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Rising Pune Supergiants win by seven wickets! Ajinkya Rahane finishes it off in a style. He stays unbeaten on 63. RPS notch their third win of the season and this is how the IPL 2016 Points Table looks like now.
Live Score RPS 160/3 after 19 Overs: RPS need three runs from the last over. Imran Tahir picked the all important wicket of MS Dhoni in the penultimate over. Sam Billings took a superb catch near deep mid-wicket boundary to dismiss Dhoni. Thisara Perera comes out to bat and he smashes two sixes off Tahir. Also Catch- DD vs RPS Free Live Streaming Online
Live Score RPS 146/2 after 18 Overs: Mohammad Shami proves to be expensive and that shifted the momentum towards Supergiants. Shami gave away 20 runs and now RPS need just 17 from last two overs. This should be easy from here on now. Also Catch- Live Score DD vs RPS, IPL 2016, Match 33
Live Score RPS 126/2 after 17 Overs: Amit Mishra bowls out, excellent bowling figures for him. He gives away six runs from his last over. And his figures read 1/28. Supergiants now need 37 from last three overs.
Live Score RPS 116/2 after 15 Overs: Imran Tahir broke the stand by dismissing Saurabh Tiwary, and now in last five overs Supergiants need 47 runs. Meanwhile Ajinkya Rahane has reached his half century.
Live Score RPS 104/1 after 13 Overs: Pune need 59 runs in 42 balls and it looks well within their reach. Saurabh Tiwary and Ajinkya Rahane have notched up 45 off 30 balls so far for the second wicket.
Live Score RPS 65/1 after 9 Overs: Amit Mishra gets the breakthrough. He removes Usman Khawaja. Comes out of crease, fails to pick up the googly and keeper whips the bails in flash. Mishra strikes in his second over.
Live Score RPS 50/0 after 6 Overs: This is a good start for Rising Pune Supergiants. Both the openers are batting on 25. Supergiants need 113 more runs from 84 balls.
Live Score RPS 16/0 after 3 Overs: A decent start here for Rising Pune Supergiants. Usman Khawaja and Ajinkya Rahane are the two opening batsmen for Pune.
INNINGS BREAK
Live Score DD 162/7 after 20 Overs: So Delhi Daredevils finish with a decent total on board. Ashok Dinda gave away 13 runs from the last over and that has helped Daredevils’ cause. Join us for Pune’s chase.
Live Score DD 149/7 after 19 Overs: Scott Boland bowls a superb penultimate last over. Gives away just five runs from it. Daredevils will be eyeing big last over and make sure they go past 160-run mark. Looks like Ashok Dinda will bowl the final over.
Live Score DD 144/7 after 18 Overs: Delhi Daredevils have lost the plot in these last few overs. Saurabh Tiwary has a direct shy at stumps from the non-strikers end and catches Jayant Yadav short of the crease.
Live Score DD 138/5 after 17 Overs: Carlos Brathwaite stay ends. Scott boland bowls a slower bouncer and Brathwaite looking to smash it over deep mid-wicket ends up hitting it towards the fielder placed there. And on next ball, Ajinkya Rahane inflicts a run-out.
Live Score DD 112/4 after 15 Overs: Rajat Bhatia picks another wickets. Sam Billings tried another switch-hit but it did not come off. He hits it to Ajinkya Rahane placed at long-off.
Live Score DD 107/3 after 14 Overs: It is time for second strategic time out. JP Duminy and Sam Billings are batting on 23 and 24 respectively. The partnership between the two is now worth 42 off 26 balls.
Live Score DD 101/3 after 13 Overs: Sam Billings is making sure he doesn’t let Ravi Ashwin settle down. He has hit him for couple of sixes and Daredevils on their way to post a decent total.
Due to unfavourable circumstances we were not able to provide updates upto 12th over. Apologies for that.
TOSS: Rising Pune Supergiants have won the toss and opt to bowl. Zaheer Khan is not playing tonight and JP Duminy will lead Daredevils. Usman Khawaja and George Bailey have been included in Supergiants side. Here is a look at playing XI of both the sides-
Delhi Daredevils- Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Sam Billings(w), Jean-Paul Duminy(c), Pawan Negi, Carlos Brathwaite, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Imran Tahir.
Rising Pune Supergiants– Ajinkya Rahane, Usman Khawaja, Saurabh Tiwary, George Bailey, MS Dhoni(w/c), Thisara Perera, Rajat Bhatia, Scott Boland, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Murugan Ashwin.
Hello and welcome to India.com’s live coverage of Delhi Daredevils vs Rising Pune Supergiants, Indian Premier League 2016 match 33. Placed at number three, Zaheer Khan-led side, Daredevils will be eyeing to continue their winning momentum. Stay tuned as we bring you the updates.
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Build-up: Delhi Daredevils are looking better this season and have won five out of seven matches. And in last two matches have emerged victorious, something that gives them an edge. Also Check- IPL 2016 Points Table
Rising Pune Supergiants, on the other hand, have lost their last two matches and are struggling to get going. The team is marred by fitness issues and have lost international stars like Kevin Pietersen, Steven Smith and Mitchell Marsh.
While Delhi Daredevils will be looking to play with consistency, Pune Supergiants will be hoping for change in fortunes. This is the first match match between these two sides this season.
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