IPL 5: Delhi knocks Punjab out of contention

Riding high on David Warner's smashing 79, Delhi Daredevils, sans their skipper Virender Sehwag, put up an impressive performance to knock Punjab out of IPL 5 at Dharamsala on Saturday. (AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN)

It was not a start that Kings XI Punjab were looking for as the Delhi bowlers rattled their top order. Umesh Yadav and Morne Morkel burst through the Punjab line up leaving them at 20/4 early on. (AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN)

Siddharth Chitnis was then joined by the experienced Azhar Mahmood on the crease. Chitnis top scored for the Kings with a 32-ball 38 to lend some respectablity to the total. (AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN)

Both of them steadied the Punjab innings to some extent and helped them recover from the early jolts. Azhar Mahmood, on the other end, got 36 off 38 balls to ably support Chitnis. (AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN)

But it was all about Morne Morkel, who got 4/20, and Umesh Yadav, who took 3/19, at Dharamsala. Both of them ensured that Kings XI did not post a formidable total. (AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN)

Gurkeerat Singh (26 off 11) and Ryan Harris (15 off 6), led Punjab to 141/8 with a flourish at the end that saw 5 boundaries and 2 sixes hit between the two of them. (AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN)

David Warner proved his mettle yet again as he raced off to a blistering start. His 50 came off 25 deliveries to dent Punjab's hopes very quickly. (AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN)

Parvinder Awana, who has impressed all along in this year's IPL, was taken to the cleaners by David Warner who hit 23 off his second over. (AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN)

Ryan Harris did show some semblance of a fight when he got David Warner finally but he had already scored 79 off 44 balls to dismiss any hopes of the Kings XI Punjab to sneak into the qualifiers. (AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN)

It was an easy victory in the end even though Delhi lost some quick wickets. Naman Ojha and Venugopal Rao cantered home to knock Kings XI Punjab out of the tournament. (AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN)