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Best performances - Batsmen

CH Morris
CH Morris
82(32) 4x4 - 8x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 17 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
0 0 14 4 10 16 17 21
BB McCullum
BB McCullum
60(36) 6x4 - 3x6
Control %72%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 16 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
4 2 1 1 12 10 14 16

Best performances - Bowlers

DS Kulkarni
DS Kulkarni
O4
M1
R19
W3
Eco4.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Imran Tahir
Imran Tahir
O4
M0
R24
W3
Eco6
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Delhi Daredevils , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20

Match days

27 April 2016 - night match (20-over match)

Twenty20 debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Gujarat Lions 2, Delhi Daredevils 0

Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Shashank Kishore

END OF OVER:
20 | 12 Runs | DC: 171/5 (2 runs required, RR: 8.55)

  • Chris Morris82 (32b)
  • Pawan Negi3 (4b)
  • Dwayne Bravo4-0-40-1
  • Praveen Kumar4-0-13-0

Time to rest my fingers, but what an incredible evening. Thanks for the company, folks. As always, you were all fantastic. I'll see you very soon. Cheers! May the thrillers continue.

Praveen Kumar: I knew the only thing that would help me in the final overs were the yorkers. Some of the boys came up to me and asked me to try the slower ball, but I thought there were chances that it could have been swung over the ropes. Those balls are 50-50 in such stages. They had a left-right combination, so the plan was to tuck Negi up and not give him any width. I didn't mind giving singles, but I didn't want to give away full tosses. The ball generally stops on the batsmen here, so upfront we had to hit our lengths early. That's what we did.

After that thrilling win, Gujarat Lions are top of the points table

Chris Morris is the Player of the Match for his 82 off 32 balls and 2-35 . "Upset we couldn't get there, but happy that I could contribute. I was quite lucky, it was one of those nights where I timed and it flew off the middle of the bat. It's been a lot of practice on my batting over the last couple of months. I asked Rahul when I came in, he said just have a go. You want to be winning tight games like that, unfortunately we were on he wrong side tonight. This was definitely one of the best T20 games I've been involved in.

Suresh Raina: I think Morris batted well. When he was batting, I thought we'd lose this game from the 15th over. PK bowled superbly, and then Bravo was outstanding. We were under pressure with the dew, but credit goes to Faulkner for giving us the breakthrough of Rishabh Pant. Tambe, I thought could have bowled two, but Morris hit in him in his first. Then I went to Smith, who was also hit. PK has been executing the yorkers well, Dhawal was equally good. Credit goes to Heath Streak for working hard with the bowlers.

Sriman Emany: "I think Overs 8, 9 and 10 when Raina and Smith bowled in tandem brought DD back into the game.. DD were all down and out, and instead of going for the kill with their regular bowlers (which GL had in plenty), then went for the part time bowlers allowing DD to batsmen to settle down.."

rohan: "that hug between morris and bravo is the best pic from today's match"

Qursheed: "If Kohli can get a MOM for his hundred on a losing cause. Morris should be given the MOM for his superb bowling and batting... "

Zaheer Khan: Great game, we can take a lot of positives.To pull it back after McCullum and Dwayne Smith went berserk was special. Great spirit shown by the boys to pull it back with both bat and ball. It was anyone's game. The way Morris was batting, we thought he will finish it. JP batted brilliantly. Despite the slow start, we came so close. That's what is special about this team. We created opportunities on the field, certain things didn't go our way. Morris bowling that one over turned the game around on the field, and with the bat, the big partnership brought us back. There are lots of positives. There's still a long way to go. We need to keep the morale high.

Rushabh: "My MOM is PK. Brilliant spell of bowling. 4-0-13-0 (mainly just for how he bowled the penultimate over)"

hippu: "Had this been chased - it would have been among the best all time chases of in T20"

11:40pm At the end of the 18th over, Daredevils needed just 18. But Suresh Raina found his heroes in Praveen Kumar and Dwayne Bravo, who executed their yorkers to perfection to steal a thriller. Chris Morris looks crest-fallen, but he's given it his all. That Daredevils were in despite a top order implosion was courtesy the Morris-Duminy stand of 87, that brought the chase into the realms of possibility. What a cliff-hanger we've had. Great to see the camaraderie between both sides. No angry gestures or celebrations from the Lions. Pure grace as Raina goes up and pats Morris for that knock. His team follows suit. The Daredevils squad has a look of disbelief, but deep down they will know it was a terrific effort to get this far.

19.6
2
Bravo to Morris, 2 runs, this is full and straight into the blockhole on middle, Morris swings but can only get it as far as Jadeja, who hares in from long-on. They scoot back for the second, but it won't be enough. Phew, what a pulsating finish. Spare a thought for Chris Morris

Four off the last ball

19.5
2
Bravo to Morris, 2 runs, can't get underneath the yorker, hit towards long-on. Jadeja this time attacks Morris's end, but he had given up. They had to go back for the second, the throw was full and just landed in front of Karthik, who failed to collect it cleanly. Morris had given up. Two run-out chances missed
19.4
2
Bravo to Morris, 2 runs, low full toss on middle and leg, swung down to long-on, pandemonium! This wasn't meant to be more than a single, but Jadeja fired a casual throw to the keeper's end when he should have hurled it to Bravo at the non-striker's end. Both batsmen were alert to the possibility and squeezed through
19.3
1
Bravo to Negi, 1 run, into the blockhole on leg stump, squeezed towards the man running in from deep midwicket

Morris walks up to have a chat with Negi. Raina is busy changing his field. Long-on, long-off, deep cover, deep midwicket and third man in place

19.2
1
Bravo to Morris, 1 run, swung across the line to deep backward square leg
19.1
4
Bravo to Morris, FOUR, backs away and carves it to Faulkner who makes a mess of it at point. The ball bursts through his hands and races away into the point boundary. He was off balance as he put his hands out to catch that

Morris on strike. Bravo to bowl the last over

One-run results

6

Number of one-run results in the IPL. Daredevils have been involved in three of these. They had lost one and won one before this.

joint third fastest

17

Balls taken by Chris Morris for his fifty - the joint third fastest in the IPL and the fastest for Daredevils. Their previous fastest was Sehwag's 20-ball fifty v Royals.

The Powerplay difference

49

The difference in Powerplay scores of the teams in this match - the fourth highest in any IPL game. Daredevils' score of 22 in Powerplay is the lowest of this IPL.

6 out of 6

6

Wickets taken by Daredevils' overseas bowlers; this is the first time all six (or more wickets) to fall in an IPL innings have been taken by overseas bowlers

Losing the plot

24/4

Gujarat Lions' score in the overs 11-16. In the first ten they had made 110/0

A rare century stand

3

Number of century opening stands Daredevils have conceded in 123 innings. The one before today had come between Gambhir and Uthappa in 2014.

Gujarat Lions in Powerplay

71

Runs made by Gujarat Lions in Powerplay - the second highest of this IPL. The highest score of 72 in Powerplay in this IPL was made by them too: 72 v RCB.

Zak's unlucky start

18

Runs conceded by Zaheer Khan in his first over - the most by a bowler in the opening over of an innings in this IPL.

Four in a row?

2012

Last time Daredevils won four matches on the trot in the IPL. They have won three consecutive games before this.