For his fourth IPL fifty, Sanju Samson gets the Man of the Match. "Feels really good to be a part of this team. Me and JP walked in and talked about having a good partnership because we needed to get a good score. He gave great score. We are doing well as a team and hope we can continue," says Sanju Samson
Delhi Daredevils captain Zaheer Khan: "It was difficult if you hit the right areas. The plan was to use the bowlers nicely. The game was going to go on till the last over, that's what I felt in the beginning. It was about executing our plans and keeping 2-3 overs of legspin for Pollard and Buttler. Samson and JP played really well - took their time. They took the responsibility because we played an extra bowler today. It's tough when you have a big break but we are happy with the processes and making sure that practice sessions are not lengthy. There's lot of excitement; always is when you have a young team."
MI looked to be cruising when Rohit Sharma and Krunal Pandya were batting but the latter's dismissal turned out to be the turning point as MI struggled to find the boundary, Rohit was deprived of strike and in the end, they lost it by 10 runs. DD have now beaten Kings XI, RCB and MI. Will this be the start of something special?
19.6 Morris to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, towards long off! Low full toss and Pandya smashes it towards long off but only for a single. DD make it three wins in a row! They WIN by 10 runs!
19.4 Morris to Harbhajan Singh, OUT! what a yorker! Dead staright on middle stump, Harbhajan tries to swing across the line and misses the ball. Gets hit in front of the middle stump and the umpire raises his finger immediately after Morris' appeal!
19.3 Morris to Rohit Sharma, 2 runs, what has happened here? Is Rohit out? Wide yorker, outside off, drilled towards deep cover, and they sprint back for the second. The throw comes in, Morris fails to collect the ball and whips the bails off only with his hands and not with the ball. Meanwhile, there was a collision between Rohit and Pandya midway on the pitch and Rohit gets hurt an goes down on the ground! Morris then picks up the ball and throws it to de Kock who whips off the bails and while the third umpire waits to see who is out, a disappointed Rohit walks off angry.
21 needed off the last over and the captain leads from the front. Look at how animated Rahul Dravid is after that dismissal, which shows just how this means to him. Chris Morris will bowl the last over and Hardik Pandya is on strike.
18.6 Zaheer to Kieron Pollard, OUT! That was a slower ball, anmd slightly short, Pollard tries to hit it over th eleg side again, and gets an outside edge towards deep cover where Morris gulps the ball down! Big wicket!
18.5 Zaheer to Kieron Pollard, SIX! Low full toss, missed his yorker only by an inch, but that was enough for Pollard to launch it over deep midwicket for a huge six! What power!
Should he have gone for the catch? How costly will that decision to not go for the catch be? Or was keeping Rohit Sharma off strike turn out to be a brilliant move? The answer will be revealed in the next 10 minutes
18.1 Zaheer to Kieron Pollard, 2 runs, that was a slower ball and slightly short, pulled away towards deep midwicket by Pollard and lands safely away from Negi stationed there!
That was Rohit Sharma's 500th boundary in T20s and MI's first after 35 balls. MI need 32 runs off the last two overs and despite that Krunal Pandya cameo, MI have lost the plot since his dismissal. What can Zak do?
17.6 Morris to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Misses the yorker this time by inches and Rohit smashes the length ball down the ground towards long on for a much-needed boundary!
MI are dealing in singles and haven't hit a single boundary since the 13th over. With the run rate climbing up all the time, they desperately need a few boundaries.
Amit Mishra's finishes with fantastic figures of 4-0-24-2. Three overs to go and MI need 42 to win. Chris Morris has two left and Morris will this over and probably the 20th as well.
16.5 Mishra to Kieron Pollard, no run, The wrong one here again and Pollard fails to read it again, as De Kock gathers the ball and whips off the bails. But Pollard's foot was in!
15.4 Tahir to Rohit Sharma, 1 run, quick single, a leg spinner, dabbed towards extra cover, and off they went for a single. de Kock runs after it and throws it at the stumps but misses.
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