IPL 2017, highlights, DD vs GL, cricket scores and updates: Delhi romp home with plenty to spare

Rishabh pant,Sanju Samson ...tonite wow..keep an eye on them teams ...they are special..

— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) May 4, 2017

This Rishabh Pant must see the ball before the bowler has conceived it. This is special. Take care of him.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 4, 2017

Rishabh Pant chosen Man of the Match for his breathtaking knock. Pretty obvious choice that!

Most sixes in an IPL match:

31 – Delhi Daredevils v Gujarat Lions, Delhi, 2017

30 – Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals, Chennai, 2010 

Most sixes in a T20 innings while chasing:

20 by Delhi Daredevils v Gujarat Lions, Delhi, 2017

19 by Netherlands v Ireland, Sylhet, 2014

19 by Colombo Cricket Club v Colts Cricket Club, 2016

Love batsman with tremendous belief in themselves which is backed by a special ability for ball hitting.Extra Special today frm Rishabh Pant

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) May 4, 2017

One of the best Innings I have seen in the IPL & that includes all 10 seasons. @RishabPant777 pic.twitter.com/SGv3YuXwJ5

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) May 4, 2017

Doesn't get much better #Pant #DDvGL #IPL

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) May 4, 2017

Gujarat Lions become the second team to get eliminated from IPL 2017 after Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Delhi Daredevils chase down a huge total comfortably, win by 7⃣ wickets! #DDvGL #CricketMeriJaan

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) May 4, 2017

Delhi in a canter. And no fuss xhoice it should be for MOM. Any rival to #RishabhPant?

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 4, 2017

ALL OVER FOR GUJARAT! It just hasn’t been there season and their bowling attack has looked weak all along. Delhi Daredevils just took them apart tonight and the bowlers just didn’t have any kind of answers. Conceding 20 sixes in an innings just doesn’t reflect well on their bowling attack. But the credit must go to Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson for the way they batted. Very few bowling attacks would have been able to stop them today

After 17.3 overs,Delhi Daredevils 214/3 ( Shreyas Iyer 14 , Corey Anderson 18)

Faulkner bowls the 18th over. Two leg byes and wide off the first three balls and then the 20th six of the DD innings, Corey Anderson goes straight and handsome. That’s the win for DD. The number of sixes hit by DD was the second highest in an innings in IPL history. Delhi keep their play-off hopes alive, Gujarat are out of contention.

Delhi Daredevils beat Gujarat Lions by 7 wickets.

Highest targets successfully chased by DD in IPL:

209 v GL, Delhi, 2017

192 v RCB, Bangalore, 2016 

188 v PW, Mumbai (DYP), 2011

188 v DC, Hyderabad (RG), 2012

Highest targets successfully chased at Delhi in IPL:

209 by DD v GL, 2017

188 by CSK v DD, 2008

186 by CSK v DD, 2010

Highest targets succssfully chased v GL in IPL:

209 DD at Delhi, 2017

184 KKR at Rajkot, 2017

177 MI at Wankhede in 2017

After 17 overs,Delhi Daredevils 205/3 ( Shreyas Iyer 14 , Corey Anderson 12)

Thampi continues. The fourth ball is on a length and Corey Anderson flicks it for six over deep square leg. That is the 18th six of the DD innings. DD have hit 10 more sixes than fours. Samson in fact hit seven sixes without hitting a boundary. Iyer hits the 19th six of the DD on the last ball of the over. With that DD need 4 runs off the last three overs.

After 16 overs,Delhi Daredevils 189/3 ( Shreyas Iyer 7 , Corey Anderson 4)

Sangwan back into the attack. A quiet over. One run from the first five balls. This is looking like a different game than what we have been witnessing. But wait! Iyer goes over the top on the last ball. That was in the slot for him. A clean strike for six. DD need 20 runs off 24 balls. Strategic timeout taken.

Most runs scored in 7-15 overs in IPL-10:

119 – DD v GL, Delhi

114 – KKR v RPS, Pune

111 – KKR v GL, Rajkot

109 – MI v KXIP, Indore 

108 – RCB v GL, Rajkot

After 15 overs,Delhi Daredevils 182/3 ( Shreyas Iyer 1 , Corey Anderson 3)

Thampi into the attack. Starts with a wide. The next two balls produce one run. Pant swings at the next one and gets a healthy edge. Karthik takes the catch behind the stumps. An unbelievable innings finally comes to a close. Pant fell just 3 runs from a century. If anybody would have ever deserved a century it was Pant this evening. He is annoyed with himself, and trudges off the field. The whole Kotla rises in applause. Pant innings draws appreciation from GL captain Raina and all of the GL dug out too. Raina pats the young batsman lovingly. Probably the best innings of the IPL this season. Corey Anderson is the new man in.

Love watching @RishabPant777 what a talent 👀👏🏻

— Jos Buttler (@josbuttler) May 4, 2017

Highest individual score in an IPL innings before turning 20:

114* Manish Pandey v DC, Centurion Park, 2009

97 RISHABH PANT* v GL, Delhi, 2017

74 Sanju Samson v MI, Wankhede, 2014

Sanju Samson becomes the second batsman after Nitish Rana to hit seven sixes in an IPL innings without scoring a four.

OUT! Pant edges one to the ‘keeper. A phenomenal innings finally ends, tantalisingly short of a hundred. DD 179/3 in the 15th over. 

Pant c Karthik b Basil Thampi 97(43)

After 14 overs,Delhi Daredevils 178/2 ( Rishabh Pant (W) 97 , Shreyas Iyer 0)

Jadeja sends back Samson with the first ball of the 14th over. Shreays Iyer comes in at the fall of that wicket. But no fall of wicket is going to calm Pant down. Brings out the slog sweep and gets a six. The next ball is played through cover for a four. 12 runs off that over. Could Pant get to a century in this over. Looks like the crowd will have to wait. 32 runs needed off 36 balls.

Unbelievable stuff from both Pant and Samson. The match is DD’s to lose from here, and although they are capable enough to mess this up, expect the remaining batsmen to not let this slip. Alternately, it took DD team management nine matches to move Pant to no.3. He has shown in just the last two games why that was too late!

OUT! Jadeja finally sends back Samson. A skier and Faulkner takes a well-judged catch DD 167/2 in 14th over. The 143-run partnership finally broken.  Shreyas Iyer is the new man in.  

Samson c Faulkner b Jadeja 61(31)

After 13 overs,Delhi Daredevils 165/1 ( Sanju Samson 59 , Rishabh Pant (W) 87)

Dwayne Smith comes to bowl and gets despatched over mid wicket. Doesn’t go all the way though. Four for DD. Good change of pace by Smith in that over. An appeal against Samson, but the ball looked to be gouing down. The last ball is flicked for a four by Pant. Last 7 overs have yielded 102 runs. 44 to win off 42 balls for DD.

These two young men are disrespecting a massive target. And the boundary rope

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 4, 2017

Clean, fearless hitting from Samson and Pant. This has been something really special. It has come to a point when bowlers are pretty much out of the equation. Reputations have taken a back seat. Samson and Pant have not even spared Ravindra Jadeja who has been hit all over the park. Gujarat desperately need a wicket and even that might not be enough. It’s been nothing short of a miraculous effort from these two Delhi batsman and for Delhi to win it from here, they will have to match that level of effort with the ball

After 12 overs,Delhi Daredevils 153/1 ( Sanju Samson 58 , Rishabh Pant (W) 77)

Jadeja in for his first over. Samson is matching Pant stroke for stroke. Flayed over long on. The next ball has Samson going over extra cover. Another six. DD may chase down the 209-run target with a couple of overs remaining if they go like this. Good running of the last ball. That’s an very important aspect of the game too. 16 runs from that over. DD need 56 runs off 48 balls now. They seemed to have made a mockery of the stiff chase.

This Rishabh Pant must see the ball before the bowler has conceived it. This is special. Take care of him.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 4, 2017

99m hit by Sanju now. Beat that Pant!

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 4, 2017

After 11 overs,Delhi Daredevils 137/1 ( Sanju Samson 43 , Rishabh Pant (W) 76)

Faulkner to bowl the 11th over of the innings. Pant flicks the first ball towards backward square leg. Ishan Kishan commits himself for the catch, but it drops short and goes through him. Four. The next bal is bludgeoned over mid wicket for a six. The fifth ball is a back of the hand slower ball from Faulkner, but dropped short. Pant clobbers it over the square leg fence. Next ball. Another six. Over long on this time. Mammoth over. 24 runs from it. This is extreme hitting. DD have got 74 runs off the last 5 overs.

In contrasting styles, the elegance of Samson and the power of Pant has made this a captivating session.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 4, 2017

Somebody relayed my previous tweet to Samson? He hit two mighty 6s previous over!

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 4, 2017

Pant showing himself stronger than Samson! That straight 90m six was some hit

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 4, 2017

Rishabh Pant becomes the second batsman to score three fifty-plus scores before turning 20 after Sanju Samson.

Had talked about DD being consistent from the last game to chase this down… they had moved Pant up to improve their scoring in the middle overs, and both Pant and Sanju Samson are taking this a step further this game. Gujarat Lions have always looked short in the bowling department this IPL, and these two are showcasing up this weakness again. Game on this!

After 10 overs,Delhi Daredevils 113/1 ( Sanju Samson 42 , Rishabh Pant (W) 54)

Soni continues. The first ball is deposited way over the mid wicket boundary. There is considerable excitement in the crowd as they have the ball. They are not willing to give the ball back. AH, they throw it back in the end. The next ball is hit straight by Samson and McCullum effects an unbelievable stop at the fence. Saves two runs. McCullum seems to have hurt himself in the process. Samson goes straight on the next ball and this times gets all of it. That nearly killed the cameraman. Another six. At the halfway stage, Delhi going well. They need 96 runs off 60 balls. Eminently possible, especially till Pant and Samson are in the middle.

Most runs scored by Delhi Daredevils in powerplay overs in IPL-10:

63 v GL, Delhi*

62 v RPS, Pune

62 v SRH, Delhi

Kotla is a flat wicket, Delhi have some really talented batsman, but the major reason why Gujarat are now chasing this game has been poor bowling. Their bowlers have not bowled in te right areas, have hardly given the Delhi batsmen anything to think about. The bowlers have rested on their batsmen’ laurels and have now lost the momentum in the game. Suddenly those quiet over from Gujarat at the end of their innings are looking significant now

After 9 overs,Delhi Daredevils 97/1 ( Sanju Samson 27 , Rishabh Pant (W) 53)

Raina back into the attack. Pant sends one through extra cover. Dwayne Smith makes a mess at the boundary. The ball rolls over to the fence. Pant hammers one to long on next. McCullum pulls off a superb stop at the fence. He won’t miss those. The last ball travels the distance too. And with that Pant brings up his fifty off 27 balls. Time for a strategic timeout. GL have to find a way to counter this blitzkreig from Pant. Delhi would want to continue the momentum.

After 8 overs,Delhi Daredevils 83/1 ( Sanju Samson 27 , Rishabh Pant (W) 39)

Ankit Soni, right-arm leg break bowler into the attack now. Samson takes a single at long off and that is the fifty run partnership between Samson and Pant off 28 balls. The crowd have the flashlights of their phones on. Quite a spectacle at the Kotla. And Pant is playing a spectacular innings too. Picks up the googly from Soni, bends down and hits straight for a six. Ten runs from that over.

After 7 overs,Delhi Daredevils 73/1 ( Sanju Samson 25 , Rishabh Pant (W) 31)

Suresh Raina into the attack now. Samson gets one in tjhe slot and smokes it over the wide long on fence. That’s the 500th six of IPL 2017. Samson follows it up with some deft touch. Single. Pant brings down his axe of a bat on the next delivery. Such a brutal hitter this man is! Ten runs from that over.

After 6 overs,Delhi Daredevils 63/1 ( Sanju Samson 17 , Rishabh Pant (W) 29)

Faulkner into the attack now. A good slower ball beats Pant. The fourth ball is a slower one again. Pant and Samson steals a single. Faulkner comes round the wicket for one ball. Samson rapped on the pads, and there is an appeal. But there was a fair amount of bat on that. That is the end of the Power Play over. DD going well, at 63/1 after 6 overs. That’s the highest score for DD in the Power Play overs this season.

Rishabh Pant doing exactly what is expected of him at no.3. DD are well set in this tall chase, but continuing with an asking rate of 10-plus is going to be tough. One of these two have to bat deep, atleast until the 16th over. The only disappointing aspect herein for DD is that they should have elevated Pant early in the tournament and maybe their position wouldn’t have been so desperate, a debate that will never get old this season.

After 5 overs,Delhi Daredevils 58/1 ( Sanju Samson 16 , Rishabh Pant (W) 25)

Sangwan in for the fifth over iof the DD innings. The first ball is back of length and Pant swivels and flicks it behind square and all the way for six. The next delivery goes the distance too. Pant goes down the ground and over long on. Three sixes in a row now for DD. Some deft touch from Pant on the third ball of the Sangwan over. Opens the face of the bat and steers it past the diving fielder at short third man. The next two balls are muscled by Pant too. Doesn’t get the desired placement though. Big over for DD nevertheless. 17 runs from the over.

After 4 overs,Delhi Daredevils 41/1 ( Sanju Samson 16 , Rishabh Pant (W) 8)

Thampi continues. Pant takes the first ball of the over and just muscles it over extra cover for a six. Thampi is generating good pace and bowls a yorker with his fourth ball. Samson just abpout manages to squeeze it out. He has a high backlift and the yorker is a good delivery against him. The last ball is a half volley on the pads and Samnson just flicks it effortlessly over backward sqaure leg for a six. 16 runs from taht over.

After 3 overs,Delhi Daredevils 25/1 ( Sanju Samson 9 , Rishabh Pant (W) 0)

Sangwan continues. Samson flicks the first delivery for a boundary. Six. The third ball produces a wicket. A ball bowled with cross seam, and banged in short. Nair tries to get it over the ‘keeper. Ends up playing it very awkwardly, getting an edge to the ‘keeper. Rishabh Pant is the new man in. He is rapped on the pads on the first ball he faces. A half-hearted appeal. Not out.

OUT! Nair goes trying to pull. Gets an edge to the ‘keeper. DD 24/1 in the third over.

Nair c Karthik b Sangwan 12(11)

After 2 overs,Delhi Daredevils 15/0 ( Sanju Samson 1 , Karun Nair (C) 11)

Basil Thampi in for the scond over. He has been one of the better bowlers for GL this season. Beats the outside edge of Samson’s bat with a fine delivery, with swing and bounce. Beats Nair then with a well-directed bouncer. Nair makes room, but Thampi follows him. Nair turns one towards backward square leg and Ishan Kishan comes up with an acrobatic stop at the boundary to save two runs for his team. The last ball has Nair giving himself room but swinging his bat wildly. Misses as the ball passes between his pads and the stumps. Dis he get an inside edge. Huge appeal from the GL fielders. Not out given. Replays show may be a feather of a touch. Very difficult to give those.

After 1 overs,Delhi Daredevils 11/0 ( Sanju Samson 0 , Karun Nair (C) 9)

Sangwan starts with a beauty. The ball carries on at an angle away from the batsman after pitching. Extra bounce too. Samson beaten. Nair gets a boundary off the third ball. Gives himself room and cracks it through backward point. Nair plays and misses one, but then gets another boundary in the over with a pull over midwicket. 11 runs from the first over and Delhi are underway.

Sanju Samson and Karun Nair open for DD. Sangwan has the new ball for GL.

Highest totals for Gujarat Lions in IPL:

208/7 v DD, Delhi, 2017
196/7 v RPS, Pune, 2016
192/7 v RCB, Rajkot, 2017

After 20 overs,Gujarat Lions 208/7 ( Ravindra Jadeja 18 , Pradeep Sangwan 1)

Corey Anderson to bowl the last over. The first ball is wide. Faulkner is out off the nest ball, trying to pull Anderson to deep sqaure leg. The substitute fielder Carlos Brathwaite is positioned well and takes the catch comfortably. He has got buckets for hands. Pradeep Sangwan joins Jadeja in the middle. The second ball is turned by Jadeja towards square leg. Samson does well at the boundary. He has had some faux pas on the field this evening, but that was tidy work from him. Jadeja clobbers Anderson for two back to back sixes off the last two balls – one over long on and another over deep mid wicket. Gujarat end strongly. The big score this. 208/7. This is Gujarat’s highest score vever in the IPL. This would take some chasing. Delhi have their task cut out.

And of course… Gujarat Lions have breached 200 comfortable. 209 is a daunting target, and that is putting it mildly. DD will be confident though – after all they chase 180-odd in just the previous game. However, a lot of things went right in that chase against Sunrisers Hyderabad, and they will need a similar performance again today. However, consistency hasn’t been Delhi’s strength this year, not in the positive way atleast.

Good effort from Gujarat Lions hwo finish on 208. It looked that they will get more that this at a point when Raina and Karthik were going great guns. Delhi pulled them back a bait, But good camoes from Ravaindra Jadeja and Aaron Finch has helped them go past the 200-run mark. Delhi have the ability to chase down these kind of totals and Gujarat don’t particularly defend totals well, so the game is still very much alive. Gujarat though will be happy with the target as no team has ever chased a total more than 188 at the Feroz Shah Kotla

OUT! Faulkner pulls a short one from Anderson straight inbto the big hands of substiture Carlos Brathwaite at deep square leg. GL 192/7 in the last over.

Faulkner c (sub)Brathwaite b Corey Anderson 1(2)

After 19 overs,Gujarat Lions 192/6 ( Ravindra Jadeja 3 , James Faulkner 1)

Rabada in for his last over. Finch sends the second ball to the extra cover boundary. The third ball is bowled short and is well directed. Finch gets a top edge, sending the ball spiralling in the night sky. Rishabh Pant takes a well-judged catch behind the stumps. Seven runs from that over.

OUT! Finch top edges a short-pitched one off Rabada and Pant gobbles up the skier behind the stumps. GL 189/6. James Faulkner is the new man in.

Ishan Kishan c Shreyas Iyer b Pat Cummins 4(6)

After 18 overs,Gujarat Lions 184/5 ( Aaron Finch 23 , Ravindra Jadeja 1)

Cummins in the attack. An off-cutter. Ishan skies one and Iyer takes the catch. Ravindra Jadeja is the new man in. The fifth ball is dropped in short. It is way above the batsman’s head. Finch though gets on top of it and gets a four through midwicket. The last delivery is a brilliant yorker. Finch beaten. No run.

OUT! Ishan skies one off Cummins and Iyer hold on this time. GL 178/5 in 18th over.

Ishan Kishan c Shreyas Iyer b Pat Cummins 4(6)

After 17 overs,Gujarat Lions 178/4 ( Aaron Finch 18 , Ishan Kishan 4)

Rabada in for his third over. Finch whips the third ball away towards depe backward square leg and takes two. Good running between the wickets, but a bit sloppy again from DD in the field. Finch beaten by a good slower bouncer on the fifth ball. The last ball of the over is again short-pitched and bowled at pace. Finch was taking evasive action, but somehow manages to get it away to the fine leg boundary. Not convincing from Finch.

After 16 overs,Gujarat Lions 171/4 ( Aaron Finch 12 , Ishan Kishan 3)

Corey Anderson into the attack. Fimnch mistimes one towards long off. Shreayas Iyer dives but the ball just kisses his fingers. Technically a dropped chance, but a very difficult one. Two runs. Finch is beaten on the next ball. Seven runs from that over.

Most runs scored in 7-15 overs in this IPL:

114 – KKR v RPS, Pune

111 – KKR v GL, Rajkot

109 – MI v KXIP, Indore 

108 – RCB v GL, Rajkot 

106 – GL v DD, DELHI*

Highest partnerships ending in a run-out in IPL:

152 – Albie Morkel/Murali Vijay v RR, Chepauk, 2010

139 – Shikhar Dhawan/David Warner v KKR, Hyderabad (RG), 2017

133 – SURESH RAINA/DINESH KARTHIK v DD, Delhi, 2017*

After 15 overs,Gujarat Lions 164/4 ( Aaron Finch 8 , Ishan Kishan 1)

Cummins into the attack. The first ball produces a wicket that would be talked about for days together. Karthik gets one pitched up and seeks to go over mid off. Corey Anderson times his jump to perfection and plucks the ball out of the air with one hand. Certainly the catch of the seqason so far and one of THE catches in IPL history. An absolute stunner. Ishan Kishan is the new man in. Six runs and a wicket from that over. Finch goes over Anderson at mid off on the fifth ball. Could he catch it again? Asking too much of him!  He is human, you know.

A stunning catch from Corey Anderson to send Dinesh Karthik back. A moment of brilliance in an other poor fielding effort from DD. It has already cost them. Gujarat look set for a 180-plus score, maybe they will even touch 200 if things continue to go their way.

Most times run-out in IPL:

15 – Gautam Gambhir 

14 – Shikhar Dhawan

12 – Murali Vijay, SURESH RAINA*

11 – Venugoapl Rao

10 – Praveen Kumar, Yusuf Pathan, Amit Mishra, Parthiv Patel

Highest partnerships for Gujarat Lions for any wicket in IPL:

133 – Suresh Raina-Dinesh Karthik v DD, Delhi, 2017

112 – Brendon McCullum-Dwayne Smith v DD, Delhi, 2016          

96 – Brendon McCullum-Suresh Raina v MI, Kanpur, 2016

OUT! Dinesh Karthik tries to loft Cummins over mid off, but Corey Anderson plucks one out of the air. A stunner. Possibly the catch of the tournament. Nothing the batsman can do about those.  GL 158/4  in 15th over.     

Karthik c Corey Anderson b Pat Cummins 65(34)

After 14 overs,Gujarat Lions 158/3 ( Dinesh Karthik (W) 65 , Aaron Finch 4)

Shami into the attack. Karthik reaches out and sends the first ball over Karun Nair’s head at extra cover for a boundary. Raina is run out off the next ball. Some good fielding from Delhi at last. It’s Rabada and it was probably the only way Raina could be dismissed, given the form he was in. Poor call from Karthik put Raina in trouble. Karthik makes amends for running out his captain with a four off the next ball. On the pads and he turns it for a boundary. Follows it up with a maximum. Slashes a wide one outside off over backward point. The last ball is full and dug out by Finch. Gets a straight boundary. 19 runs from that over.  Strategic time out at the end of that over.

Brilliant innings from Raina. He turned a situation of crisis into one of utter dominance for Gujarat Lions who should reach the 200-run mark now. Good thing has been the way Aaron Finch has come out to bat. He has looked positive and has profited with two boundaries. Gujarat Lions’ batting looking like the one of last season when they took bowling attack for cleaners. Dinesh Karthik’s return to form is also a great sign for the Lions

Saved by the fielders, done by a fielder. The story of Raina today

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 4, 2017

OUT! Yes, no between Karthik and Raina. Raina sent back by his partner from mid-pitch. Rabada hits the stumps direct. Raina out. GL 143/3 in 14th over.

Raina run out (Rabada) 77(43)

Most fifty-plus scores by wicket-keepers in IPL:

18 – Robin Uthappa

17 – MS Dhoni 

13 – Adam Gilchrist, DINESH KARTHIK*

After 13 overs,Gujarat Lions 139/2 ( Suresh Raina (C) 77 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 50)

Corey Anderson into the attack. Karthik comes down the track. Anderson strays down the pads. Wide. The fourth ball is shortish and Kathik pulls for another six. Goes over backward square leg. There is a mix up on the fifth ball. Samson at square leg… A direct hit would be interesting. But Samson took his eye off the ball and failed to pick up. Delhi’s fielding has been pretty shoddy this evening. Karthik takes a single off the last ball of the over at mid wicket and that’s his fifty off 28 balls.

Delhi batsmen should be mentally steeling themselves to chase 200+: their bowlers are being taken to the cleaners by Raina & Karthik

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 4, 2017

Enjoying watching @DineshKarthik bat. He shows us these innings from time to time and you wish there were more

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 4, 2017

After 12 overs,Gujarat Lions 127/2 ( Suresh Raina (C) 75 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 42)

Nadeem comes back intoi the attack. The second ball is a poor one. Dropped short and Karthik has enough time to rock back and hammer the ball deep into the stands at midwicket. That’s one for the spectators to catch. Nadeem goes the distance on the next ball too. Karthik comes down the track and lofts one over extra cover. Consecutive sixes. Karthik takes a single off the next ball. Raina takes over. Bisects the men at deep mid wicket and deep backward square leg. Four. That is the biggest over of the GL innings. 18 runs of it. 100-run partnership up between Raina  and Karthik – the first 100-run partnership for GL this season.

Needing to win all remaining games, Delhi inattentive & poor in the field. Gujarat showing gr8 determination in recovering from poor start

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 4, 2017

After 11 overs,Gujarat Lions 109/2 ( Suresh Raina (C) 70 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 29)

Samuels bowls the 11th over. The first delivery is in the slot for Raina. The GL captain bends down on one knee and clears the front leg and sends the ball deep into the stands at midwicket. Kathik gets beaten on the third ball. GL finishes the over on a high, as Raina plays an effortless lofted on drive. All the way for six. Raina is playing a gem of an innings. 16 runs from that over and 100 up for GL.

Suresh Raina has now scored 21 fifty-plus scores while batting first in IPL which is the joint most by any player. Virat Kohli has also scored 21 fifty-plus scores while batting first in IPL.

Suresh Raina has been lucky tonight, but there couldn’t be a better example of making your luck count. The Gujarat captain has been unfazed by the opportunities that he has given Delhi and carried on in his typical aggressive manner to bring up another IPL fifty. That has also helped Dinesh Karthik find some form at a crucial juncture in this tournament. The track looks very good for batting and Gujarat Lions will need a big score. For that to happen this two need to continue for as long as possible

After 10 overs,Gujarat Lions 93/2 ( Suresh Raina (C) 55 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 28)

Mishra in for the 10th over. The first bal is shortish and Karthik hits it with the turn. Samson makes a mess at the sweeper cover boundary. There is bit of a mix up on the fifth ball, but Raina is safely in. 10 runs from that over. At the halfway stage, GL going well. They have recovered from the early debacle.

After 9 overs,Gujarat Lions 83/2 ( Suresh Raina (C) 51 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 22)

Samuels comes into the attack. The first five balls produce four runs. Raina turns one to the mid wicket region, and gets to his 31st IPL fifty. A captain’s knock, but not without considerable help from the Delhi fielders.

After 8 overs,Gujarat Lions 77/2 ( Suresh Raina (C) 46 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 21)

Ace Delhi leg-spinner Amit Mishra into the attack now. The first three balls are played away quietely. Mishra is getting some turn. Bowls a googly, but Karthik is picks it. Cuts and cuts hard, opening the face of the bat. Boundary at cover. The next ball is short and a googly too. Karthik hits it with the turn. That’s high and handsome and many metres back inti the crowd at mid wicket. 13 runs from the Mishra over.

After 7 overs,Gujarat Lions 64/2 ( Suresh Raina (C) 44 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 10)

Shami comes back into the atack. The second delivery is a slower one. Dropped short and Raina played too early. Rapped on the pads. But it looked too high to be given out. The next ball is pitched up and Raina turns it towards mid wicket, bit Delhi drops another sitter. It is the debutant Samuels this time. Raina gets another ’life’. This is poor from Delhi. You simply don’t give players like Raina a chance. Here they have already given him two. The fielders have not backed up the bowlersa at all. Gujarat should have been four down by now. Six runs from that over.

The experienced duo of Dinesh Karthik and Suresh Raina have done well after a rocky start. Raina especially has retaliated really well for Gujarat and taken the attack back to Delhi, who have failed to respond back. Gujarat would be pretty happy with the PowerPlay especially considering they lost two wickets early. Delhi weren’t helped by some sloppy fielding and Shreyas Iyer will be very nervous right now for dropping Raina.

After 6 overs,Gujarat Lions 58/2 ( Suresh Raina (C) 40 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 8)

Cummins back into the attack. Karthik just shimmies down the ground on the second ball and turned the ball into a half volley. Plays a delightful off drive. Superb timing on it. Beats the man diving at mid off. The last ball is bowled up to Raina, who moves a touch towards the off side and flicks the ball backward of square. That’s delectable. Take four. That is the end of the Power Play. Raina have steadied Gujarat’s ship to an extent, but Delhi have had the better of the exchanges surely. Strategic timeout at the end of that over. Lots to discuss for both teams.

Brilliant start for DD thanks to Kagiso Rabada. With every outing he proves that he should have been playing from game one. DD’s fielding has been all over the place though, third match running. Dropping Suresh Raina (who has been patchy so far) could prove costly. His presence at the crease keeping Shahbaz Nadeem away from the attack after that first over.

After 5 overs,Gujarat Lions 46/2 ( Suresh Raina (C) 34 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 2)

Rabada back into the attack. There is a chage of ends for him. Raina is on the attack, going aerial on more than one occasion. Doesn’t get the desired result. Fortunate though that the ball does not go to any of the fielders either. Gets a good connection on the third ball. All the way for six. Follows it up with a single, flicking onbe off his pads. Sensible batting. Karthik then gets beaten all ends up by a Rabada beauty bowled in the corrodor of uncertainty.

After 4 overs,Gujarat Lions 35/2 ( Suresh Raina (C) 23 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 2)

Shami replaces Rabada for the 4th over. The first ball is on a length on leg side and is clobbered by Raina for a six over mid on. Follows it up with a four over point. Shami cuts down the pace with his next ball. Raina plays it to backward point. No run. The fourth ball brings out vintage Raina. Gives himself room and goes inside out and gets a four over extra cover. A big over. 15 runs from it.

After 3 overs,Gujarat Lions 20/2 ( Suresh Raina (C) 8 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 2)

Cummins in for the third over of the GL innings. Raina chips the second ball towards square leg. Cummins beats Karthik with a beauty with the fifth ball. Seven runs from that over.

After 2 overs,Gujarat Lions 13/2 ( Suresh Raina (C) 3 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 0)

Rabada bowls the second over. The first delivery is an absolute beauty. Bowled just short of a length on and around off stump and extracted extra bounce. McCullum had to play at it. Nothing that he could do but edge it to the wicketkeeper. Suresh Raina walks in at the fall of that wicket, and gets his partner run out on the very first ball he faces. Plays one on the on side and calls Smith for a single, but then sends him back from midway of the pitch. Nadeem fields the ball and hits the stumps. Umpire Marais Erasmus goes upstairs. Replays suggest Smith’s bat was on the line as the bails were dislodged. Out! Two in two balls and GL are in trouble. Dinesh Karthik walks in to join his captain. The third ball is played away convincingly to mid off. No run. Raina tries to loft over point, and the ball eludes the outstrtched hands of a diving Samuels by mere inches. The last ball is banged in short and Raina goes for a pull. He mistimes it. The ball pops up off his glove and Shreyas Iyer misses an absolute dolly at slip. A dramatic over ends. Three runs and two wickets in the over.

Least runs in six consecutive dismissals in IPL:

17 – Rajat Bhatia 

18 – Venugopal Rao

19 – DWAYNE SMITH*

20 – Dale Steyn

22 – Sanju Samson

Nervy start from Gujarat Lions. Kagiso Rabada has completely rattled them. Delhi look really fired up after the good start. Suresh Raina holds the key now for Gujarat. He has been such a great in the IPL and Gujarat needs him to bring all his experience to play. Delhi can blow very hot and cold but right now they look very hot. Two experienced campaigners out for Gujarat though in Raina and Karthik who are due a performance

OUT! Two in two. Dwayne Smith run out by a direct hit from Nadeem. Gujarat 10/2 in the second over.

Dwayne Smith run out (Nadeem) 9(4)

OUT! Huge wicket for Delhi as Rabada induces an edge off McCullum and Pant takes the catch behind the stumps. Gujarat 10/1 in the second over.

Brendon McCullum c Pant b Rabada 1(3)

Must win games these for DD. Marlon Samuels’ inclusion is a big boost. They finally have the much needed experience to anchor this young batting line-up. Expect to see Samuels batting higher than no.5 as listed on team sheet.

After 1 overs,Gujarat Lions 10/0 ( Dwayne Smith 9 , Brendon McCullum 1)

Just a hint of spin on the first ball. Dwayne Smith stretches forward, but gets a thick outside edge and the ball races to the third man fence. The second ball travels to the fence too. Much more convincing this time from Smith as he bends down and sweeps Nadeem backward of square on the leg side. Back to back boundaries to start with for Gujarat. McCullum then tries to make room and send the ball out of the ground. Fails as he gets an inside edge on to his pads. That could have easily gone on to the stumps. The last ball is quietely played away. Ten rusn from the first over.

Brendon McCullum’s strike rate of 116.92 against Delhi Daredevils in IPL is the second worst for any batsman among batsmen who have scored atleast 300 runs against them in IPL. He has scored 304 runs from 14 innings against them at an average of 21.71 in IPL. 

Dwayne Smith has scored 10 runs in his last five consecutive innings which is the lowest for any batsman in five consecutive innings this year in IPL. Overall, he has scored just 94 runs from eight innings at an average of 13.43 in in IPL 2017.

Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith innings for Gujarat. Delhi is starting with spin. Left arm orthodox bowler Shahbaz Nadeem starts for Delhi.

Gujarat have gone with an unchanged line-up from the game against Rising Pune Supergiant. Not the biggest surprise considering they did little wrong in that game and were blown away by a classy innings from Ben Stokes. Before that match, Gujarat played well, but lost in the Super Over against Mumbai Indians. However it’s time they convert their good performances into results. This Delhi side is inexperienced, while Gujarat have plenty of seasoned campaigners. But Delhi registered a fantastic win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last game and Gujarat will have to deal with their unpredictability

#IPL Match 42: Here are the Playing XIs for @DelhiDaredevils vs. @TheGujaratLions #DDvGL pic.twitter.com/MdMfgrfM4S

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Delhi Daredevils XI: Sanju Samson, Karun Nair(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer, Marlon Samuels, Corey Anderson, Pat Cummins, Kagiso Rabada, Shahbaz Nadeem, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami

Gujarat Lions XI: Ishan Kishan, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina (c), Aaron Finch, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Smith, James Faulkner, Pradeep Sangwan, Basil Thampi, Ankit Soni.

Three changes for Delhi — Chris Morris, Angelo Mathews and Jayant Yadav miss out. Pat Cummins, Shahbaz Nadeem aznd Marlon Samuels are in. Samuels is making his debut for DD. 

Gujarat have gone with the same team that played against Rising Pune Supergiant.

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Delhi captain Karun Nair wins the toss and elects to bowl.

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Gujarat Lions’ have struggled with the bat in the middle overs too…

Delhi’s batting woes in the middle overs…

Hello and welcome. We are back with our live coverage of another match of IPL 2017. It is Delhi Daredevils taking on Gujarat Lions at home. Delhi had grossly under performed in this tournament, but a superb win over defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous match, has given them some sort of momentum, and hauled them up from the last position to No 6. They simply can’t afford a bad result in the remainder of the tournament. It is a must-win game for Gujarat as well. They were trumped by two special performances – first by Jasprit Bumrah and then, Ben Stokes – in their past two matches, in spite of their best efforts. Gujarat find themselves a place below Delhi on the points table and any slip up now would be disastrous for them. This is a clash between two of the bottom rung teams in the table, but has every reason to be a humdinger. Don’t forget to make Firstpost your destination for all the live scores and updates from Match 42 of IPL 2017.