22ND IPL MATCH KINGS XI PUNJAB VS DELHI DAREDEVILS

Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Date: 23 April 2018 Day : Monday This is the 22nd match of Indian Premier League T-20 Match between Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Dare Devils in Delhi at Feroz Shah Kotla. The Toss was won by the Delhi daredevils and they choose to bowl first. Gautam Gambhir and Colin Munro came out to bat for Delhi. Punjab skipper R Ashwin opens the bowling attack. Mujeeb takes a wicket on his third delivery in this IPL match. Munro attempted a reverse-sweep and was trapped in front of the wickets. After 3 over, Delhi Daredevils were 13 runs at a loss 1 wicket. Immediately after there were 2 fours and one six hit by the bat of Gambhir against Axar Patel. After 5 over, Delhi Daredevils at 39/1. Shreyas Iyer throws away his wicket after a brilliant strike. In an attempt to play a drive, Iyer gives a faint edge to Patel. After that Vijay Shankar failed to open the full face of the bat and went for a pull. The ball went miles up in the air and Axar Patel bagged an easy catch at the deep mid-wicket. Excellent over from Mohit Sharma at this stage of the innings. 7 runs and a wicket off it. Gautam Gambhir played the slightly short ball towards extra cover for a single to bring his 36th IPL FIFTY. And 100 up for Delhi Daredevils in the 13th over. Not the best-looking shot from Pant. Completely lost control as he sliced it high towards extra cover. Tye took an outstanding catch. Second wicket for Mujeeb. Gautam Gambhir runs out when Mujeeb direct hit sends back dangerous Gautam Gambhir. Big loss for Delhi Daredevils. What excellent bowling display from Kings XI Punjab. They are not letting Delhi Daredevils break free but a last-ball six from brought up 150 for the visiting team. Delhi Daredevils manage to reach 166 in their quota of 20 over. Excellent bowling display from Kings XI Punjab. Kings XI Punjab need 167 runs to win their opening game of IPL 2018. KL Rahul and Mayank Aggarwal were on crease to chase for KXIP. Trent Boult opened the attack for Delhi Dare Devils. After playing an awkward looking across shot for a six, KL Rahul produced two great consecutive FOURS. KL Rahul has the fastest FIFTY in IPL on just 14 balls. Opener KL Rahul blasted his way to a fastest ever half-century in Indian Premier League as a new look Kings XI Punjab started their campaign on a resounding note defeating Delhi Daredevils. Just After 3 over, KXIP are 52/0.There was fall of wicket of Mayank Aggarwal went straight to mid-on. After 6 over, KXIP is 73/2. Pressure to score got the better of Yuvraj Singh as he hit it straight to deep mid wicket. 100 came up for Kings XI Punjab in the 11th over. 150 up for KXIP as they are now in the touching distance of a win. KL Rahul and Karun Nair made the things quite simple for other batsmen on their team. In the 17 over Kings XI Punjab needs 10 runs off 12 balls. And in the end Kings XI Punjab beat Delhi Daredevils by 6 wickets with 7 balls to spare. Man of the Match goes to Ankit Rajpoot. More information please log into maukamauka.com