Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab were involved in the 37th match of the IPL 2019, where former won the toss and opted to bowl first. KL Rahul got out early to Sandeep Lamichhane but Chris Gayle was determined from the other end. He was hitting the ball hard and hit five sixes during his innings of 69 runs off 37 balls. But once Gayle got out, Punjab lost the plot completely. Mandeep Singh was the other notable contributor with 30 runs. Delhi bowlers restricted Punjab to 163/7 in 20 overs.
Delhi started their chase in fine fashion as Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan were hitting boundaries before the former got run out. But there was no stopping Dhawan at Feroz Shah Kotla. He stitched a match-defining 92-run partnership with Shreyas Iyer. Dhawan got out after scoring 56 runs off 41 balls, where he hit seven fours and one six. There was a slight stumble in Delhi’s run-chase as they lost few quick wickets towards the end. But Iyer kept his cool to take Delhi over the line with five wickets in hand.
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Chris Gayle (KXIP)
The Universe Boss was at his brutal best against Delhi Capitals bowling attack. He took the Delhi spinners for cleaners and smashed them in all corners of the park. He was unmoved from what was happening on the other and to score 69 runs in just 37 balls, where he hit six fours and five towering sixes.
Sandeep Lamichhane (DC)
Nepali leg-spinner was bowling in good rhythm against Kings XI Punjab. He stuck KL Rahul’s wicket in his first over as he found the batsman out of his crease. Chris Gayle hammered him for a big six before he dismissed him on the very next ball. Lamichhane wasn’t done for the night and dismiss Sam Curran in the same over to suck the life out of Punjab’s innings. He took three wickets in his four overs at the cost of 40 runs.
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Shreyas Iyer (DC)
Delhi skipper played the match-winning knock against Kings XI Punjab to redeem his team’s ugly defeat against the same opponent earlier this year. Iyer remained calm throughout the chase and stitched an important 92-run partnership with Shikhar Dhawan to Delhi closer to the target. His unbeaten 58 runs off 49 balls took DC over the line by five wickets.
