END OF OVER:
16 | 16 Runs | DC: 166/3 | RR: 10.37

  • Abishek Porel34 (18b)
  • Tristan Stubbs21 (14b)
  • Wiaan Mulder1-0-16-0
  • Harshal Patel3-0-17-0

A perfect outing for SRH but that's just game one on Sunday. Do follow Shashwat's coverage of CSK vs RR here, thanks for joining us for this game. Goodbye for now.

Mitchell Starc, POTM: Been a good day. All round, we were fantastic. I don't think there are too many egos in T20 cricket, you have to hang for dear life. You have to try and do things you don't normally do and find leeway against batters, nice it came off today. (On not bowling full to get Head) I've played for long enough, so I know what to do. Gotta think outside the box, even as an older player you have to bowl different balls. Glad that worked out. It's great to get into a new, young group and form new relationships with guys you haven't played with.

Axar Patel, DC captain: You have to be 'up' every match, all ten teams have come to play well. Our focus was on just on us and not SRH. Thought I'll bowl two of Starc in front, but he got three early, and I knew SRH were attacking so he was given the third over and that worked out. Experience is beneficial, two-three players have led the franchise too, they give suggestions. I take what I want, but they're given a free hand. We'll see how the conditions will be in Kotla and play accordingly.

Tristan Stubbs: Surface looked a touch slow and was spinning throughout the day. Cutters worked, so it wasn't the easiest to bat. We kept it simple, put good fielders in the hotspots and conserved our energy while fielding as it was hot. Faf was amazing, new guys have done phenomenally, hope to keep going. I've tried my best to learn as much as I can from Kevin Pietersen. Trust me I'm trying (smiles).

Pat Cummins, SRH captain: Aniket gave us a score but we lost a few early scores. Not all bad shots, run outs too, it happens. I don't think it's margins with our style, not everything went our way in the last two games. Maybe we just need to do one or two things differently and the results would change. Aniket wasn't well known but was super impressive coming into the tournament, he was fantastic and gave us half a chance. Overall, guys have shown glimpses of what they can do, don't think we'll change too much.

Naresh: "Sad that Aniket ended up on losing side"

Sushobhit : "@Babu: We're still waiting for the DC collapse. Jokes apart, I'm a DC fan and I've seen DC implode in the past, but not today."

Anonymous: "Nobody striked at higher than 190, and then there's Rahul sitting at 300 SR "

6:40pm: A thumping win for DC, with all of four overs to spare. The chase was completely one-sided, Faf du Plessis got off to a flier. JFM didn't get going but supported his partner. For SRH, Cummins and Shami being taken down early is a problem. Zeeshan Ansari picked up a three-for, but the game was effectively done by then. All of DC's batters got going, KL Rahul attacking from the get-go is a promising sign with two wins on the trot.

15.6
6
Mulder to Abishek Porel, SIX, Finished with a six. Clubbed the slot ball with a closed bat-face with the freest of bat swings.

Four to win

15.5
1
Mulder to Stubbs, 1 run, Pulled with a twirl. It's into the ground and to deep midwicket. Stubbs has gotten the better of his fellow South African
15.4
4
Mulder to Stubbs, FOUR, Chipped drive is uppish but in the gap to the right of the infielder at cover, long-off runs to the left but in vain. Was a length ball just outside off, Stubbs took a decent forward stride and hit it with a lunge
15.3
0
Mulder to Stubbs, no run, Tries to slug the length ball over long-on, misses. It goes through fourth stump
15.2
4
Mulder to Stubbs, FOUR, Deep in the crease again, this time Stubbs pulls it through backward square leg. Was actually a good bouncer, around head-height, Stubbs had to jump up and swat the ball into the ground while swivelling
15.1
1
Mulder to Abishek Porel, 1 run, Full on off, flicked to wide long-on

END OF OVER:
15 | 8 Runs | DC: 150/3 (14 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 10.00, RRR: 2.80)

  • Tristan Stubbs12 (10b)
  • Abishek Porel27 (16b)
  • Harshal Patel3-0-17-0
  • Zeeshan Ansari4-0-42-3
14.6
4
Patel to Stubbs, FOUR, Yorker missed, low full toss is around shin-height and Stubbs drives through the line. It's a chip that's too straight for long-on. Stubbs was standing very deep in the crease too
14.5
1
Patel to Abishek Porel, 1 run, Pulls the short ball on fourth through deep midwicket

NKR Jr.: "Looks like SRH are about 50 runs short of where they should've been. A bit more caution in the powerplay and they very easily could've taken advantage of great conditions later. They don't have to aim for 250 every time."

14.4
1
Patel to Stubbs, 1 run, Very short and wide 135ks ball gets tennis-ball bounce, a tennis forehand is the response. Through midwicket the ball goes
14.3
0
Patel to Stubbs, no run, Yorker on fourth, 134ks, punched to short cover

hfq: "Good to see young Indian guns living up to the expectations "

14.2
1
Patel to Abishek Porel, 1 run, Full on middle and off, flicked to long-on
14.1
1
Patel to Stubbs, 1 run, Works the length ball around off to long-on

END OF OVER:
14 | 14 Runs | DC: 142/3 (22 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 10.14, RRR: 3.66)

  • Abishek Porel25 (14b)
  • Tristan Stubbs6 (6b)
  • Zeeshan Ansari4-0-42-3
  • Abhishek Sharma3-0-27-0

KPS: "Saying it since last season," To make Impact player rule realy effective and effective there shall be limitation on no of teams a team can use impact player during whole league stage (like 5-6 times). in that way teams will select a balance squad on day and use impact player only when its really needed." The point of bringing in the Impact Player is to incentivise teams to play them. Think it's better off not having them than create limitations.

13.6
4
Zeeshan Ansari to Abishek Porel, FOUR, Porel uses the pace (93ks) and the wide angle to run it fine of short third. Was a fullish length ball, Porel opened the face fully to ruin what was a good spell overall from Zeeshan
13.5
1
Zeeshan Ansari to Stubbs, 1 run, Flatter length ball around off, pulled to long-on
13.4
1
Zeeshan Ansari to Abishek Porel, 1 run, Fullish on top of fourth, batter goes back and pulls to long-on
13.3
6
Zeeshan Ansari to Abishek Porel, SIX, Sliced but clears long-off. Porel danced down, had a low, horizontal swipe while on the move; Zeeshan kept it wide and did him in flight, but the bat swing was free. The ball did go high but cleared the fielder easily
13.2
1
Zeeshan Ansari to Stubbs, 1 run, Touch short and wide, cut hard. Cummins half-stops it to the right, technically a misfield
13.1
1
Zeeshan Ansari to Abishek Porel, 1 run, Dances down, punches it off a length to the left of the sliding cover fielder

END OF OVER:
13 | 9 Runs | DC: 128/3 (36 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 9.84, RRR: 5.14)

  • Abishek Porel13 (10b)
  • Tristan Stubbs4 (4b)
  • Abhishek Sharma3-0-27-0
  • Zeeshan Ansari3-0-28-3
12.6
1
Abhishek Sharma to Abishek Porel, 1 run, Chops it late to pick up a quick single to short third. Porel a touch late on the run but the throw strikes him on the way
12.5
4
Abhishek Sharma to Abishek Porel, FOUR, Pummelled to the left of the sliding long-on fielder. Abhishek delivered it off the front of the hand, a bit like a carrom ball, but it was shortish and sat up. Porel danced down and pulled it hard into the ground
12.4
1
Abhishek Sharma to Stubbs, 1 run, Full on fourth, driven to long-off
12.3
1
Abhishek Sharma to Abishek Porel, 1 run, Dances down, reaches across to get close to the pitch of the wide, length ball. Drives it through cover, along the ground

Malli: "Abhishek to Abhishek, let's see who will shake whom"

12.2
1
Abhishek Sharma to Stubbs, 1 run, Full on middle, Stubbs stays leg side of the ball and tries to punch it back. It goes off the inner-half of the bat, to long-on

Ashutosh is padded up, he's likely to be the impact player

DC 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st81F du PlessisJ Fraser-McGurk
2nd15J Fraser-McGurkAbishek Porel
3rd19KL RahulAbishek Porel
4th51T StubbsAbishek Porel