IPL 2016 Live Cricket Score of Gujarat Lions 31st Match Delhi Daredevils again after thriller, IPL 2016 Live Cricket Score of Gujarat Lions 31st Match Delhi Daredevils again after thriller.GL Innings
Over 8 | Score 52/3
Moreis bowled the eighth over. Karthik and Raina scored a boundary each in that over.
Over 7 | Score 39/3
Amit Mishra was introduced into the attack. Tidy stuff from the leg-spinner in his first over.
Over 6 | Score 35/3
Mohammed Shami bowled the sixth over. GL skipper Raina strokes the ball over third man boundary for the first six of the match.
Over 5 | Score 27/3
Morris bowled the fifth over. Excellent stuff from the South African pacer, conceding just three runs. Raina and Karthik have a tough task on their hands.
Over 4 | Score 24/3
Nadeem continued. The left-arm spinner produced a double blow in that over, getting the wickets of Smith and Finch.
A Finch c Pant b Nadeem 5 (5b)
D Smith c Morris b Nadeem 15 (14b)
Over 3 | Score 17/1
Zaheer Khan bowled the third over. The left-arm pacer cleaned up McCullum who tried to pull the ball.
B McCullum b Khan 1 (4b)
Over 2 | Score 14/0
Chris Morris bowled the second over. Dwayne Smith went after the pacer, hitting two boundaries in that over.
Over 1 | Score 5/0
Shahbaz Nadeem opened the bowling attack for DD. Smith guided the third ball past short fine leg for the first boundary of the match.
Toss and team news
Zaheer Khan won the toss and opted to bowl first.
GL XI: DR Smith, B McCullum, S Raina, A Finch, D Karthik, R Jadeja, I Kishan, J Faulkner, P Kumar, D Kulkarni, S Kaushik
DD XI: Q de Kock, S Samson, K Nair, JP Duminy, S Billings, R Pant, C Morris, A Mishra, M Shami, S Nadeem, Z Khan
This will be a battle of nerves between a batsman who has been one of the top run-scorers in the tournament, and two talented fast bowlers. Praveen relies more on his good line and length while Kulkarni is adept in swinging the ball with pace variation. If any of these two bowlers (who will ideally share the new ball), send the in-form de Kock back to the dugout early on in the innings, it will build some serious pressure on the Daredevils. This is very much a possibility, it happened in the last match. On the flip side, if de Kock gets his eye in then Lions have to be ready for some serious hammering from the southpaw.
Shreyas Iyer vs Dhawal Kulkarni: Shreyas is a very talented batsman but somehow he has not been able to pack the same punch which he did in Ranji Trophy 2015-16. He can certainly perform in T20 cricket as well since his scoring rate is phenomenal. Kulkarni with his shrewd outswingers will try to get the better of Shreyas. If he survives the first few overs and gets going, things might get difficult for the Lions, but at this moment Kulkarni is not just swinging the ball well but even having a good control over it.
Gujarat Lions will aim to bounce back from a shock defeat in their last match and cement their position at the top of the table when they meet Delhi Daredevils in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Tuesday. (Full IPL Coverage)
Bottom-placed Kings XI Punjab brought Gujarat's three-match winning streak to an end with a 23-run win here on Sunday. But despite the shock loss, Gujarat are still at the top of the standings with 12 points from eight matches.
Chasing a moderate target of 155 runs, the Gujarat batting line-up suffered a rare dip in form. Gujarat's strength has been consistent performances from their top order which has seen them achieve scores of around 200 runs on a regular basis.
