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- Updated: May 17, 2016
Rising Pune Supergiants 76 for 1(Rahane 42*, Khawaja 19) beat Delhi Daredevils 121 for 6 (Nair 41, Morris 38*, Dinda 3-21, Zampa 3-21) by 19 runs (D/L method) Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Fast bowler Ashok Dinda knocked over the Delhi Daredevils openers within five overs, and R Ashwin and Adam Zampa found sharp turn in addition to having the ball stop on the batsmen. They hardly offered width and smothered Daredevils to 121 for 6. Karun Nair, who showed considerable application to top score with 41, later said that his team was 25-30 runs short. Rain gave Daredevils two reprieves in their defence, before the game was called off by midnight. Ajinkya Rahane’s serene 42 steered Supergiants ahead in the chase and dented Daredevils’ chances of making the playoffs. Supergiants’ 19-run win via D/L method meant that they dragged themselves off the bottom of the table.
Daredevils can still qualify for the playoffs with 14 or 16 points, but their current net rate of -0.125 means that they need to win big in their last two games.
The pitch on Tuesday was the same one used for the last two matches in Visakhapatnam. The …
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