Published: Apr 30, 2016, 05:22 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 30, 2016, 05:23 PM (IST)
Sam Billings scored his maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) fifty in his IPL debut during match between Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders at Delhi on Saturday. He has Karun Nair on the other end and the duo brought up a 100-run stand in the 17th over for the fourth wicket. DD brought up their first hundred after 13 overs. Nair brought up his half-century earlier in the 15th over. It is his second fifty in this ninth edition of IPL. Billings’ knock so far is inclusive of three boundaries and a six. Nair’s fifty came off just 39 balls and he hit 10 boundaries before he was dismissed on the second delivery of the 17th over .LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2016, Match 26 at Delhi
Umesh Yadav struck twice as he removed Nair and Chris Morris in the same over. Birthday Boy Morris unfortunately went for a two-ball duck to leave DD at 137 for 5 in 16.4 overs. Nair has been in scoring runs regularly for DD in this edition of the T20 league. His first half-century in IPL 9 came against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He had remained unbeaten on 54. However, the next two matches saw him failing with scores in single digits. He was dismissed on 5 and 9 runs.
After 18 overs, DD have 163 runs on board for the loss of five wickets. Billings and Carlos Brathwaite currently are playing on 54 and 17 respectively with two overs to go in DD’s innings. DD did not have a great start to this fixture against KKR as they lost their top-order early. Andre Russell removed Quinton de Kock and Shreyas Iyer in the very first over of the day. Sanju Samson was dismissed in the fifth over, becoming Sunil Narine’s victim of the day.
Earlier, KKR won the toss and put DD to bat first. KKR made three changes from their line-up against Mumbai Indians. Jason Holder, Brad Hogg and Piyush Chawla came in for Chris Lynn, Shakib Al-Hasan and Jaydev Unadkat. Meanwhile, DD finally gave the English wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings his first IPL game. Carlos Brathwaite and Iyer also returned to the squad after missing out the previous game.
