sunny Singh. Paul Valthaty, the player of the match, broke the three-run partnership.

DC scored 100 off 13.3 overs (81 balls). KXIP had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Bharat Chipli, whose 12-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. Eighteen balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, he was caught by Shaun Marsh. Valthaty broke the 21-run stand.

Jean-Paul Duminy, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored 18. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Chawla. Ryan McLaren broke the 17-run stand.

Manpreet Gony, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, McLaren broke the eight-run stand.

DC scored 150 off 18.2 overs (111 balls). KXIP had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Daniel Christian, whose 30-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 14. Eight balls after Gony’s dismissal, Valthaty broke the 18-run stand.

Dwaraka Ravi Teja, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, was unbea‘ten’.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Amit Mishra, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball after Christian’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Valthaty.

Dale Steyn, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

DC scored 165 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.

Nayar, who bowled (Abhish)ek wicketless over, conceded 10.

Malik, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 13.

Praveen Kumar, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Chawla, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 17. He picked up a wicket, as was Harris, who bowled four overs, conceding 31.

McLaren, who bowled three overs, conceded 33. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Valthaty, who bowled four overs, conceded 29. He picked up four scalps.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 62, without the loss of a wicket.

KXIP’s openers put on 50 off 4.3 overs (29 balls). DC had conceded four extras at that point. While Gilchrist’s contribution to the partnership was 15, Valthaty’s contribution to it was 31.

KXIP’s openers scored 100 off 9.3 overs (59 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave DC no reason to be in seventh heaven. While Gilchrist’s contribution to the partnership was 50, Valthaty’s contribution to it was 46.

While Gilchrist’s half-century – which included five boundaries and three sixes – came off 30 balls, Valthaty’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and three sixes – came off 35 balls.

Gilchrist eventually scored 61 off 46 balls. Fourteen overs into the chase, he was caught by Ravi Teja. Mishra broke the 136-run partnership.

KXIP scored 150 off 15.5 overs (97 balls). DC had conceded 13 extras at that point.

Valthaty eventually scored 75 off 47 balls, which included eight boundaries and five sixes. A couple of overs later, he was caught by Ishant Sharma. Mishra broke the 15-run stand.

Nayar, whose innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. He was unbea‘ten’.

Karthik, who faced five balls, scored three. He was unbeaten.

DC eventually scored 14 extras. KXIP, who scored 166 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 17.4 overs, won by eight wickets with 14 balls to spare.

Gony and Duminy bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 35, the latter conceded 21.

Christian bowled 2.4 wicketless overs, conceding 28.

Steyn bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 24.

Sharma bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 23.

Mishra bowled four overs, conceding 28. He picked up both the wickets that fell.