- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.3 jogs to the left and holds on at mid-off. Smith. Full and just outside off stump. Clears the front and looks to drill that wide of the fielder. It ends up a friendly slice and Smith takes it easily, about chest height, with palms facing each other like he's an evil character casting a spell 17/15.2 stumps flying!This is a 144kph full toss, dipping away from middle stump. Gayle is startled by that and hurriedly pushes at this. In panic, almost. Completely misses that and off stump goes cartwheeling as he hits the top of it. Probably an attempted yorker gone wrong, but full and fast has done it 35/213.1 knocks leg stump. Lovely bowling. Slows it right down, lands it a length on middle and leg. Turns it in marginally and draws an early hoick from Malan. Completes his stroke and there's a delay before the ball hits the leg stump 87/313.3 mix-up and we're going upstairs to see who is out. Looks like a run-out at both ends to me at first. It's a length ball at off stump, Agarwal drives to extra cover's right and takes off. Hooda doesn't want the run. Hetmyer lunges to his right and quickly flicks it back in at the non-striker's end. Hooda and Agarwal are both headed for that end when Axar receives the throw and takes the bails off. The batsmen hadn't crossed on the pitch, because Hooda was always running backwards. And he is short of the crease when Axar completes the run-out. So he's the one who will be dismissed. Mayank arrives in frame later. He's safe. Axar also throws it to the other end, to Pant, for good measure. Hooda would've survived if he had looked to sacrifice his wicket, ironically 88/417.2 taken at extra cover by Hetmyer pedaling backwards. It's overpitched but it's fast. Shahrukh wants to hit this straight but is not in position at all, still into his shuffle, as he attempts it. Sliced and not far past the circle 129/518.6 short and tucked him up at leg stump. He can't get a swing away on the pull, ends up stabbing at it and gets a top edge that floats out to deep square 143/6Extras5 (lb 2, w 3)TOTAL166/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.3)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Prabhsimran Singh, 3.3 ov), 2-35 (Chris Gayle, 5.2 ov), 3-87 (Dawid Malan, 13.1 ov), 4-88 (Deepak Hooda, 13.3 ov), 5-129 (M Shahrukh Khan, 17.2 ov), 6-143 (Chris Jordan, 18.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB I Sharma 4 1 37 0 9.25 9 2 3 0 0 MP Stoinis 1 0 6 0 6.00 0 0 0 0 0 K Rabada 4 0 36 3 9.00 6 0 3 0 0 Avesh Khan 4 0 39 1 9.75 8 5 1 2 0 Lalit Yadav 3 0 25 0 8.33 2 2 0 0 0 AR Patel 4 0 21 1 5.25 11 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.1 the magician is back and doing his thing! What a delivery. Length ball, drifting in at middle stump, drawing him into the drive and turning it past him to hit the top of off stump. What a life this is - Kohli, Maxwell, AB, Shaw his first four IPL wickets 63/112.6 chipped straight to deep square. Smith's made a habit of playing surprising shots in the IPL when they aren't required. This is one of them. Length and into off stump. Walks into the off side and wants to whip this behind square on the leg. That sticks slightly in the pitch and he ends up getting too far under it. Lofted right up and Malan takes an easy one 111/216.3 bat flies into the leg side, ball into the off side. Pant headed to the dugout. It's a length ball at the stumps, he wants to muscle this over the leg side and loses his shape. Loses his bat too. It floats up for Agarwal at extra cover, an easy slice to catch 147/3Extras5 (lb 2, w 3)TOTAL167/3 (17.4 Overs, RR: 9.45)Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Prithvi Shaw, 6.1 ov), 2-111 (Steven Smith, 12.6 ov), 3-147 (Rishabh Pant, 16.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB RP Meredith 3.4 0 35 1 9.54 7 2 2 3 0 Mohammed Shami 3 0 37 0 12.33 6 5 2 0 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 42 0 10.50 7 3 3 0 0 CJ Jordan 2 0 21 1 10.50 4 2 1 0 0 Harpreet Brar 3 0 19 1 6.33 4 0 0 0 0 DJ Hooda 2 0 11 0 5.50 3 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Delhi Capitals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
2 May 2021 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Delhi Capitals 2, Punjab Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 2 wickets)
- Punjab Kings: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 0
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 61/2 in 9.0 overs (MA Agarwal 26, DJ Malan 10)
- Over 9.1: Review by Delhi Capitals (Bowling), Umpire - AY Dandekar, Batsman - DJ Malan (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (MA Agarwal 24, DJ Malan 25, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 90/4 in 14.0 overs (MA Agarwal 37, M Shahrukh Khan 0)
- Punjab Kings: 100 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 1
- MA Agarwal: 50 off 37 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Punjab Kings: 150 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Punjab Kings - 166/6 in 20.0 overs (MA Agarwal 99, Harpreet Brar 4)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 63 runs, 0 wicket)
- Delhi Capitals: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (PP Shaw 34, S Dhawan 18, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 63/0 in 6.0 overs (PP Shaw 39, S Dhawan 22)
- Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 111/2 in 13.0 overs (S Dhawan 45)
- S Dhawan: 50 off 35 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Delhi Capitals: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (104 balls), Extras 3
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