Gilchrist-led KXIP beat Pune comfortably

PWI made one changes to their playing eleven – Yuvraj Singh made way for Tirumalasetti Suman.

KXIP made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Paul Valthaty and Siddharth Chitnis made way for Manan Vohra, the player of the match, and Rajagopal Sathish.

On winning the toss, Angelo Mathews, PWI’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of PWI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 24, and lost a couple of wickets.

Manish Pandey, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the (Ku)mark. An over into the match, Bhuvneshwar broke the one-run stand.

Suman, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored just half-a-dozen. Four balls later, he was caught by Praveen. Azhar Mahmood broke the 20-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on eight. Marlon Samuels, who faced nine balls, scored three. Sixteen balls later, Mandeep Singh and Adam Gilchrist, KXIP’s skipper, ran him out.

Uthappa, whose 23-ball (Rob)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. Eight balls (Chaw)later, Piyush broke the four-run stand.

Mathews, who faced four balls, scored as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. An over later, he was caught by Gilchrist. Parvinder Awana broke the five-run stand.

PWI scored 50 off 12.5 overs (77 balls). KXIP had conceded an extra at that point.

Ross Taylor, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. Twenty-one balls after Mathews’ dismissal, he was caught by Gurkeerat Singh Mann. Praveen broke the 15-run stand.

Abhishek Nayar, whose 26-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 25. He was unbeaten.

Mitchell Marsh, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, included 15. Sixteen balls after Taylor’s dismissal, Ryan Harris broke the 25-run stand.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Nineteen balls later, Mahmood broke the 15-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Rahul Sharma, who faced a ball, scored a run. Four balls (Chaw)later, he was run out.

KXIP eventually conceded three extras. PWI scored 99 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Chawla, Awana, and Harris picked up a wicket apiece. They conceded 19, 16, and a dozen, respectively.

Praveen and Mahmood picked up a couple of scalps apiece. They conceded 31 and 19, respectively.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 56, and lost a wicket.

Gilchrist, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 15. Fourteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Samuels. Mathews broke the 21-run stand.

KXIP scored 50 off 4.3 overs (27 balls). PWI had conceded an extra at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While Mandeep’s contribution to the partnership was 21, Vohra’s contribution to it was 32. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Mandeep, whose 26-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 31. Forty-four balls after Gilchrist’s dismissal, Rahul broke the 58-run partnership.

Vohra, whose 28-ball innings included seven boundaries, eventually scored 43. He was unbeaten, as was David Hussey, who scored eight. His 11-ball innings included a boundary.

KXIP, who scored 100 (for the loss of a couple of wickets) off 12.2 overs (75 balls), won by eight wickets with 46 balls remaining. PWI had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Ashok Dinda and Bhuvneshwar bowled a couple of overs apiece. While the former conceded 28, the latter conceded 16. They were wicketless, as was Marsh, who bowled 3.2 overs, conceding 24.

Mathews, who bowled two overs, conceded 12. He picked up a wicket, as did Rahul, who bowled three overs, conceding 20.

Chennai disappointed; Ponting-led MI win

CSK made three changes to their playing (Mork)eleven – Albie, Ben Hilfenhaus, and Shadab Jakati made way for Ben Laughlin, Ankit Rajpoot, and Dirk Nannes.

MI made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Jasprit Bumrah and Jacob Oram made way for Dwayne Smith and Pragyan Ojha.

On winning the toss, Ricky Ponting, MI’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 41, and lost a couple of wickets.

MI’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Tendulkar, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. Five ballS(ach)into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Nannes, who broke the three-run stand.

Ponting, who faced 10 balls, scored half-a-dozen. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Ravichandran Ashwin. Rajpoot broke the 14-run stand.

Rohit Sharma, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, CSK’s skipper. Dwayne Br(av)oke the 24-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). CSK had conceded four extras at that point.

Dinesh Karthik, whose 25-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 37. Thirteen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Bravo, who broke the 18-run stand.

Ambati Rayudu, who faced 10 balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 13 balls later, he was caught by Nannes. Laughlin broke the 16-run stand.

Smith, who faced five balls, scored three. Nine balls later, he was caught by Bravo. Ashwin broke the eight-run stand.

MI scored 100 off 15.5 overs (95 balls). CSK had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Kieron Pollard, the player of the match scored 50 off 35 balls, which included four boundaries and as many sixes.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 50 off 42 balls. While Pollard’s contribution to the partnership was 34, Harbhajan Singh’s contribution to it was 13. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Pollard, whose 38-ball innings included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to five sixes, eventually scored 57. He was unbeaten, as was Harbhajan, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 21.

CSK eventually conceded nine extras at that point. MI scored 148 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Ravindra Jadeja bowled two wicketless overs, conceding 12.

Rajpoot and Laughlin bowled three overs, conceding 25, each. They picked up a wicket apiece.

Ashwin and Nannes bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 21, the latter conceded 18.

Bravo, who bowled four overs, conceded 44. He picked up a couple of scalps.  

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 36, and lost a couple of wickets.

Murali Vijay, who faced eight balls, scored five. A couple of overs into the chase, Munaf Patel broke the 10-run stand.

Although his innings included a boundary, Suresh Raina had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored 10. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Ponting. Mitchell Johnson broke the 20-run stand.

Michael Hussey, whose 23-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 20. Nineteen balls later, Harbhajan broke the 12-run stand.

CSK scored 50 off 9.1 overs (55 balls). MI had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Bravo, who faced 17 balls, scored 10. Sixteen balls after Hussey’s dismissal, he was caught by Dinesh. Pragyan broke the run-a-ball stand.

Subramaniam Badrinath, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. Eleven balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Pragyan, who broke the eight-run stand.

Jadeja, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 16. Nineteen balls later, Munaf broke the 31-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 16.1 overs (97 balls). MI had conceded three extras at that point.

Ashwin, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Nine balls after Jadeja’s dismissal, he was caught by Pollard. Harbhajan broke the 11-run stand.

Laughlin, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Half-a-dozen balls later, Pollard broke the 18-run stand.

Dhoni’s half-century – which included five boundaries and three sixes – came off 24 balls.

He eventually scored 51 off 26 balls. Eight balls after Laughlin’s dismissal, he was caught by Pollard. Munaf broke the 11-run stand.

Ankit Rajpoot, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten, as was Nannes, who didn’t face a ball.

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

CSK, who scored 139 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by nine runs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Pollard and Johnson picked up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter conceded 22.

Harbhajan and Pragyan picked up two wickets apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 16.

Munaf conceded 29, picked up three scalps.

 

 

 

  

Dravid shines; RR beat Delhi

DD made no changes to their playing eleven.

RR made half-a-dozen Chan(dila)ges to their playing (Samu)eleven – Shane Watson, Owais Shah, Dishant Yagnik, Brad Hogg, Shaun Tait, and Ajit made way for Kusal Perera, Brad Hodge, Kevon Cooper, Sreesanth, Rahul Shukla, and Badree.

On winning the toss, Rahul Dravid, RR’s skipper and the player of the match, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 45, and lost a wicket.

Kusal, whose 12-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 14. Three overs into the match, he was caught by Irfan Pathan. Umesh Yadav broke the 22-run stand.

RR scored 50 off 6.5 overs (41 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave DD no reason to be in seventh heaven.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 41 balls. While Ajinkya Rahane’s contribution to the partnership was 18, Dravid’s contribution to it was 26. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was half-a-dozen.

Rahane, whose 24-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 28. Fifty-one balls after Kusal’s dismissal, he was caught by Shahbaz Nadeem, who broke the 65-run partnership.  

RR scored 100 off 13 overs (78 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave DD no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Dravid’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a six – came off 40 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 25 balls. While Dravid’s contribution to the partnership was 13, Stuart Binny’s contribution to it was 35. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Binny, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 40. Twenty-eight balls later, Umesh broke the 55-run partnership.

RR scored 150 off 17.1 overs (103 balls). DD had conceded nine extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Dravid, whose 51-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 65. Sixteen balls after Binny’s dismissal, he was caught by Mahela Jayawardene, DD’s skipper. Umesh broke the 19-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair D(av)id not get off the mark. Hodge had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five. The next ball, he was caught by Warner off the bowling of Umesh.

Cooper, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. Three balls later, he was caught by Umesh. Ashish Nehra broke the run-a-ball stand.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Ashok Menaria, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. The next ball, he was dismissed by Nehra.

Sreesanth, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten, as was Rahul Shukla, who faced a couple of balls, scoring a run.

RR scored 165 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Johan Botha, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 19.

Andre Russell, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 31.

Irfan, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 31.

Nadeem, who bowled four overs, conceded 22. He picked up a wicket.

Nehra, who bowled four overs, conceded 35. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Umesh, who bowled four overs, conceded 24. He picked up four scalps.  

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 39, and lost a wicket.

Unmukt Chand, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 23. Thirty-four balls into the chase, Sreesanth broke the 39-run stand.

DD scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). RR had conceded three extras at that point.

Jayawardene, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. Thirty-two balls after Chand’s dismissal, he was caught by Rahane. Rahul Shukla broke the 43-run stand.

DD scored 100 off 13 overs (78 balls). RR had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

It was at that point that the floodlights failed. DD had lost a couple of wickets at that point. While Warner was batting on 45, Manprit Juneja was in seventh heaven.

Warner’s half-century – which included seven boundaries – came off 41 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 31 balls. While Warner’s contribution to the partnership was 32, Juneja’s contribution to it was 18. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Juneja, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 20. Seven overs after Jayawardene’s dismissal, he was caught by Hodge. Cooper broke the 67-run partnership.

DD scored 150 off 18.1 overs (109 balls). RR had conceded 10 extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on four. Warner, whose 56-ball innings included nine boundaries and a six, eventually scored 77. Three balls after Juneja’s dismissal, Hodge ran him out.

Botha, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Cooper, who broke the run-a-ball stand.

Russell, who faced half-a-dozen balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – a couple of balls later, Cooper broke the one-run stand.

Irfan, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten, as did Naman Ojha, who faced a ball, scoring a run.

RR eventually conceded 11 extras. DD, who scored 160 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets, lost by five runs.

Binny, who bowled an over, conceded 11. He was wicketless, as were Trivedi and Badree, who bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded (Siddhar)thirty-five, the latter conceded 34.

Rahul Shukla, who bowled three overs, conceded 27. He picked up a wicket, as did Sreesanth, who bowled four overs, conceding 18.

Cooper, who bowled four overs, conceded 30. He picked up three scalps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sangakkara-led SRH debut; Pune disappointed

SRH made their debut in this match.

PWI (Shar)made nine changes to their playing (Michs)eleven – Jesse Ryder, Clarke, Sourav Ganguly, Anustup Majumdar, Callum Ferguson, Harpreet Singh, Wayne Parnell, Ali Murtaza, and Ashish Nehra made way for Manish Pandey, Marlon Samuels, Yuvraj Singh, Ross Taylor, Abhishek Nayar, Angelo Mathews (who was leading the team, and chose to field on winning the toss), Mitchell Marsh, Rahul, and Ashok Dinda.

The first Powerplay of SRH’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 38, and lost a wicket.

Parthiv Patel, whose 18-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. Thirty-two balls into the match, Dinda broke the 34-run stand.

SRH scored 50 off eight overs (48 balls). PWI had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Kumar Sangakkara, SRH’s skipper, scored 15. His 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. Twenty-seven balls after Patel’s dismissal, Rahul broke the 26-run stand.

Reddy, whose (Aksha)thirty-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 27. Nineteen balls later, Yuvraj broke the 12-rnu stand.

Cameron White, who faced 18 balls, scored 10. Eight balls later, he was caught by Marsh. Samuels broke the 11-run stand.

SRH scored 100 off 16.4 overs (100 balls).

Thisara Perera, whose 18-ball innings included three boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 30. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Pandey. Dinda broke the 26-run stand.

Hanuma Vihari, who faced a dozen balls, scored 11. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Dinda. Needless to say, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was in seventh heaven.

Ashish Reddy, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten, as was Dwaraka Ravi Teja, who faced four balls, scoring as many.

SRH scored 126 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Mathews bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 16.

Yuvraj bowled a couple of overs, conceding eight. He picked up a wicket, as did Samuels, Rahul and Bhuvneshwar, who bowled four overs apiece. They conceded 34, 21, and 17, respectively.

Dinda bowled four overs, conceding 29. He picked up a couple of scalps.  

The first Powerplay of PWI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 27, without the loss of a wicket.

Uthappa, whose 22-ball (Rob)innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 24. Forty-one balls into the chase, he was caught by Parthiv. Perera broke the 36-run stand.

Samuels, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Ten balls later, he was caught by White. Perera broke the six-run stand.

Yuvraj, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Eight balls later, he was stumped by Parthiv. Amit Mishra, the player of the match, broke the five-run stand.

Pandey, who faced 29 balls, scored 15. Nine balls later, he was caught by White. Mishra broke the three-run stand.

PWI scored 50 off 11 overs (66 balls). SRH had conceded a couple of extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Nayar, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. Twenty-seven balls after Pandey’s dismissal, he was caught by Rahul. Mishra broke the 33-run stand.

Taylor, who faced 19 balls, scored as many. Three balls later, Ashish broke the run-a-ball stand.

Mathews, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

The seventh-wicket pair put on eight. Although his three-ball innings included a six, Marsh had no reason to be in seventh heaven – five balls after Taylor’s dismissal, Perera ran him out.

PWI scored 100 off 17.4 overs (106 balls).

Bhuvneshwar, who faced three balls, scored as many. Dale Steyn had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the 10-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Rahul, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was dismissed by Steyn.

The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Dinda, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was caught by White off the bowling of Steyn.

PWI, who were dismissed for 104 off 18.5 overs, lost by 22 runs.

White bowled an over, conceding a couple. He was unbeaten, as was Ishant Sharma, who bowled four overs, conceding 22.

Ashish bowled a couple of overs, conceding 21. He picked up a wicket.

Perera bowled four overs, conceding 29. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Steyn bowled 3.5 overs, conceding 11. He picked up three scalps, as did Mishra, who bowled four overs, conceding 19.  

 

 

 

Virat-led RCB beat Mumbai narrowly

RCB made five Ch(risti)anges to their playing (Pat)eleven – Saurabh Tiwary, A B de Villiers, Zaheer Khan, Harshal, and Prasanth Parameswaran made way for Daniel, Karun Nair, Arun Karthik, Murali Kartik, and Jaydev Unadkat.

MI made five changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Dwayne Smith, James Franklin, Lasith Malinga, Dhawal Kulkarni, and Rudra Pratap Singh made way for Ricky Ponting (who was leading the team, and chose to field on winning the toss), Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Johnson, Jacob Oram, and Munaf.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 31, and lost a couple of wickets.

Tillakaratne Dilshan, who faced eight balls, didn’t open his account. Fourteen balls into the match, Johnson broke the three-run stand.

Virat Kohli, RCB’s skipper, scored 24. His 14-ball innings included four boundaries and a six. Fifteen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Bumrah, who broke the 25-run stand.

Mayank Agarwal, who faced five balls, scored a run. Eight balls later, he was caught by Sachin Tendulkar. Bumrah broke the three-run stand.  

RCB scored 50 off 8.5 overs (53 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave MI no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Chris Gayle, the player of the match, scored 50 off 38 balls, which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes.

Christian, who faced 13 balls, scored just four. Thirty-three balls later, he was caught by Johnson. Harbhajan Singh broke the 44-run stand.

Nair, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was leg before wicket by Bumrah, who broke the five-run stand.

RCB scored 100 off 14.5 overs (89 balls). MI had conceded nine extras at that point.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 50 off 32 balls. While Gayle’s contribution to the partnership was 32, Arun Karthik’s contribution to the partnership was 14. Extras’ contribution to it was half-a-dozen.

RCB scored 150 off 19.5 overs (119 balls). MI had conceded 16 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Gayle, whose 58-ball innings included 11 boundaries and five sixes, eventually scored 92. He was unbeaten, as was Arun, who eventually scored 19. His run-a-ball innings included three boundaries.

RCB scored 156 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Kieron Pollard bowled an over, conceding 11. He was wicketless, as did Munaf and Oram, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter conceded 22.

Johnson bowled three overs, conceding 15. He picked up a wicket, as did Harbhajan, who bowled four overs, conceding 21.

Bumrah bowled four overs, conceding 32. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 38, without the loss of a wicket.

MI’s openers put on 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). RCB had conceded a couple of extras at that that point. While Ponting’s contribution to the partnership was 26, Tendulkar’s contribution to it was 23.

MI’s openers eventually put on 50. Tendulkar, whose 19-ball innings included four boundaries, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Forty-five balls into the chase, Unadkat and Arun ran him out.

Ponting, whose 33-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 28. Fourteen balls later, he was stumped by Arun. Kartik broke the 10-run stand.

Rohit Sharma, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Twenty-three balls later, Vinay Kumar broke the 26-run stand.

MI scored 100 off 15.1 overs (91 balls). RCB had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Dinesh Karthik’s half-century – which included three boundaries and as many sixes – came off 31 balls.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 24 balls. While Dinesh’s contribution to the partnership was 36, Ambati Rayudu’s contribution to the partnership was a dozen. Extras’ contribution to it was a couple.

Dinesh, whose 37-ball innings included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to four sixes, eventually scored 60. Thirty-four balls after Rohit’s dismissal, he was caught by Agarwal. Vinay broke the 60-run partnership.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Rayudu, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 18. The next ball, he was dismissed by Vinay.

MI scored 150 off 19.5 overs (120 balls). RCB had conceded eight extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Pollard, whose tw0-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. He was unbeaten, as was Harbhajan, who faced a ball, scoring a run.

MI, who scored 154 for the loss of five wickets, lost by just a couple of runs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Christian, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Unadkat were wicketless. They conceded 42, 30, and 26, respectively.

Kartik conceded 24, picking up a wicket.

Vinay bowled 27, picking up three scalps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delhi disappointed; Gambhir-led KKR win

KKR made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Shakib Al Hasan and Iqbal Abdulla made way for Eoin Morgan and Lakshmipathy Balaji.

DD made (Bot)half-a-dozen changes to their playing eleven – Virender Sehwag, Ross Taylor, Venugopal Rao, Pawan Negi, Sunny Gupta, and Varun Aaron made way for Unmukt Chand, Manprit Juneja, Johan, Irfan Pathan, Shahbaz Nadeem, and Ashish Nehra.

On winning the toss, Gautam Gambhir, KKR’s skipper, chose to field.

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 a couple of wickets.

DD’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Chand, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball into the match, he was dismissed by Brett Lee.

David Warner, whose 19-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 21. Thirty-four balls later, he was caught by Jacques Kallis. Sunil Narine, the player of the match, broke the 44-run stand. 

DD scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). KKR had conceded three extras at that point.

Juneja, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Eighteen balls after Warner’s dismissal, he was caught by Laxmi Ratan Shukla. Balaji broke the 15-run stand.

Naman Ojha, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Nineteen balls later, he was caught by Lee. Rajat Bhatia broke the 20-run stand.

Botha, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – eight balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Bhatia, who broke the nine-run stand.

Irfan had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored four. Twelve balls later, he was caught by Manoj Tiwary. The West Indian broke the N(ar)ine-run stand.

DD scored 100 off 16.2 overs (98 balls). KKR had conceded four extras at that point.

Andre Russell, who faced eight balls, scored four. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Narine, who broke the 16-run stand.

Mahela Jayawadene, DD’s skipper, scored 50 off 46 balls, which included half-a-dozen boundaries.

He eventually scored 66 off 52 balls, which included eight boundaries and a six. Seven balls later, he was caught by Narine. Lee broke the 12-run stand.

Nehra, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Five balls later, he was caught by Shukla. Narine broke the three-run stand.

The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Nadeem, who faced eight balls, scored four. The (Nari)next ball, Manvinder Bisla and the West Indian ran him out.

Umesh Yadav, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

KKR eventually conceded five extras. DD were dismissed for 128 off 20 overs.

Shukla, who bowled an over, conceded eight. He was wicketless, as was Kallis, who bowled three overs, conceding 23.

Balaji, who bowled four overs, conceded 20. He picked up a wicket.

Lee and Bhatia bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter conceded 23.

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

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

Bisla, who faced nine balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Ten balls into the chase, he was caught by Chand. Nehra broke the five-run stand.

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

Kallis, whose 20-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 23. Thirty-four balls after Bisla’s dismissal, he was caught by Chand. Nadeem broke the 47-run stand.

Gambhir, whose 29-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 41. Thirty-five balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Botha, who broke the 41-run stand.

Tiwary, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Seven balls later, he was caught by Ojha. Nadeem broke the six-run stand.

KKR scored 100 off 15 overs (90 balls). DD had conceded an extra at that point.

Morgan, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was unbeaten, as was Yusuf Pathan, who scored 18 off 16 balls, which included a six.

DD eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. KKR, who scored 129 for the loss of four wickets off 18.4 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with eight balls to spare.

Irfan bowled two wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15.

Russell and Umesh bowled three wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 23.

Nehra bowled three overs, conceding 20. He picked up a wicket, as did Botha, who bowled 3.4 overs, conceding 22.

Nadeem bowled four overs, conceding 22. He picked up a couple of scalps.