Match – 45th IPL 2014 – Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab
Date – Mon May 19
Time – 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Toss – Kings XI Punjab elected to field
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 4 wickets
Man of the match – Akshar Patel
KXIP continued their winning momentum and defeated Delhi Daredevils by 4 wickets to maintain their top spot in points table.
Chasing 165 to win, got off to a flying start with Virender Sehwag and Manan Vohra adding 67 runs in 6.2 overs for the first wicket stand. Vohra was the first to fall after scoring 42 off 19 balls. Soon Sehwag to fell and Kings XI Punjab were placed at 84/2 in 7.5 overs. Once again everyone was glued screen to watch Glenn Maxwell and David Miller. But Delhi bowlers had prepared well against them and they got rid of them very quickly. KXIP were struggling at 94/4 in 9.5 overs. Wriddhiman Saha and Akshar Patel then took the score past 100 and just when the duo looked settled, Shami got rid of Saha but Akshar Patel played superbly and played a match winning innings of 42 to take his team to a 4 wicket win.
Earlier Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field first. Delhi Daredevils lost opener Murli Vijay in the third over when the team score was just 13. Captain Kevin Pieterson and Dinesh Karthik then played well and added 71 runs in 8 overs to take the score to 84 when Pietersen was bowled out for 49. JP Duminy then combined well with Karthik and took the score to 140. Duminy fell in the 17th over and then Delhi Daredevils lost 4 quick wickets and could manage to score 164/7 in 20 overs.
Match – 45 IPL 2014 – Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard
