Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan notched up brilliant half-centuries as Delhi Capitals defeated Kings XI Punjab by 5 wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Saturday. In the chase, the hosts lost Prithvi Shaw early due a mix-up with his fellow opener Dhawan. Unperturbed by the dismissal, Dhawan and Iyer forged a key partnership and laid the foundation of their win. In the middle-order Colin Ingram contributed 19 runs off nine balls to assure DC cross over the line with ease. Earlier, Chris Gayle (69) scored his 28th half-century as Kings XI Punjab scored 163/7. Put in to bat, the visitors got off to a poor start as they lost KL Rahul (12) in the second over. Gayle continued his onslaught on the opposition bowlers from the other end. His 37-ball knock was laced with six boundaries and five hits over the fence. However, following the dismissal, only Mandeep Singh (30) played made a key contribution to the side. For Delhi Capitals, Sandeep Lamichhane was the pick of the bowlers, returning figures of three for 40. (SCORECARD)Â
IPL 2019 Highlights Between Delhi Capitals vs Kings XI Punjab, straight from Feroz Shah Kotla, DelhiÂ
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Delhi Capitals need 6 runs off 6 balls to win, they have not beaten KXIP since April 2017 at the Kotla. Might just turn out to be their night. Just need one shot to win, can Iyer pull this off?
Axar Patel has been run out by Mayank Agarwal/KL Rahul. Mohammed Shami in his run up came in the way of Axar Patel, without any intention of blocking the batsman. But the run out counts, thankfully without much a fuss!
Colin Ingram tries to charge at Mohammed Shami, but misses everything on the way, as the ball directed towards the block hole rattles the middle stump. Ingram departs for 19, Delhi Capitals need 9 off 9.
Colin Ingram eases it towards backward point off Hardus Viljoen for four runs, just opens the face of the bat to play the full length delivery and the ball will run away to fence like a tracer bullet? Yes, it did! No stopping that!
Nothing of a shot from Rishabh Pant, useless, tries to go aerial off Hardus Viljoen just to find Sam Curran at deep square leg. Colin Ingram is the new batsman in.
Shreyas Iyer slices the delivery from Sam Curran towards third man for four runs, inches closer to his half-century. Can the skipper lead his troop to a win here?
Slower one from Sam Curran, Rishabh Pant picks his spot and slams it for four runs. Full marks to Chris Gayle for the dive but that won't be of any help.
Hardus Viljoen gets the important breakthrough from KXIP, Shikhar Dhawan tried to go over the top, miscues a shot, Ravichandran Ashwin takes a brilliant catch running backwards. Will this change the game for KXIP now?
Shikhar Dhawan brings up his 35th IPL fifth, third of the season, class act from the southpaw. Started slow in the IPL 2019, but he is looking well now. Hard to stop him, once he gets going!
Shreyas Iyer gets an outside edge off the carrom ball from Ravichandran Ashwin and the ball will run away for four runs. Brings up the 50-run stand between Iyer and Ashwin.
Mix-up between Shikahr Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw, the latter went to way down the track. Mandeep Singh makes a brilliant throw to run out Shaw, DC 24 for one in 3.1 overs.
Harpreet Brar hits a maximum over deep square leg to end the KXIP innings on 163/7 in the stipulated 20 overs. Delhi Capitals will be happy with the way their bowlers have performed, but KXIP pulled few crucial runs in the death overs to get a competitive total on board.
Kagiso Rabada gets rid of Ravichandran Ashwin in the first ball of the final over. Shreyas Iyer takes a clean diving catch to get rid of the rival skipper.
Mandeep Singh tries to step up to hit Axar Patel, he bowled it quick and away from the reach of the batsman as Rishabh Pant makes no mistake to run him out. Mandeep Singh departs for 30, KXIP 129 of six in 16.3 overs.
Chris Gayle trying to go over the ropes, mistimes it as Colin Ingram takes the catch and just to avoid touching the ropes with the ball in hand throws it away to Axar Patel who completes the catch. Brilliant teamwork on display here.
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