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IPL 10, RPS vs DD, Match 9 Highlights: Pune surrender to Samson-Morris-Zaheer trio!

Zaheer Khan led Delhi Daredevils will be looking to register their first win in IPL 10, whereas, all eyes will be on MS Dhoni due to recent series of events

Delhi Daredevils romps over Rising Pune Supergiants by 97 runs, register their first victory in IPL 10.

23:14 IST WICKET! Dinda c Mishra b Cummins 7(7)

23:13 IST Just a single more from the over from Mishra’s over. Tahir tries to slog the ball but could not connect the ball, RPS heading towards a certain loss.

23:08 IST WICKET! Zampa c Samson b Mishra 5(7)

23:06 IST Dinda comes into bat, edged the first ball, did that one carry to Nair at first slip. FOUR! Dinda hits the ball towards covers, first boundary for him in IPL 10, he is trying to have some fun here. 2 more runs to end the over, good bowling from Zaheer, it’s all over for RPS already.

22:59 IST WICKET! Chahar c Pant b Zaheer 14(16) Zaheer sends Chahar packing as he tries to come down the wicket to him, good bowling from DD bowlers.

22:59 IST Mishra into the attack, Zampa comes into bat, he takes a single off the second ball he faces. Chahar takes a single and brings Zampa back on strike. FOUR! Some late fireworks from Zampa, a dot to follow, good bowling from Mishra.

22:56 IST WICKET! Rajat Bhatia c Morris b Mishra 16(17)

22:55 IST Pat Cummins comes into bowl, Bhatia on strike, the ball hits his pads, takes a single off the first ball. Deepak Chahar comes into bat, he had to duck that one, a dot delivery from him. Chahar takes a single towards short mid-wicket. He takes a single towards covers, 124 needed from 44 balls, this has gone out of hands of Pune. SIX! Chahar hits the ball miles into the air, Billings tries to catch it on deep mid-wicket boundary. SIX! Chahar hits the ball over covers boundary for a maximum, Chahar is keeping the hopes alive, only a glimmer of hope though.

22:50 IST WICKET MS Dhoni c Nair b Mishra 11(14)

22:50 IST Amit Mishra comes into bowl, Bhatia on strike, he takes a single off the first ball. Dhoni on strike, Mishra bowls a googly, a dot ball to him. Dhoni takes a single off the next delivery towards covers. Bhatia tries to cut the ball towards point for a single. OUT! Dhoni departs, hits the ball straight to Karun Nair, another wicket goes down, Pune face a danger of getting bowled out.

22:46 IST Nadeem continues, Dhoni on strike, he takes a single off the first delivery, brings Bhatia on strike. Bhatia takes a single after facing a dot delivery. SIX! Dhoni steps down the wicket and hits the ball over Nadeem’s head for a maximum. Dhoni has taken off his helmet now, chants od Dhoni-Dhoni in the crowd. Two dot deliveries to end the over.

22:43 IST Corey Anderson has come out to bowl, Bhatia on strike, he takes a couple of runs off the first ball. Bhatia tries to guide the ball towards the third man fielder on the next ball, a dot ball for Anderson. Another dot ball as Bhatia could not time the ball past point fielder. He takes a single towards covers. Dhoni chips the ball over mid-wicket, takes a single. SIX! Bhatia takes on the short ball and hits it over the deep mid-wicket boundary for a maximum, 10 runs from the over.

22:36 IST Nadeem to Bhatia, he takes a single off the first delivery. Dhoni on strike, he faces two dot deliveries, he takes a single off the fourth delivery. Bhatia is feeling the pressure, another dot delivery. A single to end the over, the run rate is going way above the reach.

22:33 IST Bhatia comes into bat, he takes a single towards mid off, RPS in serious trouble.

22:32 IST WICKET! Ben Stokes c Tare b Cummins 2(5)

22:32 IST Pat Cummins comes into bat, Stokes on strike, he takes a single off the first ball. Dhoni on strike, he gets off the mark dabbing the ball towards mid-wicket. Swing and a miss, Stokes could not get bat on that, the required run rate is going up in the air. Stokes tries to hit the ball covers but could not time it, another dot from Cummins.

22:27 IST MS Dhoni comes intpo bat, plays two dot deliveries, good bowling from Nadeem.

22:25 IST WICKET! Du Plessis c Pant b Nadeem 8(7) It seemed like Tare forced the Umpire with his persistent appeals to raise his finger. It was one of the delicate touches you will see.

22:25 IST Shahbaz Nadeem comes into attack, Du Plessis on strike, he takes a single after playing a dot delivery. Stokes on strike, he guides the next ball towards square leg for a single.

22:22 IST Du Plessis takes a single off the last ball, retains strike. Meanwhile, Stokes has come into bat.

22:21 IST WICKET! Rahul Tripathi c Nadeem b Morris 10(5)

22:21 IST Chris Morris comes into bowl, Rahul Tripathi comes into bat. FOUR! What a shot to get off the mark, hits the ball past covers for a boundary. A wide from Morris to follow. FOUR! Edged and safe as the ball goes fine, another boundary for Tripathi. A dot ball to follow.

22:17 IST FOUR! Du Plessis is playing his shots irrespective of the stage of the game, another good over from Zaheer comes to an end.

22:14 IST WICKET! Mayank Agarwal c Morris b Zaheer 20(18)

22:14 IST Du Plessis on strike, he takes a single towards mid-on. Mayank on strike, he pulls the ball towards square leg for a couple of runs. The dot balls paid off as Mayank could not get off strike, gives away his wicket easily.

22:12 IST Faf Du Plessis comes into bat, he takes a single off the first delivery of Morris’ over. FOUR! Mayank hits the ball for a boundary towards third man, a deft touch from Mayank. Morris bowls three dot deliveries, he is testing Mayank, this is not going to be an easy ride for him. Last ball of the over, great fielding from Corey Anderson, saves the boundary, just a couple of runs off the last ball.

22:06 IST WICKET! Ajinkya Rahane c Samson b Zaheer 10(9)

22:06 IST Zaheer Khan into the attack, Mayank on strike, he goes deep into the crease and takes a single towards mid-wicket. Rahane on strike, he plays the ball towards square leg, takes a single. Another single towards mid-wicket for Mayank, good bowling so far. Good fielding from Samson on the boundary, he takes a couple of runs towards extra cover.

22:02 IST Pat Cummins comes into bowl, Rahane on strike, he guides th short ball towards square for a single. Agarwal on strike, he plays the ball into the gap, a couple of runs for him. He tries to push the ball towards off side, a dot ball from Cummins. WIDE! Cummins bowls a wide delivery, that one went over his head. Mayank takes a single towards square leg for a single. Rahane guides the ball towards the third man for a single. Last ball of the over, just a single of the over as Morris misfields at mid-wicket, 7 runs from the over.

21:57 IST Shahbaz Nadeem will open the bowling for DD, Rahane on strike, he takes a single first ball. Mayank Agarwal has come out to bat alongside Rahane, he takes a single towards deep mid-wicket. WIDE! Rahane lets the ball go towards leg side. Rahane steals a single off the next ball. Mayank goes on the back foot and punches the ball for a boundary towards deep covers. He takes a single off the next delivery. Another single to end the over, 10 runs from it.

RPS need 206 to win Match 9 against DD! Will they be able to repeat the heroics of Morris and Samson?

21:38 IST Corey Anderson on strikehe hits a single off the first delivery towards long on, brings Morris ON strike. FOUR! Morris picks the slower delivery and guides it towards sqaure leg for a boundary. He picks the gap again and takes a couple of runs. FOUR! He guides the ball for a boundary towards deep point, what an inning Morris is playing.

SIX! That was just a flick off the wrist, goes over the square leg boundary for a maximum. this is absolute carnage from Morris, he is flourishing today. Last ball of the over, will DD go past 200 mark? YES, they will. SIX! That was in the slot, ends the inning with a six, 2 more balls and he would have broken Yuvraj’s record of fifty off 12 balls!

Congratulations to our #DilliBoy #SanjuSamson on scoring the first century of the #IPL10. #DDTweets#RPSvDD#DilDilliHai pic.twitter.com/7BuUnuGZf4

— Delhi Daredevils (@DelhiDaredevils) April 11, 2017

21:33 IST Chris Morris comes into bat, FOUR! He hits a boundary off the first ball, goes inside out, the message is loud and clear, attack-attack! He takes a couple of runs off the next delivery towards backward point. He will be on strike, SIX! That one was 102 metres, Morris has come with an intent now, he is going to go for every ball. Ginormous shot from Morris. FOUR! This time he hits the ball towards fine leg, this has been the most expensive over of the inning.

21:30 IST WICKET! Sanju Samson b Adam Zampa 102 (63)

21: 30 ISanjumju Samson reaches his first IPL century in style! 

21:27 IST Ashoke Dinda comes into bowl, will he get bashed up? YES! Samson struck for a maximum, what a shot from Samson, Rahane would not be happy with the decision to give Dinda the ball. He hits the ball straight past the bowler, almost hit the bowler on his head, good fielding on straight on means the ball is cut off.

A bouncer from Dinda, Samson was surprised by that. SIX! Another one hits the middle of the bat, the ball goes over the fielder at square leg. FOUR! Cheeky from Samson as he guides the ball towards fine leg, another boundary for him. He takes a single off the last ball, retains strike.

21:21 IST Imran Tahir comes into bowl, starts off with a dot delivery to Samson. He takes a single off the next delivery towards deep mid-wicket. Anderson on strike, will he take on Tahir first ball. WIDE! Tahir starts off with a googly, goes past the bowler. Another dot ball from Tahir, wait, misfield means there is a single for Anderson.

SIX! That was 95 metres, Super Samson, he hits the ball sailing over the ropes and into the dense crowd, we might witness first century of IPL 10. He takes a couple of runs off the next ball followed by a single, 12 runs from the over

21:17 IST Samson on strike, Stokes continues his over. FOUR! Samson hits the ball towards square leg for a boundary, he is on song today. Samson takes a single off the next ball, almost got Corey Anderson run out. Anderson pushes the next ball towards covers, a dot ball to start with. A dot ball to end the over. Anderson might take a few balls before he starts playing his shots.

21:13 IST WICKET! Rishabh Pant run out (Mayank Agarwal) 31(22)

Samson takes a single off the first delivery of Stokes’ first over.

21:12 IST Adam Zampa into the attack, Samson on strike, good running from Samson-Pant as they convert singles into twos on the first two balls. Followed by two dot balls as Samson hits the ball straight to covers. SIX! Samson plays the ball with the spin, reaches his FIFTY in style. He takes a single off the last ball, retains strike.

21:08 IST Ben Stokes is back into the attack, short ball to Pant, he pulls it towards square leg for a single, good fielding in the deep. Samson pulls the ball on the front foot, miscues it, just a single off that one. Stokes tries a slower delivery, another single towards square leg. Samson on 49, he cuts the ball right in front of point, a dot ball. DROPPED! Samson could not reach his fifty as the long on fielder drops the catch. A dot ball to Pant, end of over, 4 runs from it.

21:01 IST Tahir comes into bowl, Samson takes a single off the first delivery. Pant on strike, he pushes the ball for a couple of runs, just a single more from the over. Tahir bowls another economical over, just 4 runs from it.

20:59 IST Rajat Bhatia comes into bowl, Pant on strike. SIX! Straight past the bowlers head for a maximum, Pnat power in the house. He takes a single off the next delivery. Samson gives him back the strike. SIX! Another one goes beyond the boundary for a maximum, he is not going to Bhatia let go easily. Two more singles off the over. 16 runs from it.

20:55 IST Zampa comes into bowl from the other end. Two singles off the first three balls. FOUR! Pant drives the ball back of the bowler, hits it along the ground. Just a single off the last ball, 7 runs from the over.

20:51 IST Rajat Bhatia comes into bowl, will it be slow, slower or the slowest ball he starts with? Pant pulls the ball for a single towards square leg. Samson takes a single towards mid-wicket. Pant too dabs the ball towards mid-wicket, a single for him. Pant takes a single towards long on, a dot delivery to end the over.

20:46 IST Rishabh Pant comes into bat, the star player of DD from the previous match. He tries to take Tahir on in the first delivery, in the air and lands safe, a single off the first ball. Another googly from Tahir, Samson takes a single off that, brings Pant on strike, will he go for boundary? NO, he takes a single towards mid-wicket. Another single as Samson pushes the ball towards long on. Last ball of the over, a single to end the over, 5 runs and a wicket from it.

20:42 IST WICKET! Sam Billings b Imran Tahir 24(17)

20:41 IST Billings on strike, Adam Zampa into the attack, a single from the first delivery as he comes down the track. Samson on strike, he takes a couple of runs two times in a row, trying to keep the scoreboard moving. Three dot deliveries to end the over, he is making the batsmen work for singles.

20:39 IST Imran Tahir into the attack, he starts off with a googly, Samson takes a single, huge shout from RPS fielders but Umpire shakes his head. Billings on strike, that one skidded through, he did well to bring his bat back on time. Three more singles from the over, Tahir bowls a good over, just 4 from it.

20:33 IST Billings on strike, Chahar continues. He could not time it as the ball gets fielded inside the circle, dot ball. Bouncer from Billings, but the ball was given wide. FOUR! Billings chips that one over mid-wicket, seocnd boundary for him. FOUR! This time he guides the ball towards backward sqaure leg for a boundary This is absolute dominance from DD. FOUR! Another boundary, this time he pulls the ball towards boundary. Two singles to end the over, 15 runs from it.

20:27 IST Ben Stokes comes into bowl, Samson on strike. FOUR! Stokes gets no different treatment from Samson, outstanding timing from him once again. In the air and safe! the ball falls just short of the ocvers fielder, no run. Another dot, a direct hit and he would have been out, Billings survives.

He pushes the ball for a single off the next ball towards mid-on, Billings on strike. He guides the ball towards third man for a single, he is playing the role of an anchor as Samson is hitting boundaries. Samson dabs the ball towards deep mid-wicket, takes a couple of runs.

20:23 IST Samson on strike, Chahar continues, he pushes the ball towards covers for a couple of runs. He is middling every ball. FOUR! Here comes another boundary from Samson, it seems like he is doing net practice. He drives the ball towards covers again but this time finds the fielder in the deep, just a single.

Billing son strike, he does the right thing, takes a single and brings Samson on strike. A dot ball to follow as the short of the length delivery gets fielded inside the circle. WIDE! Samson’s presence is putting pressure on Chahar, another run added to DD’s score. Samson once again takes a single off the last ball and retains strike, 10 runs from the over.

20:18 IST Dinda comes into bowl, Samson on strike. FOUR! He pulls the ball on front foot, this time pierces the mid-wicket boundary, third four for him in this inning. FOUR! That one was timed with precision, beats Manoj Tiwary at cover-point, another boundary for Samson, he is another zone today. Followed up by a brilliant shot, good fielding on the offside this time from Tiwary, Samson takes a single of that delivery.

Billings on strike, WIDE! Dinda’s line and length changes as soon as he gets hit for boundaries. FOUR! Billings flashes his blade, the ball runs towards the third man boundary for four. Next ball, DIRECT HIT needed, that would have been out had the ball hit the stumps, Billings takes a single of the fifth ball. He single off the last ball, Samson retains strike again.

20:12 IST Sanju Samson comes into bat, he takes a single off the first ball as it was shaped into him. Umpire signals leg byes, not one run off the bat yet. Billings on strike, he takes a quick singles coming down the wicket towards mid-wicket. FOUR! What a way to get off the mark, drives the ball on the full, piercing the offside boundary, first four of the innings. FOUR! Almost an action replay from Samson, he has taken off the pressure a bit, good timing from him. He takes a quick single towards off side of the last ball, retains strike.

20:06 IST WICKET! Aditya Tare c Dhoni b Chahar 0(5)

20:05 IST Ashoke Dinda comes into bowl again, starts off with a good length wide of the batsman, Tare shoulders arms, a dot ball to start with. Next ball, Tare opens the face of the bat on the next ball towards point, fielded inside the circle, another dot one. Swing and a miss, good stuff from Dinda so far. WIDE! Dinda bangs it short, it was way down the offside, first runs for DD.

Dinda runs in again, the ball hits the pads, a quick single, Umpire signals it leg byes. Tare is still not off the mark. Billings on strike, he shoulders arms on the first ball, Last ball of the over, Billings comes down the wicket but lets the ball go, good over from Dinda, just 2 runs from it.

20:00 IST Aditya Tare and Sam Billings have come out to bat!

19:56 IST Faf du Plessis has replaced Steven Smith as his stomach is a little upset, maybe because of the Vada Pavs he had in Pune or the Indian curry.

19:54 IST Corey Anderson has made a comeback into the side in lieu of West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite, will he able to repeat the heroics of IPL 7 like he did against Rajasthan Royals.

It’s TOSS time! Our captain for today, #Rahane elects to bowl first. All the best to @DelhiDaredevils #RangWahiJungNayi #RPSvDD pic.twitter.com/DNWouwwu5G

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) April 11, 2017

Playing XIs: 

Rising Pune Supergiant: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Faf du Plessis, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, MS Dhoni (wk), Rajat Bhatia, Deepak Chahar, Adam Zampa, Ashok Dinda, Imran Tahir

Delhi Daredevils: Aditya Tare, Sam Billings, Karun Nair, Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant (wk), Corey Anderson, Chris Morris, Pat Cummins, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Zaheer Khan(c)

19:32 IST Steven Smith will not be playing because of bad stomach.

19:31 IST Ajinkya Rahane wins toss, elects to bowl first!

19:30 IST TOSS TIME! 

19:27 IST The toss is going to happen in a while, stay tuned for match updates!

18:49 IST: The players have left their hotel rooms and have boarded the bus for the ground.

Welcome to inUth’s coverage of Match 9 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 10 between Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) and Delhi Daredevils (DD). Zaheer Khan will be looking for his team’s first win of the season, they lost the first match in a nail-biter of a contest which went into last over, thanks to a spirited performance of Rishabh Pant. On the other hand, RPS won their first match, courtesy skipper Steven Smith who ended the match with two sixes against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

.@kingfisherworld@DelhiDaredevils, think you can beat us?#Supergiants, show them we do it best with videos#KingfisherMannequinChallenge pic.twitter.com/A60OxSiHIZ

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) April 11, 2017

Match day 3 and our boys are off to the MCA stadium to take on the @DelhiDaredevils!
Game on! #RangWahiJungNayi #RPSvDD pic.twitter.com/IROjIR1Lhq

— RisingPuneSupergiant (@RPSupergiants) April 11, 2017

All the best to @DelhiDaredevils gonna be a cracker of a game tonight v @RPSupergiants that winning streak is around the corner #DilDilliHai

— JP Duminy (@jpduminy21) April 11, 2017

Before the match, MS Dhoni has been in the news, not because of his performance but a picture posted by her wife Sakshi Rawat. Her wife posted a photo on Instagram with Chennai Superkings (CSK) jersey which was interpreted by media as a reply to Rajiv Goenka who praised new skipper Smith for his performance. Goenka in his tweet mentioned that his decision to replace Dhoni with Smith worked out pretty well.

DD fiery batsman Pant got loads of praises fo changing the game single-handedly against RCB. International players took to Twitter to express their praise as Pant did what Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar had done in past, returning to the team after his father’s final rites and scoring well.

DD’s leg-spinner Amit Mishra too was trolled as he got picked up for a few too many runs while bowling followed by a poor effort in batting as well. Mishra was being too ambitious trying to hit big shots whereas he was supposed to bring Pant on strike who was batting beautifully.

Squads:

Delhi Daredevils: Aditya Tare, Sam Billings, Karun Nair, Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant(wk), Chris Morris, Carlos Brathwaite, Pat Cummins, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Zaheer Khan(c), Corey Anderson, Kagiso Rabada, Ankit Bawne, Murugan Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Shashank Singh, Mohammed Shami, Jayant Yadav, Chama Milind, Khaleel Ahmed, Pratyush Singh, Ben Hilfenhaus, Angelo Mathews

Rising Pune Supergiant: Ajinkya Rahane, Mayank Agarwal, Steven Smith(c), Ben Stokes, MS Dhoni(wk), Manoj Tiwary, Daniel Christian, Rajat Bhatia, Rahul Chahar, Imran Tahir, Ashok Dinda, Shardul Thakur, Faf du Plessis, Ankush Bains, Ankit Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Adam Zampa, Jaskaran Singh, Baba Aparajith, Deepak Chahar, Usman Khawaja, Jaydev Unadkat, Lockie Ferguson, Saurabh Kumar, Milind Tandon, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar
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