IPL 2019 Eliminator highlights: Pant heroics helps DC beat SRH by 2 wickets
Delhi Capitals, who had lost the way after a blazing start, were brought to cusp of victory by Pant, who smashed 49 off 21 balls with five sixes as Windies' Paul finished it off the penultimate ball
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Rishabh Pant. Photo: PTI
In Eliminator of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2019), Young Keemo Paul gave the final touches to a Rishabh Pant blitzkrieg as Delhi Capitals (DC) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by two wickets in a nerve-wracking IPL match at Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Chasing a target of 163, Delhi Capitals, who had lost the way after a blazing start, were brought to cusp of victory by young Pant, who smashed 49 off 21 balls with five sixes as West Indies' Paul finished it off the penultimate ball of the innings with a boundary off Khaleel Ahmed. Pant, who resurrected the innings from a precarious 111 for 5 couldn't have chosen a better venue than chairman of selectors MSK Prasad's home ground to drive home a point on his much debated World Cup exclusion. It was a sense of deja vu for Paul, who had similarly hit winning runs in an U-19 World Cup final in 2016 when Khaleel was the bowler in the final over. Delhi Capital now face Chennai Super Kings in the second Qualifier in their bid to make it to the maiden IPL final against Mumbai Indians. Needing 34 from three overs, Pant showed brilliant game awareness to target Sunrisers' weakest link Basil Thampi, smashing him for 21 runs in the 18th over as he brought the game on even keel. A six off Bhuvneshwar Kumar brought the equation down to five runs before Pant in his bid to finish the game was holed out with five required from seven balls.
IPL 2019, Eliminator DC vs SRH score
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When the chase started, Prithvi Shaw (56 off 38 balls) was in his element in the fifth over bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar when he first played a flowing cover drive, followed by a ramp shot for six over third man and a lofted boundary over mid-off to put Sunrisers on the backfoot.
Sensing that Prithvi has taken the lead, senior partner Shikhar Dhawan (17) after collecting three boundaries started playing the second fiddle with 55 coming off Powerplay overs.
One of the most regal shots played by Prithvi was a six over long-on when he gave off-spinner Deepak Hooda the charge.
In the same over, Wriddhiman Saha effected a smart stumping down leg-side to see the end of Dhawan even as Prithvi completed his 50 off 31 balls.
However just like Sunrisers, Delhi also lost momentum at start of the back-10 with Khaleel's extra pace and bounce accounting for Prithvi and skipper Shreyas Iyer (8). Prithvi's innings had six fours and two sixes.
It was Rashid Khan (2/15 in 4 overs), who them removed Colun Munro (14) and Axar Patel (0) to peg back Delhi at 111 for 5.
Pant, who teed off with a six off Mohammed Nabi, hit him for a second six as 42 runs were required off the last four overs when Pant changed the match.
Earlier, Delhi Capitals bowlers pulled the plug in the middle overs, restricting Sunrisers Hyderabad to a par score of 162 for 8 on a good batting surface after opting to field.
Keemo Paul (3/32 in 4 overs) was ably supported by Amit Mishra (1/16 in 4 overs), Ishant Sharma (2/34 in 4 overs) and Axar Patel (0/30 in 4 overs) as the quartet bowled 40 dot balls between them.
Ishant got rid of Wriddhiman Saha (8), who offered a simple catch to Shreyas Iyer at mid-off.
Martin Guptill (36, 19 balls) hit three sixes including two off his countrymate Trent Boult to set the pace in the Powerplay overs which yielded 54 runs.
IPL 2019, Eliminator DC vs SRH score
Check full scorecard here
When the chase started, Prithvi Shaw (56 off 38 balls) was in his element in the fifth over bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar when he first played a flowing cover drive, followed by a ramp shot for six over third man and a lofted boundary over mid-off to put Sunrisers on the backfoot.
Rashid Khan. Photo: PTI
One of the most regal shots played by Prithvi was a six over long-on when he gave off-spinner Deepak Hooda the charge.
In the same over, Wriddhiman Saha effected a smart stumping down leg-side to see the end of Dhawan even as Prithvi completed his 50 off 31 balls.
However just like Sunrisers, Delhi also lost momentum at start of the back-10 with Khaleel's extra pace and bounce accounting for Prithvi and skipper Shreyas Iyer (8). Prithvi's innings had six fours and two sixes.
It was Rashid Khan (2/15 in 4 overs), who them removed Colun Munro (14) and Axar Patel (0) to peg back Delhi at 111 for 5.
Pant, who teed off with a six off Mohammed Nabi, hit him for a second six as 42 runs were required off the last four overs when Pant changed the match.
Earlier, Delhi Capitals bowlers pulled the plug in the middle overs, restricting Sunrisers Hyderabad to a par score of 162 for 8 on a good batting surface after opting to field.
SRH batsman Deepak Hooda collides with DC bowler Keemo Paul during the Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL T20) eliminator cricket match between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), at ACA-VDCA Cricket stadium in Visakhapatnam. Photo: PTI
Ishant got rid of Wriddhiman Saha (8), who offered a simple catch to Shreyas Iyer at mid-off.
Martin Guptill (36, 19 balls) hit three sixes including two off his countrymate Trent Boult to set the pace in the Powerplay overs which yielded 54 runs.
11:57 PM
Man of the match: Rishabh Pant
11:57 PM
CSK vs DC in Qualifier 2
11:28 PM
Delhi Capitals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 2 wickets, to meet CSK in Qualifier 2 on Friday
11:26 PM
Rishabh Pant missed his fifty but take his team to a position from where they seal a superb win
11:23 PM
Khaleel Ahmed [2.0-0-17-2] is back into the attack
Ball 1: Amit Mishra guides towards third-man for a single.
Over 19.5; DC win
Khaleel Ahmed [2.0-0-17-2] is back into the attack
Ball 6:
Ball 5: Keemo Paul pulls towards deep mid-wicket for FOUR.
Trent Boult, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 4: Amit Mishra OUT for obstructing the field.
Ball 3: Keemo Paul gets an inside edge towards mid-wicket for a single.
Ball 2: Khaleel beats Keemo Paul, no run.
Ball 1: Amit Mishra guides towards third-man for a single.
Ball 1: WIDE
11:12 PM
Bhuvi continues
Over 19; Pant departs
Over Summary: W 0 6 Wd 0 W 0 ; DC: 158-7
Bhuvi continues
Ball 6: Bhuvi beats Paul outside off.
Amit Mishra, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Amit Mishra, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 5: Pant again fails to take his team home as he gets a top-edge while going for a biggie and holed up to long-off. Pant c Nabi b Bhuvneshwar 49(21) [4s-2 6s-5]
Ball 4: Pant hits back to bowler for no run.
Ball 4: Pant hits back to bowler for no run.
Ball 4: A slow bumper called WIDE
Ball 3: Pant smashes towards long-off for SIX
Ball 2: Pant hits to backward point for no run.
Keemo Paul, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Keemo Paul, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Ball 1: Rutherford hits one handed shot towards long-off and Nabi takes a skier. Rutherford c Nabi b Bhuvneshwar 9(12) [6s-1]
11:04 PM
Basil Thampi [3.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack
Over 18; Delhi Capitals need 12 runs in 12 balls
Over Summary: 4 6 4 6 1 1 ; DC: 151-5
Basil Thampi [3.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Rutherford nearly chops on but luckily collects a single.
Ball 5: A single for Pant towards deep mid-wicket.
Ball 4: Pant deposited the ball into the crowd as he hammers the ball for SIX.
Ball 3: Pant heaves towards deep backward square leg for FOUR
Ball 2: Pant wallopes towards deep mid-wicket for SIX.
Ball 1: Pant smoked it over bowler's head for FOUR
10:58 PM
Bhuvneshwar Kumar [2.0-0-27-0] is back into the attack
Over 17; Delhi Capitals need 34 runs in 18 balls
Over Summary: 0 0 1 1 6 0 ; DC: 129-5
Bhuvneshwar Kumar [2.0-0-27-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: A big swing amd miss from Rutherford.
Ball 5: Rutherford smacked the half volley for GIGANTIC SIX.
Ball 4: Pant smashes to sweeper cover for a single.
Ball 3: Rutherford pulls the short ball to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Ball 2: Rutherford hits the slow delivery to backward point.
Ball 1: Rutherford hits towards cover for no run.
10:52 PM
Time-out
10:51 PM
Mohammad Nabi [3.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack
Over 16; Delhi Capitals need 42 runs in 24 balls
Over Summary: 1 0 0 1 6 2 ; DC: 121-5
Mohammad Nabi [3.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Pant works towards square leg for a couple of runs.
Ball 5: Pant whips just wide of Rashid Khan of deep backward square leg for SIX.
Ball 4: Pant takes a life threatening single.
Ball 3: Rutherford nearly chops onto the stumps.
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: Pant works towards deep square leg for a single.
10:46 PM
Over 15; Delhi Capitals need 52 runs in 30 balls
Over Summary: DOUBLE WICKET MAIDEN ; DC: 111-5
Rashid continues
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: DOT
Ball 4: Axar edges to keeper OUT. Axar c Saha b Rashid Khan 0(3)
Ball 3: Rashid beats Axar by a googly.
Ball 2: Axar Patel, left handed bat, comes to the crease and gets an inside edge towards short fine leg for no run.
Ball 1: Rasid traps Munro in front of wicket. Munro takes REVIEW but it is dead straight. GONE. DC lost their lone review.
10:40 PM
Basil Thampi [2.0-0-7-0] is back into the attack
Over 14; CRR: 7.93 REQ: 8.67
Over Summary: 1 4 0 0 6 1 ; DC: 111-3
Basil Thampi [2.0-0-7-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Munro pulls towards deep square leg for a single.
Ball 5: Munro this time stays on the crease and whips over backward square leg for SIX.
Ball 4: Munro comes down the wicket and fails to get a connection.
Ball 3: Munro tries to go big, misses.
Ball 2: Munro nearly chops onto the stump but luckily he gets a FOUR.
Ball 1: Pant pushes towards long-on for a single.
10:35 PM
Rashid Khan [2.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack
Over 13; Delhi Capitals need 64 runs in 42 balls
Over Summary: 0 0 0 1 1 0 ; DC: 99-3
Rashid Khan [2.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: DOT
Ball 5: Pant sweeps towards backward square leg for a single
Ball 4: A tight single taken by Pant and Munro.
Ball 3: DOT
Ball 2: DOT
Ball 1: DOT
10:31 PM
Mohammad Nabi [2.0-0-9-0] is back into the attack
Over 12; CRR: 8.08 REQ: 8.25
Over Summary: 0 1 1 6 1 1; DC: 97-3
Mohammad Nabi [2.0-0-9-0] is back into the attack
Ball 6: Munro collects a single
Ball 5: A single for Pant
Ball 4: Pant smashes straight down the ground for SIX.
Ball 3: Munro collects a single.
Ball 2: Pant collets a single.
Ball 1: DOT
10:29 PM
Colin Munro, left handed bat, comes to the crease
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First Published: May 08 2019 | 4:24 PM IST
