Published: May 05, 2016, 07:00 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 30, 2016, 07:39 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and live cricket updates’ post of the Match No. 33 in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016, between the Delhi Daredevils (DD) and Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS). The game will be played at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi, and Zaheer Khan’s Delhi Daredevils (DD) will be looking for yet another win against a lowly Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS). Delhi Daredevils (DD) are at the third spot in the IPL 2016 points table, with 10 points in 7 games. Live Cricket Scorecard: Delhi Daredevils vs Rising Pune Supergiants, IPL 2016, Match 33 at Delhi
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 166/3 in Overs 19.1: Caught off a no-ball! Shami has bowled a big no-ball and RPS now one run away from a win. Perera was caught at extra cover. FOUR! Rahane flicks over the in field to hit towards deep midwicket, and help Rising Pune Supergiants register their third win in the IPL 2016! BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 63 (48), Thisara Perera 14 (5)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 160/3 in Overs 19: Tahir starts off with the wicket of Dhoni, who is caught by Billings at sweeper cover, as Thisara Perera comes in, while the next ball is slammed for a massive SIX! The following ball is a dot, fired in the block hole. Perera connects again, rams it over deep midwicket for another SIX! A swing and a miss outside off for Perera, RPS close to their third win. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 59 (47), Thisara Perera 13 (4)
OUT! MS Dhoni c Sam Billings b Imran Tahir 27 (20)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 146/2 in Overs 18: Shami starts off with a single to Dhoni towards sweeper cover, followed by a WIDE that results in a boundary outside leg, followed by a single towards deep square leg, as the next ball is a four towards fine leg by Dhoni. The fourth ball is a SIX by Dhoni straight down the ground, followed by a couple towards point, as the over ends with a single towards mid-wicket. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 58 (46), MS Dhoni 27 (19)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 126/2 in Overs 17: Mishra starts off with a single to Rahane, followed by another off Dhoni towards long on, as the next ball is again a single towards deep square leg. The fourth ball results in a quick single, followed by another single towards mid-wicket, as it was a no ball as well, with the ending in a single off Dhoni towards covers. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 57 (45), MS Dhoni 13 (14)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 120/2 in Overs 16: Tahir starts off with a single to Dhoni towards mid-wicket, followed by another towards covers off Rahane, as the next ball is a dot. The fourth ball is a quick single by Dhoni, followed by another off Rahane towards mid-wicket, as the over ends with a dot. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 54 (42), MS Dhoni 10 (11)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 116/2 in Overs 15: Negi comes in ans starts off with a single off Rahane towards long on, followed by a SIX by Dhoni straight down the ground, as the next ball is a dot. The fourth delivery a single towards short fine leg, followed by another single towards mid-wicket, as the over ends in a similar fashion. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 52 (40), MS Dhoni 9 (7)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 106/2 in Overs 14: Tahir starts off with a dot to Tiwary, followed by his wicket, as he is caught by Billings at mid-wicket, while MS Dhoni comes in. The third ball is a dot, followed by another. The fifth ball is a single towards long on by Dhoni, as the over ends with a single by Rahane, who completes his half-century. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 50 (38), MS Dhoni 1 (3)
OUT! Saurabh Tiwary c Sam Billings b Imran Tahir 21 (18)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 104/1 in Overs 13: Brathwaite starts off with a single to Rahane towards mid-wicket, followed by another single towards the same region, as the next ball is a single again towards covers. The fourth delivery is a single to Tiwary towards backward point, followed by a four towards fine leg, as the over ends with a couple towards mid-wicket. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 49 (37), Saurabh Tiwary 21 (16)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 94/1 in Overs 12: Imran Tahir into the attack, as he starts off with a couple to Saurabh, towards mid-wicket, followed by a single towards long on, as the next ball is a dot to Rahane. The fourth ball is a single towards mid-wicket, followed by another single towards mid-wicket, as the next ball is a wide, while the over ends with a single towards covers. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 41 (33), Saurabh Tiwary 19 (14)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 87/1 in Overs 11: SIX! Mishra is clobbered for a SIX over deep midwicket by Tiwary, who dances down the wicket. Mishra oversteps, and there is a free hit. A beamer! The batsman was down the wicket but the ball was too high! Rahane hits well, but is caught at deep midwicket on the second free hit. One run to RPS. A dot to Tiwary. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 39 (30), Saurabh Tiwary 15 (11)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 74/1 in Overs 10: Single to Rahane on the first ball, towards long off. A short ball, Tiwary plays in the air and the ball drops short of long on. FOUR! Rahane hits over cover off Duminy. The next ball is hit to deep midwicket for a single. Nine runs off the over. RPS need 89 off 60. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 37 (28), Saurabh Tiwary 7 (5)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 65/1 in Overs 9: WICKET! Khawaja has been stumped on the second ball by Amit Mishra! FOUR! Saurabh Tiwary begins with a soft-handed stroke past the first slip. A mishit, past short midwicket, for a single to the left-hander. A single to Rahane to long on. End of the over with a dot. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 30 (24), Saurabh Tiwary 5 (3)
OUT! Usman Khawaja st Sanju Samson b Amit Mishra 30 (27)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 59/0 in Overs 8: Pune batsmen continue to deal in singles as Delhi remain in search of their first wicket. Pune need 104 more off 12 overs. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 29 (23), Usman Khawaja 30 (25)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 53/0 in Overs 7: Amit Mishra starts off with a single to Rahane, followed by another, as the next ball is again a single. The fourth delivery is a dot, followed by another, as the over ends with another dot. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 27 (21), Usman Khawaja 26 (21)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 50/0 in Overs 6: Khawaja and Shami collide after the batsman misses a pull. Khawaja might have been run out had Shami broken the stumps. FOUR to Rahane, on the leg side. And another FOUR, Rahane hits to deep midwicket. A single to Rahane on third man. There will be many of those with Rahane being around at the crease. A single to end the over, 50 up for Rising Pune Supergiants. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 25 (19), Usman Khawaja 25 (17)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 38/0 in Overs 5: Yadav continues. RPS batsmen deal in singles after the first ball is a dot to Rahane. SIX! Khawaja dances down, and hits his first IPL six straight down the ground. A single to end the over. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 16 (16), Usman Khawaja 22 (14)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 28/0 in Overs 4: A sharp single, Khawaja might have been run out had Duminy broken the stumps from mid off. Khawaja had given up running. A short ball, Rahane goes for the pull, it deflects off his gloves and races down the boundary for a FOUR! Mohammed Shami then bowls a straight one to Rahane. Two runs on the fourth ball with Rahane working it in the gap on the leg side. Same shot, but this time a single. FOUR! Slash and slash hard from Khawaja who gets a leading edge. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 14 (13), Usman Khawaja 14 (11)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 16/0 in Overs 3: Yadav continues. Single to Khawaja on the second, and to Rahane on the third ball. DROPPED! An excellent effort by big man Brathwaite, he throws himself coming in from long off but fails to keep the ball in his hands. Another mixup between Rahane and Khawaja. End of the over with 3 coming off it. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 7 (9), Usman Khawaja 9 (9)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 13/0 in Overs 2: After two dots off Brathwaite, Khawaja hits a four at backward point and then takes a single on the fourth ball. A single to Rahane with a soft-handed dab to third man. Khawaja pulls well on the final ball, but there is fielder in the deep. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 6 (6), Usman Khawaja 7 (6)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 6/0 in Overs 1: Jayant Yadav begins the proceedings and Ajinkya Rahane hits a FOUR down the leg on a poor second ball. A mixup on the third, Rahane wanted a single but sent back by Usman Khawaja. The Aussie is away with a single on his first ball in IPL. Rahane ends the over with a dot. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 5 (5), Usman Khawaja 1 (1)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 162/7 in Overs 20: Another mistimed shot by Negi, but manages to get two with fielders down the ground taking their time to get to the ball and throw it back. Finally! he connects, and just clears long on. Negi beaten by Dinda on the third ball. Beaten outside the off again, a wide yorker. FOUR! Negi dances down, hits over in field on a full toss. A single to end the over. Decent effort this by Delhi with the bat. BATTING: Pawan Negi 19 (12), Mohammed Shami 2 (3)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 149/7 in Overs 19: Singles to Negi and Shami on the first two balls from Boland. Negi makes room, but hits to long off only for a single. Another single, to Shami, Boland fires this one in the block hole. Negi smashes hard, can get only a single to long on. Boland ends with a slow bouncer which Shami fails to pick. BATTING: Pawan Negi 6 (6), Mohammed Shami 2 (3)
One of the costliest purchases in Delhi, Pawan Negi has a point to prove. Let’s see what he does with 12 balls left.
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 144/7 in Overs 18: Ravi Ashwin is hit for a single to deep point by Pawan Negi. A short ball, Yadav watches well but hits to short midwicket. A wide down the leg. Another stroke to short midwicket. Dot. And then another wide. Something different, a single with the batsman working it on the leg. Another direct hit by Saurabh Tiwary, and Jayant Yadav has been run out! BATTING: Pawan Negi 3 (3), Mohammed Shami 0 (0)
OUT! Jayant Yadav run out (Saurabh Tiwary) 1 (3)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 138/6 in Overs 17: Boland begins with a slow ball on pads, a dot. A single on the second ball to long on. A dot to Brathwaite, fired in the blockhole outside off. A missile? I think it was. Pitched full, Brathwaite fires it down the ground. But he’s gone! A slow, short ball and he charges again. Brathwaite caught at deep square leg, but not without a fumble from Perera. Two runs to Duminy, but no, wait. He might have been run out here. BATTING: Pawan Negi 0 (0)
OUT! Carlos Brathwaite c Thisara Perera b Scott Boland 20 (8)
OUT! JP Duminy run out 34 (32)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 130/4 in Overs 16: Murugan gits Duminy a full toss, which is smashed for a FOUR at backward square leg. A single on the third ball, towards deep point. And there she GOES! SIX! Massive six over long on, Murugan bowls in the zone to Brathwaite! An appeal for leg before, drifting down the leg. SIX! On the pads, and Brathwaite is a ruthless man. Deep midwicket is the region picked this time. BATTING: JP Duminy 32 (29), Carlos Brathwaite 14 (5)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 112/4 in Overs 15: Bhatia begins with one on the pads, two to Duminy on leg side. A dot on the second. Single on the third to long on. WICKET! A switch hit again from Billings, but he has been caught at long on! A single to Duminy on the penultimate ball. Carlos Brathwaite is in, he gets a slower one first up and is off the mark with a single to leg side. BATTING: JP Duminy 27 (27), Carlos Brathwaite 1 (1)
OUT! Sam Billings c Ajinkya Rahane b Rajat Bhataa 24 (15)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 107/3 in Overs 14: FOUR! Billings rams it hard over Murugan. MISSED! The ball rises sharply, Billings looking to cut gets an edge and it goes past Dhoni’s shoulders for a single. A dot to Duminy on the third. Another fine strike by Duminy, getting on the knees to swat it to deep midwicket. Sadly, only a single taken. Another switch hit, Billings might have been stumped. Not a wide as Murugan bowled down the leg to the right-hander. Another dot. 7 off the over and we take the second break. BATTING: JP Duminy 23 (23), Sam Billings 24 (14)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 100/3 in Overs 13: Ashwin continues. But Ravichandran replaces Murugan. #SorryNotSorry. Duminy hits the second ball well, but only a single to deep square leg. A wide ball, way outside leg as Billings looked to reverse sweep. Ashwin not too happy with the decision. A repeat of the same on the next, Rod Tucker says it is a dead ball. MASSIVE! Billings after few lose shots clobbers this over long on! SIX! What a strike! Another SIX! Over the bowler this time, Delhi close to the 100-run mark. A single on the fifth ball. Two runs to Duminy towards deep midwicket. BATTING: JP Duminy 22 (21), Sam Billings 19 (10)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 83/3 in Overs 12: Bhatia strays down leg and bowls a wide. Twu singles off the first two balls. Another single to Billings, towards point. Sharp running again, Duminy plays to point now. A dot to Billings on the fifth. A reverse sweep by Billings, the ball goes to deep cover for a single. Another good over for RPS. BATTING: JP Duminy 19 (19), Sam Billings 5 (6)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 77/3 in Overs 11: Murugan Ashwin comes on. Two off the first ball to Duminy off the first and a single on the next. Billings take a sharp single on the third ball. Two more runs, Duminy hits well towards wide long on. A fumble by Perera as he tries to stop a cut shot by Duminy at deep square point. BATTING: JP Duminy 17 (17), Sam Billings 2 (2)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 69/3 in Overs 10: Bhatia continues post first break. After a few singles, Nair hits in the air inside-out and Thisara Perera takes a fine running catch at deep cover to effect the third dismissal! Another? Just how bloody quick is MS Dhoni? A wide down the leg and Duminy tries to work it on the leg side. In the process he leans forward. The backfoot looked in the air from one leg umpire’s angle but it remained stuck to the crease from the over. Tale a bow, Dhoni! Duminy survives! The ball had flicked off the pads, so no caught behind. Dhoni had appealed for caught-behind, usually he has strong cases when he appeals for stumping. Two runs off the final ball of the over. Sam Billings is off the mark. BATTING: JP Duminy 10 (12), Sam Billings 2 (1)
OUT! Karun Nair c Thisara Perera b Rajat Bhatia 32 (23)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 63/2 in Overs 9: Two singles off Ashwin’s first two balls. This has been a decent start for the Delhi side, need to build on and on. Duminy is using his feet well, but plays two dots on the trot. A single off the fifth ball to long on. Another single to Nair to long on, it is time for the break. BATTING: Karun Nair 31 (20), JP Duminy 8 (10)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 59/2 in Overs 8: Rajat Bhatia starts off with a single off Duminy towards mid-wicket, followed by a dot, as the third ball is a single towards mid-wicket. The fourth ball is a single towards long on, followed by another single towards long off, as the over ends with a single towards mid-wicket. BATTING: Karun Nair 29 (18), JP Duminy 6 (6)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 54/2 in Overs 7: R Ashwin into the attack, as he starts off with a single to Nair, towards long on, followed by another towards fine leg, as the third ball is another single towards mid-wicket. The fourth delivery is again a single towards long on, followed by another towards the same region, as the over ends with a single towards covers. BATTING: Karun Nair 27 (15), JP Duminy 3 (3)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 48/2 in Overs 6: Boland starts with a single to Samson, followed by a dot, as the third ball is a four towards third man. The fourth ball is a single in the same region, followed by a couple towards mid-wicket off Samson, as the over ends with a wicket, hence Samson is caught for 20 by Ashwin. BATTING: Karun Nair 24 (12)
OUT! Sanju Samson c Ashwin b Scot Boland 20 (17)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 40/1 in Overs 5: Dinda continues, as he is greeted by a boundary off Nair through covers, followed by a single towards third man, as the third ball is another single. The fourth delivery is a single again towards third-man, followed by another in the same region, as the next ball is a no ball for over waist height, and it results in a boundary towards deep square leg, while the over ends with a dot off the free hit. BATTING: Sanju Samson 17 (14), Karun Nair 19 (9)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 27/1 in Overs 4: Scott Boland starts with a dot to Samson. RISKY! Samson plays the second straight to the bowler with soft hands, and darts for a run. Both Delhi batsmen were in trouble but they somehow manage to complete a run. That was surely not needed! FOUR! An elegant cover drive by Nair, it was in the zone and the execution was simply superb. Samson is off the strike again, this time with a soft-hand dab to third man. FOUR! Boland strays down leg, the short leg could not do anything. Samson gets yet another boundary. A dot to end the over, 10 runs came off it. BATTING: Sanju Samson 15 (12), Karun Nair 9 (4)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 17/1 in Overs 3: Dinda begins with a dot, but Samson pulls well on the leg side and then the bowler sprays one down the leg. BOWLED! Dinda breaks into the Ronaldo-like celebration! Pant loses cool, goes for a wild heave and misses the line completely. Off-stump demolished. FOUR! Karun Nair begins with a boundary first ball, slashing hard to beat third man on a delivery outside off. BATTING: Sanju Samson 10 (8), Karun Nair 4 (2)
OUT! Rishabh Pant b Ashok Dinda 2 (8)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 11/0 in Overs 2: An excellent start for Ashok Dinda, after five dots Rishabh Pant hits towards deep midwicket to take 2 runs. FOUR again! Samson hits well to deep midwicket and beats the fielder chasing the ball. The third ball is played to point. Ajinkya Rahane is the man at that position, tough to go past him. Similar shot again towards deep midwicket, but only a single as there is a fielder in the position now. Nine runs off the over. BATTING: Rishabh Pant 2 (7), Sanju Samson 9 (5)
LIVE CRICKET SCORES UPDATES Delhi Daredevils 2/0 in Overs 1: An excellent start for Ashok Dinda, after five dots Rishabh Pant hits towards deep midwicket to take 2 runs. BATTING: Rishabh Pant 2 (6), Sanju Samson 0 (0)
TOSS: JP Duminy is out there for the toss! Rising Pune have won the toss, and they will be bowling first! Zaheer is not playing tonight, along with him 3 more changes have been made in the Delhi side. Khawaja and Bailey are in for Steven Smith and Peter Handscomb! Quinton de Kock has been dropped as well!
Teams:
Delhi Daredevils: Sam Billings, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, JP Duminy, Pawan Negi, Carlos Brathwaite, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Imran Tahir
Rising Pune Supergiants: Ajinkya Rahane, Saurabh Tiwary, Usman Khawaja, George Bailey, MS Dhoni (c&wk), Thisara Perera, Rajat Bhatia, Scott Boland, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Murugan Ashwin.
Delhi Daredevils (DD) have won 5 games and have lost 2 so far, but their competitors tonight, MS Dhoni’s Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) are in a poor position. The Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) are at the sixth spot in the IPL 9 Points Table, having lost 6 out of 8 games, and winning only 2. ALSO READ: DD vs RPS, IPL 2016, Match 33 at Delhi: Preview
This is the first time these two teams are clashing in this IPL. Their next match will be on May 17, which will be played at Visakhapatnam. In team news, while Dhoni’s side has struggled throughout this IPL with the fitness of their players and form of their side as a unit, Delhi have managed to surprise many with spirited performances.
Usman Khawaja has joined the Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) camp ahead of this match. Khawaja’s inclusion should boost the Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) as the left-handed Australian batsman has been in terrific form across formats. He had a good outing in ICC T20 World Cup 2016, and Khawaja will be hoping to carry on the momentum.
Squads:
Delhi Daredevils (DD): Zaheer Khan (c), Amit Mishra, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Shami, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mayank Agarwal, Jayant Yadav, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Imran Tahir, JP Duminy, Quinton de Kock (wk), Pawan Negi, Chris Morris, Sanju Samson, Carlos Brathwaite, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant, Sam Billings, Chama Milind, Pratyush Singh, Mahipal Lomror, Saeed Khaleel Ahmed, Akhil Herwadkar, Pawan Suyal.
Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS): MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashwin Murugan, Usman Khawaja, George Bailey, Ishant Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Thisara Perera, Rajat Bhatia, Ashok Dinda, Scott Boland, Peter Handscomb, RP Singh, Adam Zampa, Ishwar Pandey, Deepak Chahar, Jaskaran Singh, Baba Aparajith, Ankush Bains, Ankit Sharma.
LIVE CRICKET SCORES & UPDATES Rising Pune Supergiants 65/1 in Overs 9: WICKET! Khawaja has been stumped on the second ball by Amit Mishra! FOUR! Saurabh Tiwary begins with a soft-handed stroke past the first slip. A mishit, past short midwicket, for a single to the left-hander. A single to Rahane to long on. End of the over with a dot. BATTING: Ajinkya Rahane 30 (24), Saurabh Tiwary 5 (3)
RPS 106/1 in Overs 14 | Live Cricket Score Delhi Daredevils (DD) vs Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS), IPL 2016 Match 33 at Delhi: RPS need 163
