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Thu, 05 May 2016
IPL 9: Pune topple Delhi to remain alive in IPL 9
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23:27
Pune: 166/3 (19.1 overs) vs DD 162/7
First ball of the last over, Perera gets out but to DD's dismay, Shami has over-stepped. No-ball and it's all over.
Pune remain alive in this competition with a much-needed win. Delhi suffer their second loss.
23:24
Pune: 162/3 (19 overs) vs DD 162/7
Perera connects one to send it over the long-on fielder's head. He follows it with another one over deep-wicket into the crowd.
Two sixes have put Pune in striking distance of this target.
23:19
Pune: 146/3 (18.1 overs) vs DD 162/7
That's massive at this stage of the match. Outstanding catch by Sam Billings sees the back of Dhoni.
Fabulous catch close to the boundary rope. Tahir picks his second wicket.
Game on!
23:17
Pune: 146/2 (18 overs) vs DD 162/7
Shami makes a blunder by conceding four byes off a wide ball (5 runs). Dhoni swings it hard to score a four over the keeper's head.
He follows it with a bullet six over the bowler's head. A length ball from Shami.
Excellent fiedling from Brathwaite saves another boundary from Dhoni's bat.
Big over with 20 scored off it.
23:12
Pune: 126/2 (17 overs) vs DD 162/7
Disappointing from Dhoni and Rahane. They fail to score a single boundary off Amit Mishra's over (17th over).
Only 6 scored and they will have to score big now with the required rate sky-rocketing.
23:07
Pune: 120/2 (16 overs) vs DD 162/7
Pune need to score at 10.75 in the last four overs. Dhoni is under pressure after a few dot balls facing Tahir. They need him to fire.
Only four scored off Tahir.
23:03
Pune: 116/2 (15 overs) vs DD 162/7
Dhoni gets into the act by launching Negi over the sight-screen. 10 scored off the 15th over.
22:59
Pune: 106/2 (14 overs) vs DD 162/7
Another half-century for Rahane. He has played his usual innings anchoring the chase. Rahane's 51 comes off 39 balls.
22:56
Pune: 104/2 (13.1 overs) vs DD 162/7
Tiwary self-exploits here! He slogged sweeped straight to the fielder at deep mid-wicket. Tahir picks his first wicket.
Dhoni joins Rahane now.
22:52
Pune: 104/1 (13 overs) vs DD 162/7
Pune have got things under control here. Rahane is going at a steady pace and Tiwary has got a move on.
Rahane is only a run short of his fifty.
22:41
Pune: 86/1 (11 overs) vs DD 162/7
Saurabh Tiwary hits a six off Amit Mishra. Mishra also bowls consecutive no-balls in the over (11th over).
13 of the over!
22:35
Pune: 74/1 (10 overs) vs DD 162/7
Rahane is showing his class here. Plays a lofted cover drive off Duminy to place it for a boundary.
Half-way through the innings, Pune are decently placed at 74/1
22:31
Pune: 59/1 (8.1 overs) vs DD 162/7
The first breakthrough for DD. Amit Mishra strikes for the home side. Khawaja fails to read his straighter one and misses it completely.
Samson does no mistake and stumps him. 26 off 19 balls for Khawaja.
Mishra has got most stumped wickets in IPL history.
22:27
Pune: 59/0 (8 overs) vs DD 162/7
Khawaja is riding on his luck here. He survives another run-out chance (his third in the innings) with Samson failing to collect the ball from behind the stumps.
Pune are going steadily here and most importantly have all their wickets in hand in pursuit of this challenging chase.
22:17
Close! Khawaja survives a run-out chance with Shami missing the stumps from a close range.
Next up, Rahane uses his subtle wrists to score back to back boundaries on the leg-side. Sheer elegance from Rahane!
12 scored off the 6th over bowled by Shami. 50 also comes up for Pune.
22:13
Pune: 38/0 (5 overs) vs DD 162/7
Bang! Khawaja hits straight above Jayant Yadav's head for a six. They are gaining momentum steadily.
22:10
Pune: 28/0 (4 overs) vs DD 162/7
Khawaja is lucky to score a boundary off the last ball of Shami's over (4th over). Both Khawaja and Rahane are on 14 runs each.
22:04
Brathwaite spills one tough catch off the dangerous Khawaja. Life-line for the Aussie batsman.
Only 4 runs off Yadav's over.
22:01
Top shot from Khawaja. He cuts one elegantly for a four off Brathwaite.
Pune: 13/0 (2 overs) vs DD 162/7
21:56
Pune: 6/0 (1 over) vs DD 162/7
Six scored off the first over bowled by spinner Jayant Yadav.
Rahane has a new opening partner in Usman Khawaja.
21:50
DD: 162/7 (20 overs) vs Pune
Negi middles one sweetly for a six in the last over. It's a challenging total from Delhi. Pune will also take that score and will back themselves to chase it.
21:28
DD: 143/7 (17.5 overs) vs Pune
Superb from Saurabh Tiwary. Direct hit finds J Yadav short of the crease. Three quick wickets have hurt Delhi badly here.
21:24
DD: 138/6 (17 overs) vs Pune
Double blow for Delhi as they lose their stand-in-captain Duminy immediately after the wicket of Brathwaite.
Duminy wanted a second run but couldn't beat a strong throw from Rahane.
21:22
DD: 137/4 (16.5 overs) vs Pune
Brathwaite hit a six and wanted to treat the next ball in the same manner. Boland bowled it slower and shorter.
He hit straight to Perere. A handy cameo of 8-ball 20 comes to an end.
21:17
Brathwaite goes big, hits M Ashwin for a massive six over long-on. The towering West Indian follows it with another six off the last ball of M Ashwin's over.
18 conceded off it.
21:13
DD: 110/4 (14.4 overs) vs Pune
That's come at a crucial time for Pune. Bhatia srikes again dismissing the dangerous Billings. He tried to hit over the long-on's head but couldn't clear it.
21:08
Billings is on fire here! He muscles one for a boundary off M Ashwin.
21:03
Billings powers! Sam Billings sends one sailing into the crowd off R Ashwin's bowling. Spectacular shot.
He follows it with a consecutive six over Ashwin's head.
100 also up for DD. They are accelerating now.
20:59
DD: 77/3 (11 overs) vs Pune
DD's overseas batsmen Duminy and Billings will have to score the runs for them. It's been 33 balls since a boundary was scored.
Duminy is 17 off 17 balls.
20:46
Terrific catch by Thisara Perera sees the back of Karun Nair. Rajat Bhatia chips in with a crucial wicket at a vital time.
20:41
DD: 63/2 (9 overs) vs Pune
DD are scoring at a slow pace after losing their top two batsmen. Nair is 29 off 18 balls and has Duminy for company.
20:31
DD: 48/2 (6 overs) vs Pune
Sanju Samson departs just when he was looking dangerous. He plays it early to give an easy catch to R Ashwin. Boland picks his first wicket.
DD were going at a good pace. It's end of powerplay overs now.
20:24
DD: 30/1 (5 overs) vs Pune
Elegant from Karun Nair! He strokes one through covers for a boundary off the first ball.
Dinda bowled a full toss over Kair's waist height and the young batsman guided the no-ball for a boundary.
13 scored off the over.
20:18
DD: 27/1 (4 overs) vs Pune
DD are scoring at a decent pace despite losing Pant early. They score 10 off the 4th over bowled by Scott Boland.
Check how new entrant Usman Khawaja reacted to a typo error in his name's spelling.
"Looks like Pune were expecting 'Khwaja' to come play. I better go home," Khawaja tweeted before the match.
20:14
DD: 13/1 (2.4 overs) vs Pune
A nothing short by Rishabh Pant, who played so well in DD's last game. Dinda strikes for Pune.
Pant went for a wild swing and missed the ball completely. The off-stump was knock off.
20:09
DD: 11/0 (2 overs) vs Pune
A flash outside the off-stump from Samson gets him a boundary. He follows it with a classy flick to score four more runs.
9 runs scored off the second over by Thisara Perera.
20:04
DD: 2/0 (1 over) vs Pune
Decent first over by Supergiants pacer Ashok Dinda. Two runs conceded off it.
Both sides have a different look today. Pune have got their injury reinforcements in the form of Khawaja and Bailey.
DD have also made as many as four changes.
19:53
Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Supergiants
Pune Supergiants' skipper MS Dhoni has won the toss and elected to field at the Ferozshah Kotla Stadium.
Usman Khawaja and George Bailey to play for Pune.
Pune Supergiants XI: Ajinkya Rahane, Saurabh Tiwary, Usman Khawaja, George Bailey, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Thisara Perera, Rajat Bhatia, Scott Boland, R Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, M Ashwin
Delhi Daredevils XI: Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Sam Billings(wk), Jean-Paul Duminy(c), Pawan Negi, Carlos Brathwaite, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Imran Tahir
Four changes for DD with their captain Zaheer also missing out.
Zaheer, Quinton de Kock, Chris Morris and Shahbaz Nadeem are out for Delhi. Stand-in-captain Duminy mentioned about a few niggles in the side.
19:29
Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Supergiants
A confident Delhi Daredevils will host an injury-marred and struggling Pune Supergiants at the Ferozshah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi.
Daredevils will look to go top of the points table with a victory here. Pune on the other hand have won only two out of their 8 matches and are desperate for a win.