Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal is stranded on 99 but he has finished the Punjab innings on a high! A good length on off, Mayank Agarwal slams this one over the bowler's head, for a boundary. PUNJAB FINISH ON 166/6!Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal moves to 95 and Punjab have crossed the 160-run mark. A good length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal clears his front foot and cracks this one over the long on region.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal wanted the strike and now you know why! A full toss on middle, Mayank Agarwal hammers this one through mid-wicket. The ball runs away in a flash. Two more balls, can Agarwal hit two biggies?
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, Leg bye. A back of a length on middle, Brar looks to pull but he misses and gets hit on the body. The batters take the leg bye.Â
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, WIDE. This is again slower and way outside the off pole, Wide signalled.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Good length on off, MA punches this one to long off for a single. Smith does well in the deep to collect the ball quick and release it back to Khan.Â
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, WIDE! Slower length ball outside off, Brar looks to push this one away, but he misses. The batters take a single. So, two wides at the end.Â
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, ! Brar starts off the last over in fine fashion. A length delivery around off, in the arc and Harpreet Brar smacks this one down the ground, for a boundary.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Jordan, ! TAKEN! A comfortable catch for Yadav and KG gets another wicket. This is the cross seam ball around off and middle, Chris Jordan looks to whack this one to the leg side but the ball takes the top edge. Goes high in the air towards deep square leg, where Lalit Yadav comes ahead and has an easy catch.Â
Right! Punjab have managed a decent score here with the skipper's superb performance. However, the total is still a good one if they can strike early. But will they be able to do so? Shaw and Dhawan are in supreme form. We are in for a cracking run chase. It begins shortly.
Axar Patel is in for a chat! He says that the ball is holding a bit on the surface and you have to vary your pace. Adds that he is happy with his bowling and his first two matches, he was out of his mojo but he has come back nicely in the past 2 games. Opines that after the 15th over, there was some dew and the ball was skidding and it won't be easy to bowl.Â
The bowling from Delhi was really good they would have looked to finish things off well! They didn't allow the Punjab batters to free their arms. They managed two wickets in the Powerplay and set the tone nicely. The spinners kept the batters silent in the middle overs. Ishant went for a few but others bowled tightly. Patel gave just 21 in his 4 overs and got a wicket too. Rabada too was hit for a few but he got 3 wickets to go with it. Avesh Khan was once again really good and he finished with
Punjab didn't start well as Singh departed cheaply. Gayle walked in, played a couple of big shots before getting dismissed. Agarwal, the stand-in skipper stayed and along with Malan he gave the side some stability but the duo struggled to score freely. Malan was eventually removed and Hooda, the man in form was run out in the same over. Skipper Agarwal continued and reached his half-century. He hit a few boundaries after reaching his half ton. Towards the end, he went bang, bang. Mayank has scor
34 from the last 2 overs and Punjab have got the momentum on their side. What a superb innings from the stand-in skipper. It is unfortunate that he is stranded to 99 but he has taken his side to a very good total here.
Harpreet Brar is in now.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Another full toss around off, Agarwal whacks this one to long on for a single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Full and around off, flicked through mid-wicket and the batters come back for a couple.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Jordan, Full toss around off, this is pulled away to deep square leg for one.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Yorker on off, Agarwal pushes this to point for a quick single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, ! WHACK! A good length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal hammers this one over the bowler's head for a biggie. KG will want to come back nicely!Â
Kagiso Rabada to bowl the 19th.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Another top over by Avesh! Just 4 runs and a wicket off this one. A yorker on middle, pushed through mid on for one.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Really good bowling. Fires in a yorker on off, Mayank only manages to dig this out to covers.Â
Avesh Khan to Chris Jordan, Outside off on a length, punched to covers for a quick single.Â
Chris Jordan makes his way out in the middle.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Yorker around off, this is jammed out to point for a single.Â
Avesh Khan to Shahrukh Khan, ! CAUGHT! Avesh Khan picks up another wicket and Shahrukh is not able to get going here. A length ball, around off, Shahrukh Khan looks to slam this one to the leg side, but the ball slices towards the point region. Shimron Hetmyer backtracks and takes this catch. Another one falls for Punjab. They will be looking to cross the 160-run mark.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, A full toss on off, bunted away to long on for a single.Â
Ishant is done with his 4. Here's Avesh Khan.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Flatter on middle, pulled to deep square leg for a single. Axar finishes with 1 for 21.
Axar Patel to Shahrukh Khan, On middle, worked through mid-wicket for a single.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Around off, pushed to covers for a quick single.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On off, pushed to covers.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, ! Back-to-back boundaries for Agarwal. This is again shorter, and on leg, Mayank Agarwal goes back and cracks this one through mid-wicket for a boundary.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal is making a move-on here. This is bowled on the pads, slightly shortish, Mayank Agarwal gets on his knees and whacks this one to the deep square leg fence.Â
Will Rabada bowl out? No. It is Axar Patel who will finish off.
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Length around off, slapped through covers for a single. 15 off the over.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, ! Lalit Yadav is a good fielder and his effort is a good one, but he fails to hold on. A good length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal looks to slam this one over covers, but the ball takes the outer half of the blade and lobs up behind point. Yadav runs behind, puts in the dive, but fails to hold on. A couple.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal is putting his foot on the pedal here. Another boundary. A length ball outside off, Mayank Agarwal slams this one over the extra cover region for a biggie.Â
Ishant Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, Good length ball around off, this is punched through covers for one.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Yorker around off, this is jammed out to point for a single.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, ! Easy pickings for Agarwal and the skipper gets to his fifty too! His 9th in the League, and his second this year. He will look to stay out there and push Punjab past the 160-run mark. A full toss on leg, this is pulled through short fine leg for a boundary.Â
Bowling change! Ishant Sharma to bowl out.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Single to end! A length ball around off, pushed to covers for a quick single. 12 off the over.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, ! Good shot! Mayank needs some more of these. A shortish length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal pulls this one hard and over the deep mid-wicket region for a biggie. 100 up for Punjab too!Â
Kagiso Rabada to Shahrukh Khan, Gabbar does well here! A good length ball around off, this is slammed towards covers, where Dhawan dives and half stops the ball. One run.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Good length ball around off, tapped to the point region for a single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Fuller on leg, Agarwal whips this one to the right of the deep square leg fielder, for a brace.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Shahrukh Khan, A length ball around off, Khan looks to defend but the ball takes the outer half of the blade and goes to third man for a single.Â
Bowling change! Kagiso Rabada is back on. 2-0-13-2 from him so far.
Strategic Time Out! Delhi in complete control after this 2-wicket over. Punjab need a big flourish in the remaining overs if they are to challenge this strong Delhi batting lineup. Skipper Agarwal is going to be the key for Punjab. If Delhi can get rid of him, they can stop Punjab to a low score.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On off, the punch away only finds the cover fielder now.Â
Run out? Both the batters were almost at one end. The confusion is about who is gone now. Patel took the bails off at the non-striker's end as both the batters tried to get in. Patel gave the ball to the keeper and he took the bails off as well. Replay show Hooda is gone as he failed to make the crease at the non-striker's end.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Outside off, slapped away through point for a brace. Good running!Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On off, pushed to the cover region.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, RUN ! Confusion, confusion, and that means that Punjab loses another wicket. Hooda is the man who has to head back and Punjab are slipping here. This is bowled shorter and on middle, Agarwal moves leg side and pushes this to the cover region. Mayank wants the single but Hooda hesitates. Hetmyer does really well to run to his right, dives, and picks up the ball. Releases the ball to Axar at the non-striker's end. Both the batters are at the non-striker's en
Shahrukh Khan is in next.
Axar Patel to Deepak Hooda, Quicker and on leg, Hooda knocks this one towards deep mid-wicket for a single.Â
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, ! TIMBER! The leg stump goes to take a walk and Patel gets a wicket here. Malan goes back for 26, and he has not really fired as much as Punjab would have wanted. This is bowled around middle and leg, Dawid Malan goes on his knees and looks for the slog sweep. He misses though and the next thing he hears is the rattling of the stumps.Â
Deepak Hooda joins skipper Mayank Agarwal in the middle.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Shortish and around off, Malan pushes this through cover-point for one. 9 off the over.Â
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Outside off, slapped away through covers for a single.Â
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, ! A full toss again and Agarwal takes full toll of the same. This is around off, Mayank Agarwal slams this one over the bowler's head for a boundary. The 50-run stand comes up.Â
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Moves leg side slightly and strokes this one through covers for a single.Â
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Shorter and on leg, Agarwal gets low and pulls this one to deep square leg. Gives the strike back to Malan.Â
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, A full toss on middle, Malan milks this to long off for one. Malan missed out there.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, Nice and full around off, Malan pushes this to long off for a single. An expensive one for Delhi. 13 off it.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, ! A poor ball and Malan does not miss out. He is finding some boundaries now. A short ball, but on the body. Dawid Malan just have to swivel and pulls this one to the fine leg fence.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, That's a good yorker, just at the base of the off pole. Agarwal jams this one out to covers for a single.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, A back of a length delivery around off, Dawid taps this one to point for a quick single.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, ! There comes the release shot from Malan. He has struggled to time the ball tonight but he has timed this one with perfection. A length ball, around off, Dawid Malan nonchalantly lofts this one over the cover region for a biggie.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, A length delivery, slightly back of a length maybe, and it is around off, Dawid makes room and looks to play this to the off side but he misses.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Just 2 runs from the over! Avesh continues to display his growth. A yorker on off, Mayank digs this one out to the off side, but the batters are not able to cross.Â
Avesh Khan to Dawid Malan, A full toss on off, Dawid has pushes this to mid off for a quick single.Â
Avesh Khan to Dawid Malan, Malan is not finding his groove here. A short ball around off, Malan pulls this one to the mid-wicket fielder.Â
Avesh Khan to Dawid Malan, Punches this one nicely but only finds the cover fielder.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Shortish and around off, Agarwal pulls this one over square leg for a single.Â
Change. Avesh Khan will bowl his second over now. 1-0-11-0 so far.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Short and just outside off, punched to point.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Flat and around off, Malan makes room and he cuts but once again finds fielder. This time it goes to point. Just 2 from the over.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Punched nicely again but he finds the cover fielder once again.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Flat and around off, it is punched to point.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On middle, hit down to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Full and outside off, driven to the cover reigon where Hetmyer dives and stops.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, NOT ! Umpire's call on hitting the wickets. This is floated around middle and leg, Malan looks to work it on the leg side but misses to get hit on the pad. A big appeal follows but it is turned down. Axar is confident and Pant goes for the review. Time for the replays! Ultra Edge shows no bat. Ball Tracker shows it to be umpire's call on hitting the wickets. Malan stays.
Review time! Axar and Pant were very confident that this would be out and hence, they have gone for the review. This is an appeal for LBW. Ultra Edge shows a flat line. The wickets are deemed to be Umpire's call and Delhi retain their review.Â
Strategic Time-Out! Delhi will be the happier of the two sides, based on how these first 9 overs have gone by. They have kept the leash on the Punjab batters and Agarwal and Malan have not found their groove so far. They will need to accelerate and will look to do so in the coming overs. Pant will want his bowlers to keep taking wickets on the regular, and push Punjab on the back foot.Â
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Single to end! Full and around middle, flicked through square leg for a single. 8 off the 9th over.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Flat and around middle, Malan moves on the leg side and punches it to mid off.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Two more! Flat and just outside off, punched wide of deep cover. Easy two.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, A single now as this fuller ball is hit down to deep cover.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Misfield and two! Another short ball, pulled wide of deep mid-wicket this time. Smith misfields and allows the second.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Good stop! Shortish and around middle, pulled wide of deep square leg where the fielder runs to his right and saves two.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Short and around off, Agarwal pulls it to deep square leg for one.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Darted on the pads, flicked through mid-wicket for one. 5 off the over so far.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Tossed up and outside off, pushed wide of sweeper cover for two. 50 up for Punjab.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Flat and around middle, clipped through mid-wicket for one.
Spin from both ends now. Axar Patel is handed the ball.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Tossed up and outside off, driven to mid off.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Flat and around off, Malan punches it to long on for one.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, ! Uppish but wide! Full and wide outside off, Agarwal drives but not from the middle of the bat. The ball is uppish but it goes wide of backward point. A boundary to finish the over.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Full and outside off, driven to cover.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Short and spinning away, Malan punches it to deep cover for a single.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, On off, pushed down to long on for one.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Flat and just outside off, punched to deep point for a single.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Dropped short by Lalit. Mayank pulls it to deep square leg for one.
Change in bowling. Lalit Yadav to roll his arm now.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Dawid Malan, Length ball, just outside off, pushed to point for nothing. Rabada ends the Powerplay with a wicket.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Good length and outside off, pushed towards point. The fielder fumbles and they get one.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Good length and just outside off, poked to third man and they scamper back for the second.
Kagiso Rabada to Dawid Malan, Full and wide outside off, Malan squeezes it to deep point for a single. First run for him in the Indian T20 League.
Who is in at 4? It is Dawid Malan.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, ! TIMBER! WOW! What a reponse from Rabada. Gayle is shocked as he departs. A full toss it was, just around off, Gayle is taken by surprise there. He tries to keep it out but misses and the woodwork behind gets destroyed.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, ! Pulled away and pulled away for a biggie. Rabada baangs this short but it is not at the height that can trouble the universe boss. He swivels and pulls it over deep square leg for a biggie.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! SHOT! What a shot! That was off the meat of the bat. A length ball, it is outside off. Mayank flays it through the covers and the ball reaches the fence in a flash.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, Full, in the slot. Gayle looks to go down town but the ball takes the inside edge and hits his pad. It rolls on the off side and they cross.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, Banged short, typical fast bowler's reaction. Gayle looks to pull but misses to connect. Pant likes the bouncer and claps for the bowler.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, ! Up and over! A length ball, it is just outside off. Gayle thumps it over the bowler's head for a boundary.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Short and wide outside off, Agarwal punches it to backward point and takes a quick single.
Change. Avesh Khan will steam in now.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, Good length and around middle, it is worked on the leg side for a single.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, Short and around off, Gayle taps it towards cover and takes one to open his account. Just 3 from the 4th. End of a sucessful over from Kagiso.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, Low full toss, Gayle works it on the leg side but the ball takes the leading edge and it goes to the cover-point fielder.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, Very full and around off, Gayle pushes it to cover-point.
The Universe Boss, Chris Gayle makes his way in.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Prabhsimran Singh, ! TAKEN! Rabada strikes in his first over! An excellent catch from Smith. Full and around off, Singh makes room and looks to hit it wide of mid off but he fails to time it well. The ball goes to the left of Smith who moves that side quickly and takes a fine catch. Prabhsimran's struggle has been cut short.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, This is bowled around off, Agarwal goes back and guides this one through backward point for a single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Prabhsimran Singh, Good length and around off, this is pushed towards point for a quick single.
Time for some fiery pace! Kagiso Rabada has been introduced into the attack.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and outside off, Prabhsimran looks to hit it hard. Mistimes it to mid on and takes one.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and around off, driven to cover-point.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Swing and a miss! Length ball outside off, Singh looks to go big down the ground but makes no connection.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Prabhsimran frees his arms as Ishant gives him width outside off. Singh slaps it over cover and it sails over the fence.
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Dropped! This can be a big, big miss! A good length ball, wide outside off, Agarwal reaches out and slices it towards third man. The ball goes towards the fielder. Avesh is the man there who fails to hold on to the chance. A single taken.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and around off, Prabhsimran pushes it to deep cover and takes one.
Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, 6 singles in the over! The last ball is on a length and around off, Singh chops it on the off side and keeps the strike for the next over.
Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, Fuller and on the pads once again, this one is worked behind square on the leg side for a single.
Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, One more single! Shortish and just outside off, pushed to deep point for a run.
Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, On the pads, worked towards mid-wicket for one.
Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, Prabhsimran opens his account on the 7th ball. A length ball around off, he pokes it towards cover and takes one.
Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, Agarwal is up and running on the first ball. A length ball around off, it is pushed towards point for a single.
Who will bowl from the other end? It is Marcus Stoinis!Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Maiden from Ishant! What a start for Delhi. A length ball, outside off, this is slapped to covers.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Around off, pushed to covers.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, PLAY AND A MISS! A good length ball just around off, nips away slightly as Prabhsimran Singh goes back and looks to punch this one through the off side but he misses.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Back of a length ball around off, Singh looks to chop this one away, but the ball takes the inside edge and goes to the keeper, on the bounce.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, A length ball, which comes back in, Singh pushes it back to the bowler.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, A good way to start by Ishant! Just short of a good length, a little inward movement around off, Singh taps this one to covers.Â
Right then. Done with all the pre-match formalities as the action is all set to begin here. The two umpires make their way out into the middle, followed by Delhi, who are in a huddle near the ropes. Then, the openers for Punjab, Mayank Agarwal and Prabhsimran Singh come out now. Ishant Sharma will begin the proceedings for Delhi. Here we go...
Punjab (Playing XI) - Mayank Agarwal (C) (In place of KL Rahul), Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Dawid Malan (In place of Nicholas Pooran), Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Shahrukh Khan, Chris Jordan, Riley Meredith, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Harpreet Brar.
News - And before we get to the toss, we have some bad news for Punjab fans. Their skipper KL Rahul is set to miss this game. Punjab have released a statement which says that Rahul has been diagnosed with acute appendicitis and he will have to undergo surgery and so, he has been transferred to a hospital. We all hope that he recovers quickly and comes back stronger. Mayank Agarwal will be leading the side, in the absence of KL Rahul.Â
The captain for Punjab today, Mayank Agarwal, says that they are going to miss Rahul but it is what it is. Further adds that they will look to go out and play some good cricket and they are high on confidence. Says that he hopes that the wicket gets lower and slower and it is good to set a target and defend it. States that he is looking forward to the responsibility and they want to play some fierce cricket. Informs that he comes in for KL Rahul and Dawid Malan comes in, with Nicholas Pooran mis
Delhi (Unchanged Playing XI) - Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant (C/WK), Steven Smith, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan.
Rishabh Pant, the Delhi skipper, says that they will bowl first and they are doing good as a team and they are focusing on the process and they are trying to learn each and every day. Says that he is enjoying his captaincy. Informs that they are unchanged.Â
TOSS - Both the captains, Mayank Agarwal and Rishabh Pant are out in the middle. Up goes the coin and it lands in the favor of Pant. DELHI WILL BOWL FIRST!Â
Hello and a very warm welcome to the second game of Super Sunday! The first game is still going on between Hyderabad and Rajasthan and Samson's boys are in the ascendancy, but we shift our focus to the second game of the day. This clash will be between Punjab and Delhi. Both the teams are on the back of wins and that momentum will be crucial as they face off here. Both teams have talented boys in their ranks and it will be interesting to see how these teams. Punjab needs a win, more than Delhi d
Breaking news - Dawid Malan has been handed his cap by Chris Gayle and he will be making his debut for Punjab today.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal is stranded on 99 but he has finished the Punjab innings on a high! A good length on off, Mayank Agarwal slams this one over the bowler's head, for a boundary. PUNJAB FINISH ON 166/6!Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal moves to 95 and Punjab have crossed the 160-run mark. A good length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal clears his front foot and cracks this one over the long on region.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal wanted the strike and now you know why! A full toss on middle, Mayank Agarwal hammers this one through mid-wicket. The ball runs away in a flash. Two more balls, can Agarwal hit two biggies?
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, Leg bye. A back of a length on middle, Brar looks to pull but he misses and gets hit on the body. The batters take the leg bye.Â
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, WIDE. This is again slower and way outside the off pole, Wide signalled.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Good length on off, MA punches this one to long off for a single. Smith does well in the deep to collect the ball quick and release it back to Khan.Â
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, WIDE! Slower length ball outside off, Brar looks to push this one away, but he misses. The batters take a single. So, two wides at the end.Â
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, ! Brar starts off the last over in fine fashion. A length delivery around off, in the arc and Harpreet Brar smacks this one down the ground, for a boundary.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Jordan, ! TAKEN! A comfortable catch for Yadav and KG gets another wicket. This is the cross seam ball around off and middle, Chris Jordan looks to whack this one to the leg side but the ball takes the top edge. Goes high in the air towards deep square leg, where Lalit Yadav comes ahead and has an easy catch.Â
Right! Punjab have managed a decent score here with the skipper's superb performance. However, the total is still a good one if they can strike early. But will they be able to do so? Shaw and Dhawan are in supreme form. We are in for a cracking run chase. It begins shortly.
Axar Patel is in for a chat! He says that the ball is holding a bit on the surface and you have to vary your pace. Adds that he is happy with his bowling and his first two matches, he was out of his mojo but he has come back nicely in the past 2 games. Opines that after the 15th over, there was some dew and the ball was skidding and it won't be easy to bowl.Â
The bowling from Delhi was really good they would have looked to finish things off well! They didn't allow the Punjab batters to free their arms. They managed two wickets in the Powerplay and set the tone nicely. The spinners kept the batters silent in the middle overs. Ishant went for a few but others bowled tightly. Patel gave just 21 in his 4 overs and got a wicket too. Rabada too was hit for a few but he got 3 wickets to go with it. Avesh Khan was once again really good and he finished with
Punjab didn't start well as Singh departed cheaply. Gayle walked in, played a couple of big shots before getting dismissed. Agarwal, the stand-in skipper stayed and along with Malan he gave the side some stability but the duo struggled to score freely. Malan was eventually removed and Hooda, the man in form was run out in the same over. Skipper Agarwal continued and reached his half-century. He hit a few boundaries after reaching his half ton. Towards the end, he went bang, bang. Mayank has scor
34 from the last 2 overs and Punjab have got the momentum on their side. What a superb innings from the stand-in skipper. It is unfortunate that he is stranded to 99 but he has taken his side to a very good total here.
Harpreet Brar is in now.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Another full toss around off, Agarwal whacks this one to long on for a single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Full and around off, flicked through mid-wicket and the batters come back for a couple.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Jordan, Full toss around off, this is pulled away to deep square leg for one.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Yorker on off, Agarwal pushes this to point for a quick single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, ! WHACK! A good length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal hammers this one over the bowler's head for a biggie. KG will want to come back nicely!Â
Kagiso Rabada to bowl the 19th.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Another top over by Avesh! Just 4 runs and a wicket off this one. A yorker on middle, pushed through mid on for one.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Really good bowling. Fires in a yorker on off, Mayank only manages to dig this out to covers.Â
Avesh Khan to Chris Jordan, Outside off on a length, punched to covers for a quick single.Â
Chris Jordan makes his way out in the middle.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Yorker around off, this is jammed out to point for a single.Â
Avesh Khan to Shahrukh Khan, ! CAUGHT! Avesh Khan picks up another wicket and Shahrukh is not able to get going here. A length ball, around off, Shahrukh Khan looks to slam this one to the leg side, but the ball slices towards the point region. Shimron Hetmyer backtracks and takes this catch. Another one falls for Punjab. They will be looking to cross the 160-run mark.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, A full toss on off, bunted away to long on for a single.Â
Ishant is done with his 4. Here's Avesh Khan.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Flatter on middle, pulled to deep square leg for a single. Axar finishes with 1 for 21.
Axar Patel to Shahrukh Khan, On middle, worked through mid-wicket for a single.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Around off, pushed to covers for a quick single.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On off, pushed to covers.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, ! Back-to-back boundaries for Agarwal. This is again shorter, and on leg, Mayank Agarwal goes back and cracks this one through mid-wicket for a boundary.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal is making a move-on here. This is bowled on the pads, slightly shortish, Mayank Agarwal gets on his knees and whacks this one to the deep square leg fence.Â
Will Rabada bowl out? No. It is Axar Patel who will finish off.
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Length around off, slapped through covers for a single. 15 off the over.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, ! Lalit Yadav is a good fielder and his effort is a good one, but he fails to hold on. A good length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal looks to slam this one over covers, but the ball takes the outer half of the blade and lobs up behind point. Yadav runs behind, puts in the dive, but fails to hold on. A couple.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal is putting his foot on the pedal here. Another boundary. A length ball outside off, Mayank Agarwal slams this one over the extra cover region for a biggie.Â
Ishant Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, Good length ball around off, this is punched through covers for one.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Yorker around off, this is jammed out to point for a single.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, ! Easy pickings for Agarwal and the skipper gets to his fifty too! His 9th in the League, and his second this year. He will look to stay out there and push Punjab past the 160-run mark. A full toss on leg, this is pulled through short fine leg for a boundary.Â
Bowling change! Ishant Sharma to bowl out.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Single to end! A length ball around off, pushed to covers for a quick single. 12 off the over.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, ! Good shot! Mayank needs some more of these. A shortish length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal pulls this one hard and over the deep mid-wicket region for a biggie. 100 up for Punjab too!Â
Kagiso Rabada to Shahrukh Khan, Gabbar does well here! A good length ball around off, this is slammed towards covers, where Dhawan dives and half stops the ball. One run.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Good length ball around off, tapped to the point region for a single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Fuller on leg, Agarwal whips this one to the right of the deep square leg fielder, for a brace.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Shahrukh Khan, A length ball around off, Khan looks to defend but the ball takes the outer half of the blade and goes to third man for a single.Â
Bowling change! Kagiso Rabada is back on. 2-0-13-2 from him so far.
Strategic Time Out! Delhi in complete control after this 2-wicket over. Punjab need a big flourish in the remaining overs if they are to challenge this strong Delhi batting lineup. Skipper Agarwal is going to be the key for Punjab. If Delhi can get rid of him, they can stop Punjab to a low score.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On off, the punch away only finds the cover fielder now.Â
Run out? Both the batters were almost at one end. The confusion is about who is gone now. Patel took the bails off at the non-striker's end as both the batters tried to get in. Patel gave the ball to the keeper and he took the bails off as well. Replay show Hooda is gone as he failed to make the crease at the non-striker's end.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Outside off, slapped away through point for a brace. Good running!Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On off, pushed to the cover region.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, RUN ! Confusion, confusion, and that means that Punjab loses another wicket. Hooda is the man who has to head back and Punjab are slipping here. This is bowled shorter and on middle, Agarwal moves leg side and pushes this to the cover region. Mayank wants the single but Hooda hesitates. Hetmyer does really well to run to his right, dives, and picks up the ball. Releases the ball to Axar at the non-striker's end. Both the batters are at the non-striker's en
Shahrukh Khan is in next.
Axar Patel to Deepak Hooda, Quicker and on leg, Hooda knocks this one towards deep mid-wicket for a single.Â
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, ! TIMBER! The leg stump goes to take a walk and Patel gets a wicket here. Malan goes back for 26, and he has not really fired as much as Punjab would have wanted. This is bowled around middle and leg, Dawid Malan goes on his knees and looks for the slog sweep. He misses though and the next thing he hears is the rattling of the stumps.Â
Deepak Hooda joins skipper Mayank Agarwal in the middle.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Shortish and around off, Malan pushes this through cover-point for one. 9 off the over.Â
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Outside off, slapped away through covers for a single.Â
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, ! A full toss again and Agarwal takes full toll of the same. This is around off, Mayank Agarwal slams this one over the bowler's head for a boundary. The 50-run stand comes up.Â
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Moves leg side slightly and strokes this one through covers for a single.Â
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Shorter and on leg, Agarwal gets low and pulls this one to deep square leg. Gives the strike back to Malan.Â
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, A full toss on middle, Malan milks this to long off for one. Malan missed out there.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, Nice and full around off, Malan pushes this to long off for a single. An expensive one for Delhi. 13 off it.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, ! A poor ball and Malan does not miss out. He is finding some boundaries now. A short ball, but on the body. Dawid Malan just have to swivel and pulls this one to the fine leg fence.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, That's a good yorker, just at the base of the off pole. Agarwal jams this one out to covers for a single.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, A back of a length delivery around off, Dawid taps this one to point for a quick single.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, ! There comes the release shot from Malan. He has struggled to time the ball tonight but he has timed this one with perfection. A length ball, around off, Dawid Malan nonchalantly lofts this one over the cover region for a biggie.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, A length delivery, slightly back of a length maybe, and it is around off, Dawid makes room and looks to play this to the off side but he misses.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Just 2 runs from the over! Avesh continues to display his growth. A yorker on off, Mayank digs this one out to the off side, but the batters are not able to cross.Â
Avesh Khan to Dawid Malan, A full toss on off, Dawid has pushes this to mid off for a quick single.Â
Avesh Khan to Dawid Malan, Malan is not finding his groove here. A short ball around off, Malan pulls this one to the mid-wicket fielder.Â
Avesh Khan to Dawid Malan, Punches this one nicely but only finds the cover fielder.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Shortish and around off, Agarwal pulls this one over square leg for a single.Â
Change. Avesh Khan will bowl his second over now. 1-0-11-0 so far.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Short and just outside off, punched to point.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Flat and around off, Malan makes room and he cuts but once again finds fielder. This time it goes to point. Just 2 from the over.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Punched nicely again but he finds the cover fielder once again.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Flat and around off, it is punched to point.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On middle, hit down to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Full and outside off, driven to the cover reigon where Hetmyer dives and stops.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, NOT ! Umpire's call on hitting the wickets. This is floated around middle and leg, Malan looks to work it on the leg side but misses to get hit on the pad. A big appeal follows but it is turned down. Axar is confident and Pant goes for the review. Time for the replays! Ultra Edge shows no bat. Ball Tracker shows it to be umpire's call on hitting the wickets. Malan stays.
Review time! Axar and Pant were very confident that this would be out and hence, they have gone for the review. This is an appeal for LBW. Ultra Edge shows a flat line. The wickets are deemed to be Umpire's call and Delhi retain their review.Â
Strategic Time-Out! Delhi will be the happier of the two sides, based on how these first 9 overs have gone by. They have kept the leash on the Punjab batters and Agarwal and Malan have not found their groove so far. They will need to accelerate and will look to do so in the coming overs. Pant will want his bowlers to keep taking wickets on the regular, and push Punjab on the back foot.Â
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Single to end! Full and around middle, flicked through square leg for a single. 8 off the 9th over.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Flat and around middle, Malan moves on the leg side and punches it to mid off.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Two more! Flat and just outside off, punched wide of deep cover. Easy two.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, A single now as this fuller ball is hit down to deep cover.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Misfield and two! Another short ball, pulled wide of deep mid-wicket this time. Smith misfields and allows the second.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Good stop! Shortish and around middle, pulled wide of deep square leg where the fielder runs to his right and saves two.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Short and around off, Agarwal pulls it to deep square leg for one.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Darted on the pads, flicked through mid-wicket for one. 5 off the over so far.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Tossed up and outside off, pushed wide of sweeper cover for two. 50 up for Punjab.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Flat and around middle, clipped through mid-wicket for one.
Spin from both ends now. Axar Patel is handed the ball.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Tossed up and outside off, driven to mid off.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Flat and around off, Malan punches it to long on for one.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, ! Uppish but wide! Full and wide outside off, Agarwal drives but not from the middle of the bat. The ball is uppish but it goes wide of backward point. A boundary to finish the over.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Full and outside off, driven to cover.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Short and spinning away, Malan punches it to deep cover for a single.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, On off, pushed down to long on for one.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Flat and just outside off, punched to deep point for a single.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Dropped short by Lalit. Mayank pulls it to deep square leg for one.
Change in bowling. Lalit Yadav to roll his arm now.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Dawid Malan, Length ball, just outside off, pushed to point for nothing. Rabada ends the Powerplay with a wicket.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Good length and outside off, pushed towards point. The fielder fumbles and they get one.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Good length and just outside off, poked to third man and they scamper back for the second.
Kagiso Rabada to Dawid Malan, Full and wide outside off, Malan squeezes it to deep point for a single. First run for him in the Indian T20 League.
Who is in at 4? It is Dawid Malan.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, ! TIMBER! WOW! What a reponse from Rabada. Gayle is shocked as he departs. A full toss it was, just around off, Gayle is taken by surprise there. He tries to keep it out but misses and the woodwork behind gets destroyed.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, ! Pulled away and pulled away for a biggie. Rabada baangs this short but it is not at the height that can trouble the universe boss. He swivels and pulls it over deep square leg for a biggie.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! SHOT! What a shot! That was off the meat of the bat. A length ball, it is outside off. Mayank flays it through the covers and the ball reaches the fence in a flash.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, Full, in the slot. Gayle looks to go down town but the ball takes the inside edge and hits his pad. It rolls on the off side and they cross.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, Banged short, typical fast bowler's reaction. Gayle looks to pull but misses to connect. Pant likes the bouncer and claps for the bowler.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, ! Up and over! A length ball, it is just outside off. Gayle thumps it over the bowler's head for a boundary.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Short and wide outside off, Agarwal punches it to backward point and takes a quick single.
Change. Avesh Khan will steam in now.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, Good length and around middle, it is worked on the leg side for a single.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, Short and around off, Gayle taps it towards cover and takes one to open his account. Just 3 from the 4th. End of a sucessful over from Kagiso.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, Low full toss, Gayle works it on the leg side but the ball takes the leading edge and it goes to the cover-point fielder.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, Very full and around off, Gayle pushes it to cover-point.
The Universe Boss, Chris Gayle makes his way in.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Prabhsimran Singh, ! TAKEN! Rabada strikes in his first over! An excellent catch from Smith. Full and around off, Singh makes room and looks to hit it wide of mid off but he fails to time it well. The ball goes to the left of Smith who moves that side quickly and takes a fine catch. Prabhsimran's struggle has been cut short.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, This is bowled around off, Agarwal goes back and guides this one through backward point for a single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Prabhsimran Singh, Good length and around off, this is pushed towards point for a quick single.
Time for some fiery pace! Kagiso Rabada has been introduced into the attack.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and outside off, Prabhsimran looks to hit it hard. Mistimes it to mid on and takes one.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and around off, driven to cover-point.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Swing and a miss! Length ball outside off, Singh looks to go big down the ground but makes no connection.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Prabhsimran frees his arms as Ishant gives him width outside off. Singh slaps it over cover and it sails over the fence.
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Dropped! This can be a big, big miss! A good length ball, wide outside off, Agarwal reaches out and slices it towards third man. The ball goes towards the fielder. Avesh is the man there who fails to hold on to the chance. A single taken.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and around off, Prabhsimran pushes it to deep cover and takes one.
Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, 6 singles in the over! The last ball is on a length and around off, Singh chops it on the off side and keeps the strike for the next over.
Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, Fuller and on the pads once again, this one is worked behind square on the leg side for a single.
Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, One more single! Shortish and just outside off, pushed to deep point for a run.
Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, On the pads, worked towards mid-wicket for one.
Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, Prabhsimran opens his account on the 7th ball. A length ball around off, he pokes it towards cover and takes one.
Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, Agarwal is up and running on the first ball. A length ball around off, it is pushed towards point for a single.
Who will bowl from the other end? It is Marcus Stoinis!Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Maiden from Ishant! What a start for Delhi. A length ball, outside off, this is slapped to covers.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Around off, pushed to covers.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, PLAY AND A MISS! A good length ball just around off, nips away slightly as Prabhsimran Singh goes back and looks to punch this one through the off side but he misses.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Back of a length ball around off, Singh looks to chop this one away, but the ball takes the inside edge and goes to the keeper, on the bounce.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, A length ball, which comes back in, Singh pushes it back to the bowler.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, A good way to start by Ishant! Just short of a good length, a little inward movement around off, Singh taps this one to covers.Â
Right then. Done with all the pre-match formalities as the action is all set to begin here. The two umpires make their way out into the middle, followed by Delhi, who are in a huddle near the ropes. Then, the openers for Punjab, Mayank Agarwal and Prabhsimran Singh come out now. Ishant Sharma will begin the proceedings for Delhi. Here we go...
Punjab (Playing XI) - Mayank Agarwal (C) (In place of KL Rahul), Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Dawid Malan (In place of Nicholas Pooran), Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Shahrukh Khan, Chris Jordan, Riley Meredith, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Harpreet Brar.
News - And before we get to the toss, we have some bad news for Punjab fans. Their skipper KL Rahul is set to miss this game. Punjab have released a statement which says that Rahul has been diagnosed with acute appendicitis and he will have to undergo surgery and so, he has been transferred to a hospital. We all hope that he recovers quickly and comes back stronger. Mayank Agarwal will be leading the side, in the absence of KL Rahul.Â
The captain for Punjab today, Mayank Agarwal, says that they are going to miss Rahul but it is what it is. Further adds that they will look to go out and play some good cricket and they are high on confidence. Says that he hopes that the wicket gets lower and slower and it is good to set a target and defend it. States that he is looking forward to the responsibility and they want to play some fierce cricket. Informs that he comes in for KL Rahul and Dawid Malan comes in, with Nicholas Pooran mis
Delhi (Unchanged Playing XI) - Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant (C/WK), Steven Smith, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan.
Rishabh Pant, the Delhi skipper, says that they will bowl first and they are doing good as a team and they are focusing on the process and they are trying to learn each and every day. Says that he is enjoying his captaincy. Informs that they are unchanged.Â
TOSS - Both the captains, Mayank Agarwal and Rishabh Pant are out in the middle. Up goes the coin and it lands in the favor of Pant. DELHI WILL BOWL FIRST!Â
Hello and a very warm welcome to the second game of Super Sunday! The first game is still going on between Hyderabad and Rajasthan and Samson's boys are in the ascendancy, but we shift our focus to the second game of the day. This clash will be between Punjab and Delhi. Both the teams are on the back of wins and that momentum will be crucial as they face off here. Both teams have talented boys in their ranks and it will be interesting to see how these teams. Punjab needs a win, more than Delhi d
Breaking news - Dawid Malan has been handed his cap by Chris Gayle and he will be making his debut for Punjab today.Â
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Delhi Capitals
167/3(17.4 Overs)
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal is stranded on 99 but he has finished the Punjab innings on a high! A good length on off, Mayank Agarwal slams this one over the bowler's head, for a boundary. PUNJAB FINISH ON 166/6!Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal moves to 95 and Punjab have crossed the 160-run mark. A good length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal clears his front foot and cracks this one over the long on region.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal wanted the strike and now you know why! A full toss on middle, Mayank Agarwal hammers this one through mid-wicket. The ball runs away in a flash. Two more balls, can Agarwal hit two biggies?
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, Leg bye. A back of a length on middle, Brar looks to pull but he misses and gets hit on the body. The batters take the leg bye.Â
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, WIDE. This is again slower and way outside the off pole, Wide signalled.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Good length on off, MA punches this one to long off for a single. Smith does well in the deep to collect the ball quick and release it back to Khan.Â
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, WIDE! Slower length ball outside off, Brar looks to push this one away, but he misses. The batters take a single. So, two wides at the end.Â
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, ! Brar starts off the last over in fine fashion. A length delivery around off, in the arc and Harpreet Brar smacks this one down the ground, for a boundary.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Jordan, ! TAKEN! A comfortable catch for Yadav and KG gets another wicket. This is the cross seam ball around off and middle, Chris Jordan looks to whack this one to the leg side but the ball takes the top edge. Goes high in the air towards deep square leg, where Lalit Yadav comes ahead and has an easy catch.Â
Right! Punjab have managed a decent score here with the skipper's superb performance. However, the total is still a good one if they can strike early. But will they be able to do so? Shaw and Dhawan are in supreme form. We are in for a cracking run chase. It begins shortly.
Axar Patel is in for a chat! He says that the ball is holding a bit on the surface and you have to vary your pace. Adds that he is happy with his bowling and his first two matches, he was out of his mojo but he has come back nicely in the past 2 games. Opines that after the 15th over, there was some dew and the ball was skidding and it won't be easy to bowl.Â
The bowling from Delhi was really good they would have looked to finish things off well! They didn't allow the Punjab batters to free their arms. They managed two wickets in the Powerplay and set the tone nicely. The spinners kept the batters silent in the middle overs. Ishant went for a few but others bowled tightly. Patel gave just 21 in his 4 overs and got a wicket too. Rabada too was hit for a few but he got 3 wickets to go with it. Avesh Khan was once again really good and he finished with
Punjab didn't start well as Singh departed cheaply. Gayle walked in, played a couple of big shots before getting dismissed. Agarwal, the stand-in skipper stayed and along with Malan he gave the side some stability but the duo struggled to score freely. Malan was eventually removed and Hooda, the man in form was run out in the same over. Skipper Agarwal continued and reached his half-century. He hit a few boundaries after reaching his half ton. Towards the end, he went bang, bang. Mayank has scor
34 from the last 2 overs and Punjab have got the momentum on their side. What a superb innings from the stand-in skipper. It is unfortunate that he is stranded to 99 but he has taken his side to a very good total here.
Harpreet Brar is in now.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Another full toss around off, Agarwal whacks this one to long on for a single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Full and around off, flicked through mid-wicket and the batters come back for a couple.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Jordan, Full toss around off, this is pulled away to deep square leg for one.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Yorker on off, Agarwal pushes this to point for a quick single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, ! WHACK! A good length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal hammers this one over the bowler's head for a biggie. KG will want to come back nicely!Â
Kagiso Rabada to bowl the 19th.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Another top over by Avesh! Just 4 runs and a wicket off this one. A yorker on middle, pushed through mid on for one.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Really good bowling. Fires in a yorker on off, Mayank only manages to dig this out to covers.Â
Avesh Khan to Chris Jordan, Outside off on a length, punched to covers for a quick single.Â
Chris Jordan makes his way out in the middle.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Yorker around off, this is jammed out to point for a single.Â
Avesh Khan to Shahrukh Khan, ! CAUGHT! Avesh Khan picks up another wicket and Shahrukh is not able to get going here. A length ball, around off, Shahrukh Khan looks to slam this one to the leg side, but the ball slices towards the point region. Shimron Hetmyer backtracks and takes this catch. Another one falls for Punjab. They will be looking to cross the 160-run mark.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, A full toss on off, bunted away to long on for a single.Â
Ishant is done with his 4. Here's Avesh Khan.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Flatter on middle, pulled to deep square leg for a single. Axar finishes with 1 for 21.
Axar Patel to Shahrukh Khan, On middle, worked through mid-wicket for a single.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Around off, pushed to covers for a quick single.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On off, pushed to covers.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, ! Back-to-back boundaries for Agarwal. This is again shorter, and on leg, Mayank Agarwal goes back and cracks this one through mid-wicket for a boundary.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal is making a move-on here. This is bowled on the pads, slightly shortish, Mayank Agarwal gets on his knees and whacks this one to the deep square leg fence.Â
Will Rabada bowl out? No. It is Axar Patel who will finish off.
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Length around off, slapped through covers for a single. 15 off the over.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, ! Lalit Yadav is a good fielder and his effort is a good one, but he fails to hold on. A good length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal looks to slam this one over covers, but the ball takes the outer half of the blade and lobs up behind point. Yadav runs behind, puts in the dive, but fails to hold on. A couple.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal is putting his foot on the pedal here. Another boundary. A length ball outside off, Mayank Agarwal slams this one over the extra cover region for a biggie.Â
Ishant Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, Good length ball around off, this is punched through covers for one.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Yorker around off, this is jammed out to point for a single.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, ! Easy pickings for Agarwal and the skipper gets to his fifty too! His 9th in the League, and his second this year. He will look to stay out there and push Punjab past the 160-run mark. A full toss on leg, this is pulled through short fine leg for a boundary.Â
Bowling change! Ishant Sharma to bowl out.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Single to end! A length ball around off, pushed to covers for a quick single. 12 off the over.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, ! Good shot! Mayank needs some more of these. A shortish length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal pulls this one hard and over the deep mid-wicket region for a biggie. 100 up for Punjab too!Â
Kagiso Rabada to Shahrukh Khan, Gabbar does well here! A good length ball around off, this is slammed towards covers, where Dhawan dives and half stops the ball. One run.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Good length ball around off, tapped to the point region for a single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Fuller on leg, Agarwal whips this one to the right of the deep square leg fielder, for a brace.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Shahrukh Khan, A length ball around off, Khan looks to defend but the ball takes the outer half of the blade and goes to third man for a single.Â
Bowling change! Kagiso Rabada is back on. 2-0-13-2 from him so far.
Strategic Time Out! Delhi in complete control after this 2-wicket over. Punjab need a big flourish in the remaining overs if they are to challenge this strong Delhi batting lineup. Skipper Agarwal is going to be the key for Punjab. If Delhi can get rid of him, they can stop Punjab to a low score.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On off, the punch away only finds the cover fielder now.Â
Run out? Both the batters were almost at one end. The confusion is about who is gone now. Patel took the bails off at the non-striker's end as both the batters tried to get in. Patel gave the ball to the keeper and he took the bails off as well. Replay show Hooda is gone as he failed to make the crease at the non-striker's end.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Outside off, slapped away through point for a brace. Good running!Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On off, pushed to the cover region.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, RUN ! Confusion, confusion, and that means that Punjab loses another wicket. Hooda is the man who has to head back and Punjab are slipping here. This is bowled shorter and on middle, Agarwal moves leg side and pushes this to the cover region. Mayank wants the single but Hooda hesitates. Hetmyer does really well to run to his right, dives, and picks up the ball. Releases the ball to Axar at the non-striker's end. Both the batters are at the non-striker's en
Shahrukh Khan is in next.
Axar Patel to Deepak Hooda, Quicker and on leg, Hooda knocks this one towards deep mid-wicket for a single.Â
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, ! TIMBER! The leg stump goes to take a walk and Patel gets a wicket here. Malan goes back for 26, and he has not really fired as much as Punjab would have wanted. This is bowled around middle and leg, Dawid Malan goes on his knees and looks for the slog sweep. He misses though and the next thing he hears is the rattling of the stumps.Â
Deepak Hooda joins skipper Mayank Agarwal in the middle.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Shortish and around off, Malan pushes this through cover-point for one. 9 off the over.Â
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Outside off, slapped away through covers for a single.Â
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, ! A full toss again and Agarwal takes full toll of the same. This is around off, Mayank Agarwal slams this one over the bowler's head for a boundary. The 50-run stand comes up.Â
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Moves leg side slightly and strokes this one through covers for a single.Â
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Shorter and on leg, Agarwal gets low and pulls this one to deep square leg. Gives the strike back to Malan.Â
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, A full toss on middle, Malan milks this to long off for one. Malan missed out there.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, Nice and full around off, Malan pushes this to long off for a single. An expensive one for Delhi. 13 off it.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, ! A poor ball and Malan does not miss out. He is finding some boundaries now. A short ball, but on the body. Dawid Malan just have to swivel and pulls this one to the fine leg fence.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, That's a good yorker, just at the base of the off pole. Agarwal jams this one out to covers for a single.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, A back of a length delivery around off, Dawid taps this one to point for a quick single.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, ! There comes the release shot from Malan. He has struggled to time the ball tonight but he has timed this one with perfection. A length ball, around off, Dawid Malan nonchalantly lofts this one over the cover region for a biggie.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, A length delivery, slightly back of a length maybe, and it is around off, Dawid makes room and looks to play this to the off side but he misses.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Just 2 runs from the over! Avesh continues to display his growth. A yorker on off, Mayank digs this one out to the off side, but the batters are not able to cross.Â
Avesh Khan to Dawid Malan, A full toss on off, Dawid has pushes this to mid off for a quick single.Â
Avesh Khan to Dawid Malan, Malan is not finding his groove here. A short ball around off, Malan pulls this one to the mid-wicket fielder.Â
Avesh Khan to Dawid Malan, Punches this one nicely but only finds the cover fielder.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Shortish and around off, Agarwal pulls this one over square leg for a single.Â
Change. Avesh Khan will bowl his second over now. 1-0-11-0 so far.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Short and just outside off, punched to point.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Flat and around off, Malan makes room and he cuts but once again finds fielder. This time it goes to point. Just 2 from the over.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Punched nicely again but he finds the cover fielder once again.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Flat and around off, it is punched to point.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On middle, hit down to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Full and outside off, driven to the cover reigon where Hetmyer dives and stops.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, NOT ! Umpire's call on hitting the wickets. This is floated around middle and leg, Malan looks to work it on the leg side but misses to get hit on the pad. A big appeal follows but it is turned down. Axar is confident and Pant goes for the review. Time for the replays! Ultra Edge shows no bat. Ball Tracker shows it to be umpire's call on hitting the wickets. Malan stays.
Review time! Axar and Pant were very confident that this would be out and hence, they have gone for the review. This is an appeal for LBW. Ultra Edge shows a flat line. The wickets are deemed to be Umpire's call and Delhi retain their review.Â
Strategic Time-Out! Delhi will be the happier of the two sides, based on how these first 9 overs have gone by. They have kept the leash on the Punjab batters and Agarwal and Malan have not found their groove so far. They will need to accelerate and will look to do so in the coming overs. Pant will want his bowlers to keep taking wickets on the regular, and push Punjab on the back foot.Â
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Single to end! Full and around middle, flicked through square leg for a single. 8 off the 9th over.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Flat and around middle, Malan moves on the leg side and punches it to mid off.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Two more! Flat and just outside off, punched wide of deep cover. Easy two.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, A single now as this fuller ball is hit down to deep cover.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Misfield and two! Another short ball, pulled wide of deep mid-wicket this time. Smith misfields and allows the second.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Good stop! Shortish and around middle, pulled wide of deep square leg where the fielder runs to his right and saves two.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Short and around off, Agarwal pulls it to deep square leg for one.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Darted on the pads, flicked through mid-wicket for one. 5 off the over so far.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Tossed up and outside off, pushed wide of sweeper cover for two. 50 up for Punjab.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Flat and around middle, clipped through mid-wicket for one.
Spin from both ends now. Axar Patel is handed the ball.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Tossed up and outside off, driven to mid off.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Flat and around off, Malan punches it to long on for one.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, ! Uppish but wide! Full and wide outside off, Agarwal drives but not from the middle of the bat. The ball is uppish but it goes wide of backward point. A boundary to finish the over.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Full and outside off, driven to cover.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Short and spinning away, Malan punches it to deep cover for a single.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, On off, pushed down to long on for one.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Flat and just outside off, punched to deep point for a single.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Dropped short by Lalit. Mayank pulls it to deep square leg for one.
Change in bowling. Lalit Yadav to roll his arm now.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Dawid Malan, Length ball, just outside off, pushed to point for nothing. Rabada ends the Powerplay with a wicket.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Good length and outside off, pushed towards point. The fielder fumbles and they get one.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Good length and just outside off, poked to third man and they scamper back for the second.
Kagiso Rabada to Dawid Malan, Full and wide outside off, Malan squeezes it to deep point for a single. First run for him in the Indian T20 League.
Who is in at 4? It is Dawid Malan.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, ! TIMBER! WOW! What a reponse from Rabada. Gayle is shocked as he departs. A full toss it was, just around off, Gayle is taken by surprise there. He tries to keep it out but misses and the woodwork behind gets destroyed.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, ! Pulled away and pulled away for a biggie. Rabada baangs this short but it is not at the height that can trouble the universe boss. He swivels and pulls it over deep square leg for a biggie.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! SHOT! What a shot! That was off the meat of the bat. A length ball, it is outside off. Mayank flays it through the covers and the ball reaches the fence in a flash.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, Full, in the slot. Gayle looks to go down town but the ball takes the inside edge and hits his pad. It rolls on the off side and they cross.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, Banged short, typical fast bowler's reaction. Gayle looks to pull but misses to connect. Pant likes the bouncer and claps for the bowler.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, ! Up and over! A length ball, it is just outside off. Gayle thumps it over the bowler's head for a boundary.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Short and wide outside off, Agarwal punches it to backward point and takes a quick single.
Change. Avesh Khan will steam in now.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, Good length and around middle, it is worked on the leg side for a single.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, Short and around off, Gayle taps it towards cover and takes one to open his account. Just 3 from the 4th. End of a sucessful over from Kagiso.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, Low full toss, Gayle works it on the leg side but the ball takes the leading edge and it goes to the cover-point fielder.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, Very full and around off, Gayle pushes it to cover-point.
The Universe Boss, Chris Gayle makes his way in.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Prabhsimran Singh, ! TAKEN! Rabada strikes in his first over! An excellent catch from Smith. Full and around off, Singh makes room and looks to hit it wide of mid off but he fails to time it well. The ball goes to the left of Smith who moves that side quickly and takes a fine catch. Prabhsimran's struggle has been cut short.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, This is bowled around off, Agarwal goes back and guides this one through backward point for a single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Prabhsimran Singh, Good length and around off, this is pushed towards point for a quick single.
Time for some fiery pace! Kagiso Rabada has been introduced into the attack.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and outside off, Prabhsimran looks to hit it hard. Mistimes it to mid on and takes one.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and around off, driven to cover-point.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Swing and a miss! Length ball outside off, Singh looks to go big down the ground but makes no connection.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Prabhsimran frees his arms as Ishant gives him width outside off. Singh slaps it over cover and it sails over the fence.
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Dropped! This can be a big, big miss! A good length ball, wide outside off, Agarwal reaches out and slices it towards third man. The ball goes towards the fielder. Avesh is the man there who fails to hold on to the chance. A single taken.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and around off, Prabhsimran pushes it to deep cover and takes one.
Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, 6 singles in the over! The last ball is on a length and around off, Singh chops it on the off side and keeps the strike for the next over.
Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, Fuller and on the pads once again, this one is worked behind square on the leg side for a single.
Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, One more single! Shortish and just outside off, pushed to deep point for a run.
Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, On the pads, worked towards mid-wicket for one.
Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, Prabhsimran opens his account on the 7th ball. A length ball around off, he pokes it towards cover and takes one.
Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, Agarwal is up and running on the first ball. A length ball around off, it is pushed towards point for a single.
Who will bowl from the other end? It is Marcus Stoinis!Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Maiden from Ishant! What a start for Delhi. A length ball, outside off, this is slapped to covers.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Around off, pushed to covers.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, PLAY AND A MISS! A good length ball just around off, nips away slightly as Prabhsimran Singh goes back and looks to punch this one through the off side but he misses.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Back of a length ball around off, Singh looks to chop this one away, but the ball takes the inside edge and goes to the keeper, on the bounce.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, A length ball, which comes back in, Singh pushes it back to the bowler.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, A good way to start by Ishant! Just short of a good length, a little inward movement around off, Singh taps this one to covers.Â
Right then. Done with all the pre-match formalities as the action is all set to begin here. The two umpires make their way out into the middle, followed by Delhi, who are in a huddle near the ropes. Then, the openers for Punjab, Mayank Agarwal and Prabhsimran Singh come out now. Ishant Sharma will begin the proceedings for Delhi. Here we go...
Punjab (Playing XI) - Mayank Agarwal (C) (In place of KL Rahul), Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Dawid Malan (In place of Nicholas Pooran), Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Shahrukh Khan, Chris Jordan, Riley Meredith, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Harpreet Brar.
News - And before we get to the toss, we have some bad news for Punjab fans. Their skipper KL Rahul is set to miss this game. Punjab have released a statement which says that Rahul has been diagnosed with acute appendicitis and he will have to undergo surgery and so, he has been transferred to a hospital. We all hope that he recovers quickly and comes back stronger. Mayank Agarwal will be leading the side, in the absence of KL Rahul.Â
The captain for Punjab today, Mayank Agarwal, says that they are going to miss Rahul but it is what it is. Further adds that they will look to go out and play some good cricket and they are high on confidence. Says that he hopes that the wicket gets lower and slower and it is good to set a target and defend it. States that he is looking forward to the responsibility and they want to play some fierce cricket. Informs that he comes in for KL Rahul and Dawid Malan comes in, with Nicholas Pooran mis
Delhi (Unchanged Playing XI) - Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant (C/WK), Steven Smith, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan.
Rishabh Pant, the Delhi skipper, says that they will bowl first and they are doing good as a team and they are focusing on the process and they are trying to learn each and every day. Says that he is enjoying his captaincy. Informs that they are unchanged.Â
TOSS - Both the captains, Mayank Agarwal and Rishabh Pant are out in the middle. Up goes the coin and it lands in the favor of Pant. DELHI WILL BOWL FIRST!Â
Hello and a very warm welcome to the second game of Super Sunday! The first game is still going on between Hyderabad and Rajasthan and Samson's boys are in the ascendancy, but we shift our focus to the second game of the day. This clash will be between Punjab and Delhi. Both the teams are on the back of wins and that momentum will be crucial as they face off here. Both teams have talented boys in their ranks and it will be interesting to see how these teams. Punjab needs a win, more than Delhi d
Breaking news - Dawid Malan has been handed his cap by Chris Gayle and he will be making his debut for Punjab today.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal is stranded on 99 but he has finished the Punjab innings on a high! A good length on off, Mayank Agarwal slams this one over the bowler's head, for a boundary. PUNJAB FINISH ON 166/6!Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal moves to 95 and Punjab have crossed the 160-run mark. A good length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal clears his front foot and cracks this one over the long on region.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal wanted the strike and now you know why! A full toss on middle, Mayank Agarwal hammers this one through mid-wicket. The ball runs away in a flash. Two more balls, can Agarwal hit two biggies?
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, Leg bye. A back of a length on middle, Brar looks to pull but he misses and gets hit on the body. The batters take the leg bye.Â
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, WIDE. This is again slower and way outside the off pole, Wide signalled.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Good length on off, MA punches this one to long off for a single. Smith does well in the deep to collect the ball quick and release it back to Khan.Â
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, WIDE! Slower length ball outside off, Brar looks to push this one away, but he misses. The batters take a single. So, two wides at the end.Â
Avesh Khan to Harpreet Brar, ! Brar starts off the last over in fine fashion. A length delivery around off, in the arc and Harpreet Brar smacks this one down the ground, for a boundary.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Jordan, ! TAKEN! A comfortable catch for Yadav and KG gets another wicket. This is the cross seam ball around off and middle, Chris Jordan looks to whack this one to the leg side but the ball takes the top edge. Goes high in the air towards deep square leg, where Lalit Yadav comes ahead and has an easy catch.Â
Right! Punjab have managed a decent score here with the skipper's superb performance. However, the total is still a good one if they can strike early. But will they be able to do so? Shaw and Dhawan are in supreme form. We are in for a cracking run chase. It begins shortly.
Axar Patel is in for a chat! He says that the ball is holding a bit on the surface and you have to vary your pace. Adds that he is happy with his bowling and his first two matches, he was out of his mojo but he has come back nicely in the past 2 games. Opines that after the 15th over, there was some dew and the ball was skidding and it won't be easy to bowl.Â
The bowling from Delhi was really good they would have looked to finish things off well! They didn't allow the Punjab batters to free their arms. They managed two wickets in the Powerplay and set the tone nicely. The spinners kept the batters silent in the middle overs. Ishant went for a few but others bowled tightly. Patel gave just 21 in his 4 overs and got a wicket too. Rabada too was hit for a few but he got 3 wickets to go with it. Avesh Khan was once again really good and he finished with
Punjab didn't start well as Singh departed cheaply. Gayle walked in, played a couple of big shots before getting dismissed. Agarwal, the stand-in skipper stayed and along with Malan he gave the side some stability but the duo struggled to score freely. Malan was eventually removed and Hooda, the man in form was run out in the same over. Skipper Agarwal continued and reached his half-century. He hit a few boundaries after reaching his half ton. Towards the end, he went bang, bang. Mayank has scor
34 from the last 2 overs and Punjab have got the momentum on their side. What a superb innings from the stand-in skipper. It is unfortunate that he is stranded to 99 but he has taken his side to a very good total here.
Harpreet Brar is in now.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Another full toss around off, Agarwal whacks this one to long on for a single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Full and around off, flicked through mid-wicket and the batters come back for a couple.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Jordan, Full toss around off, this is pulled away to deep square leg for one.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Yorker on off, Agarwal pushes this to point for a quick single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, ! WHACK! A good length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal hammers this one over the bowler's head for a biggie. KG will want to come back nicely!Â
Kagiso Rabada to bowl the 19th.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Another top over by Avesh! Just 4 runs and a wicket off this one. A yorker on middle, pushed through mid on for one.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Really good bowling. Fires in a yorker on off, Mayank only manages to dig this out to covers.Â
Avesh Khan to Chris Jordan, Outside off on a length, punched to covers for a quick single.Â
Chris Jordan makes his way out in the middle.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Yorker around off, this is jammed out to point for a single.Â
Avesh Khan to Shahrukh Khan, ! CAUGHT! Avesh Khan picks up another wicket and Shahrukh is not able to get going here. A length ball, around off, Shahrukh Khan looks to slam this one to the leg side, but the ball slices towards the point region. Shimron Hetmyer backtracks and takes this catch. Another one falls for Punjab. They will be looking to cross the 160-run mark.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, A full toss on off, bunted away to long on for a single.Â
Ishant is done with his 4. Here's Avesh Khan.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Flatter on middle, pulled to deep square leg for a single. Axar finishes with 1 for 21.
Axar Patel to Shahrukh Khan, On middle, worked through mid-wicket for a single.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Around off, pushed to covers for a quick single.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On off, pushed to covers.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, ! Back-to-back boundaries for Agarwal. This is again shorter, and on leg, Mayank Agarwal goes back and cracks this one through mid-wicket for a boundary.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal is making a move-on here. This is bowled on the pads, slightly shortish, Mayank Agarwal gets on his knees and whacks this one to the deep square leg fence.Â
Will Rabada bowl out? No. It is Axar Patel who will finish off.
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Length around off, slapped through covers for a single. 15 off the over.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, ! Lalit Yadav is a good fielder and his effort is a good one, but he fails to hold on. A good length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal looks to slam this one over covers, but the ball takes the outer half of the blade and lobs up behind point. Yadav runs behind, puts in the dive, but fails to hold on. A couple.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, ! Agarwal is putting his foot on the pedal here. Another boundary. A length ball outside off, Mayank Agarwal slams this one over the extra cover region for a biggie.Â
Ishant Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, Good length ball around off, this is punched through covers for one.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Yorker around off, this is jammed out to point for a single.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, ! Easy pickings for Agarwal and the skipper gets to his fifty too! His 9th in the League, and his second this year. He will look to stay out there and push Punjab past the 160-run mark. A full toss on leg, this is pulled through short fine leg for a boundary.Â
Bowling change! Ishant Sharma to bowl out.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Single to end! A length ball around off, pushed to covers for a quick single. 12 off the over.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, ! Good shot! Mayank needs some more of these. A shortish length ball around off, Mayank Agarwal pulls this one hard and over the deep mid-wicket region for a biggie. 100 up for Punjab too!Â
Kagiso Rabada to Shahrukh Khan, Gabbar does well here! A good length ball around off, this is slammed towards covers, where Dhawan dives and half stops the ball. One run.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Good length ball around off, tapped to the point region for a single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Fuller on leg, Agarwal whips this one to the right of the deep square leg fielder, for a brace.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Shahrukh Khan, A length ball around off, Khan looks to defend but the ball takes the outer half of the blade and goes to third man for a single.Â
Bowling change! Kagiso Rabada is back on. 2-0-13-2 from him so far.
Strategic Time Out! Delhi in complete control after this 2-wicket over. Punjab need a big flourish in the remaining overs if they are to challenge this strong Delhi batting lineup. Skipper Agarwal is going to be the key for Punjab. If Delhi can get rid of him, they can stop Punjab to a low score.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On off, the punch away only finds the cover fielder now.Â
Run out? Both the batters were almost at one end. The confusion is about who is gone now. Patel took the bails off at the non-striker's end as both the batters tried to get in. Patel gave the ball to the keeper and he took the bails off as well. Replay show Hooda is gone as he failed to make the crease at the non-striker's end.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Outside off, slapped away through point for a brace. Good running!Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On off, pushed to the cover region.Â
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, RUN ! Confusion, confusion, and that means that Punjab loses another wicket. Hooda is the man who has to head back and Punjab are slipping here. This is bowled shorter and on middle, Agarwal moves leg side and pushes this to the cover region. Mayank wants the single but Hooda hesitates. Hetmyer does really well to run to his right, dives, and picks up the ball. Releases the ball to Axar at the non-striker's end. Both the batters are at the non-striker's en
Shahrukh Khan is in next.
Axar Patel to Deepak Hooda, Quicker and on leg, Hooda knocks this one towards deep mid-wicket for a single.Â
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, ! TIMBER! The leg stump goes to take a walk and Patel gets a wicket here. Malan goes back for 26, and he has not really fired as much as Punjab would have wanted. This is bowled around middle and leg, Dawid Malan goes on his knees and looks for the slog sweep. He misses though and the next thing he hears is the rattling of the stumps.Â
Deepak Hooda joins skipper Mayank Agarwal in the middle.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Shortish and around off, Malan pushes this through cover-point for one. 9 off the over.Â
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Outside off, slapped away through covers for a single.Â
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, ! A full toss again and Agarwal takes full toll of the same. This is around off, Mayank Agarwal slams this one over the bowler's head for a boundary. The 50-run stand comes up.Â
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Moves leg side slightly and strokes this one through covers for a single.Â
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Shorter and on leg, Agarwal gets low and pulls this one to deep square leg. Gives the strike back to Malan.Â
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, A full toss on middle, Malan milks this to long off for one. Malan missed out there.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, Nice and full around off, Malan pushes this to long off for a single. An expensive one for Delhi. 13 off it.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, ! A poor ball and Malan does not miss out. He is finding some boundaries now. A short ball, but on the body. Dawid Malan just have to swivel and pulls this one to the fine leg fence.Â
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, That's a good yorker, just at the base of the off pole. Agarwal jams this one out to covers for a single.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, A back of a length delivery around off, Dawid taps this one to point for a quick single.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, ! There comes the release shot from Malan. He has struggled to time the ball tonight but he has timed this one with perfection. A length ball, around off, Dawid Malan nonchalantly lofts this one over the cover region for a biggie.Â
Ishant Sharma to Dawid Malan, A length delivery, slightly back of a length maybe, and it is around off, Dawid makes room and looks to play this to the off side but he misses.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Just 2 runs from the over! Avesh continues to display his growth. A yorker on off, Mayank digs this one out to the off side, but the batters are not able to cross.Â
Avesh Khan to Dawid Malan, A full toss on off, Dawid has pushes this to mid off for a quick single.Â
Avesh Khan to Dawid Malan, Malan is not finding his groove here. A short ball around off, Malan pulls this one to the mid-wicket fielder.Â
Avesh Khan to Dawid Malan, Punches this one nicely but only finds the cover fielder.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Shortish and around off, Agarwal pulls this one over square leg for a single.Â
Change. Avesh Khan will bowl his second over now. 1-0-11-0 so far.Â
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Short and just outside off, punched to point.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Flat and around off, Malan makes room and he cuts but once again finds fielder. This time it goes to point. Just 2 from the over.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Punched nicely again but he finds the cover fielder once again.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Flat and around off, it is punched to point.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, On middle, hit down to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Full and outside off, driven to the cover reigon where Hetmyer dives and stops.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, NOT ! Umpire's call on hitting the wickets. This is floated around middle and leg, Malan looks to work it on the leg side but misses to get hit on the pad. A big appeal follows but it is turned down. Axar is confident and Pant goes for the review. Time for the replays! Ultra Edge shows no bat. Ball Tracker shows it to be umpire's call on hitting the wickets. Malan stays.
Review time! Axar and Pant were very confident that this would be out and hence, they have gone for the review. This is an appeal for LBW. Ultra Edge shows a flat line. The wickets are deemed to be Umpire's call and Delhi retain their review.Â
Strategic Time-Out! Delhi will be the happier of the two sides, based on how these first 9 overs have gone by. They have kept the leash on the Punjab batters and Agarwal and Malan have not found their groove so far. They will need to accelerate and will look to do so in the coming overs. Pant will want his bowlers to keep taking wickets on the regular, and push Punjab on the back foot.Â
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Single to end! Full and around middle, flicked through square leg for a single. 8 off the 9th over.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Flat and around middle, Malan moves on the leg side and punches it to mid off.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Two more! Flat and just outside off, punched wide of deep cover. Easy two.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, A single now as this fuller ball is hit down to deep cover.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Misfield and two! Another short ball, pulled wide of deep mid-wicket this time. Smith misfields and allows the second.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Good stop! Shortish and around middle, pulled wide of deep square leg where the fielder runs to his right and saves two.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Short and around off, Agarwal pulls it to deep square leg for one.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Darted on the pads, flicked through mid-wicket for one. 5 off the over so far.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Tossed up and outside off, pushed wide of sweeper cover for two. 50 up for Punjab.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Flat and around middle, clipped through mid-wicket for one.
Spin from both ends now. Axar Patel is handed the ball.
Axar Patel to Mayank Agarwal, Tossed up and outside off, driven to mid off.
Axar Patel to Dawid Malan, Flat and around off, Malan punches it to long on for one.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, ! Uppish but wide! Full and wide outside off, Agarwal drives but not from the middle of the bat. The ball is uppish but it goes wide of backward point. A boundary to finish the over.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Full and outside off, driven to cover.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Short and spinning away, Malan punches it to deep cover for a single.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, On off, pushed down to long on for one.
Lalit Yadav to Dawid Malan, Flat and just outside off, punched to deep point for a single.
Lalit Yadav to Mayank Agarwal, Dropped short by Lalit. Mayank pulls it to deep square leg for one.
Change in bowling. Lalit Yadav to roll his arm now.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Dawid Malan, Length ball, just outside off, pushed to point for nothing. Rabada ends the Powerplay with a wicket.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Good length and outside off, pushed towards point. The fielder fumbles and they get one.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, Good length and just outside off, poked to third man and they scamper back for the second.
Kagiso Rabada to Dawid Malan, Full and wide outside off, Malan squeezes it to deep point for a single. First run for him in the Indian T20 League.
Who is in at 4? It is Dawid Malan.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, ! TIMBER! WOW! What a reponse from Rabada. Gayle is shocked as he departs. A full toss it was, just around off, Gayle is taken by surprise there. He tries to keep it out but misses and the woodwork behind gets destroyed.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, ! Pulled away and pulled away for a biggie. Rabada baangs this short but it is not at the height that can trouble the universe boss. He swivels and pulls it over deep square leg for a biggie.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, ! SHOT! What a shot! That was off the meat of the bat. A length ball, it is outside off. Mayank flays it through the covers and the ball reaches the fence in a flash.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, Full, in the slot. Gayle looks to go down town but the ball takes the inside edge and hits his pad. It rolls on the off side and they cross.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, Banged short, typical fast bowler's reaction. Gayle looks to pull but misses to connect. Pant likes the bouncer and claps for the bowler.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, ! Up and over! A length ball, it is just outside off. Gayle thumps it over the bowler's head for a boundary.
Avesh Khan to Mayank Agarwal, Short and wide outside off, Agarwal punches it to backward point and takes a quick single.
Change. Avesh Khan will steam in now.
Avesh Khan to Chris Gayle, Good length and around middle, it is worked on the leg side for a single.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, Short and around off, Gayle taps it towards cover and takes one to open his account. Just 3 from the 4th. End of a sucessful over from Kagiso.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, Low full toss, Gayle works it on the leg side but the ball takes the leading edge and it goes to the cover-point fielder.
Kagiso Rabada to Chris Gayle, Very full and around off, Gayle pushes it to cover-point.
The Universe Boss, Chris Gayle makes his way in.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Prabhsimran Singh, ! TAKEN! Rabada strikes in his first over! An excellent catch from Smith. Full and around off, Singh makes room and looks to hit it wide of mid off but he fails to time it well. The ball goes to the left of Smith who moves that side quickly and takes a fine catch. Prabhsimran's struggle has been cut short.
Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, This is bowled around off, Agarwal goes back and guides this one through backward point for a single.Â
Kagiso Rabada to Prabhsimran Singh, Good length and around off, this is pushed towards point for a quick single.
Time for some fiery pace! Kagiso Rabada has been introduced into the attack.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and outside off, Prabhsimran looks to hit it hard. Mistimes it to mid on and takes one.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and around off, driven to cover-point.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Swing and a miss! Length ball outside off, Singh looks to go big down the ground but makes no connection.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Prabhsimran frees his arms as Ishant gives him width outside off. Singh slaps it over cover and it sails over the fence.
Ishant Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Dropped! This can be a big, big miss! A good length ball, wide outside off, Agarwal reaches out and slices it towards third man. The ball goes towards the fielder. Avesh is the man there who fails to hold on to the chance. A single taken.
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and around off, Prabhsimran pushes it to deep cover and takes one.
Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, 6 singles in the over! The last ball is on a length and around off, Singh chops it on the off side and keeps the strike for the next over.
Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, Fuller and on the pads once again, this one is worked behind square on the leg side for a single.
Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, One more single! Shortish and just outside off, pushed to deep point for a run.
Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, On the pads, worked towards mid-wicket for one.
Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, Prabhsimran opens his account on the 7th ball. A length ball around off, he pokes it towards cover and takes one.
Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, Agarwal is up and running on the first ball. A length ball around off, it is pushed towards point for a single.
Who will bowl from the other end? It is Marcus Stoinis!Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Maiden from Ishant! What a start for Delhi. A length ball, outside off, this is slapped to covers.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Around off, pushed to covers.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, PLAY AND A MISS! A good length ball just around off, nips away slightly as Prabhsimran Singh goes back and looks to punch this one through the off side but he misses.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, Back of a length ball around off, Singh looks to chop this one away, but the ball takes the inside edge and goes to the keeper, on the bounce.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, A length ball, which comes back in, Singh pushes it back to the bowler.Â
Ishant Sharma to Prabhsimran Singh, A good way to start by Ishant! Just short of a good length, a little inward movement around off, Singh taps this one to covers.Â
Right then. Done with all the pre-match formalities as the action is all set to begin here. The two umpires make their way out into the middle, followed by Delhi, who are in a huddle near the ropes. Then, the openers for Punjab, Mayank Agarwal and Prabhsimran Singh come out now. Ishant Sharma will begin the proceedings for Delhi. Here we go...
Punjab (Playing XI) - Mayank Agarwal (C) (In place of KL Rahul), Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Dawid Malan (In place of Nicholas Pooran), Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Shahrukh Khan, Chris Jordan, Riley Meredith, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Harpreet Brar.
News - And before we get to the toss, we have some bad news for Punjab fans. Their skipper KL Rahul is set to miss this game. Punjab have released a statement which says that Rahul has been diagnosed with acute appendicitis and he will have to undergo surgery and so, he has been transferred to a hospital. We all hope that he recovers quickly and comes back stronger. Mayank Agarwal will be leading the side, in the absence of KL Rahul.Â
The captain for Punjab today, Mayank Agarwal, says that they are going to miss Rahul but it is what it is. Further adds that they will look to go out and play some good cricket and they are high on confidence. Says that he hopes that the wicket gets lower and slower and it is good to set a target and defend it. States that he is looking forward to the responsibility and they want to play some fierce cricket. Informs that he comes in for KL Rahul and Dawid Malan comes in, with Nicholas Pooran mis
Delhi (Unchanged Playing XI) - Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant (C/WK), Steven Smith, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan.
Rishabh Pant, the Delhi skipper, says that they will bowl first and they are doing good as a team and they are focusing on the process and they are trying to learn each and every day. Says that he is enjoying his captaincy. Informs that they are unchanged.Â
TOSS - Both the captains, Mayank Agarwal and Rishabh Pant are out in the middle. Up goes the coin and it lands in the favor of Pant. DELHI WILL BOWL FIRST!Â
Hello and a very warm welcome to the second game of Super Sunday! The first game is still going on between Hyderabad and Rajasthan and Samson's boys are in the ascendancy, but we shift our focus to the second game of the day. This clash will be between Punjab and Delhi. Both the teams are on the back of wins and that momentum will be crucial as they face off here. Both teams have talented boys in their ranks and it will be interesting to see how these teams. Punjab needs a win, more than Delhi d
Breaking news - Dawid Malan has been handed his cap by Chris Gayle and he will be making his debut for Punjab today.Â