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.
During the toss, the KXIP skipper, R Ashwin revealed that they have three changes to the squad as Sam Curran, Harpreet Brar, and Hardus Viljoen came in the squad for Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Arshdeep Singh. However, DC also made three changes to their squad as Colin Ingram, Sandeep Lamichhane, and Sherfane Rutherford came back in the squad in place of Colin Munro, Keemo Paul, and Chris Morris.
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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.
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.
WATCH – Rishabh Pant’s Brilliance Sends Back KL Rahul
The universe Boss started the over of Lamichhane with the huge six over deep mid-wicket. However, he went for another one in the same region, but Ingram at deep midwicket caught the ball over his head inches away from the boundary line, as he soon as he saw that he was losing his balance, he threw the ball towards Axar, who was ten yards away. Patel made no mistake and took the ball comfortably with a wide smile on his face while catching it. It was some amazing fielding display from Ingram.
Here is the video of the same:
https://twitter.com/Vidshots1/status/1119633960177258496
On the final ball of the over, Lamichhnane dismissed Sam Curran as well, as he took the catch on his own bowling, resulting in a soft dismissal. Here is the video of the dismissal:
https://twitter.com/Vidshots1/status/1119636154356080640
