Delhi disappointed; Sangakkara-led DC win

DD made a couple of changes to their playing (Mork)eleven – Matthew Wade and Umesh Yadav made way for Yogesh Nagar and Morne.

DC made changes to their playing eleven – Jean-Paul Duminy, Manpreet Gony and Ishant (Shar)made way for Cameron White, Pragyan Ojha and Harmeet Singh.

On winning the toss, Kumar Sangakkara, DC’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 43, and lost a wicket.

Shikhar Dhawan, who faced five balls, scored eight. His innings included a couple of boundaries. Nine balls into the match, Irfan Pathan broke the 14-run stand.

DC scored 50 off seven overs (42 balls). DD had conceded three extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While the contribution of Sunny Sohal, the player of the match, to the partnership was 15, Sangakkara’s contribution to it was 34. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

DC scored 100 off 11 overs (66 balls). DD had conceded three extras at that point.

Sangakkara, whose 35-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six, scored 49. Sixty-three balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, he was caught by Aaron Finch. Ashok Dinda broke the 92-run partnership.

Sohal, whose 41-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six, eventually scored 62. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Finch. Shahbaz Nadeem broke the 23-run stand.

DC scored 150 off 17.5 overs (107 balls). DD had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

White, whose 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 31. He was unbeaten. 

Daniel Christian, who faced 11 balls, scored eight. Twenty-four balls after Sohal’s dismissal, James Hopes broke the 27-run stand.

Bharat Chipli, who faced three balls, scored five. He was unbeaten.

DC scored 168 for the loss of four wickets off 20 overs.

Nagar bowled an over, conceding 13. He was wicketless, as was Morkel, who bowled four overs, conceding 31.

Nadeem bowled three overs, conceding 24. He picked up a scalp, as did Hopes, Dinda and Pathan, who bowled four overs apiece. They conceded 36, 33, and 28, respectively.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 38, and lost three wickets.

DD scored 50 off 7.3 overs (45 balls). DC had conceded five extras at that point.

Virender Sehwag, DD’s skipper, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored 12. His runs came by way of boundaries. Twenty-three balls into the chase, he was caught by Christian. Harmeet broke the 28-run stand.

Naman Ojha scored a couple. Christian had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he trapped him leg be‘four’ wicket, breaking the five-run stand.

Finch, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Five balls later, he was caught by Sangakkara. Harmeet broke the run-a-ball stand.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While David Warner’s contribution to the partnership was 22, Venugopal Rao’s contribution to it was 21. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was nine.

Warner’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a six – came off 44 balls.

Rao, whose 23-ball innings included three boundaries, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Forty balls after Finch’s dismissal, he was caught by Christian. Amit Mishra broke the 52-run partnership.

Warner, whose 48-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, eventually scored 51. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Dwaraka Ravi Teja. Dhawan broke the nine-run stand.

DD scored 100 off 14.3 overs (87 balls). DC had conceded 11 extras at that point.

Pathan, who faced nine balls, scored five. Eleven balls after Warner’s dismissal, he was caught by Chipli. Pragyan broke the 13-run stand.

Hopes, whose 14-ball innings included a six, scored 17. He was unbeaten.

Nagar, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 23. Twenty balls after Pathan’s dismissal, Christian broke the 32-run stand.

Morkel, whose three-ball innings included a six, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

DD scored 150 off 19.4 overs (118 balls). DC had conceded 13 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

DD, who eventually scored 152 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs, lost by 16 runs.

Dale Steyn bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 24.

Dhawan, who bowled an over, had a reason to be in seventh heaven, because he picked up a wicket.

Pragyan bowled three overs, conceding 21. He picked up a wicket.

Mishra bowled four overs, conceding 28. He picked up a wicket.

Christian and Harmeet bowled four overs each, picking up two scalps apiece. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 27.