Gujarat Lions played Delhi Daredevils on 3 May 2016. Gujarat Lions entered the game at number one. Delhi Daredevils are one of the better performers of IPL 2016. Both the teams looked for a win. Gujarat Lions had lost their previous game against Kings XI Punjab. While Delhi Daredevils won against Kolkata Knight Riders in their last match.
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bowl first.
"Looks a good wicket and it is good to know what we will be chasing. Fantastic game of cricket overall last game. Enjoying being out there with this young side. JP and Nadeem come in for Shreyas and Carlos." Zaheer Khan said.
"We have done well in away games but Delhi have done well against us. The wicket was slow in the last game and was difficult to maintain the shape. Bravo got injured, so Finchy comes back." Suresh Raina added.
Gujarat Lions Playing XI:
Aaron Finch, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Suresh Raina (C), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Ishan Kishan, James Faulkner, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shivil Kaushik.
Delhi Daredevils Playing XI:
Quinton de Kock(WK), Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Jean-Paul Duminy, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sam Billings, Chris Morris, Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan(C).
Aaron Finch made a comeback to the Gujarat Lions.
Gujarat Lions had lost three big wickets in the first four overs. McCullum and Finch were dismissed for single digits while Smith was removed for 15 runs.
Dwayne Smith scored over 2000 in IPL runs so far. Dinesh Karthik scored his second half-century of IPL 2016. Karthik and Jadeja made sure that Gujarat Lions posted a competitive total on the board.
Quinton de Kock and Rishabh Pant took charge right from ball one. Pant scored a brilliant half-century in just 25 balls.
Virat Kohli leads the run-scorers chart. Suresh Raina moved up the chart. Quinton de Kock enters the leading run-scorers chart as well.
IPL 2016 Highest Run-Scorers | ||||||||
Positon | Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Average | SR |
1 | Virat Kohli | 7 | 7 | 1 | 433 | 100* | 72.16 | 137.02 |
2 | David Warner | 7 | 7 | 2 | 386 | 92 | 77.20 | 168.55 |
3 | Rohit Sharma | 9 | 9 | 3 | 383 | 85* | 63.83 | 137.27 |
4 | Gautam Gambhir | 8 | 8 | 2 | 339 | 90* | 56.50 | 123.72 |
5 | AB de Villiers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 320 | 83 | 45.71 | 163.26 |
6 | Ajinkya Rahane | 8 | 8 | 1 | 280 | 67 | 40.00 | 125.56 |
7 | Ambati Rayudu | 9 | 8 | 0 | 271 | 65 | 33.87 | 124.88 |
8 | Steve Smith | 8 | 7 | 1 | 270 | 101 | 45.00 | 153.40 |
9 | Suresh Raina | 9 | 9 | 0 | 252 | 75 | 28.00 | 127.27 |
10 | Quinton de Kock | 7 | 7 | 1 | 245 | 108 | 40.83 | 144.97 |
Nadeem picked up two crucial wickets early on. Amit Mishra removed GL’s captain Suresh Raina. DD picked up wickets at regular intervals and was key to their success as a bowling unit today.
Gujarat Lions didn’t have a great day with the ball. They managed to take only two wickets. Duminy and Samson guided Delhi Daredevils to a comfortable victory.
Mitchell McClenaghan has the most wickets in the tournament and is the current Purple Cap holder. He moved up in the leading wicket-takers chart.
IPL 2016 Top Wicket-Takers | |||||||||
Position | Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy |
1 | Mitchell McClenaghan | 9 | 9 | 34.3 | 275 | 13 | 4/21 | 21.15 | 7.97 |
2 | Jasprit Bumrah | 9 | 9 | 34.0 | 275 | 11 | 3/26 | 25.00 | 8.08 |
3 | Mohit Sharma | 7 | 7 | 22.5 | 176 | 10 | 3/23 | 17.60 | 7.70 |
4 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 7 | 7 | 27.0 | 220 | 10 | 4/29 | 22.00 | 8.14 |
5 | Umesh Yadav | 7 | 7 | 21.0 | 190 | 10 | 3/28 | 19.00 | 9.04 |
6 | Dwayne Bravo | 8 | 8 | 31.0 | 286 | 10 | 4/22 | 28.60 | 9.22 |
7 | Amit Mishra | 7 | 7 | 22.0 | 154 | 9 | 4/11 | 17.11 | 7.00 |
8 | Andre Russell | 8 | 8 | 25.0 | 207 | 9 | 3/24 | 23.00 | 8.28 |
9 | Shane Watson | 7 | 7 | 26.3 | 228 | 9 | 2/25 | 25.33 | 8.60 |
10 | Mustafizur Rahman | 7 | 7 | 26.0 | 170 | 8 | 2/9 | 21.25 | 6.53 |
Ab de Villiers has the most catches in the tournament. DD’s Chris Morris follows him with seven catches. MI’s Parthiv Patel has the most dismissals as a wicketkeeper.
Watson-Weise relay catch was spectacular and is the best catch of the tournament so far.
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