- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.2 smartly bowled, and he has held his own pretty well. Not the perfect seam-up delivery, not the full-blown legcutter. Just slight rolling of the fingers on its side. Short of a length, outside off, and Shaw is looking to go over mid-off. Early into the shot, and the toe-edged skier is caught at extra cover 25/18.3 lovely catch. He is so confident Iyer has hit this that he is not even bothering with the stumping. This is a legbreak down the leg side, drifting outside Iyer's eyeline. He tries to clip this fine, but the ball turns back just enough to take the edge. Rahul is right behind it to accept it 73/213.4 gets too close to this one. KXIP have bowled really well to Pant, who has been looking to take one of the spinners down. And they haven't given him the length to do so. Jumps out of the crease again to try to create his length, but gets too close to it, which means not enough elevation, and an easy catch at long-on 106/317.3 yorker gone wrong, but when you err you err on the full side. That is what has happened, and Stoinis who is looking to go deep into the crease is surprised as this full toss gets big on him. He gets a thick outside edge for a skier for Agarwal to catch after running to his right from cover 141/419.6 perfect yorker at the base of the leg stump to knock him over. Shami has bowled excellently here to bring KXIP right back into the contest 164/5Extras4 (lb 1, w 3)TOTAL164/5 (20 Overs, RR: 8.2)Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Prithvi Shaw, 3.2 ov), 2-73 (Shreyas Iyer, 8.3 ov), 3-106 (Rishabh Pant, 13.4 ov), 4-141 (Marcus Stoinis, 17.3 ov), 5-164 (Shimron Hetmyer, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB GJ Maxwell 4 0 31 1 7.75 5 2 1 0 0 Mohammed Shami 4 0 28 2 7.00 12 4 0 2 0 Arshdeep Singh 3 0 30 0 10.00 4 3 1 0 0 JDS Neesham 2 0 17 1 8.50 4 1 1 0 0 M Ashwin 4 0 33 1 8.25 5 2 1 1 0 Ravi Bishnoi 3 0 24 0 8.00 5 2 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.2 huge wicket. A rare Rahul failure. Patel showing why he is having such a great season. He sees Rahul skip down the wicket, and slows this down. The ball gets some drop too, which means he is not quite to the pitch of it. And then the lack of the turn does the rest to go off the inside half of the bat for a catch to mid-on 17/15.5 slower in the air, and Agarwal is caught ball-watching. He is livid with Pooran as he walks off. Pooran has pushed this wide of Ashwin, and sets off. It is his call as he is running to the danger end. Agarwal doesn't respond to his call at first, but sets off once he sees Pooran doesn't have brakes in his system. Too late. Ashwin's throw is good enough to catch him short? What's more? He seems to have hurt himself. He is limping off the park 56/35.2 oh he still takes him out. To say that he has the wood on Gayle will be an understatement. Lovely old-fashioned spin bowling. Slow in the air, dipping on him, pitches on off. Gayle looks for the slog sweep, but he has been done in the air, and also off the pitch as it goes straight on instead of turning. Bowled neck and crop 52/212.3 Rabada strikes again. He gets a wicket at least every match. Pooran has gloved it while swaying out of its line. Rabada bowls this short, gives him no room, but when you are leaving one alone your Test technique comes into play. He doesn't drop his wrists fast enough, and the ball kisses the glove on the way through to Pant 125/415.5 oh that touch was too brief. Maxwell goes back and across looking for a pick-up shot into the leg side, and Rabada stays on a length outside off. This is bowled cross-seam, and it sits in the surface a touch. He toe-ends a skier for Pant to take. Not without a dive, though, as these catches in Dubai have been tough to judge 147/5Extras8 (lb 1, nb 1, w 6)TOTAL167/5 (19 Overs, RR: 8.78)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (KL Rahul, 2.2 ov), 2-52 (Chris Gayle, 5.2 ov), 3-56 (Mayank Agarwal, 5.5 ov), 4-125 (Nicholas Pooran, 12.3 ov), 5-147 (Glenn Maxwell, 15.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DR Sams 4 0 30 0 7.50 10 1 2 1 1 K Rabada 4 0 27 2 6.75 9 3 0 1 0 AR Patel 4 0 27 1 6.75 8 2 1 0 0 TU Deshpande 2 0 41 0 20.50 2 5 3 1 0 R Ashwin 4 0 27 1 6.75 9 2 0 1 0 MP Stoinis 1 0 14 0 14.00 2 1 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Delhi Capitals , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50- 21.20
Match days
20 October 2020 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kings XI Punjab 2, Delhi Capitals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 1 wicket)
- Delhi Capitals: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 53/1 in 6.0 overs (S Dhawan 35, SS Iyer 9)
- S Dhawan: 50 off 28 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Delhi Capitals: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (75 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Delhi Capitals - 103/2 in 13.0 overs (S Dhawan 66, RR Pant 13)
- Delhi Capitals: 150 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 4
- S Dhawan: 100 off 57 balls (12 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Innings Break: Delhi Capitals - 164/5 in 20.0 overs (S Dhawan 106)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 3 wickets)
- Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (31 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Kings XI Punjab - 87/3 in 9.0 overs (N Pooran 25, GJ Maxwell 9)
- Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 9.5 overs (60 balls), Extras 6
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (N Pooran 38, GJ Maxwell 11, Ex 3)
- N Pooran: 50 off 27 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Kings XI Punjab - 137/4 in 14.0 overs (GJ Maxwell 25, DJ Hooda 3)
- Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 16.5 overs (102 balls), Extras 7
Match Coverage
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"My innings was simple. If the ball was in my zone, I tried to strike it as clean as possible."
Nicholas Pooran makes the most of run-out reprieve
According to ESPNcricinfo's Luck Index, Delhi Capitals would have won the game had Rishabh Pant effected the run-out in the eighth over
Did the Capitals err in not starting with Ashwin against Gayle?
Also, why is Prithvi Shaw struggling after a brisk start to the tournament?
Rolling Report: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals, 38th match, IPL 2020
ESPNcricinfo's updates from the 38th game of IPL 2020
Pooran, bowlers give Kings XI playoffs boost with third straight win
Shikhar Dhawan's second hundred in a row went in vain for the Capitals