RPS vs DD, IPL 2016, Match 49 at Visakhapatnam: Adam Zampa’s triple strike and other highlights
RPS vs DD, IPL 2016, Match 49: Match highlights
Rain at Visakhapatnam disrupted the proceedings on two occasions, enabling Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) to win the match against Delhi Daredevils (DD) by 19 runs through DL method. The rain played spoilsport in an important match deciding the fate of Delhi in the tournament. DD now have to win both their remaining matches and that too with good Net Run Rate (NRR) to make it to the playoffs of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season 9. RPS upset DD’s desires to find a victory after restricting them to a modest total of 121/6. The MS Dhoni-led team are now 7th on the IPL Points Table while DD are now 6th. It was Ashok Dinda who starred with figures of 3-20 in his 4 overs, making batting look not so easy for DD. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Rising Pune Supergiants vs Delhi Daredevils , Live Score, 49th T20 Match, IPL 2016
Delhi Daredevils (DD) innings:
Ashok Dinda’s double blow: Delhi Daredevils had a bad start, losing their star batsman Quinton de Kock for just 2 runs. Dinda bowled a wicket maiden to put Delhi under pressure. In his third over he picked up the wicket of Shreyas Iyer to add to DD’s woes. Iyer scored 8 off 10 deliveries. This created immense pressure on Delhi as they managed to score only 28 in the powerplay overs. Dinda meanwhile, ended up taking 3 wickets to end his spell. FULL MATCH UPDATES: RPS 76/1 in 11 Overs | Live Cricket Score RPS vs DD, IPL 2016, 49th T20 Match at Visakapatnam: RPS win by 19 runs (D/L)
Batsman find it tough to find boundaries: DD’s batsmen kept losing wickets and failed to maintain a good run rate. The boundaries dried up as it took 24 balls to hit a boundary in the ninth over. They found it difficult to keep the scoreboard ticking, as RPS piled on the pressure.
Zampa takes three: Adam Zampa responded to his skipper’s call yet again. He first removed Sanju Samson(10) luring him to step out, only to be stumped by Dhoni. In the next over he created pressure on Rishabh Pant(4), forcing him to play the big shot and Pant lost his wicket too. Then followed the set batsman Karun Nair(41), caught in front of the wickets trying to play across the line. Zampa finished his spell of four overs taking three wickets for 21 runs.
RPS tighten the screws in final overs: RPS bowlers gave no room to the batsman to open their arms. They kept the bowling tight with an odd boundary in between overs. Wickets at regular intervals meant that the visitors were always under pressure. JP Duminy fell victim to Dinda in the 19th over while trying to work the ball past fine-leg fielder Irfan Pathan.
Morris’ all out attack in last over: Chris Morris after spending some time in the middle decided to take on Thisara Perera in the final over. 22 runs came off the last over, including 2 sixes 2 fours. Morris scored 38 runs off 20 deliveries to take Delhi to a respectable total.
Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) chase:
RPS take-off : Ajinkya Rahane and Usman Khawaja began well for RPS as they were timing the ball really well. Khawaja hit 3 boundaries in Zaheer Khan’s second over and looked good. But yet again, he lost his wicket trying to drive the ball, as he was taken by Shreyas Iyer at backward point. RPS were 32-1 in 4 overs.
A nasty blow to the head: Nathan Coulter-Nile bowled a short ball which took an edge of George Bailey’s bat, hitting him on the helmet. Bailey’s helmet immediately came off and fell on the ground. Coulter-Nile and JP Duminy were quick to walk up to Bailey to see if was okay. Bailey smiled and continued to play.
Rain plays spoilsport: Rain stopped play at Visakhapatnam when RPS were 57-1 in 8.2 overs. Though play resumed after sometime without any change in number of overs. Rain played It came back again after 11th over with RPS’ score 76/1. The second stoppage affected the match’s course and it was ruled in favor of Rising Pune Supergiants as they won by 19 runs through DL method.
(Arun Rawal, a reporter with CricketCountry, is a daydreamer, movie buff, and cricket fanatic. He could not play cricket, so did the next best thing, writing for it. He loves to play the flick shot over square leg, and believes Sachin Tendulkar is God. His twitter handle is @ArunRawal93)