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Delhi Daredevils beat Gujarat Lions by 8 wickets | Gujarat Lions Vs Delhi Daredevils Live Score 31st T20 Match

That's it from us for tonight. It was an easy win for the visitors. Do join us tomorrow for the 32nd match between Kolkata and Punjab in the former's den. Till then it's goodbye from us.
MAN OF THE MATCH, RISHABH PANT says he loves to play for Delhi as all the staffs, coaches and team mates support him. He admits that it was good to bat with his opening partner de Kock and ends by saying that it was a good wicket to bat on as the ball was coming on the bat.
DELHI CAPTAIN, ZAHEER KHAN says that he is just trying to motivate the young boys and keep up the spirits. Adds that he lets his mates to play their own games. Further says they have different strategies and combinations that they can execute accordingly. Further he credits Pant and de Kock for their brilliant knocks. Ends by saying that he will let the boys to celebrate the win tonight and regroup later.
GUJARAT CAPTAIN, SURESH RAINA Says he is not happy with this loss and blames his batting for the defeat as they lost wickets in clumps. Further says they have long way to go and hope better for the next game. Ends by thanking the crowd to give them support.
Pant and de Kock gave a fancy start to their team as they hitting boundaries from the first over. The opening pair never let the home side to get breakthrough and kept playing until Pant fall prey to Jadeja in the 14th over. But it was too late for Gujarat to strike as these opening batsmen already sealed the match with a superb partnership of 115 runs. Pant scored his maiden fifty while de Kock fall just short of 4 runs. None of the Gujarat bowlers performed well and when no bowler is on the mark, it becomes difficult to defend the score. Stay tuned for the presentation.
Yes, Delhi does take the revenge tonight against Gujarat. It was just a fabulous game from the visitors and sealed this match with an ease. Delhi were right on the money from beginning only as they first restricted Gujarat to a paltry total and later they chased it down with no difficulties.
150 runs for DD 17.2Ravindra Jadeja to Sanju Samson. SIX, SIX! Samson finishes things in style! DELHI WIN BY 8 WICKETS! Floats on middle, Samson takes the opportunity and smokes it over mid-wicket for a biggie.
End of over 18 ( 4 Runs )DD 144/2 17.1Ravindra Jadeja to Sanju Samson. 2 runs, Magnificent effort from McCullum! Loopy on middle, Samson charges down the track and smokes to wide long on for a biggie. But McCullum in the deep makes an unbelievable effort to stop that. Two runs taken.
End of over 17 ( 12 Runs )DD 142/2 16.6Shivil Kaushik to Jp Duminy. 2 runs, Down the leg side, Duminy flicks it to the leg side for a brace.
16.5Shivil Kaushik to Sanju Samson. 1 run, Samson plays it through point for a single.
16.4Shivil Kaushik to Sanju Samson. no run, The batsman plays it with an angled bat and guides it to third man.
16.3Shivil Kaushik to Jp Duminy. 1 run, Full on middle, Duminy plays it through mid on for a single.
16.2Shivil Kaushik to Jp Duminy. FOUR, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! Duminy is in a hurry. Loopy on off, Duminy lofts it over covers for a boundary. 12 needed from 22.
16.1Shivil Kaushik to Jp Duminy. FOUR, FOUR! Duminy wants to finish this early! Floated on off, Duminy plays a reverse sweep towards third man to get a boundary.
End of over 16 ( 9 Runs )DD 130/2 15.6Ravindra Jadeja to Sanju Samson. no run, The batsman has driven it through mid on.
15.5Ravindra Jadeja to Jp Duminy. 1 run, Full on middle, Duminy drives it through mid on for a single.
15.4Ravindra Jadeja to Sanju Samson. 1 run, Samson pushes it to the off side for a single.
15.3Ravindra Jadeja to Sanju Samson. FOUR, FOUR! Perfectly punished! Full on off, Samson murders it over mid off for a boundary.
Free-hit coming up!
15.3Ravindra Jadeja to Sanju Samson. no ball, no run, NOT OUT! No ball! Jadeja bowls a straight delivery on off, Samson looks to defend but misses as the ball lands in the keeper's gloves and Karthik whips off the bails in a jiffy. The umpires went upstairs to check but the replays show that Jadeja bowled a no ball which helped Samson to survive.

Updated at: 2016-05-03 23:50:24

Match details

Toss: Toss won by Delhi Daredevils

Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS)

TV umpire: N

Match referee: Manu Nayyar (IND)

PLAYING XI

Gujarat Lions

Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina (C), Aaron Finch, Dinesh Karthik (W), Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan, James Faulkner, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shivil Kaushik

Delhi Daredevils

Quinton de Kock (W), Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, JP Duminy, Sam Billings, Rishabh Pant, Chris Morris, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Shahbaz Nadeem, Zaheer Khan (C)

Gujarat Lions will take on Delhi Daredevils in the 31st game of the Indian Premier League at Saurashtra Cricket Association in Rajkot on May 3, 2016. This will be an interesting encounter between the newly introduced Gujarat Lions and Delhi Daredevils. Suresh Raina led Gujarat Lions has some big names in his side with the likes of Dwayne Bravo, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Brendon McCullum, Dinesh Karthik, Dwayne Smith, Dale Steyn and Pravin Tambe.

They are one of the most accomplished sides in the tournament as their bowling and batting department are evenly balanced. Finch is one of the finest T20 batsmen in world cricket whereas McCullum hard hitting exploits are well-known.

Zaheer Khan led Delhi Daredevils on the other hand will have immense experience with their skipper being the veteran of the game. They have some power hitters like Carlos Brathwaite, Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy and Shreyas Iyer. All eyes will be set on Pawan Negi as he has been one of the most expensive players at the auction with a price tag of a whopping 8 crores. Rajkot is one of the batting friendly tracks in India and one can expect runs being scored heavily in this thrilling encounter.

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