During the 22nd match of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Delhi Daredevils (DD) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at Delhi, Kings XI Punjab failed to continue its good form as they could only score 143-8 in 20 overs.
After Gautam Gambhir put Kings XI Punjab in to bat, the visitors lost wickets at regular intervals, which didn’t help their case at all. Without Chris Gayle, their task had become all the more daunting. At the halfway mark, Punjab had scored 68-3. At this point in time, their hopes lied on Karun Nair and Yuvraj Singh.
Yuvraj Singh, who is battling with form since the start of this tournament, failed to make an impact as he was out cheaply this time as well. It were the starts taken by Nair (34) and David Miller (26) which led Punjab to score a decent total.
Liam Plunkett, who made his IPL debut tonight, was the pick of the bowlers for the Daredevils with his bowling figures of 4-0-17-3. He was well supported by Trent Boult (3-0-21-2) and Avesh Khan (4-0-36-2). Avesh Khan might have been on the costlier side, but impressed one and all with his pace and bounce.
Watch how Twitterati reacted on Punjab’s dismal performance:
Avesh Khan should’ve started for @DelhiDaredevils as soon as Rabada was ruled out.. Simple. #DDvKXIP
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) April 23, 2018
Ashwin dropped this match by dropping inform batsman Gayle.#DDvKXIP
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) April 23, 2018
2 Minutes Of Silence For People Who Had Chris Gayle As Captain In Fantasy League. 🙊🙃 #DDvKXIP #DDvsKXIP #IPL2018
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 23, 2018
The last time when Yuvraj was looking in good form was in the Kent RO AD #DDvKXIP
— Rajat Rao 🇮🇳 (@Rao10Rajat) April 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/TrollywoodOffl/status/988421960035192834
https://twitter.com/ashokamithun/status/988444753959276544
What Yuvraj is doing to his reputation by still playing. #DDvKXIP pic.twitter.com/3fDn4g2CNm
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) April 23, 2018
Preity Zinta burns more calories in a Kings XI Punjab’s match than Yuvraj Singh does. #DDvKXIP
— Shridhar V (@iimcomic) April 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/iamsosaqlain/status/988441143481282567
