Delhi lose to Bailey-led KXIP

DD made four changes to their playing eleven – Ross Taylor, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rahul Shukla, and Siddarth Kaul made way for Murali Vijay, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Shami, and Jaydev Unadkat.

KXIP made one change to their playing eleven – Mitchell Johnson made way for Beuran Hendricks.

On winning the toss, George Bailey, KXIP’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 55, and lost a wicket.

Vijay, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Fifteen balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Hendricks. Sandeep broke the 13-run stand.

DD scored 50 off 5.1 overs (31 balls). KXIP had conceded four extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 27 balls. While the contribution of Kevin Pietersen, DD’s skipper, to the partnership was 35, Dinesh Karthik’s contribution to it was 15. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Pietersen, whose 32-ball (Kev)innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, eventually scored 49. Forty-eight balls after Vijay’s dismissal, Axar Patel, the player of the match, broke the 71-run partnership.

DD scored 100 off 13.1 overs (79 balls). KXIP had conceded four extras at that point.

Karthik’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 35 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 33 balls. While Karthik’s contribution to the partnership was 35, Jean-Paul Duminy’s contribution to it was 15. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Duminy, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 17. Thirty-eight balls after Pietersen’s dismissal, he was caught by Glenn Maxwell. Hendricks broke the 56-run partnership.

Kedar Jadhav, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Maxwell. Sandeep broke the four-run stand.

DD scored 150 off 17.4 overs (106 balls). KXIP had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Mayank Agarwal, who faced a couple of balls, scored half-a-dozen. His runs came by way of a six. Four balls after Jadhav’s dismissal, Sandeep was in seventh heaven.

Manoj Tiwary, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, was unbea‘ten’.

Karthik, whose 44-ball innings included seven boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 69. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Rishi Dhawan. Hendricks broke the four-run stand.

Parnell, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. Three balls later, he was caught by Maxwell. Hendricks broke the run-a-ball stand.

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

DD scored 164 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Rishi and Shivam Sharma were wicketless. While the former conceded 42, the latter conceded 32.

Axar, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 18. He picked up a wicket.

Hendricks and Sandeep picked up three scalps apiece. While the former conceded 36, the latter conceded 35.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 66, without the loss of a wicket.

KXIP’s openers put on 50 off 4.5 overs (29 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave DD no reason to be in seventh heaven. While Virender Sehwag’s contribution to the partnership was 14, Manan Vohra’s contribution to it was 33.

Vohra, whose 19-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 42. Thirty-eight balls into the chase, he was caught by Vijay. Imran Tahir broke the 67-run partnership.

Sehwag, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 23. Nine balls later, he was caught by Tiwary. Duminy broke the 17-run stand.

Maxwell, whose 11-ball innings included a six, scored 14. Tahir had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the eight-run stand.

David Miller, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. Five balls later, Duminy broke the two-run stand.

KXIP scored 100 off 11 overs (66 balls). DD had conceded a dozen extras at that point.

Wriddhiman Saha, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. Thirty-one balls after Miller’s dismissal, he was caught by Parnell. Shami broke the 33-run stand.

KXIP scored 150 off 17.5 overs (107 balls). DD had conceded 15 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Axar, whose 35-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, eventually scored 42. He was unbeaten.

Bailey had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-one balls after Saha’s dismissal, he was caught by Jadhav. Tahir broke the 28-run stand.

Rishi, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

KXIP, who scored 165 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 19.4 overs, won by four wickets with a couple of balls to spare.

Parnell bowled 3.4 overs, conceding 42. He was wicketless, as was Unadkat, who bowled four overs, conceding 31.

Shami bowled four overs, conceding 39. He picked up a wicket.

Duminy bowled four overs, conceding 27. He picked up two wickets.

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