Currently, the Delhi Capitals (DC) are locking horns with Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi for the second time in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). After winning the toss, the DC skipper, Shreyas Iyer asked the visitors to bat first. However, the visitors lost their in-form players, KL Rahul in the second over of the match itself.
Gayle and Rahul started cautiously, but Rahul was dismissed by Lamichhane going to Rishabh Pant’s brilliant stumping after smashing the bowler for a six and a four. KXIP batsmen lost wickets in regular intervals as Mayank Agarwal was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada in the 5th over followed by David Miller getting dismissed by Axar Patel in the 7th over.
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Punjab was reeling at 61/3 after Miller dismissal, then, Mandeep Singh and Gayle took the onus on them as they added 45 runs for the 4th wicket before the getting out in the 13th over owing to a brilliant combination catch of Colin Ingram and Axar. After Gayle’s dismissal, Mandeep also got out in the 17th over. However, some late blitz from Ashwin and Brar helped KXIP to reach the total of 163/7 in their quota of 20 overs.
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During the chase of 164 runs, the DC openers, Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw started with a bang as despite scoring just 1 run in the first over, they amassed 24 runs in the next two overs. However, Shaw lost his wicket in the fourth over owing to a bulls-eye from Mandeep. After that dismissal, Dhawan made a solid partnership with Iyer as they added 92 runs for the second wicket before Shikhar getting out in the 14th overs after scoring a fifty.
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However, something interesting took place in the 13th over as before the third ball of that over, Ashwin gave a warning for ‘Mankading’ and on the next ball, Shikhar was seen having some fun there as he was seen dancing around the crease as non-striker’s end as if he was asking Ashwin to run him out.
Here is the video of the incident:
https://twitter.com/Vidshots1/status/1119659419577380864
