20/05Result
52nd match (N), Indian Premier League at Raipur, May 20 2016
Daredevils won by 6 wkts (0b rem)
Player of the Match
Karun Nair
Karun NairDelhi Capitals
20/05Result
52nd match (N), Indian Premier League at Raipur, May 20 2016
Daredevils won by 6 wkts (0b rem)
Player of the Match
Karun Nair
Karun NairDelhi Capitals
3620dThe Report by Shashank Kishore

Nair 83* in last-ball thriller keeps Daredevils alive

Karun Nair's unbeaten 59-ball 83 single-handedly helped Delhi Daredevils beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by five wickets in a last-ball thriller in Raipur to keep their playoff ambitions burning bright

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

KK Nair
KK Nair
83(59) 8x4 - 3x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 25 runs
  • 3x4 - 2x6
2 4 9 1 12 4 20 31
DA Warner
DA Warner
73(56) 8x4 - 1x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 15 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
0 5 8 5 18 13 3 21

Best performances - Bowlers

CR Brathwaite
CR Brathwaite
O4
M0
R27
W2
Eco6.75
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
BB Sran
O4
M0
R34
W2
Eco8.5
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W

Match Details

Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur

Series

Indian Premier League 2016

Toss

Delhi Daredevils , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Delhi CapitalsKarun Nair

Season

2016

Hours of play (local time)

20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20

Match days

20 May 2016 - night match (20-over match)

Umpires

IndiaNand KishoreAustraliaBruce Oxenford

TV Umpires

IndiaVirender Sharma

Reserve Umpire

IndiaYeshwant Barde

Match Referee

IndiaSunil Chaturvedi

Points

Delhi Daredevils 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad 0

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Nikhil Kalro

END OF OVER:
20 | 13 Runs | DC: 161/4 | RR: 8.05

  • Karun Nair83 (59b)
  • Sanju Samson3 (4b)
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar4-0-33-0
  • Mustafizur Rahman4-0-24-1

11.45pm Should have been a super over but one moment has changed this season. Daredevils are right in this again. What a chase, Nair timed it excellently. Maybe left it too far in the end but worked out in the end. With this win, Daredevils move to 14 points and stay alive. Sunrisers lose the match but not their position in the points table.

Karun Nair is the Man of the Match: "I have no words to describe the feeling. My best IPL knock. I'm used to adjusting from the longer formats."

Zaheer Khan: "Dug-out was like thunder monkey out there. Everyone wanted this win badly. I said irrespective of the result, we are going to smile out there. Great fight. Few situations not going our way. This season is all about having that young energy around. Good things are in store."

David Warner: "Our fielding was sloppy, I'm responsible for that. We felt 150 was par, hard ground to defend. Karun played an excellent knock. We got a game coming up, we got to refresh."

19.6
4
Kumar to Nair, FOUR, through Warner at mid-on and Daredevils have a much needed win. What a game. Nair has done it. Back of a length on middle, Nair slaps another to wide mid-on. Warner, it seemed, dived over the ball. And to the long-on boundary. Warner beats the turf as he misses

One will give us a superover. I reckon Nair will look to push this ball into the outfield and scamper back for the second. He cannot miss the ball though.

19.5
4
Kumar to Nair, FOUR, four. What a moment. Back of a length on middle, Nair is hurried for pace again but slaps it down the ground, past mid-off. Warner gets across but cannot haul it in

Warner having a chat with Bhuvi. Mid-off is up.

19.4
1lb
Kumar to Samson, 1 leg bye, another leg bye. Full on leg, Samson cannot get bat on his flick. Not easy to execute at this stage, but Bhuvi has handled himself well.
19.3
1
Kumar to Nair, 1 run, this is god change-up. Nair is sitting back, waiting for the yorker, like me. But it is a back of a length delivery on leg, surprises Nair for pace. Off the glove to point

A boundary could be sufficient for Daredevils.

Shahidullah Sag: "Super over anyone? :D"

19.2
1lb
Kumar to Samson, 1 leg bye, excellent yorker. Just the one this time. A leg bye to fine leg. Great execution

pavan: "Bhuvi's 6 wides at the start if innings could make the difference "

19.1
2
Kumar to Samson, 2 runs, there is one of them. A short delivery on leg, awkwardly pulled past square leg. An easy two

11 off 6. All comes down to one over. Daredevils need this win more than Sunrisers, but no one will offer an inch. Bhuvi will bowl it. Full and wide yorkers. Who will hold their nerve better? Lots of twos on offer. Six will do for Daredevils.

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Bunch of match winners

7

No. of different players who have got Man of the Match award for DD in this IPL - Karun Nair being the 7th. No other team has had more than 5 such players.

Wins home and away

1

No. of teams that have defeated SRH both home and away in this IPL - DD are the only one. They won by 7 wkts in Hyderabad and by 6 wkts in Raipur.

Nair's third

3

No. of 50+ scores for Karun Nair in this IPL - joint most among DD players with Quinton de Kock. Nair's previous 2 fifties have come in wins.

Even at half-way

68

Runs scored by DD in first ten overs, which is same as SRH at the same stage. SRH scored 90 runs in the last ten; DD needs 91.

Perfect total

158

Average first-innings score in 12 T20s played at this venue in Raipur. SRH scored exactly the same in this match.

One-Man army

7

No. of half-centuries by Warner in this IPL, including this match's knock. All the other SRH batsmen combined have scored only 5 such scores.

Top fielders

13

No. of run outs affected by DD in this IPL - most among the 8 teams. In turn, only 6 times DD batsmen have got run out - joint least among all teams.

No stable playing XI yet!

33

No. of total changes made by DD in their playing XIs in this IPL, including the 3 changes today. They have never played the same XI in consecutive matches.