RESULT
31st match (D/N), Delhi, May 01, 2015, Pepsi Indian Premier League
(13.5/20 ov, T:119) 119/1

Daredevils won by 9 wickets (with 37 balls remaining)

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6.55 pm Kings XI have been smashed. By nine wickets and 37 balls to spare. They remain entrenched at the bottom of the league with six defeats in eight games. Daredevils, on the other hand, have jumped from sixth to fourth place, a point clear of RCB. They have eight points but have played the extra game.

Sahaj: "Faizan missed his prediction by one ball and one wicket." Top effort it was.

The IPL bids farewell to Delhi tonight, the Daredevils remaining home games will be in Raipur.

George Bailey: "I'm not sure what to say. It felt like when we were batting it was a difficult surface, when they were batting it looked like a good surface, so the answer is probably somewhere in the middle. Full credit to Delhi, they bowled well, JP captained well, put us on the back foot. We've just been trying to get the boys to free up a bit, play natural games. The big thing is not to let these performances define us, it doesn't mean you are not trying or training hard."

Aaron: "how can Bailey STILL be smiling after that performance?!" Hey, it's only a game, right?

JP Duminy: "Definitely good to win going into the second half, we have been inconsistent, we want to correct that and it's a good start today. We always knew if we can get the lefthnders in I would come into play ... things are going well with bat and ball. Long way to go and big performances are needed. Unbelievable, isn't it? (Zaheer's comeback). His experience. So great to have Zaheer back."

The Man of the Match is Nathan Coulter-Nile, who took 4 for 20 in four overs.

Coulter-Nile: "It was a little bit up and down early on but the dew came in and made it easier for us. Makes a big difference, having him [Zaheer] out there, talking to the guys. I thought we were good enough from the start, we just need to keep winning and scrape into that top four."

We've come to an end of our ball-by-ball coverage of this game, but in 20 minutes the toss will take place in Mumbai, where they are taking on Rajasthan Royals. So hop on over to that scorecard. Thank you for all your emails this evening, cheers.

13.6
1w
Axar Patel to Tiwary, 1 wide

sprays it wide outside off and that's the end of the game

13.5
4
Axar Patel to Tiwary, FOUR runs

Tiwary steps out and hoists the ball off his pads with a muscular short-arm swing, levels the scores with a one-bounce four to deep midwicket

13.4
1
Axar Patel to Agarwal, 1 run

worked off the pads through square for another single

13.3
1
Axar Patel to Tiwary, 1 run

cut off the back foot but can't beat point, point beats himself though by throwing and conceding an overthrow

13.2
Axar Patel to Tiwary, no run

goes back and across to defend towards the bowler

13.1
Axar Patel to Tiwary, no run

defended on the front foot as the ball turns into him, that actually missed the bat and hit the pad

end of over 1311 runs • 1 wicket
DC: 112/1CRR: 8.61 RRR: 1.00
Mayank Agarwal51 (39b 6x4 1x6)
Saurabh Tiwary0 (0b)
Shardul Thakur 3-0-38-1
Thisara Perera 2-0-22-0
12.6
4
Thakur to Agarwal, FOUR runs

lots of width outside off and Agarwal uses his fast hands to play a checked cut shot, he's hit it well enough to beat point, he too gets to his half-century

12.5
Thakur to Agarwal, no run

the short of a length delivery gets big on Agarwal, who is beaten as he tries to dab the ball

12.4
2
Thakur to Agarwal, 2 runs

a length ball on the pads, glanced to fine leg

The burly Saurabh Tiwary strides to the middle with Daredevils on the doorstep of victory.

12.3
W
Thakur to Shreyas Iyer, OUT

caught at deep midwicket! Iyer moves across his crease and chips a length ball off his pads, it lands in the hands of Patel, who came running in from the boundary to take a simple catch. That's Thakur's first IPL wicket and it's come after considerable punishment. Iyer seemed to play too early

Shreyas Iyer c Patel b Thakur 54 (40b 4x4 3x6 54m) SR: 135
12.2
1
Thakur to Agarwal, 1 run

full delivery wide outside off stump, Agarwal reaches for it and square drives to deep point

12.1
4
Thakur to Agarwal, FOUR runs

Agarwal moves across his stumps to a really short ball and pulls the ball towards deep midwicket, he had so much time to play that shot so he could pick out the gap on the boundary

end of over 1213 runs
DC: 101/0CRR: 8.41 RRR: 2.25
Mayank Agarwal40 (34b 4x4 1x6)
Shreyas Iyer54 (39b 4x4 3x6)
Thisara Perera 2-0-22-0
Anureet Singh 3-0-24-0
11.6
1
Perera to Agarwal, 1 run

played to third man for a single

11.5
4
Perera to Agarwal, FOUR runs

that could have been a wicket! The ball was short and Agarwal pulled it really hard, but it was in the air as it burst through Bailey's hands and raced to the boundary to bring up the 100 partnership

11.4
1
Perera to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run

a length ball outside off, driven powerfully on the back foot but the fielder in cover intercepts the shot

11.3
4
Perera to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR runs

short of a length on leg stump, Iyer stays in his crease and swats the ball towards square leg, two fielders converge on it but neither dive to try and save the boundary. Iyer gets to his fifty

Hardik K: "Looks like Faizan is very close to prediction. Faizan: "To all those waiting for the suspense, nothing of that sort is going to happen.. DD 119/2 in 14 overs and DD win the match comfortably...MOM CoulterNile.." Do you see two wickets falling, though?

11.2
2
Perera to Shreyas Iyer, 2 runs

opens the face late to steer the ball and give third man a chase to his right

11.1
1
Perera to Agarwal, 1 run

nudged off the front foot through midwicket

end of over 1113 runs
DC: 88/0CRR: 8.00 RRR: 3.44
Mayank Agarwal34 (31b 3x4 1x6)
Shreyas Iyer47 (36b 3x4 3x6)
Anureet Singh 3-0-24-0
Axar Patel 2-0-16-0
10.6
1
Anureet to Agarwal, 1 run

nearly in the blockhole and the batsman can only dig it down the ground

10.6
1nb
Anureet to Agarwal, (no ball)

punched off the front foot to cover, but it's a no ball, and there's a free hit coming up. That's a harsh call for no-ball, a bit of the heel was behind the line

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Daredevils won by 9 wickets (with 37 balls remaining)
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