DC CAPTAIN SHREYAS IYER WON A TOSS AND OPTED TO BAT FIRST.
DC OPENER PRITHVI SHAW AND IN FORM BATSMAN SHIKAR DHAWAN CAME TO THE CREASE.FOR KXIP, ITS MAXI WILL OPEN THE ATTACK.DIFFERENT DECISION OF KL RAHUL TO OPEN WITH MAXI.
At first Over,Dhawan gets a boundary a misfield from Nic Pooran.GIVE MOMENTUM TO DHAWAN AND HIT NEXT BALL Six! He is in imperious form, is Dhawan. He has launched this over deep mid-wicket for six. 13 from the over.FOR 2ND OVER,SHAMI CAME TO ATTACK AND consider only 3 Runs.NEXT OVER,DHAWAN AND SHAW CONSIDER BOUNDARIES IN ARSHDEEP OVER.9RUNS FROM OVER.DC 25/0 in 3 Overs.Dhawan 16(9) & Shaw 7(9).
At Next over,Neesham STRIKES! HE GETS SHAW 7(11).SHAW IS NO POSITION FOR STROKE And Skies straight up too Maxwell hand.Shaw's poor run continues, departs for 7. As Iyer is off the mark with a lofted cover drive for a six!.Dhawan pulls it behind square for a four. Short and wide, and Dhawan slashes it between the point region for a four.TWO BOUNDERIES IN ARSHDEEP OVER.AT THE END OF POWERPLAY,DC 53/1 after 6 Overs.DHAWAN 35(20) & Iyer 9(5) both are looking settle.
In 9th Over, DHAWAN GETS FOURTH SUCCESSIVE FIFTY!.ASHWIN STRIKES!Ashwin drifts on to the leg and luckily for him Iyer manages to get a thick edge on to the gloves of Rahul, who judges it well to take the catch.IYER DEPARTS AT 14(12), 48-run stand comes to an end.NEXT OVER,Maxi came to attack,Maxwell looks to fire it into the legs of Dhawan, but he is quick with hands and it fine for a four. Five singles in the over and nine runs come off it. DC 83/2 after 10 Overs.DHAWAN 56(31) & Pant 4(6).
AFTER THAT MAXI GETS THE DC BIG HITTER PANT.PANT 14(20) LOFTED TO LONGON IN THE AGRAWAL HAND.AFTER THE END SHAMI GETS STOINIS BUT DHAWAN CONTINUE HIS FORM AND He reaches his second successive hundred! He becomes the first batsman in the 13-year history of the competition to achieve the feat of successive hundreds. He gets there off just 57 balls!.Kings XI conceding just 61 runs from the final 7 overs. The bowlers managed to strangle the rest of Delhi's batters with only Dhawan managing to find momentum. Dhawan finishes unbeaten on 106 off 61 balls gets DC TOTAL TO 164/5 in 20 Overs.
As SECOND INNING START,IPL TOP BATSMEN AND BEST OPENER MAYANK AND KL RAHUL START THE INNING.FOR DC,DANIEL SAMS PLAYING FIRST MATCH WILL START THE ATTACK.
As first over start,RAHUL AGAIN START WITH GOOD TOUCH AND he launches a full delivery high over his head for a six! 100th IPL six for Rahul. 8 Runs from an over.IN 2 OVER,RABADA COMCEDES ONLY 5 RUNS.After just Next Over,KL RAHUL LOOSE MOMENTUM IN AXAR BOWLS.He looks to lift it over the mid on fielder but his bat turns in his hand and ends up mistiming it to the mid on fielder DANIEL SAMS.EARLY STRIKE BY DC BOWLERS.SPINNER DOING WELL FOR DC.KXIP 19/1.
BY THE JUST BEFORE THE POWERPLAY END,Ashwin gets his man! Gayle looks to go down town but plays all over it and loses his stumps! Ashwin loves that and goes on a celebratory run. Pooran came dispatches a full delivery for a four. Mayank is run out! Pooran with a defensive stroke to the offside and set off for a quick single but Mayank isn't interested before taking off for a suicidal run. Ashwin picks it up and throws it to the keeper to catch Mayank short. KXIP 57/3 after 6 Overs.PUNJAB MAINTAIN THE RUNRATE UPTO MARK BUT LOOSE THE QUICK WICKET MAKE THEM IN BACKFOOT.DC SPINNER ARE GOOD AGAIN IN POWERPLAY.PUNJAB NEEDS A PARTNERSHIP.CAN MAXI & POORAN BRING.
Pooran gets a thick edge past Pant for a four. Fifty off 27 balls for Pooran! Good inning of pooran came to end on just next ball,RABADE STRIKES! Short ball and Pooran, would you believe it, looks to let it go behind, but ends up gloving it to Pant. Maxwell rocks to the offside and pulls it fine for a four. KXIP 130/4 after 13 Overs.AFTER POORAN INNING,DC ONLY NEED 34 RUNS 42 BALLS.RABADA AGAIN GETS THE BREAKTHROUGH OF MAXWELL 32(24) in his last over.He gets a thick leading edge going for the big one. It's high into the skies of Dubai and Pant gathers under it to take an excellent catch.TILL THAT ITS WHATS LATE DC ONLY NEED A 17 Runs 24 balls with5 wicket in hand.
AT THE END,Nicholas Pooran slammed a 27-ball fifty and Glenn Maxwell and Chris Gayle played useful knocks & NEESHAM BRILLANT SIX TO BRING PUNJAB VICTORY IN STYLE as Kings XI Punjab completed a hat-trick of victories in the Indian Premier League by beating Delhi Capitals by 5 wickets.
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