Drops and dollies in Delhi

Apr 17, 2017

Delhi Daredevils' openers got off to a cracking start after they chose to bat, putting on 53 in the Powerplay•BCCI

And that led to a middle-overs slowdown•AFP

There were some issues for Knight Riders though. They dropped Chris Morris...•BCCI

Angelo Mathews and Pant also held on to tough catches to leave KKR at 21 for 3 in three overs•AFP

Pandey soaked in all that pressure and smashed a much-needed six in the last over to finish with an unbeaten, match-winning 69 •Associated Press

Nathan Coulter-Nile, formerly of Delhi Daredevils and now with Kolkata Knight Riders, made the first breakthrough •BCCI

Coulter-Nile eventually finished with 3 for 22 in four overs •BCCI

...twice in three balls. And Robin Uthappa had already put down a tough chance in the 14th over•BCCI

A mature half-century from Yusuf Pathan, however, changed the game as he put on 110 runs in partnership with Manish Pandey•BCCI

And were it not for Rishabh Pant's entertaining 16-ball 38, which included four mighty sixes, Daredevils might not have got to 168•AFP

The Daredevils fielders did not return the favour. Billings caught Colin de Grandhomme in the first over off Zaheer Khan•BCCI

But Daredevils just would not give up. After Pathan fell for 59, Sanju Samson produced a stunning effort in the penultimate over to leave the equation at 13 off 10 balls•BCCI