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 36^th 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.