Match 40: Delhi DareDevils vs. Kings XI Punjab
Another exciting match between two good sides Delhi and Punjab playing at Feroz Shah Kotla Day Nighter in front of large audience. From Initial play interupted due to Rain and game delayed for a while. Virendar Sehwag who won the toss and choosen to bat first on flat track. Magical opening pair of Gambhir and Sehwag opened brilliantly. Infact Sehwag dropped earlier by Yuvraj Singh who missed the simple sitter which cost much higher as Sehwag started to counter attach each and every bowler of Kings XI Punjab including VRV Singh and Piyush Chawla went for many. Gambhir shown same kind of ravishing batting form along Sehwag. Both of them maintained scoring rate with fantastic momentum. After scoring 40 runs Gambhir bowled by Ramesh Powar. Powar playing his 2nd match strucked another blow this time Shekar Dhawan early in his 2nd over. Some problems started for Delhi DareDevils after falling 4 wickets in quick sessions. But sudden rain stoppage discarded players attention. Delhi DareDevils well placed in 11 over scoring 118 runs on the board.
After several interuption on the field Duckworths Lewis method introduced to get match results. Kings XI Punjab openers not provided absolute start as they given in past. Shaun Marsh felt earlier. James Hopes and Yuvraj Singh looked to partnership. Glenn McGrath dismissed Yuvraj Singh in process of lifting up the scoring rate. Following next over James Hopes also sent back by legspinner Mishra. Mahela Jayawardene and Pomerbach steered Kings XI Punjab extra-ordinary with maintainence of high runs per over 11.75 which favored Kings XI Punjab to win over Delhi DareDevils according to D/L Method. Fine innings of Jayawardene 36 runs off 17 balls remain Kings XI Punjab winner of the day. Jayawardene awarded as man of the match for his performance
