Daredevils vs Supergiants, 33rd match at Delhi, , May 05 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary

11.45pm A third win in nine games for Rising Pune Supergiants. Does that finally mean they're actually rising, does this turn their season around in some way? We will see as this season progresses. There's still a long way to go. Hope you've enjoyed our coverage. Do keep joining us, and sending us feedback. Until next time, good night!

Ajinkya Rahane is the man of the match: "We decided that one batsman has to bat through, and it was my day. First six overs was important, ball was coming on nicely, and then it got slower. Just looking to keep it simple. If I get set, if I get to 15-20 I look to bat deep, that's what the team wants from me."

MS Dhoni: "The bowlers were bowling to the plan. It felt nice to restrict them to 160. We can take a lot of positives, because it was the bowling we were a little worried about. The execution was much better, they bowled to the field. If you keep the death overs aside, you have to bowl to the field. In the death overs, I feel the good bowlers are those who double-bluff the batsmen. It was a bit uncomfortable in the middle, their spinners bowled well, the wicket got slightly slower, Mishra bowled well, Tahir bowled well, overall it was a well-earned victory for us. When you have lost five games, it's important to take whatever comes your way. This victory was very much needed, gives us that bit of confidence."

Kuldeep: "For all those criticizing Rahane, based on his SR he would have made 158 if he played 20 overs himself. Account for extras and you have the target of 163 achieved!!! Stop criticizing him!!!"

Shrikant: "Bhatia's 4-0-22-2 was an incredible performance. Hope it gets a highly deserved recognition."

Naman: "Not having either Zaheer or Morris in the side hurt Delhi."

Anil: "Poor captaincy from Duminy to not use Negi or Brathwaite and continue to bowl Shami whose first two overs were very costly and lacking intuition."

Kiran: "An anchor role only works if your big hitters deliver. Rahane has been doing more or less what Gambhir has been doing for KKR, but while the KKR big hitters have backed up their opener, the RPS counterparts haven't done it until tonight."

JP Duminy: "We stumbled a bit in the middle part of our innings, could have had 20 runs more. We did well with the ball to take it to the last over. A few errors, a few missed opportunities, but still a lot of positives to take out of it. [I could have continued with Tahir, but] we'd spoken about Shami bowling the last two overs in the death overs. We only went in with two seamers, so we needed to use the legspinners wisely, so we had to keep Imran for the last eight overs."

11.30pm This was shaping up to be a very interesting contest, with Tahir and Mishra choking the runs and putting a lot of pressure on Rahane and Dhoni. It took one big over to tilt the match decisively, and it came off Mohammed Shami. Well played in the end by Rahane, but he may not have been able to coast like he did had Daredevils made 10-15 runs more, which could have happened so easily had Billings or Brathwaite batted a little longer

Three to get off the last over. Perera is on strike. Shami has the ball. Lots of adjustments being made to the field. Around the wicket.

Thisara is the new man. Rahane is on strike.

Tahir to bowl his final over. He can put some pressure back on Pune if he keeps them quiet here.

Twenty off that over. Pace onto the bat was the elixir Pune were craving.

On comes Mohammed Shami with Pune needing 37 from 18.

Excellent over from Tahir. 43 off 24 now, as Mishra bowls his last over.