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Delhi Daredevils thrash Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets
CAPE TOWN: If Preity Zinta hasn’t been doing a lot of movies recently, you can blame that on the IPL. Cricket seems to have caught the imagination of the actress to such an extent that she’s also started brushing up her knowledge of the intricacies of the game.
Moving on from cheering Yuvraj Singh’s sixes and jumping up from her seat when a six or four is hit, the lady has now decided to learn what Duckworth-Lewis is all about.
On Sunday, she had to wait for one hour and 15 minutes because of the rain before watching Kings XI bat. The game had been reduced from 20 to 12 overs.
Preity tried to understand details like how the truncated version would affect the bowling side and how many overs each bowler would get.
In the end, when Team Delhi cantered to a 10-wicket win, required to score merely 30 runs from 25 balls, she was close to tears but better educated about the glorious uncertainties of the game.
The day began on a grim note with a continuous downpour. When the possibility of play appeared, the coin went in favour of Delhi, who elected to field first.
Openers Ravinder Bopara and Karan Goel walked out and blasted 67 runs for the first wicket, which came in the first six overs. If it wasn’t for New Zealand skipper and left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori, Delhi were easily watching the game slip away. Vettori’s three wickets turned the tide and Punjab never recovered.
In the end, Kings XI set Delhi a competitive target of 104 off 12 overs at an asking rate of 8.67. Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir walked out and got going at 14 runs per over and by the time rain halted play again, the D/L method was asking Delhi to score a mere 30 runs from 25 balls. The rest remained merely a formality for the dashing Delhi duo.
The 26-year-old Yusuf Abdullah from Johannesburg, who was bought by Kings XI to replace Sreesanth, bore the brunt when Sehwag belted him for 19 runs in a single over.
MoM: Daniel Vettori
The star off-spinner lived up to his reputation as one of the most economical bowlers in T20 cricket.
His three overs went for just 15 runs and the New Zealand skipper consumed three wickets too, scalping Bopara first and then the dangerous Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.
Kings XI went after him to up their run rate and paid dearly. It was the kind of spell that effectively changed the game. Vettori's judgement about flight and length was, as usual, spot on.
http://ipl.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4420777.cms
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Delhi Daredevils thrash Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets
CAPE TOWN: If Preity Zinta hasn’t been doing a lot of movies recently, you can blame that on the IPL. Cricket seems to have caught the imagination of the actress to such an extent that she’s also started brushing up her knowledge of the intricacies of the game.
Moving on from cheering Yuvraj Singh’s sixes and jumping up from her seat when a six or four is hit, the lady has now decided to learn what Duckworth-Lewis is all about.
On Sunday, she had to wait for one hour and 15 minutes because of the rain before watching Kings XI bat. The game had been reduced from 20 to 12 overs.
Preity tried to understand details like how the truncated version would affect the bowling side and how many overs each bowler would get.
In the end, when Team Delhi cantered to a 10-wicket win, required to score merely 30 runs from 25 balls, she was close to tears but better educated about the glorious uncertainties of the game.
The day began on a grim note with a continuous downpour. When the possibility of play appeared, the coin went in favour of Delhi, who elected to field first.
Openers Ravinder Bopara and Karan Goel walked out and blasted 67 runs for the first wicket, which came in the first six overs. If it wasn’t for New Zealand skipper and left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori, Delhi were easily watching the game slip away. Vettori’s three wickets turned the tide and Punjab never recovered.
In the end, Kings XI set Delhi a competitive target of 104 off 12 overs at an asking rate of 8.67. Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir walked out and got going at 14 runs per over and by the time rain halted play again, the D/L method was asking Delhi to score a mere 30 runs from 25 balls. The rest remained merely a formality for the dashing Delhi duo.
The 26-year-old Yusuf Abdullah from Johannesburg, who was bought by Kings XI to replace Sreesanth, bore the brunt when Sehwag belted him for 19 runs in a single over.
MoM: Daniel Vettori
The star off-spinner lived up to his reputation as one of the most economical bowlers in T20 cricket.
His three overs went for just 15 runs and the New Zealand skipper consumed three wickets too, scalping Bopara first and then the dangerous Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.
Kings XI went after him to up their run rate and paid dearly. It was the kind of spell that effectively changed the game. Vettori's judgement about flight and length was, as usual, spot on.
http://ipl.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4420777.cms
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