Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Delhi Daredevils (DD) began their IPL 2018 journey on Sunday at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium (Mohali, Chandigarh) where KXIP clinched a comfortable 6 wickets victory (with 7 balls to spare).
KXIP decided to bowl first after winning the toss. DD managed to put 166/7 on the board at the end of 20 overs which was chased down comfortably by KXIP in 18.5 overs after losing 4 wickets.
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Brief Scores: DD – 166/7 in 20 overs (Gautam Gambhir 55, Rishabh Pant 28, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/28)
KXIP – 167/4 in 18.5 overs (KL Rahul 51, Karun Nair 50, Daniel Christian 1/12)
Result – KXIP won by 6 wickets
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
i) KXIP captain Ravichandran Ashwin was first time leading any IPL side on his 112 IPL matches.
- First IPL player who played 100 or more games before taking the leadership role.
ii) KXIP off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman made his IPL debut at the age 17 years and 11 days.
- Youngest ever IPL player. Previous record holder was Sarfraz Khan who had made debut in the IPL at the age of 17 years 177 days.
iii) Gautam Gambhir scored 36th IPL half-century.
- Joint most no.of half-centuries in IPL history. David Warner has also the same number of IPL half-century.
iv) Gautam Gambhir’s IPL career runs against KXIP is 726.
- The second most career runs by any batsman against KXIP. The record holder is Chris Gayle with 797 runs against KXIP in IPL career.
v) DD scored 166/7 in 20 overs.
- Second highest IPL total for DD against KXIP at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium (Mohali, Chandigarh). Their highest one was 172/5 on May 7, 2016.
vi) KL Rahul completed his half-century in just 14 balls.
- Fastest ever IPL half-century. Previous record holder was Sunil Narine and Yusuf Pathan who had once completed their half-centuries in 15 balls.
- The second fastest T20 half-century by an Indian batsman. The record holder is Yuvraj Singh with 12 balls half-century (it is also the record joint fastest T20 half-century) when he was playing for India against England in 2007 ICC World T20 (at Durban on September 19, 2007).
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vii) KXIP successfully chased the 167 runs (167/4) target.
- Highest runs chased for KXIP against DD in IPL history. Their previous record was chasing 165 runs (165/6) target at Delhi on May 19, 2014.
