In the 37th match of the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League 2019 in which Delhi defeat Punjab by 5 wickets.
Delhi's Precious Win on Home ground consolidates Third Spot in this season of IPL 2019.
Thanks to the brilliant half-century by Captain Shreyas Iyer (58 *) and Shikhar Dhawan (56), Delhi defeated Punjab by 5 wickets on Saturday to win the sixth Match.
The match played in Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium. Delhi won the toss and Bowl first after that Punjab scored 163 runs with the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Delhi won the match after losing 5 wickets and remaining 2 balls.
With this victory, the team has reached the third spot with 12 points in the point table, while the team of Punjab is at the fourth spot in the points table with 10 points. Shreyas Iyer was adjudged Man of the Match for playing the captaincy innings. He scored an unbeaten 58 in 49 balls with 5 fours and 1 six.
Earlier, it was all about Gayle until he was at the crease. The left-hander played to his strengths and opened his shoulders every time he got something in his arch. The likes of KL Rahul (12), Mayank Agarwal (2) and David Miller (7) hardly contributed and it was Gayle who had to make sure that Punjab didn't fall behind in the game from the start.
The Jamaican batsman didn't take much time to settle in and muscled Ishant Sharma for a gigantic six over long on to make his intention very clear. Gayle was ruthless against both wrist-spinners – Sandeep Lamichhane and Amit Mishra – and played some big shots against them. He first slammed Lamichhane for four fours in the same over and then hit Mishra for three maximums in the space of four deliveries.
In reply, Delhi went hard in the powerplay and made full use of the new and hardball. Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan started playing their shots from the second over itself and the two looked in solid touch before the former was run out for 13 in the fourth over.
Delhi needed the calm head of Ingram and the 33-year-old almost completed the job for his team by smashing 19 in just nine deliveries. It looked like a walk in the park but Delhi lost Ingram and Axar in consecutive deliveries to give Punjab a narrow opportunity.
With six required in the final over, Iyer slammed a boundary towards deep mid-wicket to ensure Delhi didn't have to go through a yet another heartbreak.
