Indian Premier League 2016 - 23rd Match
(Delhi Daredevils vs Gujarat Lions at Delhi)
Gujarat Lions survive Morris 82* in manic game
| GL | vs | DD |
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| 172/6 (20) | 171/5 (20) | |
| GL won by 1 run | ||
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| Photo © BCCI |
It was IPL in a nutshell. A big name player - Brendon McCullum - bossed the game at the start so much that Gujarat Lions recorded the fastest hundred - in 54 balls - of the season. A helpless collapse followed, killing the prospect of a one-sided game. A total of 172 with dew gathering at Feroz Shah Kotla was not beyond Delhi Daredevils. However, the home fans would have despaired when they slipped to 16 for 3. The game, of course, was not done playing with their emotions.
Out walked the million dollar man Chris Morris with 116 needed off 56 balls and walloped the third fastest fifty in IPL history, off 17 balls. The South African allrounder finally finished unbeaten with 82 off 32, but there was no smile on his face. Those were on the faces of Praveen Kumar and Dwayne Bravo, whose pin-point yorkers gave away only 16 off the final two overs to pull off a one-run win for Lions.
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| Photo © BCCI |
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