Quite the weekend so far. CSK have the chance to continue the trend of lower-ranked teams beating potential top-twos tomorrow evening when they face GT. See you for that. Thanks for joining in tonight. I'm Ekanth, signing off on behalf of S Sudarshanan and our scorers, M Venkat Raghav and Thilak Ram.

Sameer Rizvi, POTM: Feels good to get the POTM. Have been working hard for 2-3 months about my game. I didn't have confidence before that I'd do well, but it has come after this innings. When I went in, we needed more than 120. I took 4-5 balls, knew that the wicket was good, and then played my shots.

Faf du Plessis, DC captain: Finishing on a high is important. Fifth is a fair reflection of our season, need to be more consistent to be in the top-four. (How'd the season slip after four wins) One of the great mysteries. Combination of confidence, lack of form and basics. When you're playing well, small margins go with you. Every single time, there were five-six over windows in both batting and bowling where we let it slip. Vippy was amazing this season, he was a find for us with the ball, he was good with bat too making him a great asset. Two or three batters who are great as well.

Gotten quite windy as the presentation starts.

Karun Nair: Feels amazing, we truly deserve this. Haven't been at our best. But tonight shows we're a good team that had bad games. I've been hitting the ball really well, came into the tournament with a lot of runs. Confidence was high. I was playing too many shots too early, coaches told me to take my time and then go big. (On Test selection) Grateful to get back, happy and proud and fortunate. Found out like all of you found out. Was eagerly awaiting the call, got a lot of messages from close ones.

Shreyas Iyer, PBKS captain: 207 was a fantastic score on this wicket. There was some variable bounce and it wasn't coming on at the same pace. We weren't disciplined enough with ball. We assessed the wicket and decided to bowl hard lengths at the stumps, but we went overboard with bouncers trying to take wickets. Every team is equally poised in this tournament, you gotta stay positive and calm. We'll come back with a strong set of plans. No issues with the body, just the finger, should be fine for the next game.

Jony k: "And all of a sudden Mumbai Indians are contenders for top 2. Actually strong contenders. TBH" They'll face PBKS too, that'll be juicy

Vishnu : "If CSK beats GT tomorrow, we will have entertainment with suspense guaranteed till last league match."

11:23pm: An eliminated team has beat a qualified team three days in a row now to keep the top-two spots open. All of DC's top-four batters got off to starts, Rahul and du Plessis put on 55. They got out close to each other but Nair and Atal kept going. There were big overs in the middle. The 11th, 13th and 14th in particular. Harpreet kept PBKS in the game with Nair's wicket but Stubbs joined Rizvi to take DC through. Rizvi, by the way, is mostly the POTM. His power hits were fantastic, used the crease nicely and scored heavily behind the wickets. Brar was the pick of the bowlers. Jansen and Omarzai were taken down. Arshdeep bowled okay but went wicketless. PBKS, like DC, couldn't hold onto half-chances in the field.

19.3
6
Stoinis to Sameer Rizvi, SIX, Swept. Almost out of the ground. Grand finish from Rizvi! Stoinis went for another leg-stump yorker, missed the length. Bowled it full. Rizvi got on one knee, swiped low and clean. Whippy, wristy and middled
19.2
1
Stoinis to Stubbs, 1 run, Leg-stump yorker. Stubbs slides back in the crease and is happy to flick it along the ground to deep midwicket

Third, point, square leg, midwicket and long-on back

19.1
1
Stoinis to Sameer Rizvi, 1 run, Slower one, slashed to deep point. Didn't middle it. Was a full ball well outside off
19.1
1w
Stoinis to Sameer Rizvi, 1 wide, Make it 7. Full ball speared in goes down leg, past the attempted paddle

Stoinis it will be, just 8 to defend

END OF OVER:
19 | 14 Runs | DC: 199/4 (8 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 10.47, RRR: 8.00)

  • Tristan Stubbs17 (13b)
  • Sameer Rizvi51 (23b)
  • Arshdeep Singh4-0-35-0
  • Azmatullah Omarzai4-0-46-0
18.6
4
Arshdeep Singh to Stubbs, FOUR, Whoa! Stubbs has reverse pulled it fine with the game on the line. Was a short ball over leg, it rose about waist-height, bounce has been low on this pitch, but that was a heck of a premeditated shot.
18.5
1
Arshdeep Singh to Sameer Rizvi, 1 run, Gets away with a slot ball on middle. Was the attempted yorker. Rizvi cleared the front leg and went for the lofted off-drive. Opened himself up too much, got it along the ground to long-off

Can Arshdeep deny another boundary this over? Has fine leg back and long-on in.

Adam S: "There's a bit of Dinesh Karthik in the way Sameer Rizvi bats."

18.4
1
Arshdeep Singh to Stubbs, 1 run, Stubbs gets low to a low fully outside off. Plops it to long-on. 135ks
18.3
1
Arshdeep Singh to Sameer Rizvi, 1 run, First IPL fifty for Rizvi. He raises his bat and gets applauded. Badani's all smiles. Was a length ball in the channel square driven towards cover
18.2
6
Arshdeep Singh to Sameer Rizvi, SIX, Heaved over backward square while falling over! Rizvi was walking across, got a knuckle ball into the pitch that he helped over from around rib-height for a 71-metre six
18.1
1
Arshdeep Singh to Stubbs, 1 run, Length just outside leg but Stubbs was taking guard outside leg too. Nudged off the knee-roll to midwicket

Arshdeep has the bigger boundary leg side. 22 to get, DC at 75% according to our forecaster

END OF OVER:
18 | 12 Runs | DC: 185/4 (22 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 10.27, RRR: 11.00)

  • Sameer Rizvi43 (20b)
  • Tristan Stubbs11 (10b)
  • Azmatullah Omarzai4-0-46-0
  • Harpreet Brar4-0-41-2
17.6
4
Azmatullah Omarzai to Sameer Rizvi, FOUR, Rizvi turns the over in DC's favour with a pull over midwicket. Touch back of length around top-of-stump height, the batter was deep in the crease and cleared the infield easily
17.5
1
Azmatullah Omarzai to Stubbs, 1 run, Omarzai runs back towards mid-on to keep it to one. Was a hard-length ball that Stubbs tried to flick. Ball came on too quickly and spooned up. No one in the ring at midwicket or mid-on though
17.4
1
Azmatullah Omarzai to Sameer Rizvi, 1 run, Short 130ks ball doesn't rise too much but seemed skiddy. Rizvi chops it with the bat facing down, to point
17.3
4
Azmatullah Omarzai to Sameer Rizvi, FOUR, Perfect yorker but Rizvi's managed to flick it to short fine's left. It was right on the crease, Rizvi slid his front leg back in the crease and helped it with the closing bat face.
17.2
1
Azmatullah Omarzai to Stubbs, 1 run, Near yorker on off, pace on, drilled to long-on
17.1
1
Azmatullah Omarzai to Sameer Rizvi, 1 run, Pulls the shortish 128ks ball from around waist-height to deep midwicket

Omarzai to bowl the 18th. Will likely be Arshdeep next. Maybe Stoinis after that

END OF OVER:
17 | 14 Runs | DC: 173/4 (34 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 10.17, RRR: 11.33)

  • Tristan Stubbs9 (8b)
  • Sameer Rizvi33 (16b)
  • Harpreet Brar4-0-41-2
  • Arshdeep Singh3-0-21-0

Ayush Falor : "Rizvi took the run a ball comments personally absolutely smashing it "

16.6
4
Harpreet Brar to Stubbs, FOUR, Stubbs double bluffs, starts going leg side but brings the back foot into regular position and punishes the low, wide full toss. Drives it along the ground through cover
16.5
0
Harpreet Brar to Stubbs, no run, Beaten on the pull. The length ball went past the right leg as Stubbs made room. Went below bat
16.4
1
Harpreet Brar to Sameer Rizvi, 1 run, Makes room early and Brar goes well outside off. Rizvi just about manages to bunt the low full toss to deep point while reaching out
16.3
6
Harpreet Brar to Sameer Rizvi, SIX, Given a bit of air ad it's toned over wide long-on. Stock ball was a touch too full and angling in on middle and leg, Rizvi cleared the front leg and drove it with a full folllow-through
16.2
1
Harpreet Brar to Stubbs, 1 run, 93ks full ball on leg, Stubbs had made room early. Whipped to long-on

DC 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st55F du PlessisKL Rahul
2nd10F du PlessisKK Nair
3rd28KK NairSediqullah Atal
4th62KK NairSameer Rizvi
5th53T StubbsSameer Rizvi

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
PBKS1494190.372
RCB1494190.301
GT1495180.254
MI1486161.142
DC1476150.011
SRH146713-0.241
LSG146812-0.376
KKR145712-0.305
RR144108-0.549
CSK144108-0.647