IPL: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils; Yuvraj Singh and Mayank Agarwal end Delhi's losing streak
NEW DELHI: Mayank Agarwal (68) and Yuvraj Singh (55) helped Delhi Daredevils beat Kings XI Punjab by 5 wickets to register their first win of the eighth season of the Indian Premier League at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Wednesday. |
| Yuvraj Singh and Mayank Agarwal were the match-winners for Delhi |
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Delhi chased down the 166-run target in 19.5 overs, with five wickets to spare.
Anureet Singh took two consecutive wickets (Yuvraj & Mayank) in the penultimate over to make the match very interesting and tight in the end.
Mayank raced to his fifty off just 37 balls to help Delhi snubbed their 11-match losing streak in the IPL. He smacked two sixes and seven fours in his 48-ball blitzkrieg. The Delhi opener also added a match-winning 106 runs stand for the third wicket with Yuvraj.
Yuvi and Agarwal smash the Punjab bowlers
Mitchell Johnson came to bowl in the 15th over with Delhi at 102/2 requiring a run rate of 10.66. Yuvraj and Agarwal took the bull by its horns, smashing the Australian for 18 runs as Agarwal reached his 50 in the process. Yuvraj, however, wasn’t done as he hammered Axar Patel for two maximums as the target became 31 required off the final 4 overs.
Anureet Singh and Rishi Dhawan were hit for 24 runs in the 17th and 18th over as Delhi looked likely to end their losing streak. The former put some doubts in the Daredevils’ minds as he got both the settled batsmen out in successive deliveries.
However, requiring just 7 runs before the duo got out, the result of the match was more or less sealed. Kedar Jadhav lost his wicket in the final over, but Angelo Mathews scored a boundary to apply the finishing touches to the match.
Delhi had now stopped the rot of 11 consecutive losses and got their first win of the 2015 IPL in their third attempt. The man of the match award went to Delhi Daredevils opener, Mayank Agarwal.
