KXIP vs DC Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full Cricket Score: Sam Curran's hat-trick guides KXIP to 14-run win

Best bowling figures for KXIP in IPL:

5/14 – A Rajpoot v SRH, Hyderabad, 2018
5/25 -D Mascarenhas v PWI, Mohali, 2012
4/11 – S CURRAN v DC, Mohali, 2019*

Most ducks in an innings in IPL:

6 – KTK vs DC, Kochi, 2011
5 – RCB vs KXIP, Bangalore, 2008
5 – Delhi vs MI, Delhi, 2011
5 – Delhi vs KXIP, Mohali, 2019 *

Sam Curran: Great win for the guys. Luckily we managed to scrap past 150 and all six bowlers were great. Worked on my batting quite a lot. Have opened batting for my school but first time in professional cricket. I didn’t really know (about the hat-trick), the crowd was so loud, I couldn’t hear my own thoughts. Ash told me to do what I do. Against the Iocal batsmen who I didn’t know where they hit, I had to ask the other guys. So that can get tricky. But Shami got two amazing overs in the end which helped, and Ashwin’s run-out.Hopefully, we keep winning games.

Sam Curran is Player of the Match for his 20 runs off 10 balls and 4/11 including a hat-trick

Ravichandran Ashwin, KXIP captain: Not many times do you actually defend 23 off 21. Just had to hang in. Credit to Shami and Sam for those couple of overs. We were probably anbout 25 short. Backed ourselves to defend the total. All in all, dew also came in and made batting easier. We were going to bat first even if we had won the toss. We wanted to give Sam all the license to bat really well. We are quite a bunch with some experience and some really young ones. We have to keep ourselves fresh and energetic, and have some fun along the way.

Hat-trick in the 13th match of an IPL season:

Andrew Tye for GL v RPS, Rajkot, 2017

Sam Curran for KXIP v DC, Mohali, 2019*

S Iyer, Delhi Capitals captain: Really disappoiinting. We didn’t play smart cricket. They outplayed us in all departments.They were really cool and calm in the situation. I’m speechless right now, I don’t know what to say. The way the game was going, it’s really difficult to see us losing this way, with batsmen not taking the initiative to finish off the game. It’s good it happened early in the season, so we can analyse our mistakes.To be honest, we didn’t bowl that well, especially how we bowled in the powerplay. It’s not going to be difficult for us to be motivated, because we’ve been batting well, but we need to focus on our mistakes, because we’ve been starting well but we’ve had trouble finishing games.

Kings XI Punjab bowlers engineers a dramatic 14-run victory over the formidable Delhi Capitals, causing the visiting batsmen to make a series of errors under pressure after they seemed to be cruising towards the 167-run target. It was an object lesson in team-work and self-belief as the Kings XI Punjab secured their third win in four games.

All-rounder Sam Curran, playing this game in place of Chris Gayle, finished with enviable figures of four for 11 including a hat-trick but it was R Ashwin and Mohammed Shami who had set this win up with their craft on a night when Mujeeb-ur-Rahman was not as effective as his team would have liked.

Kings XI Punjab scrapped hard and caused the Delhi Capitals’ implosion from 144 for three in 17th over to 152 all out in the span of 17 deliveries. It included a direct hit by R Ashwin to see the back of Chris Harris at a crucial stage of the game.

Inexplicable game this. Delhi Capitals dug out is stunned. The expression on senior statesman like Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting are as flummoxed as a termite in a wooden yoyo. Rishabh Pant will need to reflect on his shot that he tried playing that send jitters in Delhi’s camp.

This is KXIP’s sixth consecutive victory at Mohali in IPL.

Delhi Captials today:

Last 17 balls

Runs : 8

Wickets lost : 7

For such a young kid @CurranSM has Balls of steel ... Another England player lighting up the #IPL2019 #LoveIt

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) April 1, 2019

With victory in sight, Delhi’s batting quite senseless. But Punjab handled challenge of defending modest score with grit & gumption. Curran & Shami terrific. For my money tho @ashwinravi99’s been the pick: fine bowling, a direct run out and aggressive, imaginative captaincy

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 1, 2019

Hat-tricks in IPL:

L Balaji
A Mishra (3)
M Ntini
Yuvraj Singh (2)
Rohit Sharma
P Kumar
A Chandila
S Narine
P Tambe
S Watson
Axar Patel
A Tye
S Badree
J Unadkat
SAM CURRAN*

19.2 Curran to S Lamichhane, BOWLED, Curran has a hat-trick!! KXIP win by 14 runs. He has knocked over Lamichhane’s off stump and the Kings XI Punjab has pulled off a victory from unexpected circumstances. A heist of the highest order. Unbelivable scenes. 

Lamichhane b Sam Curran 0(1)

19.1: Curran to Rabada, BOWLED, Sam Curran is on absolute fire. Straight and into the blockhole. Taste of his own medicine for Rabada. Perfect yorker at the base of the leg stump and Rabada is cleaned up off the first ball. He did swing but didn’t connect.

Rabada b Sam Curran 0(1)

After 19 overs,Delhi Capitals 152/8 ( Kagiso Rabada 0 , Avesh Khan 4)

A boundary has somehow kept the game alive as Delhi go past 150 but they will still need a miracle from here on. Can Kagiso Rabada wield his bat and produce the goods once again? He will be on strike. 15 off six balls needed.

Overs 17-18: 11 runs and 4 wickets

FOUR! Avesh Khan has hit a boundary. It has been a long time since that has happened. Converts the full tossand gets it through the covers

OUT! Vihari departs. Shami keeps it straight and targets on the stumps, Vihari goes back and across and swipes across the line, only connects the waft of air as his furniture is distrubed.

Hanuma Vihari b Shami 2(5)

After 18 overs,Delhi Capitals 148/7 ( Hanuma Vihari 2 , Kagiso Rabada 0)
 

Delhi Capitals have committed the ultimate Hara-kiri. Ian Bishop on the air for the nth time screams that the Delhi Capitals have learnt nothing from the previous game. It is crazy how things have changed in Mohali. Curran picks two wickets and gives away just four runs. KXIP’s game to lose now. The crowd is going beserk.

OUT! Cannot believe how Capitals have managed to dug a hole for themselves, they keep sinking deeper. Short of a length delivery that is slanted across and Harshal Patel goes for a wild swing across the line, only gets an edge to the keeper. 
 

Harshal Patel c Rahul b Sam Curran 0(2)

Colin Ingram gave his wicket away under pressure, seeking to clobber left-arm paceman Sam Curran out of the ground but succeeding in finding Karun Nair at long off. Kings XI Punjab, fighting with their back to the wall after having made just 166 for nine in its 20 overs, gave themselves a great chance to pull off an improbable win with their collective never-say-die attitude despite some of its decisions not working in their favour. Curran followed it up with Harshal Patel’s wicket in the dramatic 18th over. Like Ingram, Patel sought to deposit the ball in the stands but edged a catch to KL Rahul behind the stumps.

OUT! Dear me! How has the game changed here. Ingram has struck it down long off’s throat. Full delivery outside off by Curran, Ingram looks to clobber the ball down the ground and is not able to clear the main in the deep. This is now KXIP’s game to lose from here on. Good over the head catch from substitue fielder Karun Nair.

Ingram c (sub)Nair b Sam Curran 38(29)

After 17 overs,Delhi Capitals 144/5 ( Colin Ingram 37 , Hanuma Vihari 0)

Shami is brought into the attack and KXIP have opened the game once again or perhaps we could say Delhi Capitals have allowed KXIP back into the match. Pant misses a wild slog and Chris Morris is run out first ball as Delhi’s half side is back in the dug out. Seven runs and two wickets off the over. Ingram still out there and now Delhi need 23 to win off 18 balls.

Mohammed Shami put paid to Rishabh Pant’s aspirations of hitting him for successive sixes by castling him with one that kept going straight and low after pitching to beat the swishing blade to hit the middle stump. A direct hit by R Ashwin to engineer Chris Morris’ dismissal off the next delivery brought a fighting Kings XI Punjab back in the frame. The challenge for Colin Ingram and Hanuma Vihari was to get 23 inside the three overs remaining but it must be said that the balance is tilted towards Delhi Capitals even at this stage.

OUT! Do not leave your seats just yet folks as Delhi Capitals begin their implosion yet again. Full outside off and Morris drives it mid off and sets off for a quick single. Ashwin moves across to his left, picks up and throws… hits the bull’s eye and the Kings XI break into wild celebrations. 

C Morris run out R Ashwin 0 (1)

OUT! You miss, I hit! Straight and full from Shami, was the seam up delivery this time and Pant going for another glory six, but simply misses it. A better choice would have been to play straight rather than going across but again the rush of blood and immaturity leads to his downfall.

Pant b Shami 39(26)

SIX! Walloped! Was the slower delivery from Shami, Pant with a slight trigger movement towards square leg, waits for theball and swings it across the line for another big six.

The return of Mujeeb-ur-Rahman to the Kings XI Punjab line-up – at Chris Gayle’s expense – did not bring along much success for the side. After the batting unit missed Gayle’s firepower, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman would have been expected to claim a couple of wickets, but Delhi Capitals played him with a lot of assurance and picked up 36 runs from his four overs. Delhi Capitals handled the challenges he presented them with quite admirably to win the battle in the middle-overs through its left-handers.

After 16 overs,Delhi Capitals 137/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 33 , Colin Ingram 36)

Ashwin’s last over is taken for nine runs including a six by Pant. Ashwin did bowl well after being hit for a six, including beating Pant’s outside edge but nine is too costly for Punjab at this stage. Delhi don’t need to do anything fancy as they require 30 runs off 24 balls. It’s time for a time out.

SIX! It is a the big heave across the line. Pant skips down the wickets and tonks it over deep midwicket for a big one.

After 15 overs,Delhi Capitals 128/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 26 , Colin Ingram 34)

Mujeeb’s off day at the office continues as his final over costs 11 runs as Ingram and Pant strike him for a six and a four respectively. DC cantering now need 39 off 30.

FOUR! That is from the outside edge but Mujeeb bowled this wide and  Pant gets a thick outside edge that runs down to thrid man fence

SIX! Ingram gets the bigge. Shimmies down the pitch and thwacks it over the sightscreen for a maximum

Food for thought for the KXIP camp…

After 14 overs,Delhi Capitals 117/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 22 , Colin Ingram 27)

The Delhi Capitals avert a mix up as Mandeep Singh dives and saves another run or two for his team, Pant runs halfway down the pitch but is send back by Ingram. Mandeep had to turn and twist his body to throw it to the bowler’s end. The throw is wide too, Pant puts in the dive and has hirt his finger. The medics attend him bringing the game to brief halt. Ingram gets the second boundary off the over as the equation comes down to 50 runs needed off 36 balls.

FOUR! That is hit with a lot of power by Ingram. Again wide of off and Ingram strikes it past wide long off for a four.

Colin Ingram overcame an edgy start against Mujeeb-ur-Rahman to promise much with his aggressive methods for Delhi Capitals and was relieved that he reversed a leg before verdict that Hardus Viljoen had won from the umpire. At a time when Rishab Pant was on the quieter side, Ingram’s batting kept the asking rate from climbing to steep levels.

FOUR! Pant goes air-borne. Pant backed away and went hard a wide delivery outside off by M Ashwin gets it over the extra cover fielder for a boundary

After 13 overs,Delhi Capitals 106/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 17 , Colin Ingram 21)

Murugan Ashwin saves a couple runs in the deep at sweeper cover but Ingram collects the boundary off the next ball slicing it wider of the fielder as Viljoen persists with the same line and length. There is leg before shout off the fifth ball as Ingram shuffled across his wickets and looked to swing through the line and misses. He is hit in front around the knee roll and Viljoen and Co appeal. Umpire deems it out but Ingram seeks a review and well used too, the ball was pitched outside leg stump. Ingram continues. DC need 61 off 42 balls.

FOUR! There is the boundary of the over. Full and wide outside from Viljoen and Ingram goes after, slicing it past backward point for a boundary

After 12 overs,Delhi Capitals 98/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 16 , Colin Ingram 14)

The problem with an under par total is that every little developing partnership is game changing. Delhi Capitals are collecting a boundary every over. World knows what Pant is capable off so it is his wicket that KXIP really want. Murugan Ashwin’s first over costs eight runs. The Capitals need 69 off 48 balls.

FOUR! Murugan Ashwin slids one on the pads off Ingran and the South African brings out the sweep, gets it past short fine leg for a boundary.

After 11 overs,Delhi Capitals 90/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 15 , Colin Ingram 7)

Mujeeb’s one poor delivery is cut for four along with three singles coming in the over. Mandeep Singh making a brilliant save in the field at cover, perhaps stopped four runs there.

FOUR! Mujeeb offers little bit of width to Ingram and he slashes it through backward point for a boundary. Mujeeb has time and again bowled those losse deliveries that has hurt KXIP.

And a first-ball duck, that too. 

@PrithviShaw, 99 in the previous match, out for a golden duck today. Great leveller, this game!

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 1, 2019

After 10 overs,Delhi Capitals 83/3 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 14 , Colin Ingram 1)

Ravi Ashwin brings himself back into the attack and strikes off the fifth ball. Ashwin picks the wickets of both the openers. Earlier in the over Pant flicked it through midwicket for two but has to put in the dive to get back for a second, was more like a tumble than a dive, however he makes his ground. Colin Ingram gets off the mark. The wicket has put the game in balance at the halfway stage.

After 10 overs:

KXIP : 86/3
DC : 83/3

R Ashwin brought himself on against the left-handed pair of Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant and was rewarded with the scalp of the opening batsman after he had made 30 in an anchoring effort for the Delhi Capitals. Ashwin got a delivery to hold its line after pitching. Kings XI Punjab, aware that the visitors had reached the halfway stage with their noses ahead, will need more wickets

OUT! Ashwin has pulled out another trick from his bag. Gets the important wicket of Shikhar Dhawan with the carrom ball. Was bowling round the stumps and slipped the quicker delivery that rushed on to Dhawan, who read it late and wasn’t able to bring the bat down in time. Rapped in front of leg stump and Ashwin breaks into a big celebration. Dhawan did consult Pant for the review but decides to not challenge the call. He was right too as the ball would have crashed into the leg stump.

Dhawan lbw b Ashwin 30(25)

After 9 overs,Delhi Capitals 77/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan 29 , Rishabh Pant (W) 10)

Another 10-run over for Delhi Capitals off Mujeeb. Delhi Capitals despite losing two wickets have chugged at over eight runs an over with a lot of ease. Boundaries have come and will continue to come with Dhawan and Pant in the middle. They need to get the likes of Vihari and Ingram in before the match slips away. That is exactly what they will discuss in the time out.

Rishabh Pant was dismissed by Mujeeb Rahman twice in three balls in IPL 2018.

FOUR! Typical Pant. Heaves across the line and despite not getting it from the middle he gets it through midwicket for his first boundary.

After 8 overs,Delhi Capitals 67/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan 27 , Rishabh Pant (W) 2)

Viljoen claims the first wicket of his IPL career cleaning up Delhi Capitals’ captain. A timely break for Kings XI. Rishabh Pant joins Dhawan in the middle and gets off the mark with a brace. Four leg byes and boundary of the first ball by Iyer helps the visitors take 10 runs from the over.

Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer’s lukewarm IPL season with the bat continued as he inside-edged a drive off Hardus Viljoen to raise Kings XI Punjab’s hopes. Of course, he had a 61-run stand with Shikhar Dhawan but Iyer’s fall did increase the home team’s belief, even if the new batsman answers to the name of Rishabh Pant. Shikhar Dhawan, meanwhile, was chugging along at his usual pace and looked ominous.

OUT! Iyer has played it on to his stumps. Was again pitched up outside off by Viljoen and Iyer went for the drive, but didn’t take the effort of going close to the ball getting a thick inside edge onto his stumps. Viljoen is pumped for his wicket in the IPL and lets out a big roar.

Shreyas Iyer b Viljoen 28(22)

Delhi Capitals chipped away at the 167-run target through left-handed Shikhar Dhawan and skipper Shreyas Iyer while the Kings XI Punjab bowlers were left without for a second breakthrough to add to the first ball dismissal of Prithvi Shaw by off-spinner R Ashwin. It must be said that the power play overs went Delhi Capitals way after enduring the shock of a first ball loss of a wicket.

Shreays Iyer against KXIP in IPL:

6, 54, 3, 22, 6, 11, 57

FOUR! Full length outside off from Viljoen and Iyer simply thrashes the half volley through covers to pick a boundary off the first ball of the over.

After 7 overs,Delhi Capitals 57/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 27 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 24)

Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman is brought into the attack after the powerplay. Iyer brings up the 50-run stand for the second wicket with a single. Dhawan spanking a boundary to take seven runs from the over.

FOUR! Mujeeb sends a flat delivery across Dhawan, who shimmies on the leg side before he returns to his original stance and scythes it through the gap between backward point and short third man for a boundary.

After 6 overs,Delhi Capitals 49/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 22 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 22)

Couple of boundaries came off Shami’s over, which was the last with the fielding restrictions. Besides the wicket off the first ball of the innings. Delhi has cruised in the powerplay. Kings XI do not have a huge total on the board and they would require wickets regularly to stay in the game.

FOUR! Shot! Iyer backs away on the leg side and unleashes a slap over point for a boundary. Shami under some pressure now.

FOUR! Dhawan is not going to remain quiet. Comes forward and goes up and over mid off for a boundary. Very good shot from the left-hander.

After 5 overs,Delhi Capitals 39/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 17 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 17)

Good comeback from Viljoen to line up four dots after being hit for two consecutive boundaries by Iyer. Was initally holding his length too far back and hence leaked couple of fours.

FOUR! Again similar back of a length delivery from Viljoen but the line is more towards Iyer’s body, who swivels and pulls it over short short fine leg for successive boundaries.

FOUR! Wow Iyer timed that one really well. Viljoen slanted into Iyer from wide of the crease and Iyer with a gentle tap gave the ball the direction past point and the quick outfield did the rest beating the fielder at third man as well.

Mohammed Shami upped the ante for Kings XI Punjab by hitting the right lengths to deny the Delhi Capitals pair of Shikhar Dhawan and skipper Shreyas Iyer. Dhawan had just celebrated getting his foot back in the crease before  KL Rahul could stump him off R Ashwin but the home bowlers showed that they wanted to make it hard for Delhi Capitals to chase victory.

After 4 overs,Delhi Capitals 31/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 17 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 9)

Only an over for Sam Curran first up as Mohammed Shami is brought into the attack. Shami gets the ball to dart back into Iyer that the Delhi skipper almost ended up chopping on to his stumps. Four singles along with a brace come from the over as Delhi Capitals add six more runs to the total.

After 3 overs,Delhi Capitals 25/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 13 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 7)

Couple of wides down the legside for Ashwin, perhaps a ploy to see if the batsmen are charging down the wicket. Dhawan with a crisp boundary in the over. Nine runs came from it.

FOUR! Oh that has been drive superbly through the offside by Shikhar Dhawan. Slightly over-pitched by Ashwin and Dhawan isn’t going to miss out on such an opportunity. Didn’t even have to run for that.

After 2 overs,Delhi Capitals 16/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 7 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 6)

Sam Curran will start the bowling from the other end. The third delivery almost rolled back on to Dhawan’s stumps after taking a deflection off the thigh pad. Iyer collects a boundary off the next ball and couple of singles to end the over, including a leg bye.

Shikhar Dhawan at Mohali in IPL:

0, 2, 71, 15, 1, 25, 77, 0*

FOUR! Fullish length outside off stump and Iyer looks to cover drive it get a thick outside edge as the ball rolls through to the backward-point boundary

After 1 overs,Delhi Capitals 7/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 5 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 1)

R Ashwin with the wicket off the first ball has surely lifted the spirits in KXIP camp. Shreyas Iyer walks in to face the second ball of the innings and gets off the mark. Ashwin goes round the stumps to Dhawan, who starts off with a streaky boundary.

R Ashwin drew first-blood for Kings XI Punjab with the first delivery of the Delhi Capitals innings by enticing Prithvi Shaw to go for a drive and finding the edge of bat for a catch to wicket-keeper KL Rahul. He also found the edge of left-handed Shikhar Dhawan’s bat but the ball raced to the square third man fence. His first over raised visions of a Kings XI Punjab fightback, inspiring the side to believe that the formidable Delhi Capitals batting could be stopped from reaching the 167-run target.

Shreyas Iyer becomes the sixth player to play 50 IPL matches for DC after Amit Mishra, Virender Sehwag, Shabhaz Nadeem, Dinesh Karthik and David Warner.

FOUR! Off the outside edge. Dhawan was squared up completely on that occassion. No slip in place and the ball races away to third man boundary

DID YOU KNOW?

Shikhar Dhawan needs to score one more fifty to complete 50 fifties in T20s.

OUT! Just the start KXIP wanted! R Ashwin with the wicket of Prithvi Shaw off the first ball. Flighted delivery outside the offstump and Shaw went for an expansive drive first up, played for spin but the ball went straight through, takes the outside edge and KL Rahul takes a fine catch. Big wicket as Shaw looked sublime touch couple of nights ago when he smashed 99 against KKR but here in Mohali it is a first ball duck. Umpire Anil Choudhary took a long time before raising his finger, almost forced into it by the loud appeal. Shaw with his poker face stood in his crease for a while before discussing the option of a referral with senior partner Dhawan and doesn’t opt for a review, turns out to be a correct decision as UltraEdge reveals a spike when the ball goes past the edge.

Prithvi Shaw c Rahul b Ashwin 0(1)

Right then, Kings XI Punjab bowlers have a huge task ahead of them after the batsmen wriggled their way to 166, and leading from the front captain Ravichandran Ashwin comes to the bowling crease first up. Prithvi Shaw and Shikdar Dhawan are out in the middle.

KXIP today:

1-6 overs: 54/2
7-15 overs: 75/2
16-20 overs: 37/5

Delhi Capitals’ overseas bowling trio of – paceman Chris Morris and Kagiso Rabada as well as leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane – turned in a very effective display to make Kings XI Punjab wonder if they had made the right decision to leave Chris Gayle out of tonight’s match. Morris picked up three wickets, Rabada and Sandeep Lamichhane ended with two each as Kings XI rued the lack of any partnership higher than 62 for the fourth-wicket between Sarfaraz Khan and David Miller. The loss of wickets at regular intervals left the home side with a below par total. The Kings XI Punjab attack, bolstered by the return of Mujeeb-ur-Rahman will have to pull the rabbit out of the hat now.

South African bowlers taking three or more wickets in IPL most times:

10 – Imran Tahir
8 – Dale Steyn
7 – CHRIS MORRIS*
6 – Morne Morkel

After 20 overs,Kings XI Punjab 166/9 ( Mandeep Singh 29 , Mujeeb Ur Rahman 0)

Rabada dismisses M Ashwin off the first delivery, with Shami getting run out three deliveries later. Mandeep though, ruins what was turning out to be a perfect last over for Rabada, smashing a four and a six to end the KXIP innings with a bang. 

Delhi Capitals need 167 runs to win.

SIX! What a finish by Mandeep, going even bigger on this occasion while hitting over mid off! KXIP 166/9

FOUR! Heaved down the ground by Mandeep for a boundary! KXIP 160/9

OUT! Shami’s stranded at the striker’s end along with Mandeep. He was a little winded after getting struck on the shoulder, and didn’t notice Mandeep charging towards his end. Rabada collects the ball and takes the bail off at his end. KXIP 156/9

Shami run out (Rabada) 0(1)

OUT! Murugan Ashwin skies the ball towards short third man, where Avesh and keeper Pant collide, both going for the catch. It’s Avesh who juggles on, and eventually manages to hold on to the catch. The two share a smile in the end, and all’s well as long as the catch is held. KXIP 153/8

M Ashwin c Avesh b Rabada 1(2)

After 19 overs,Kings XI Punjab 153/7 ( Mandeep Singh 16 , Murugan Ashwin 1)

Morris bowls a fine last over, conceding just five singles off it collecting the wicket of Ashwin along the way. He signs off with figures of 3/30 from four overs. One more over in the KXIP innings.

BOWLED EM! Full toss from Morris, and Ashwin misses it completely, getting his off-stump rattled as a consequence. KXIP 152/7

Ashwin b Morris 3(4)

After 18 overs,Kings XI Punjab 148/6 ( Mandeep Singh 14 , Ravichandran Ashwin (C) 1)

Mandeep collects a boundary at the start of the over, following it up with a single. Viljoen gets caught by Morris at extra cover after a leading edge off a back-of-length ball from Rabada. Single collected off each of the last two deliveries. Seven runs and a wicket.

Delhi Capitals continues to make the most of Kings XI Punjab batsmen’s propensity to lose wickets at frequent intervals and not let them stitch together a meaty partnership. Paceman Kagiso Rabada claimed the wicket of Hardus Viljoen in the 18th over to sustain the trend, leaving the last specialist batsman Mandeep Singh with the task of powering the Kings XI Punjab score towards safer zones.

OUT! It’s an all-South African entry here, as Viljoen gets a leading edge to get caught by Morris at extra cover off Rabada’s bowling. The slog overs, meanwhile, aren’t going as well for Punjab in Miller’s absence. KXIP 146/6

Viljoen c Morris b Rabada 1(3)

FOUR! Swatted away towards the midwicket fence by Mandeep! The fielder in the deep fails to time his jump, with the ball passing over his outstretched hand as a result. KXIP 145/5

Kagiso Rabada returns to the attack in the 18th over.

After 17 overs,Kings XI Punjab 141/5 ( Mandeep Singh 8 , Hardus Viljoen 1)

Chris Morris returns for the slog overs, and gets rid of the dangerous Miller off the second delivery, foxing him with a slower one. Out walks another South African Hardus Viljoen, who gets off the mark with a single. Five runs and a wicket off the over.

Kings XI Punjab are left with just Mandeep Singh and their bowlers as Kings XI’s innings heads into the death overs. David Miller, for long a key player in the Kings XI Punjab ranks, seemed keen to showcase his intention of shouldering responsibility on a night when the team’s top-order batsmen KL Rahul, Sam Curran and Mayank Agarwal were unable to make their presence felt and Sarfaraz Khan did not capitalise of a good start. Miller punished the Delhi Capitals bowlers for errors in length but fell to a smart piece of bowling by Chris Morris.

OUT! Miller’s dismissed by his compatriot Morris, falling seven short of a half-century. Was a well-disguised slower one from the all-rounder that Miller failed to pick, and he ended up skieing the ball over Pant, who collected it safely in the end. KXIP 137/5

Miller c Pant b Morris 43(30)

After 16 overs,Kings XI Punjab 136/4 ( David Miller 43 , Mandeep Singh 5)

Patel fires a slower full toss at Miller, and the latter once again smashes a loose one towards the long off fence. Three singles collected in the over aside from that boundary.

FOUR! Slower full toss outside off from Harshal, and this one’s smashed away towards long off! KXIP 134/4

Harshal Patel to bowl out his final over.

After 15 overs,Kings XI Punjab 129/4 ( David Miller 38 , Mandeep Singh 3)

Avesh is going well in his second spell until he concedes a wide and a full toss — that’s dispatched towards the long off boundary by Miller for a four. Eight off the over.

FOUR! Full toss outside off, and Miller’s not one to let go of such gifts, promptly dispatching it towards the wide long off boundary. KXIP 129/4

Avesh Khan returns to the attack after the time-out.

Sandeep Lamichhane has atleast taken a wicket in each of his five IPL matches so far.

Sandeep Lamichhane lured Sarfaraz Khan into a drive and found the edge of the bat for wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant to pouch a simple catch. The diminutive batsman had played a good hand but Kings XI Punjab would have expected him to kick on and make a bigger contribution. David Miller and Mandeep Singh, the last pair of specialist batsmen, will need to find ways to make the home side find a total that can challenge Delhi Capitals.

After 14 overs,Kings XI Punjab 121/4 ( David Miller 33 , Mandeep Singh 1)

Lamichhane bowls out his final over of the evening, breaking the partnership along the way by getting Sarfaraz caught behind off the penultimate delivery. He signs off with figures of 2/27. Second time-out signalled by the umpire.

OUT! Lamichhane breaks the partnership, getting Sarfaraz caught behind for 39. KXIP 120/4

Sarfaraz c Pant b Lamichhane 39(29)

After 13 overs,Kings XI Punjab 117/3 ( Sarfaraz Khan 38 , David Miller 31)

Miller collects a double off the second delivery to bring up the fifty-partnership with Sarfaraz, before hitting back-to-back boundaries off the third and fourth deliveries. Patel puts down a return catch from Miller off the fifth, giving the South African a reprieve on 30. Single to Miller off the last ball.

FOUR! Miller opens the face of his bat and guides the ball towards third man, collecting a second consecutive four. KXIP 116/3

FOUR! Touch short from Harshal, and this one’s been pulled away towards the fine leg fence for four! KXIP 112/3

The Kings XI Punjab fourth-wicket pair of Sarfaraz Khan and left-handed David Miller strung together the best partnership of the evening with their sensible approach that was built on ensuring that no more free wickets would be given away to Delhi Capitals. They focussed on the old trick of rotating the strike and finding the off boundaries to take the total past the 100 mark inside 12 overs. Miller’s sixes off Harshal Patel and Sandeep Lamichhane spurred the pace of scoring

Fifty-partnership up between Sarfaraz and Miller for the fourth wicket, the pair taking 33 deliveries. Sarfaraz collects a double to bring up the milestone. KXIP 108/3

Harshal Patel returns with the ball in hand.

No player has hit more sixes for KXIP than David Miller (85) in IPL.

After 12 overs,Kings XI Punjab 105/3 ( Sarfaraz Khan 37 , David Miller 20)

Miller ruins what was otherwise turning out to be a good over for Lamichhane, stepping outside his crease and hammering the ball over long on for a biggie! 10 runs off the over. KXIP cross the 100-run mark in the 12th over.

SIX! Miller shuffles down the pitch and lofts the ball over long on to bring up the team 100! KXIP 105/3

Lamichhane brought back into the attack.

After 11 overs,Kings XI Punjab 95/3 ( Sarfaraz Khan 35 , David Miller 13)

Single collected off each of the first five deliveries. Fuller delivery from Hanuma Vihari off the last ball, which is squeezed away behind point for a boundary. Nine off the over.

FOUR! Squeezed away behind point by Sarfaraz! KXIP 95/3

Time for some off-spin from Hanuma Vihari.

After 10 overs,Kings XI Punjab 86/3 ( Sarfaraz Khan 29 , David Miller 10)

Sarfaraz and Miller exchange singles, three of them to be precise, before Miller goes for an inside-out heave over deep extra cover for a maximum off the penultimate delivery. A wide and a single to finish the over. 11 off it. KXIP making decent progress at the halfway mark.

SIX! Miller heaves the full, slower delivery from Patel over deep extra cover! KXIP 84/3

The little dynamo Sarfaraz Khan seemed unaffected by Mayank Agarwal’s run out as he continues to find the boundaries to keep the scorers busy. He square drove the big seamer Avesh Khan and then followed it up with a scoop over wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant’s head to give the Kings XI Punjab dug out something to cheer.  If he can bat through the next six or seven overs along with David Miller, the home team can expect a competitive total on the board.

David Miller’s scoring rate of 6.72 against DC in IPL – the lowest for him against any opponent.

Huge opportunity for Sarfaraz to make it count today

That last Sarfraz four was a class act. If this kid can get his act together, he is a serious prospect.
Wait, he then pulls off a ridiculous over the head shot!

— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj) April 1, 2019

After 9 overs,Kings XI Punjab 75/3 ( Sarfaraz Khan 27 , David Miller 2)

Miller collects a single off the second delivery. Sarfaraz then collects back-to-back fours off the fourth and fifth deliveries, before taking a single off the last ball. 10 off the over. The umpire signals the timeout.

FOUR! Sarfaraz gets down on one knee, and scoops this over the keeper’s head, a la Dilshan! KXIP 74/3

FOUR!  Back-of-length from Avesh, and Sarfaraz guides this one behind square on the off side! KXIP 70/3

Avesh returns to the attack in the ninth over.

Mayank Agarwal committed hara-kiri by charging down the track from the non-striker’s crease when Sarfaraz Khan drove Harshal Patel into the covers. Shikhar Dhawan secured a run out dismissal with a direct hit from about 10 yards away. The fourth-wicket pair of Sarfaraz Khan and David Miller will have to step up the plate and post a competitive total if Kings XI Punjab were to stop the Delhi Capitals charge.

DID YOU KNOW?

This is the first time that Mayank Agarwal dismissed runout in IPL.

After 8 overs,Kings XI Punjab 65/3 ( Sarfaraz Khan 18 , David Miller 1)

Agarwal’s run-out off the very first delivery of Harshal’s first over of the evening, thanks to a direct hit by Dhawan from extra cover. The pacer concedes five wides off the third delivery, firing it too wide for keeper Pant. Delhi’s fielding certainly is making a difference today, much like it did against KKR at Kotla. Single to new batsman Miller off the last delivery.

OUT! Easiest of run-out decision! Sarfaraz drives straight to Dhawan at extra cover, and Gabbar instantly went for a direct hit towards the non-striker’s stumps, where Agarwal is a long way off outside the crease. KXIP 58/3

Agarwal run out (Dhawan) 6(9)

Harshal Patel brought into the attack.

After 7 overs,Kings XI Punjab 58/2 ( Mayank Agarwal 6 , Sarfaraz Khan 17)

Lamichhane returns to the attack. Agarwal and Sarfaraz rotate the strike through singles, four of which are collected in this over.

Sarfaraz Khan took the responsibility of keeping the Kings XI Punjab score ticking along at a fast clip by striking boundaries off Kagiso Rabada and Chris Morris on either side of the pitch. He ensured that the home side would make good use of power play overs without further loss after the team lost the openers KL Rahul and Sam Curran to Morris and Sandeep Lamichhane. Curiously, Mayank Agarwal has got to play only a handful of deliveries.

Lamichhane brought back in the seventh over.

After 6 overs,Kings XI Punjab 54/2 ( Mayank Agarwal 4 , Sarfaraz Khan 15)

Sarfaraz collects a boundary off successive balls off Morris, guiding the ball towards either side of the wicket. Morris responds with a back-of-length ball that the batsman perceives to be a bouncer, and gets hit on the abdomen while trying to duck it. Single collected off each of the last two balls. 10 off the over.

FOUR! Full toss from Morris, and this one’s deflected towards the midwicket fence! Back-to-back fours for Sarfaraz! KXIP 52/2

FOUR! Pushed this through cover did Sarfaraz, timing it to perfection! KXIP 48/2

Morris brought back in place of Lamichhane.

After 5 overs,Kings XI Punjab 44/2 ( Mayank Agarwal 3 , Sarfaraz Khan 6)

Rabada returns to the attack, and is flicked behind square for a four by Sarfaraz off the very first delivery. Sarfaraz collects a single three balls later. Mayank taps the ball towards square leg, and comes back for a risky second run, getting his bat inside the crease on time and surviving a direct-hit. Seven off the over.

Sam Curran looked determined to make the Kings XI Punjab fans not miss Chris Gayle today. He struck seamer Avesh Khan for three fours through the off-side soon after KL Rahul’s departure and added a straight six off leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane but could not sustain the charge for long. He fell to a flipper, unable to get his bat down before it hit his pad. Kings XI Punjab were left hoping that Mayank Agarwal and Sarfaraz Khan would hold the Delhi Capitals attack up for a while.

FOUR! Full from Rabada, and Sarfaraz guides this towards the backward square-leg fence to collect his first boundary! KXIP 41/2

Kagiso Rabada brought back in place of Avesh.

After 4 overs,Kings XI Punjab 37/2 ( Mayank Agarwal 1 , Sarfaraz Khan 1)

Agarwal gets off the mark with a single off the first ball of the over. Curran guides the ball down the ground for a brace two balls later, and lofts the ball over the bowler’s head for a maximum off the next delivery. Lamichhane, however, strikes back next ball, trapping the Englishman leg-before in what turns out to be an easy decision for the umpire. New batsman Sarfaraz gets off the mark with a single off the last ball.

Bowlers to dismiss KL Rahul ‘LBW’ in IPL:

Rashid Khan
Piyush Chawla
Dhawal Kulkarni
Chris Morris

OUT! Curran’s foxed by a quicker one from Lamichhane, getting trapped plumb lbw to depart for an attacking 20. Doesn’t go for the review. KXIP 36/2

Curran lbw Lamichhane 20(10)

SIX! Curran dances down the pitch and lofts the ball over Lamichhane’s head for a maximum! Picked the googly well on the occasion! KXIP 36/1

Sandeep Lamichhane brought into the attack in the fourth over.

After 3 overs,Kings XI Punjab 27/1 ( Sam Curran 12 , Mayank Agarwal 0)

Avesh brought into the attack from the other end. Starts off over the wicket, but has to change his line after getting smacked for back-to-back fours by Curran. The change in angle doesn’t prevent Curran from collecting a third boundary, hit once again in the arc between cover and mid off. Curran already starting to make up for Gayle’s absence. Let’s see if he can get a big score today.

FOUR! The change of line hardly helps Avesh, as Curran creams this once again through the gap between cover and mid off! KXIP 27/1

FOUR! Full, and outside off, Curran lofts this over extra-cover, making it back-to-back fours! KXIP 23/1

FOUR! Curran gets off the mark with an expansive drive wide of mid off! KXIP 19/1

Kings XI Punjab received an early set back after deciding to rest Chris Gayle in the game against Delhi Capitals. KL Rahul picked up a four each off Kagiso Rabada and Chris Morris and pulled the latter for a six over long leg in the first two overs to show that he could power the Kings XI Punjab innings in power play but had to depart after he did not connect a flick was trapped in front. With the home side deciding to sacrifice Gayle’s place to an all-rounder, the top-order needed to step up and take charge. All-rounder Sam Curran was given the responsibility of walking in as Rahul’s partner.

Right-arm seamer Avesh Khan, playing his first game of IPL 2019 today, brought into the attack.

After 2 overs,Kings XI Punjab 15/1 ( Sam Curran 0 , Mayank Agarwal 0)

Rahul continues to score in boundaries in this over, collecting a four and a six off Morris, but has to depart after getting trapped lbw off the penultimate delivery. Mayank joins Curran at the crease.

OUT! Rahul has to depart after getting trapped lbw by Morris. Got off to a great start with a couple of fours and a six, but was late to bring his bat down to a fuller delivery from Morris. Tried reviewing the decision, but wickets is ‘umpire’s call’. KXIP 15/1

Rahul lbw Morris 15(11)

SIX! Short ball to Rahul, and he pulls this over fine leg! What a start for the opener! KXIP 15/0

FOUR! Second boundary for Rahul, who guides this one towards the square-leg fence. KXIP 9/0

Chris Morris bowls from the other end.

After 1 overs,Kings XI Punjab 5/0 ( Lokesh Rahul (W) 5 , Sam Curran 0)

Rahul gets the Kings XI going with a boundary off the third delivery, working the ball towards the midwicket fence. Flicks the ball behind square off the last delivery for a single. Five off the over.

KL Rahul against DC in IPL:

12, 24, 38, 51, 23

FOUR! Rahul gets his side off the mark with a flick towards the midwicket fence! Fielder gives the ball a spirited chase, but gives up in the last second. KXIP 4/0

With the Kings XI missing out on the services of Chris Gayle, KL Rahul walks out to the open the innings alongside England all-rounder Sam Curran — who has a T20 strike rate touching 120. Let’s see how this gamble works for the hosts. Kagiso Rabada to bowl the first over of the innings.

Kings XI Punjab left Chris Gayle and Andrew Tye to include Sam Curran and spinner Mujeeb-ur-Rahman in the XI In their match against Delhi Capitals at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. Now, while the decision to give Gayle a break could be understood as the team may want to keep him fresh through the season, the choice of Curran over Tye reflects the tough nature of the league.

Tye was the most successful bowler in the league last year but he has had just a wicket each in the two games so far and KXIP had to bolster the middle order batting with Curran’s all-round skills. Delhi Capitals, which chose to bowl first, made one change to the XI from its dramatic last game by including paceman Avesh Khan for leg-spinner Amit Mishra.

The average first innings total in the last 10 IPL matches played at Mohali is 172.

KXIP team: KL Rahul (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, R Ashwin (c), Hardus Viljoen, Mujeeb-Ur-Rehman, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami.

No Chris Gayle and Andrew Tye in the side for KXIP today.

DC team: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Colin Ingram, Hanuma Vihari, Harshal Patel, Chris Morris, Sandeep Lamichchane, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan.

Just one change for the visitors: Avesh Khan coming in for Amit Mishra.

TOSS: Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer calls correctly and opts to bowl at Mohali.

Pitch report: There is some assistance for the pacers as there is some sprinkling of live grass, believes Ian Bishop “They’ve got to bowl short at him. The Capitals have Rabada, one of the quickest – they have to make Gayle hit Rabada into the bigger side and into the wind. Mix of the short one and the yorker. Don’t let Gayle stay there for 15-16 overs Chris Gayle could be crucial because of this,” the West Indian suggests.

Head to Head in IPL:

Matches played – 22
KXIP won – 13
DC won – 9

At Mohali, KXIP have a 5-1 record against DC in IPL.

Chris Gayle will once again be in focus as the 39-year old is KXIP’s leading run scorer this season and finds himself on fifth position in the race for Orange Cap. ‘Universe Boss’ became the first batsman in the Indian Premier League to smash over 300 sixes in last game. Is there another big one in store?

Check out how things stand on the points table after three games, which one of Kings XI Punjab or Delhi Capitals will join Chennai Super Kings on six points?

Both teams are coming into this match with wins behind them from the previous game, but the ways they collected their two points were starkly contrasting. Hosts King XI Punjab simply cruised past the Mumbai Indians, registering a covincing eight-wicket win, whilst the Delhi Capitals were involved in a Super Over against Kolkata Knight Riders. It required the brillance of Kagiso Rabada in the tie-breaker for Delhi to pip Dinesh Karthik’s side.

Sunday’s double-header witnessed contrasting victories for SRH and CSK over RCB and RR respectively. Rohit Sankar summarises the key moments from the two matches in his piece here .

Virat Kohli’s a worried man these days, given the poor start that the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are off to in IPL 2019, their latest defeat coming at the hands of the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). Vedam Jaishankar writes why Kohli’s signs of a burn-out are not good for the Indian team, keeping the World Cup in mind. Read the article here .

The 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) enters its third week with the Kings XI Punjab-Delhi Capitals clash at Mohali. Here ’s a recap of all the quirky and noteworthy events from the second week, including the infamous Ashwin-Buttler ‘Mankad’ episode by James Marsh.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Match 13 of IPL 2019, with Kings XI Punjab hosting Delhi Capitals at the PCA IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Monday.