In the match between Delhi and Pune, Daredevils defeated Superjient by 7 runs in the match played in Delhi. Manoj Tiwary’s half century was not enough to win Pune. Delhi needed 25 runs to win in the last over. Manoj Tiwary, after scoring two consecutive sixes in the first two balls of the Cummins, awakened Pune’s hopes but could not show anything after that. 8 runs behind Pune target and Delhi won by 7 runs Karun Nair was declared the Man of the Match for his brilliant innings.
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The start of the 169-run chase was not good at the start of Pune. On the first ball of the innings, Delhi captain Zaheer Khan sent Ajinkya Rahane back to the pavilion. Rahul’s bat remained silent from the last few matches once again. In the fifth over of the innings, Zaheer was bowled by Rahul wicket keeper keeper Pant. In the tenth over, Captain Smith became LBW on the ball of Nadeem Smith scored 38 runs. After sharing a 51-run partnership with Tiwary for the fourth wicket, Stokes bends on the boundary. Stokes scored 33 runs. After this, Dhoni, who came for batting, was dismissed in the 18th over by Shami’s brilliant throw and he was run out by the pavilion. It was the fifth blow to Pune that Dhoni could only score 5 runs. After Dhoni, Daniel Kirsten, who came in to bat, got 3 runs, and Shami’s delivery was lbw. Manoj Tiwary and Washington were beautiful in the last over. Manoj kept the strike in his last over. On the last ball, he became a bowler on the Cummins ball. Thus, Pune could only score 161 runs in 20 overs. In the end, finished with an impressive 5 runs.
Opener Karun Nair’s brilliant half-century helped India bat first before winning the toss, after scoring 168 runs in eight overs in their 20 overs. A 74-run partnership for the third wicket between Rishabh Pant and Karun Nair took a break from the initial shock of Delhi. Nayar kept one end till the 19th over from the start of the innings. On the other end, the wicket was falling on the other side. After Pant’s dismissal, Samuels took Nair for a while. Pune has done great fielding and bowling and kept Delhi batsmen, but Delhi managed to cross the 150-run mark. Ben Stokes and Jaydev Unadkat were the most successful bowlers from both the sides, taking 2-2 wickets from Pune. Apart from this, Sundar, Jampa and Christian got one wicket each.
Delhi decided to bat first before winning the toss. Karun Nair and Sanju Samson started the innings from Delhi, but in the first over, Sanju Samson got run out after scoring two runs. Ben Stokes’s direct throw forced Samson to return to the pavilion. The first ball of the third over was Delhi’s second blow. Shreyas Iyer, who was the hero of Delhi’s victory in the last match of Unadkat’s ball, was caught by Dhoni. He returned to the pavilion by only making 3 runs. . After this, there was a 74-run partnership for the third wicket between Rishabh Pant and Karun Nair who came for the batting. In the 9th over, Rishabh was caught by Daniel Kristen on Jampa Ball. Rishab scored 36 runs. After Rishabh’s dismissal, Marvan Samuels, who came in to bat, made a quick start of 27 runs. Samuels tried to play Daniel Kirsten’s ball over the wicketkeeper. Dhoni forced Samuels to leave the field by placing a spectacular catch. Dhoni did not stop here, stumping on the beautiful beauty of the Washington beautiful, and he sent Corey Anderson back to the pavilion. Karun Nayar catches the delivery of Unadkat on Stokes’s ball in an attempt to make a quick run in the 19th over. Unadkat caught Nair in a fine manner. Karun Nair scored 64 runs. Shami also had to return to the pavilion due to Stokes’ excellent fielding. Finally, Shahbah Nadeem and Amit Mishra remained unbeaten on 13 runs.
Today’s match for Delhi is an opportunity to save credentials, while Pune’s victory today is at the top of the table in the points table. Before today, three matches have been played between these two teams, one of which has won Pune and Delhi in two. In this season, when both of these teams climbed, Sanju Samson gave Delhi the victory in the first match of IPL 10. In the match played in Pune, Delhi had scored 205 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Pune was stacked on 108 runs.
