MATCH-39
DD VS PWI
Venue- Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
Toss- PWI won the toss and chose to field first!
Result- DD won by 15 runs!
Man Of The Match- DAVID WARNER
Match Report-
It was a bottom-of-table contest between, DD and PWI! Raipur become a new city to host a IPL match. It was a home ground for DD! Having second biggest capacity, after Eden Gardens (In INDIA), it was full house! The people came in numbers to watch an IPL game! PWI won the toss and chose to field first. The pitch was a bouncy one and the outfield was quite large. DD had a watchful start. But they lost Jayawardene in 5th over, Dinda took the wicket.. Sehwag played some glorious as well as attacking shots. He was looking good on that pitch. In 10th over, Dinda striked again, getting rid of Sehwag-28(26). In very next over, Unmukt Chand was dismissed by Rahul Sharma. Suddenly DD were 68/3 in 10.2 overs with 2 new batsmen Warner and Rohrer in the middle. Rohrer couldn't support Warner, as he got out in 14th over. 101/4 in 15 overs, they managed to score 63 in last 5 overs, to reach 163/5 ! Warner played gem of an innings, staying right till the end, not out on 51(25). Kedar Jadhav supported him brilliantly. Kedar scored 25(19) before getting out in last over. PWI needed 165 runs to win the match!
Irfan Pathan with the ball, gave DD perfect start, bowling a maiden over. PWI came back well. Openers were scoring, 7-8 runs per over. At midway, PWI were 75/0! Irfan Pathan dismissed both the openers in the 11th over, though Finch was victim of bad umpiring. Uthappa-37(33) and Finch 37(33), two well set batsmen got out. Yuvraj and Luke Wright were looking good, but Wright was scoring very slowly. 37 required of last 3 overs, with 8 wickets in hand, Umesh Yadav bowled excellent 18th over. He first dimissed struggling Luke Wright[19(18)] and then Yuvraj[31(24)]. With 35 required from last 2 overs, Nehra gave away only 7. Steve Smith and Manhas could score only 12 runs, in the last over, bowled by Nadeem, as DD registered their 2nd victory, winning by 15 runs!!
My Views-
PWI's death bowling worry, continued in this match. Dinda, isn't at all learning from his past mistakes. He has a good yorker, but instead he tries slow balls and length balls, in the death! Kane Richardson, who was playing his 1st game in IPL, bowled lots of short balls to Warner in death, and went for plenty. Warner played a good innings. Batting down the order, he not only steadied the ship but also scored quickly!!
Chasing, openers of PWI gave their team a solid start. But that was a slow start in context of the match. They never tried to up the anti. And I don't understand, player like Steve Smith who is in great touch, is batting at no.5. He should have come up the order, instead of Luke Wright. DD and PWI swopped their places, PWI going bottom, DD going up by one place!
Chasing, openers of PWI gave their team a solid start. But that was a slow start in context of the match. They never tried to up the anti. And I don't understand, player like Steve Smith who is in great touch, is batting at no.5. He should have come up the order, instead of Luke Wright. DD and PWI swopped their places, PWI going bottom, DD going up by one place!
Highlights Of Match in Photos---
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| Toss- New Stadium in Raipur |
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| Kedar Jadhav and Warner shared a good partnership in death overs |
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| Irfan Pathan picked up 2 wickets in 11th over |
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| Yuvraj Singh looked good |
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| Umesh Yadav dismissed 2 set batsmen in 18th over |
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| Warner was declared Man Of The Match for hi 51(25) |
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