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Delhi have turned it around this season under Zaheer Khan and have left behind the poor show from the last season. DD next play against Rising Pune Supergiants at home. For Gujarat though, it was only their third defeat in the tournament. The table toppers would look to get back to winning ways as they move to Hyderabad to take on the Sunrisers.

Rishabh Pant is the Man of the Match for his brilliant innings. It is only his 3^rd T20 game and gets the award, amazing achievement at such a young age.

Truely a professional win for the Delhi Daredevils. Bowlers did well to restrict the strong batting line of Gujarat Lions to 149/7. All the top 5 bowlers chipped in with wickets for DD. Chasing a meagre target of 150, they got off to the best possible start. The openers put up a century stand of 115 runs. Rishabh Pant played a superb innings of 69 off just 40 balls. De Cock played the supporting hand and scored 46 off 45 balls. And at the end Sanju Samson and JP Duminy completed the formality of scoring the remaining runs. Ultimately DD win the match by 8 wickets with 16 balls remaining. Despite the loss, GL stay on top of the points table and DD move to the second spot.

After 17.2 overs, DD 150/2

Jadeja to bowl the 18th, Samson hits it in the air to mid wicket and a brilliant save from McCullum on the boundary and restricts it to 2. Next ball and Samson finishes it in a style, slog sweep over mid wicket and it’s a six. It is a victory for DD!!!

Sanju Samson 19(13) not out, JP Duminy 13(7) not out

After 17 overs, DD 142/2

Kaushik is in and Duminy hits him for two back to back boundaries first to third man and then to extra cover followed by a single. DD are coasting at this stage. A dot ball off the fourth and a single to follow towards backward point by Samson, last ball clipped to square leg for comfortable 2.

BATTING: Sanju Samson 11(11) JP Duminy 13(7)

After 16 overs, DD 130/2

Jadeja continues and Samson gets a single down to long off, second ball, Duminy plays the reverse sweep and gets struck on the leg, huge appeal but turned down by the umpire, Samson beaten next ball and appeal for a stumping. Oh no, it’s a no ball, no need to check the stumping, Samson survives and worse for Jadeja as Samson hits the free hit for a four over his head, a single off the fourth ball to covers, Duminy guides the next to mid on for one more, last ball is a quciker one and a dot ball.

BATTING: Sanju Samson 10(9) JP Duminy 2(3)

After 15 overs, DD 122/2

Kaushik bowls the 15th, a single for Samson, De Cock plays a dot ball next and gets a single to covers off the third, another single for Samson and it’s time for De Cock to go, plays a heave onto the leg side, couldn’t clear the fence and Smith takes an easy catch on the square leg boundary, misses out on a half century. Duminy replaces him and plays a dot first ball to finish the over.

Quinton De Cock 46(45) c Smith b Kaushik

BATTING: Sanju Samson 4(4) JP Duminy 0(1)

BATTING: Sanju Samson 2(2)

After 14 overs, DD 118/1

Seventh bowler for GL Ravindra Jadeja is in now, first ball filcked to square leg for a single followed by a dot, third ball and finally a WICKET!!!, Pant looks to play a slog sweep, gets an inside edge, the bowl balloons up in the air, an easy catch for Karthik, finally he does something right behind the wicket. Sanju Samson is the new batsman and gets off the mark straight away, De Cock gets a single off the next ball to covers and Samson also gets a single off the last ball as the umpire signals the strategic time out.

Rishabh Pant 69(40) c Karthik b Jadeja

BATTING: Quinton De Cock 45(42) Sanju Samson 2(2)

After 13 overs, DD 114/0

Dwayne Smith continues, a yorker well dug out by De Cock to get a single, another full delivery and Pant gets two to long off and pulls the third ball to mid wicket for a single, quicker one from Smith and Karthik fails to collect the ball, it looked like an edge there, another miss by the Keeper? De Cock poses for this one as he hits it over the covers for a beautiful shot, last ball hit away for a single, brilliant batting.

BATTING: Quinton De Cock 43(40) Rishabh Pant 69(38)

After 12 overs, DD 105/0

James Faulkner comes on for the first time and De Cock slashes to third man for a single, next ball on the legs and clipped to sqaure leg for one more, slower third ball and another single to point, inside edge onto the pads and De Cock gets a cheeky single next ball, dot ball off the fifth as Pant hits straight to point, last ball is tonked over the umpire’s head for a SIX, Pant is in a hurry to finish the game. 100 up for DD.

BATTING: Quinton De Cock 37(36) Rishabh Pant 66(36)

After 11 overs, DD 96/0

Dwayne Smith comes on to bowl his medium pace and starts with two dot deliveries, third one guided by De Cock to third man for a single, turning out to be a good over as Smith squeezes another dot ball, a single off the fifth to deep sqaure leg by Pant, one more single off the last to finish a good over from Smith, just 3 off it.

BATTING: Quinton De Cock 35(33) Rishabh Pant 59(33)

After 10 overs, DD 93/0

Kaushik bowls the tenth over, a four off the first ball, there is no stopping Pant now, a dot ball followed by 2 singles, Pant plays the fifth a dot and gets a couple off the last ball towards sweeper cover.

BATTING: Quinton De Cock 33(29) Rishabh Pant 58(31)

After 9 overs, DD 85/0

Raina to finish his spell and some turn for him, first time in the night and a dot ball, second ball hit very hard down the ground and Pant gets a four, consecutive boundaries as Pant hits the ball over mid wicket followed by a dot ball, fifth ball hit beautifully over log on for a SIX as he goes to fifty, this young man has some talent, a single to finish Raina’s spell.

BATTING: Quinton De Cock 32(28) Rishabh Pant 51(26)

After 8 overs, DD 69/0

And the chinaman bowler Kaushik is into the attack, Pant plays the reverse sweep and off the glove to third man for a boundary, a single off the next ball to point, De Cock plays a dot to the third and this time De Cock goes for a reverse but only manages a single followed by a dot ball, nice delivery fuller to finish with a dot.

BATTING: Quinton De Cock 31(27) Rishabh Pant 36(21)

After 7 overs, DD 63/0

Raina to bowl his third over, fighted first ball straight to cover and no run, repeat of the first ball and no run, flicked to square leg by De Cock for a single, fourth ball and another single for Pant, fifth ball is a dot, last ball and Karthik misses a stumping chance, De Cock survives, this might hurt GL badly.

BATTING: Quinton De Cock 30(25) Rishabh Pant 31(17)

After 6 overs, DD 61/0

Kulkarni bowls the last over of the powerplay and conceded a single off the first ball to mod wicket, a shortish ball next and De Cock goes back to defend it, width outside off and over the circle and into the boundary, Jadeja is absolutely superb in the field as he throws himself to the right this time to restrict the batsman to 1, up and over long on from Pant and another boundary off the penultimate ball of the over, already 10 conceded and lucky for the bowler off the last ball as Pant could not get much on to the ball down the leg side and finishes with a dot.

BATTING: Quinton De Cock 29(20) Rishabh Pant 30(16)

After 5 overs, DD 51/0

Raina continues and gets the leading edge off De Cock’s bat and he gets a single, 3 runs resulted off the next ball as Pant cuts it back of square leg, a dot ball off the third, De Cock gets a single off the fourth ball, Pant plays the slog sweep and gets a boundary off the fifth followed by a single. DD are cruising.

BATTING: Quinton De Cock 24(17) Rishabh Pant 25(13)

After 4 overs, DD 41/0

Praveen Kumar continues and starts with a dot, next ball is hit into the fence by De Cock for the first SIX of the innings followed by a wide Kumar goes around the wicket now and bowls a slower one to bowl a dot ball, next ball De Cock plays the pick up shot to square leg for a single, Pant pulls it to square leg for a single off the fifth and yet again Jadeja dives to left off the last ball and saves the ball from going to the boundary.

BATTING: Quinton De Cock 22(14) Rishabh Pant 17(10)

After 3 overs, DD 31/0

Surprisingly, Raina is bowling the 3rd over and De Cock gets a single first ball followed by three more singles, fifth ball is played towards mid wicket for a couple and the last ball again results in a single.

BATTING: Quinton De Cock 14(9) Rishabh Pant 16(9)

After 2 overs, DD 24/0

Dhawal Kulkarni starts the bowling from the other end nearly bowls a wide ball, a wonderful stop at backward point to save a certain boundary off the second ball, third ball and Pant flicks it over the infield on the leg side to get his first boundary followed by a sweetly timed cover drive for another four and make it three in row as Pant smashes another through the off side and a couple to sqaure leg to finish another good over for DD.

BATTING: Quinton De Cock 9(5) Rishabh Pant 15(7)

After 1 over, DD 10/0

Praveen Kumar to start the bowling and starts with two dot balls on the trot, third ball pulled away and misfield on the boudary by Kaushik which means DD get their first boundary, fourth ball hit down the ground for a single, Rishabh Pant the other opener gets a leading edge off his first ball but luckily the ball falls in no man’s land and yields a single, last ball hit to mid wicket by De Cock and gets the second boundary off the over. Costly start for Praveen Kumar.

BATTING: Quinton De Cock 9(5) Rishabh Pant 1(1)

Gujarat Lions recovered from the quick 3 wickets at the start of the innings. Smith, McCullum and Finch all went early. Then Raina and Karthik steadied the innnings with a fifty partnership. After Raina’s departure, Karthik went on to score a half century. But he was dismissed the next ball after he got to his fifty. Jadeja provided the impetus at the end with some quick runs. A target of 150 looks under par at this stage. But the game is not over yet. Let’s see how DD chase the total.

After 20 overs, GL 149/7

Shami to bowl the last over and he misses the length first ball and Jadeja sends it packing over long for a handsome SIX, leg byes next ball for a single, Ishan gets a single off the third to mid wicket, 1 run to backward sqaure leg from Jadeja, 1 run to fine leg from Ishan off the fifth, last ball of the innings and Jadeja lifts it to mid wicket and in the hunt for 2 runs, Ishan is RUN OUT!!!.

Ishan Kishan 2(2) run out Billings

Ravindra Jadeja 36(26) not out

After 19 overs, GL 138/6

Morris starts the penultimate over and gets it right up in the blockhole, Faulkner manages to get 2 to long on followed by a single to long off, Jadeja flicks the next ball to mid wicket for a couple, Morris is generating good pace here, fourth ball flicked for a single and another attempted yorker which gives two to Faulkner wide of long on, last ball and the batsman is made to look like foolish, Faulkner look to play the scoop shot and it was a full toss which dismantled the leg stump. GONE!!!

James Faulkner 7(6) b Morris

BATTING: Ravindra Jadeja 28(22)

After 18 overs, GL 130/5

Shami starts the 18th and bowls a nice bumper, next ball and Karthik hits a pull shot as he reaches his half century. And what a shame, Karthik is BOWLED!!!, gets to a fifty and gone next ball. Faulkner is in at number 6 and gets a 145 KPH low full toss first ball and hits it to long on to open his account with a single, change of pace by Shami next ball and restricts Jadeja to a single, finishes with just a single off the last ball.

Dinesh Karthik 53(43) b Shami

BATTING: Ravindra Jadeja 25(20) James Faulkner 2(2)

After 17 overs, GL 123/4

Zaheer to bowl the 17th and excellent running by Jadeja, the ball had hardly made it to the 30 yard circle and the batsmen run two, second ball and smashed down the ground for four, third ball is cut away towards backward point for back to back fours, Jadeja is up and running now. Next ball and Jadeja looks to run it down to the third man, missed it completely and a dot ball, Zaheer bowls the next bowl down the leg side and a wide, rolls his fingers off the fifth ball and another dot ball as Jadeja couldn’t get his bat flowing, it’s a drop catch off the last ball, Jadeja hits the ball high in the air and Nadeem runs in from mid wicket, dives forward but couldn’t hold on to the ball.

BATTING: Dinesh Karthik 49(40) Ravindra Jadeja 24(19)

After 16 overs, GL 110/4

Nadeem is in now and Karthik chips the first ball over the covers for a couple followed by another couple to backward square leg, hits the third ball to long on for a single, Jadeja smashes the fourth ball towards the cover and gets a useful boundary. They are looking to attack now. Two more for Jadeja as he clips the ball to the leg side and runs fast to complete two runs, gets another single off the last ball to make it 11 off the over.

BATTING: Dinesh Karthik 49(40) Ravindra Jadeja 13(13)

After 15 overs, GL 99/4

Shami to bowl his second over, worked away first ball on the leg side by Karthik for an easy two, next he guides the ball to third man for a single. Karthik needs to bat till the end if GL are to get a big score from here. Third ball and Jadeja plays another dot, he needs get going now as the death overs approach and he does, short ball and pulled away front of sqaure to get his first boundary, fifth ball and short again but this time can’t hit away and plays it for a dot, last ball and full and wide outside the off, Jadeja leaves it alone but it was inside the line and so no wide call from the umpire.

BATTING: Dinesh Karthik 44(37) Ravindra Jadeja 6(10)

After 14 overs, GL 92/4

Zaheer continues and Karthik pivots the first ball to play a pull shot for a boundary to fine leg followed by a defensive shot for no run, third ball sliced to third man for a single by Karthik, now he is looking good, Jadeja looks to hit through the covers off the next and only manages an inside edge back to the bowler for no run and another dot ball, Zaheer is bringing all his experience here, the over ends with another dot and it is going to the strategic time out number two.

BATTING: Dinesh Karthik 41(35) Ravindra Jadeja 2(6)

After 13 overs, GL 87/4

Duminy to bowl the 13th and starts with a ball on the legs, Jadeja gets a single to long on, Karthik beaten next ball as Duminy takes it across the batsman from round the wicket, third ball and Karthik waits for the ball and punches it towards the extra cover for a boundary followed by a straight forward defence, charged towards the ball and turns it to leg for no run and charges again this time towards the leg for a single.

BATTING: Dinesh Karthik 36(32) Ravindra Jadeja 2(3)

After 12 overs, GL 81/4

Zaheer is back into the attack, Karthik drives it wide off extra cover for a couple, defends the next ball for a dot, third ball and Karthik looks to pull it and was into the shot early, no run, flicks the fourth ball in the air towards mid wicket and nearly a wicket and he gets 3 runs for it, slower ball to Jadeja and he is foxed, lovely bowling by Zaheer another dot, last ball and pulled away for a single by Jadeja.

BATTING: Dinesh Karthik 31(27) Ravindra Jadeja 1(2)

After 11 overs, GL 75/4

Mishra to bowl the 11th over and Raina charges and gets a single to long on, Karthik chips the next ball over the bowler’s head for two runs and another couple of runs towards mid wicket, full toss off the fourth ball and Karthik sends it to the long off boundary for a boundary, a cover drive off the fifth for a single.Fifty partnership between the two and a stroke of brilliance from Mishra, saw Raina coming down the track, throws it wider and De Cock gets him OUT STUMPED!!!.

Suresh Raina 24(20) st De Cock b Mishra

BATTING: Dinesh Karthik 26(23) Ravindra Jadeja 0(0)

After 10 overs, GL 65/3

Duminy into the attack now and Karthik hits the first ball towards square leg, good fielding by Morris and 2 runs saved, single off the next ball towards short fine leg, short on leg and hit away to long for 2 runs by Raina followed by a dot ball, single off the fifth ball to fine leg, slapped away by Karthik but just for a single to deep point off the last ball.

BATTING: Suresh Raina 23(18), Dinesh Karthik 17(19)

After 9 overs, GL 57/3

Mishra continues and Karthik gets a single followed by a dot ball from Raina, another single off the third ball, hit away to long on by Karthik for a single, a repeat of the shot by Raina for one more single, nice work with the wrist by Karthik to get a single towards mid wicket and it is time for the strategic time out.

BATTING: Suresh Raina 20(15), Dinesh Karthik 12(16)

After 8 overs, GL 52/3

Shami continues, appeal for caught behind down the leg side against Raina, the umpire teases the bowler and stretches his arms to signal wide, next ball yields a single to square leg, karthik needs to strike now, his strike rate is 30 and he does exactly that, moves away to off and ramps the ball over fine leg and it’s a boundary, third ball comes in towards the batsman, cut away to third man for a single, pulled away next ball by Raina for four, this is turning out to be a big over, 10 off it already and 2 balls to go, flicked for a single off the fifth ball, now the snicko shows that Raina had hit the first ball for which the umpire had given it not out, last ball results in a single. Big over this, 13 off it

BATTING: Suresh Raina 18(12), Dinesh Karthik 9(13)

After 7 overs, GL 39/3

The leg spinner Amit Spinner comes to bowl his first over and a nice flighted delivery, hit away for a single towards long for a run by Karthik, Raina gets a single to long on off second, next a straighter delivery and no run, flighted again and no run, Karthik gets a single to long off, Mishra has started well and Raina slices the last ball for a single.

BATTING: Suresh Raina 12(9), Dinesh Karthik 3(10)

After 6 overs, GL 35/3

Shami into the attack, first ball is a dot played towards covers, short ball next on the off stump and Raina guides it over third man for SIX, shout for LBW on the thrd ball and Raina survives and a leg bye, hit away towards mid off by Karthik for no run off the fourth ball, Karthik is struggling to get a run, another dot ball, last ball and Karthik charges down the track to get his first run. This ends the powerplay.

BATTING: Suresh Raina 10(7), Dinesh Karthik 1(6)

After 5 overs, GL 27/3

Raina flicks first ball for a single first ball, close run out chance next ball and no run, single off the next ball, defended by Karthik for no run next, defends the next two balls and ends a tidy over.

BATTING: Suresh Raina 4(4), Dinesh Karthik 0(3)

After 4 overs, GL 24/3

Smith lifs the ball in the air towards long on and Caught by Morris GONE!!!, Nadeed gets him out, next ball is a wide, Finch gets a single next ball to the leg, Raina is off the mark with a hit to long on off the third ball, dot ball to Finch next, Finch smashes the next ball to long and gets a four, last ball and top edge to short fine leg and OUT!!!, Nadeem gets another, Finch is gone as well, 2 wickets in the over.

Dwayne Smith 15(14) c Morris b Nadeem

Aaron Finch 5(5) c Pant b Nadeem

BATTING: Suresh Raina 1(1), Dinesh Karthik 0(0)

After 3 overs, GL 17/1

Zaheer comes to the attack, Smith plays yet another flick for a single, McCullum gets off the mark with a drive towards extra covers, shortish delivery touched towards mid wicket for no run, flicked again by Smith for a single, and Zaheer get McCullum BOWLED!!!, a straight delivery, did not get up much, McCullum looks to heave it away towards lesg, missed it completely and Zaheer is ecstatic.

Brendon McCullum 1(4) b Zaheer.

BATTING: Dwayne Smith 15(13) Aaron Finch 0(1).

After 2 overs, GL 14/0

Chris Morris bowls the second over and flicked away by Smith beautifully towards mid wicket for four, presents a straight bat to the second ball for no run, Smith was rushed by Morris on the third ball, driven through the covers for four on the next ball, a single again on the fifth ball off the hips from Smith, McCullum defends the last ball and yet to get off the mark.

BATTING: Dwayne Smith 14(10) Brendon McCullum 0(2).

After 1 over, GL 5/0

Shahbaz Nadeem starts with a dot against Smith, similar delivery next up flicked to the leg side for no run, swept away third ball to the backward square leg for a boundary, fourth ball yet another dot ball, a single to mid wicket on fifth, huge appeal for LBW against McCullum on the last ball, the umpire turns it down.

BATTING: Dwayne Smith 5(5) Brendon McCullum 0(1).

So, the explosive pair of Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum are out to bat.

Table toppers Gujarat Lions face one of the season’s better performers, the Delhi Daredevils, at one of the bigger grounds we have in the IPL, the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot in game 31 of the IPL2016. Both the teams will do well to provide the kind of entertainment they did in the previous encounter, surely one of the games of the season. At the SCA stadium, Rajkot, we believe the Lions will bounce back from the blip against the Kings and provide another commanding performance. Having said that, they will have to be at their 100 percent best to beat the Daredevils. Follow live IPL cricket scores for today’s match between RCB vs KKR

GJ vs DD Probable PLAYING XI: GUJARAT LIONS - Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Ishan Kishan, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, James Faulkner, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shivil Kaushik

DELHI DAREDEVILS - Quinton de Kock, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Sam Billings, Chris Morris, Carlos Brathwaite, Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan

GJ vs DD Head to Head

The memory of their previous encounter, just last Tuesday, might still be etched in players’ and fans’ minds alike as we witnessed a display of incredibly clean hitting by Chris Morris, a 32 ball 82, littered with 4 fours and 8 sixes at an astonishing strike rate of 256.25 that nearly lifted his team to victory chasing 173 to win. The innings, left his team, heartbreakingly, just one run short of victory. It was another solid performance from the Lions, Dr. Smith and Brendon McCullum, their chief destroyers with the bat, scoring 53 and 60 respectively. The bowlers, except Praveen Kumar and Dhawal Kulkarni, took plenty of stick that day, but their 2 premier seamers walked away with plenty of plaudits with figures of 4 – 0 – 13 – 0 and 4 – 1 – 19 – 13 respectively. (overs, maidens, wickets, runs). Chris Morris, after the game, recalled at his best T20 performance as he had done well with the ball as well.

Eventually, Delhi’s fans, Morris and the management were left to contemplate on ‘what could have been’ on a special night in Delhi.

FORM GUIDE

GUJARAT LIONS:

Last 5 encounters (Most recent – least)

LOSS – To Kings XI Punjab by 23 runs

WIN – Beat Rising Pune Supergiants by 3 wickets

WIN – Beat Delhi Daredevils by 1 run

WIN – Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets

LOSS – To Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 wickets

It wouldn’t be fair to say that the Gujarat Lions have come off the boil recently, considering the fact that they still sit pretty at the top of the table, however, teams have started exposing a few weaknesses in the side. It is worth noting, that, in their two losses, their batting line up has been exposed. The Lions’ batting is very top heavy and when they don’t fire, the middle order has been found wanting.

DELHI DAREDEVILS:

Last 5 encounters

WIN – Beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs

LOSS – To Gujarat Lions by 1 run

WIN – Beat Mumbai Indians by 10 runs

WIN – Beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets

WIN – Beat Kings XI Punjab by 8 wickets

The Daredevils have established themselves as one of the frontrunners this season, sitting in 3rd place in the table, having played only 6 games. The Dravid-Upton think tank is proving to be working again as there seems to be a very positive vibe in the dressing room. Their only loss in the last 5 games, came against the Lions, a game they nearly won. Their bowling line up has fired recently, with Zaheer Khan proving to a very wily skipper. Amit Mishra has fared well, picking up wickets aplenty. One concern will be Quinton de Kock’s form, he has lost his wicket cheaply in the past couple of games. A big boost is the form of the all rounders, Morris and Brathwaite, the latter, very impressive in the previous game.