Delhi Capitals (DC) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) witnessed one of the most thrilling games of IPL 2019 at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. The game turned out to be a roller-coaster ride for fans as well as the teams. From a
position, the Capitals, under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer, slumped and lost the game by 14 runs. With the triumph, Ravi Ashwin and his men also moved to the second position of the table in this edition’s IPL and a lot of credit for the same goes to the young Sam Curran.
Earlier in the game, Capitals won the toss and elected to field first, after which they restricted the hosts to 166/9. KL Rahul looked dangerous, but Chris Morris got him after he scored an 11-ball 15. Sam Curran smacked Avesh Khan for three fours and then hit a six off Sandeep Lamichanne, but the bowler had the last laugh again as Lamichanne dismissed Curran in the fourth over. Curran scored 20 from 10 balls.
WATCH – Brain Fade Moment For Mayank Agarwal Resulted In His Wicket
Mayank Agarwal succumbed to a brain fade run-out. Thereafter Sarfaraz Khan and David Miller took the charge and stitched the partnership of 62 runs. Khan fell prey to Lamichhane after scoring 39 from 29 with six fours. Miller was looking in great touch and amassed 43 runs with four fours and two sixes. Quite a few wickets fell in the last few overs, but Mandeep Singh’s 21-ball 29 took KXIP to respectability.
Delhi started their run-chase on a terrifying note as Ravi Ashwin sent Prithvi Shaw went back to the pavilion for a golden duck. Then it was the turn of Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer to take charge and they added 61 runs for the second wicket before Hardus Viljoen rattled Iyer’s stumps to give Punjab the much-needed breakthrough. Iyer got out for 28. Ashwin got his second wicket as he dismissed Dhawan for 30 runs.
WATCH – Hardus Viljoen Shattered The Stumps Of Shreyas Iyer
The onus was on Colin Ingram and Rishabh Pant to taker the visitors over the line but after the dismissal of Pant, who scored 39, Ashwin’s direct-hit accounted for Chris Morris’ wicket and Delhi’s collapsed started from there. Ingram got out after a 29-ball 38. Thereafter, Delhi got bundled out for 152. Sam Curran picked up a hat-trick to shell-shock the visitors. Mohammed Shami also picked up two crucial wickets.
Brief score:
Kings XI Punjab – 166/9 in 20 overs (D Miller: 43, S Khan: 39; S Lamichhane: 2/27) defeated Delhi Capitals – 152 all out in 19.2 overs (R Pant: 39; S Curran: 4/11, M Shami: 2/27) by 14 runs.
Here is how Twitter reacted after the brilliant effort of Sam Curran:
Hahaha that was insane! Super proud, what a game @CurranSM 🔥🔥🔥
— Tom Curran (@TC59) April 1, 2019
Great win for @lionsdenkxip top bowling performance @MdShami11 @ashwinravi99 and #samkurran 👏👏👏😊 @IPL #KingsXIPunjab vs #DelhiCapitals
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3) April 1, 2019
https://twitter.com/KP24/status/1112782415015997441
WOW!!! Into Jaipur & caught the 2nd innings of ‘Mohali Madness’ 💥👏🎉 @lionsdenkxip right royal rippa gents! 😄👍👏 Sammy Curran hatrick!!! #takeabow #IPL2019 👏
— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66) April 1, 2019
Sam Curran in this year's IPL:
First 3 overs: 0-48, Economy: 18
Next 3.2 overs: 6-15, Economy: 4.5, Average: 2.520 off 11 with the bat, 4-11 in 2.2 overs with the ball. Spectacular stuff.#IPL2019 #KXIPvDC
— Srini Mama (@SriniMaama16) April 1, 2019
For such a young kid @CurranSM has Balls of steel … Another England player lighting up the #IPL2019 #LoveIt
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) April 1, 2019
At the age of 20 years and 302 days, Sam Curran is the youngest player to claim a hat-trick in the IPL.
Previous youngest – Rohit Sharma (22y 6d in 2009) #IPL2019 #KXIPvDC— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 1, 2019
https://twitter.com/roryburns17/status/1112785230144921601
What an impactful cricketer this Sam Curran is…. Both with the bat & ball. Won 2 Tests for England against India last summer. Now already have won 2 matches for Punjab in this season. A nifty, neat man! #KXIPvDC @CurranSM
— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) April 1, 2019
Delhi Capitals lost their last 7 wickets for 8 runs in 17 balls!#KXIPvDC#IPL2019#IPL
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 1, 2019
WOW!!! Into Jaipur & caught the 2nd innings of ‘Mohali Madness’ 💥👏🎉 @lionsdenkxip right royal rippa gents! 😄👍👏 Sammy Curran hatrick!!! #takeabow #IPL2019 👏
— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66) April 1, 2019
Great illustration today of why set batsmen must finish the game. This is an epic collapse from Delhi Capitals.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 1, 2019
