IPL 2020 Highlights, KXIP vs DC Match, Full Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab beat Delhi Capitals by 5 wickets

Shikhar Dhawan is the Man of the Match

“I really enjoyed it today. It is good that I am scoring consistently so you carry it into the next games. We are going to have a discussion and see where we can improve. Of course it is going to be a learning. This is not going to put us down.”

Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer speaks after the match:

I definitely feel like we fell around 10 runs short in our innings. Nevertheless, we learnt a lot from this match. Shikhar batted brilliantly, so that’s one positive we can take. In terms of bowling, Tushar leaked a lot of runs, but this will be a lesson for him. It happens to the best of players, so I’m sure he’ll come back strong. He’ll watch it back and analyse where he went wrong. Other than that, we took it to the end, so I’m happy about that

I think Shikhar read the wicket very well and adapted nicely. He’s been in great touch, he’s been going hard from the first ball. He’s got a really good mindset. He was trying to tell the younger players what to do, he told them when the wicket was stopping a bit and he acclimatised a lot earlier than other batsmen.

I’m really glad this defeat happened, it’ll motivate the boys in the next game. The fielding wasn’t up to the mark, but we’re always learning, and we’ll come back stronger.

After 19 overs,Kings XI Punjab 167/5 ( Deepak Hooda 15 , James Neesham 10)

Daniel Sams has been given a lot of responsibility here. He’s bowling the penultimate over. Two singles off the first two balls, this isn’t tight enough. Delhi need dot balls. And wickets. Two more singles, and a dropped catch from Marcus Stoinis in the next three balls. This has been incredibly entertaining! And Neesham’s finished it off with a six! What a win for Kings XI Punjab! They did really well to limit DC to a very vulnerable total, and the likes of Nicholas Pooran and Chris Gayle got runs on the board rapidly to help KL Rahul and Co cross the finish line with an over to spare.

After 18 overs,Kings XI Punjab 157/5 ( Deepak Hooda 13 , James Neesham 2)

More spin, this time it’s Axar Patel who’s in for his final over. Unfortunately, he’s unable to reproduce the feat of his spin counterpart Ashwin, and he gives away six runs, including a boundary. 8 runs in 12 balls, this could be over soon.

After 17 overs,Kings XI Punjab 151/5 ( Deepak Hooda 8 , James Neesham 1)

Do Hooda and Neesham have what it takes? They’ll have to face Ashwin. Good, tight bowling from the veteran. He’s unable to get another wicket in his fourth and final over, but he just concedes three runs. KXIP need 14 runs in 18 balls.

After 16 overs,Kings XI Punjab 148/5 ( Deepak Hooda 7 , James Neesham 0)

Kagiso Rabada to bowl his fourth over now. First three balls give away two singles, before Maxwell pulls a bouncer for a boundary! Rabada’s under pressure here. And Maxwell relieves him of it by edging his shot high into the sky, Pant is chasing after this with real determination and he manages to take the catch! This is good for DC.

After 15 overs,Kings XI Punjab 141/4 ( Glenn Maxwell 27, Deepak Hooda 5)

Axar Patel bowling, can he come up with the miracle that Delhi so desperately need? Dot on the first, single on the second, single on the third. Patel’s slowing it down well, but he needs a wicket more than anything. The fourth one hits the pads and there’s a half-hearted appeal for LBW, but Patel doesn’t belive in it enough to review. Two more singles to round off the over, it’s a tidy one but nowhere near enough to stem KXIP’s tide.

After 14 overs,Kings XI Punjab 137/4 ( Glenn Maxwell 25 , Deepak Hooda 3)

Daniel Sams will bowl the next over. The Australian has been pretty reliable so far, so it makes sense that he’s been called on at this precarious time for Delhi. His first five balls are quite good, with only three singles given away, but Maxwell drives a loose ball wide of mid-off for four on the final delivery. 28 runs in 36 balls needed for KXIP to win, surely they have enough left in the tank to get it done? We go to a strategic timeout, what can Iyer come up with?

After 13 overs,Kings XI Punjab 130/4 ( Glenn Maxwell 20 , Deepak Hooda 1)

Kagiso Rabada returns, and we have pace again, after a couple of overs of spin. First ball’s a single, Pooran’s on strike. He’s been so, so good against pace today, and he does it once more,  getting an edge that flies wide of Pant for four, bringing up his fifty. That was a lucky nick, but the next one isn’t! A Rabada bouncer glances off of Pooran’s gloves and it’s caught easily by Pant. Maxwell will have to step up now, he’s KXIP’s best bet at the moment. He does well to get a boundary off the last ball of the over, can he keep the momentum going on his own?

After 12 overs,Kings XI Punjab 120/3 ( Nicholas Pooran 49 , Glenn Maxwell 15)

Ravichandran Ashwin’s back, can he ease the pressure on his team with a wicket? Single off the first ball, and Pooran’s back on strike. Maxwell is doing very well to keep the strike rotating. Pooran plays safe and abstains from trying to go for a big shot, he does well to get a couple of rapid doubles under pressure. If KXIP can keep the scoreboard ticking over at this rate, they can canter over the finish line with ease. Pooran gets off strike on the fifth ball with a single. Ashwin then bowls a wide. He bowls the final delivery again and Maxwell runs a single. Strange that, you’d think he’d want Pooran on strike in the next over.

After 11 overs,Kings XI Punjab 112/3 ( Nicholas Pooran 44 , Glenn Maxwell 13)

Axar Patel’s in to bowl, it looks like Iyer’s had quite enough of pace for the moment. Doesn’t seem like it helps though. Maxwell gets the in form Pooran on strike with a single, and Pooran belts a maximum over midwicket. The duo run singles on the next four balls to make it 11 off the over. This is good batting, and they’re covering ground in leaps and bounds here.

After 10 overs,Kings XI Punjab 101/3 ( Nicholas Pooran 36 , Glenn Maxwell 10)

Marcus Stoinis comes into the attack, and it’s his turn to be given a thrashing! Nicholas Pooran is taking no prisoners! The West Indies batsman unleashes his wrath upon Stoinis with a 4 and a 6! He’s determined to take KXIP all the way on his lonesome. Two wides and a couple of singles make it 14 off the over.

After 9 overs,Kings XI Punjab 87/3 ( Nicholas Pooran 25 , Glenn Maxwell 9)

Tushar Deshpande gets a second go, and he can take some comfort in knowing that it would take a screw-up of ridiculous proportions for him to do any worse than he did in his first over. He starts off alright, with a single and dot off his first two balls. It’s then back to the all too familiar programme of his first over though, Pooran whacks a huge six, followed by back-to-back boundaries. Deshpande is doing more for KXIP than any of their own players. We have a breather as we head into a break.

Maxwell v Ashwin in IPL:

Runs : 89
Balls : 39
Dismissals : 1
SR : 228.21

After 8 overs,Kings XI Punjab 72/3 ( Nicholas Pooran 11 , Glenn Maxwell 8)

Ashwin’s back. It’ll be hard for him to match his feats from the first over. He starts off by giving away a boundary, Pooran hammers it into deep cover. That was exquisite! No more boundaries in the over, but there are a couple of costly mistakes in the fielding, with Rabada giving away two runs needlessly and Pant failing to knock the bails off in a potential run out.

After 7 overs,Kings XI Punjab 62/3 ( Nicholas Pooran 5 , Glenn Maxwell 4)

Glenn Maxwell is out to bat, and he really needs to perform well if KXIP have any hope of winning this. Rabada’s bowling, his first delivery is a wide. He’s quite stingy in the next few balls though, with a double and a couple of singles the only runs given away. Five runs off the over.

After 6 overs,Kings XI Punjab 58/3 ( Nicholas Pooran 4 , Glenn Maxwell 1)

Tushar Deshpande could kiss Ravichandran Ashwin right now! After an absolute stinker of an over for Delhi Capitals, they get two wickets in Ashwin’s over, and they’re back in control. The first one is Gayle, who’s undone by some lovely spin trickery, and then Agarwal departs after being run out due to a mix-up between him and Pooran!

After 5 overs,Kings XI Punjab 50/1 ( Mayank Agarwal 5 , Chris Gayle 27)

Oh lord Tushar Deshpande, what have you done? The bowler is taken to the cleaners by Chris Gayle. 4, 4, 6, 4, 6! Deshpande also bowls a wide. This is the worst over by a DC bowler in this tournament so far. 26 runs off it!