Sehwag-led DD triumph over Punjab

DD made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Yogesh Nagar and Roelof van der Merwe made way for Ross Taylor and Pawan Negi.

KXIP made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Siddharth Chitnis and Ryan Harris made way for David Miller and Harmeet Singh.

On winning the toss, David Hussey, KXIP’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 47, and lost a couple of wickets.

Shaun Marsh, whose 15-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 13. Nineteen balls into the match, he was caught by Naman Ojha. Varun Aaron broke the 24-run stand.

Mandeep Singh, whose 12-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 21. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Virender Sehwag, DD’s skipper. Aaron broke the 19-run stand.

KXIP scored 50 off 6.2 overs (38 balls). DD had conceded three extras at that point.

Saini, whose run-a-ball (Nit)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 15. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Sehwag. Umesh Yadav, the player of the match, broke the run-a-ball stand.

Hussey, whose 35-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 40. He was unbeaten.

The fourth-wicket pair put on nine. Miller had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored four. Fourteen balls after Saini’s dismissal, Negi ran him out.

Although his innings included a boundary, Azhar Mahmood had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored nine. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Irfan Pathan. Yadav broke the 17-run stand.

Gurkeerat Singh Mann, who faced five balls, scored eight. His runs came by way of boundaries. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was stumped by Ojha. Negi broke the eight-run stand.

KXIP scored 100 off 15.1 overs (91 balls). DD had conceded three extras at that point.

Piyush Chawla, who faced 14 balls, scored 10. Twenty-six balls after Mann’s dismissal, he was caught by Ojha. Yadav broke the 29-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on nine. Praveen Kumar, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Half-a-dozen balls later, Aaron ran him out.

Parvinder Awana, who faced five balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.

DD eventually conceded four extras. KXIP scored 136 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.

Venugopal Rao, who bowled an over, conceded 13. He was wicketless, as were Morne Morkel and Pathan, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 32, the latter conceded 24.

Negi, who bowled three overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket.

Aaron, who bowled four overs, conceded 19. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Yadav, who bowled four overs, conceded 21. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 37, and lost four wickets.

David Warner, whose eight-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 14. Thirteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Mahmood. Praveen broke the 21-run stand.

Sehwag, whose nine-ball innings included a six, scored eight. Half-a-dozen balls later, Awana broke the seven-run stand.

Although his run-a-ball innings included a boundary, Rao had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 13 balls later, he was caught by Saini. Awana broke the nine-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Taylor, who faced a couple of balls, failed to open his account. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Saini off the bowling of Awana.

DD scored 50 off 8.5 overs (53 balls). KXIP had conceded a couple of extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 43 balls. While Mahela Jayawardene’s contribution to the partnership was 16, Ojha’s contribution to it was 33. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Ojha, whose 29-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 34. Fifty balls after Taylor’s dismissal, he was caught by Mandeep. Chawla broke the 58-run partnership.

DD scored 100 off 14.4 overs (88 balls).

Jayawardene’s half-century – which included seven boundaries – came off 48 balls.

He eventually scored 56 off 49 balls, which included eight boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was Pathan, who scored 19. His 10-ball innings included three boundaries.

DD, who scored 140 for the loss of five wickets off 19 overs, won by five wickets with an over to spare.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Harmeet, who bowled three overs, conceded 22. He was wicketless, as was Mahmood, who bowled four overs, conceding 34.

Chawla and Praveen bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former – whose spell included a maiden – conceded 33, the latter conceded 28.

Awana, who bowled four overs, conceded 22. He picked up three scalps.