Inswing, outswing, bouncer, wicket

The last two times David Warner played on this ground in Raipur, he went back with Man-of-the-Match awards for scoring unbeaten half-centuries. His 117 runs had come off just 67 deliveries. Warner must have felt lucky again; he earned a four and a six off thick outside edges. But he disappeared after a scratchy 17. The difference: his last two innings had come for Delhi Daredevils, but this time, he was on the other side.

Both captains at the toss had mentioned the size of the ground. It was made immediately obvious in the first three overs of the match as Warner and Shikhar Dhawan picked up threes on the off side. Later, Moises Henriques picked up three consecutive twos to the deep in the 16th over. There were plenty more. It was a refreshing change from the afternoon match of the day, in Kolkata, where the outfield was as usual extremely quick.

Coming into the game, Shreyas Iyer was the leading run-getter for Delhi Daredevils, but he was made to look inadequately equipped to handle Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He received three incoming deliveries from Bhuvneshwar in the first over, then got two outswingers in the next, both beating the outside edge. If Iyer thought the next ball was an incoming one, he was wrong; it was a bouncer. The inswinger, and a fast one, came next ball, hurried the batsman on a pull and the top edge lobbed back for the bowler. Iyer returned for a seven-ball duck.

Quinton de Kock really wanted the single after chopping the first ball from Karn Sharma to short third-man. He had taken a few steps down the pitch, and as the fielder fumbled, he gestured frantically towards JP Duminy, asking him to push on. But Duminy wasn't moving. De Kock went back into the crease with a smile. Next ball, he stepped out and was late in getting back again. The ball was with the wicketkeeper this time after de Kock had missed the slog, and he quickly flicked the bails off.