IPL, Highlights: RPS Beat DD By 19 Runs Via (D/L) Method At Vizag

After being put in to bat, Delhi Daredevils got off to a worst possible start as they lost their openers Quinton de Kock and Shreyas Iyer inside the powerplay courtesy some brilliant bowling from Ashok Dinda. Leggie Adam Zampa continued the good work for Rising Pune Supergiants as he picked up three crucial wickets and didn't allow the other batsmen to settle at all. In the end, Morris then hit 22 runs off Thisara Perera to take the tourists to a total to have something to bowl to. In reply, Ajinkya Rahane's unbeaten 42 kept the hosts on track in stop-start chase but rain got heavier in the second interruption and the match got called off. As a result of that, Pune, who were ahead of (D/L) par score, won by 19 runs. Catch all the highlights of this match here. (SCORECARD | POINTS TABLE | IPL NEWS | PLAY FANTASY LEAGUE)

00:15 hrs IST: That's it. Thank you for joining us. See you all tomorrow for the game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab. Until then, it's goodbye! 

Ashok Dinda (Man of the Match): "Very happy that we won the match. Bowl wicket to wicket and swing the ball. We were unlucky a couple of games, this game we were giving 200% effort."

MS Dhoni (RPS skipper): "The fast bowlers bowled well and gave a platform from where spinners could put pressure on the opposition. If luck is not in your favour in this game, you could be left having to lose 4-5 overs and chase 10-15 more runs. There's no real point taking any extra pressure. You want to bowl according to your strengths."

Zaheer Khan (DD skipper): "We just have to turn up the next game and go for it. it's simplified for us, 2 out of 2. Table is till wide open. Winning the next two with good NRR could take us to the top 2."

Adam Zampa finished with outstanding figures of 3/21 in his four overs. 

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23:58 hrs IST: The match has been called off. RPS defeat DD by 19 runs via (D/L) method to seal their fourth win of the season. 

23:40 hrs IST: It's raining again at Vizag! (D/L) par score is 57 and RPS are 76/1 after 11 overs. 

23:39 hrs IST: SIX! Length delivery from Shami and Rahane thumps it to long-on for a maximum. RPS now require 46 off 54 balls. 

23:36 hrs IST: Shami into the attack. 

23:35 hrs IST: Tight over from Mishra. Just three off it. RPS now require 59 off 60 balls. 

23:32 hrs IST: Seven runs off the over. RPS are 60/1 after 9 overs. 

23:30 hrs IST: Single for Rahane. 

23:20 hrs IST: Play to resume at 11:30 pm. No overs deducted. 

23:15 hrs IST: All covers are off and umpires are having a chat with groundsmen. 

22:46 hrs IST: The rain has eased down a bit. We'll start losing overs from 11:34 pm. 

UPDATE - Inspection at 11.15 PM IST #RPSvDD

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22:39 hrs IST: Rain is getting heavier and heavier and it's not good news for DD. 

Rain delayed Rising Pune Supergiants' 122-run chase in Vizag. 

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22:34 hrs IST: It's raining in Vizag. Play has been delayed. As per the D/L method, the par score is 42 and RPS are 57/1 in 8.2 overs. 

22:32 hrs IST: Seven runs off Mishra's first. RPS are 53/1 after 8 overs. 

22:28 hrs IST: Another tight over from DD. RPS are 46/1 after 7 overs. 

22:21 hrs IST: FOUR! Second boundary for Rahane. RPS are 44/1 after 6 overs. It's time for strategic time-out. 

22:16 hrs IST: Tidy over from Zaheer. Just one off it. RPS are 33/1 after 5 overs. 

22:12 hrs IST: RPS are 32/1 after 4 overs. 

22:09 hrs IST: OUT! Khawaja c Iyer b Morris 19(13). 

22:05 hrs IST: FOUR! Length ball from Zaheer and Khawaja plays a beautiful on-drive. The bowler has no chance to stop it. RPS are 30/0 after 3 overs. 

22:04 hrs IST: Consecutive boundaries for Khawaja. 

4?-4?! Back to back boundaries for @Uz_Khawaja ! He looks in great touch today! #DumKaNayaRang #RPSvDD

- Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) May 17, 2016

22:01 hrs IST: FOUR! Short and wide from Coulter-Nile and Rahane smacks it over cover point. RPS are 16/0 after 2 overs. 

21:57 hrs IST: FOUR! Too full from Coulter-Nile and Khawaja clips it away to backward square leg for his first boundary. 

21:54 hrs IST: Good start from Zaheer. RPS are 4/0 after first over. 

21:49 hrs IST: Rahane and Khawaja to open for RPS. Zaheer to bowl the first over.

21:48 hrs IST: Welcome back. 

21:29 hrs IST: SIX! Another one for Morris. That's the end of first innings. DD finish on 121/6 in their 20 overs. We'll be back in a few minutes time. 

21:27 hrs IST: SIX! Fullish length from Perera, Morris makes room and clobbers it over long-off for a maximum. 

21:24 hrs IST: Eight runs off Dinda's last. DD are 99/6 after 19 overs. 

21:20 hrs IST: WICKET! Duminy c Pathan b Dinda 14(14). 

21:17 hrs IST: Dot ball to finish off. DD are 91/5 after 18 overs. 

21:15 hrs IST: FOUR! Straying down leg, Morris gets on one knee and sweeps it past the fielder at short fine-leg. 

21:13 hrs IST: So the leggie finishes with awe-inspiring figures of 3/21 in his four overs. Can't get any better! DD are 81/5 after 17 overs. 

21:12 hrs IST: Last over for Zampa. Can he get a five-fer again? 

21:11 hrs IST: This has been an outstanding display of bowling from RPS. 

21:06 hrs IST: OUT! Nair lbw Zampa 41(43). DD are 70/5 after 14.3 overs. 

.@zamps63 has been pic.twitter.com/eIycawWYha

- Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) May 17, 2016

21:01 hrs IST: Six runs off Ashwin's second. DD are 68/4 after 14 overs. It's time for second strategic time-out. 

20:58 hrs IST: WICKET! Second wicket for Zampa. Pant c Perera b Zampa 4(9). DD in all sorts of trouble now. 

20:55 hrs IST: Zampa to continue. DD are 57/3 after 12 overs. 

20:51 hrs IST: Good comeback from Pathan. Five runs off this third. DD are 54/3 after 11 overs. 

20:48 hrs IST: FOUR! Too short from Pathan and Nair pulls it hard to deep mid-wicket boundary. 

20:46 hrs IST: OUT! Samson st Dhoni b Zampa 10(13). DD are 49/3 after 10 overs. 

20:44 hrs IST: Adam Zampa. Last time he played at Vizag, he finished with the figures of 6/19 vs SRH. 

20:40 hrs IST: Expensive over from Pathan. 10 runs off it. DD are 42/2 after 9 overs. It's time for strategic time-out. 

20:36 hrs IST: DD are 32/2 after 8 overs. 

20:32 hrs IST: Another good over for Pune. Just two runs off Pathan's first. DD are 30/2 after 7 overs. 

20:29 hrs IST: Irfan Pathan now. He has bowled just one over so far this season. 

20:28 hrs IST: Just three runs off Perera's over. DD are 28/2 after 6 overs. 

Ashok Dinda (second from right) got the crucial wickets of Quinton de Kock and Shreyas Iyer in the powerplay.

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20:25 hrs IST: Perera comes in for his first over. 

20:24 hrs IST: OUT! Iyer c Khawaja b Dinda 8(10). DD are 25/2 after 5 overs. 

20:21 hrs IST: Consecutive boundaries for Nair. Looks in good form! 

20:18 hrs IST: Dot ball to finish off. DD are 15/1 after 4 overs. 

20:17 hrs IST: FOUR! Overpitched delivery from Chahar, outside off, Nair gets into position and lofts it well over extra cover. 

20:15 hrs IST: FOUR! Fuller delivery from Chahar and Iyer sweetly times it through covers for his first boundary. 

20:14 hrs IST: Maiden wicket over from Dinda. DD are 4/1 after 3 overs. 

A wicket maiden for @dindaashoke. He was breathing fire this over! #DumKaNayaRang #RPS

- Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) May 17, 2016

20:11 hrs IST: In walks Karun Nair at number three. 

20:10 hrs IST: WICKET! de Kock lbw Dinda 2(8). 

20:09 hrs IST: Brilliant over from Chahar. Just two off it. DD are 4/0 after 2 overs. 

20:06 hrs IST: Chahar, who plays for Rajasthan in Ranji Trophy, took 8 wickets in his debut game to get Hyderabad all out for 21 - the lowest total in Ranji history. 

20:05 hrs IST: Chahar into the attack for RPS. 

20:04 hrs IST: Tidy over from Dinda. DD are 2/0 after first over. 

20:04 hrs IST: Iyer off the mark too. 

20:02 hrs IST: First runs of the night for de Kock. Taps it towards short mid-wicket and takes a quick single. 

20:01 hrs IST: Straightaway some shape for Dinda. 

19:59 hrs IST: It's time for action. De Kock and Iyer make their way out in the middle. Dinda to start the proceedings for Pune. 

19:52 hrs IST: STAT ATTACK - RPS have lost all seven matches when they have batted first. 

19:33 hrs IST: Here are the playing XI of both teams: 

RPS: Ajinkya Rahane, Usman Khawaja, Saurabh Tiwary, George Bailey, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Thisara Perera, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Deepak Chahar, Adam Zampa, Ashok Dinda 

We will be seeing Deepak Chahar debuting for our team tonight! Wish him luck! #DumKaNayaRang

- Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) May 17, 2016

DD: Quinton de Kock (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant, JP Duminy, Chris Morris, Amit Mishra, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Zaheer Khan (c), Mohammed Shami 

19:30 hrs IST: RPS skipper MS Dhoni wins the toss and elects to bowl first. 

19:25 hrs IST: Toss in five minutes. 

19:17 hrs IST: Pune would hope that he does! 

.@ajinkyarahane88 has played a crucial role every time he has faced @DelhiDaredevils. Will he deliver again tonight? pic.twitter.com/rf3HAJE7dV

- Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) May 17, 2016

19:09 hrs IST: With the league stages now coming to an end, the race for the four play-off spots is getting interesting. As many as six teams are in the fray for those spots. 

19:05 hrs IST: A warm welcome to our live coverage of 49th match of Indian Premier League season 9. Rising Pune Supergiants take on Delhi Daredevils at Vizag tonight. 

Delhi Daredevils are in sixth place in the points table and must win their remaining games to reach the play-offs.

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This is the time to show character. Rahul Dravid must be saying this a million times in the Delhi Daredevils dressing room as teams jostle for a berth in the last four of the tournament. Delhi's recent performance must be worrying their brains trust.

Delhi Daredevils, after a good journey in the middle of IPL, are looking vulnerable again. Having lost three of their last five matches, DD have put themselves under pressure and are not sure of making the playoffs.

Tonight's game is the first of DD's last three league games. Any slip-up at this stage will hurt the team's chances especially because Royal Challengers Bangalore, riding on Virat Kohli's dream form, are making a last-ditch effort to make the playoffs are really looking strong.

DD must capitalize on Pune's horror run. But for that, Zaheer Khan's team must bat well in the middle and the slow bowlers must come to the party. Pune had won their first-round match against DD by seven wickets at Feroz Shah Kotla.

Spin bowling was supposedly DD's strength. A team with the likes of Amit Mishra, Imran Tahir, Pawan Negi and Shahbaz Nadeem should have exploited the conditions better. But in their last match against Mumbai Indians in Visakhapatnam, DD's spinners leaked a record 143 runs.

The fact that Dhoni's RPS will like to go down all guns blazing makes DD's job only tougher.