The Delhi Capitals (DC) all-rounder, Marcus Stoinis has played a belligerent knock in their opening game DC against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. DC was in all sorts of trouble after being asked to bat first before the Australian smashed a 20-ball fifty which helped his team to reach a competitive total of 157 for 8. However, KXIP couldn’t manage to win the nail-biting match despite Mayank Agarwal’s sturdy knock of 89 off just 60 deliveries as they scored just 2 runs in the super over.
DC was off to a poor start with Shikhar Dhawan (0) and Prithvi Shaw (5) departing for just 9 runs on the board. Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant made the effort of stopping the sinking of Delhi’s ship but struggled to get the runs. At one stage, Delhi was reeling at 96 for 6 in the 17th over and 150-mark was looking like a distant dream. However, Marcus Stoinis launched a stunning counterattack in teh slog over as he helped the Delhi-based franchise to reach a total of 157.
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During the chase, KXIP didn’t had the best of the starts as they went down from 30/0 in the 5th over to 35/4 in a matter of 12 balls with KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Nicholas Pooran, and Glenn Maxwell losing their wickets. After that dismissal, Agarwal didn’t give up in after that as KXIP needed 42 runs in the last four over as he brought down the equation to 13 runs in the last over. However, he smashed 12 runs before getting out of the penultimate delivery of the final over delivered by Stoinis, who dismissed Jordan on the final delivery, and the game reached the super over.
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In the Super Over, KL Rahul cameo out to face Kagiso Rabada along with Nicholas Pooran. Rahul scored a couple on the first ball followed by Rabada dismissing both of them on the next two deliveries. DC needed 3 runs to win the match Pant and Iyer made sure that they reach over the line without any hiccup.
Hits
Mayank Agarwal
After the dismissals of KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran, KXIP needed someone to play the anchor role which, Mayank Agarwal managed to well as he somewhat steadied the ship with Gowtham. He added 89 runs off 60 balls with the help of seven 4s and four 6s.
Kagiso Rabada
When KXIP needed 25 in the last two over, Rabada ave away runs in the penultimate over. He also took crucial wickets of Glenn Maxwell and Krishnappa Gowtham. However, he made a comeback in the super over when he dismissed Rahul and Pooran on back-to-back-deliveries.
Marcus Stoinis
With almost no one to support him from teh other rend, Stoinis took the game away from KXIP as he started cautiously, but did;t took long to get his eyes settled in as he had started tonking the bowlers by smashing them effortlessly. He amassed 53 runs off just 21 balls with the help of seven 4s and three 6s.
Flops
KL Rahul
KXIP skipper, KL Rahul didn’t had the best of start to his IPL 2020 campaign, but he was looking in good touch. However, his joy didn’t last long as he was dismissed for a meager score of 21 in the 5th over during the chase by Mohit Sharma. He will be expected to make a strong comeback in the next game.
Nicholas Pooran
Whenever Nicholas Pooran is on the cricket field he is bound to be surrounded with a lot of expectations, and more often than not he is known for fulfilling them but he failed on Sunday. He was dismissed on duck during the chase as well as in the super over.
