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Delhi Capitals (DC) clinched a crucial home victory on Saturday (20th April) night after beating Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at Feroz Shah Kotla (Delhi). DC won this match by five wickets with two balls to spare.

After winning the toss, DC captain Shreyas Iyer decided to bowl first. In the first innings, the visiting side managed to score 163/7 (20 overs). In reply, the home team DC successfully chased down the target in 19.4 overs after losing five wickets.

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Brief Scores: KXIP – 163/7 in 20 overs (Chris Gayle 69, Mandeep Singh 30; Sandeep Lamichhane 3/40)

DC – 166/5 in 19.4 overs (Shreyas Iyer 58*, Shikhar Dhawan 56; Hardus Viljoen 2/39)

Result – DC won by 5 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

Teams’ stats

KXIP

i) KXIP scored 163/7 in 20 overs. It is the third highest total for KXIP against the Delhi franchise at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground (Delhi). Their top two records are 202/6 (20 overs) on 19th May 2014 and 165/6 (19.4) on 23rd April 2011.

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DC

i) This victory was the first victory for the Delhi franchise against KXIP since April 2017. It was the first victory for the Delhi franchise against KXIP after suffering four consecutive defeats against this side. Their previous victory was on 15th April 2017 at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground (Delhi).

 

Players’ stats

KXIP

i) The left-handed opening batsman Chris Gayle scored 69 runs. It is the third highest individual score by a KXIP batsman against the Delhi franchise. The top two records are 95 by Shaun Marsh (at Delhi on 23rd April 2011) and 75 by Simon Katich (at Mohali on 27th April 2008).

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Chris Gayle (Image Credit: IPL)

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DC

i) Shikhar Dhawan played his 35th 50+ score in IPL career. The left-handed opening batsman is the fifth most 50+ scorer in IPL history.

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Shikhar Dhawan (Image Credit: IPL)

ii) Shikhar Dhawan has hit 502 IPL fours till the end of this match. The left-handed opening batsman is the first batsman in IPL career to hit 500 fours.

iii) Shreyas Iyer played his 12th 50+ score for the Delhi franchise. While he has equalled with their former overseas cricketer David Warner‘s (12 times 50+ scores) no. of 50+ scores for this side, only their former cricketer Virender Sehwag is on top of this list with 18 50+scores.

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Shreyas Iyer (Image Credit: IPL)

iv) Shreyas Iyer has scored 1,545 runs for the Delhi franchise. While he is the third batsman to score 1,500+ T20 runs for the Delhi franchise (after Virender Sehwag and Rishabh Pant), only Virender Sehwag is ahead of him in the most T20 run-scorer table for this Delhi franchise.