Delhi Capitals beat Kings XI Punjab in the super over and kicked off their IPL 2020 campaign on a winning note.
Earlier Kings XI Punjab won the toss and opted to field first. Delhi Capitals started off very poorly as Shikhar Dhawan got run out for a duck and Prithvi Shaw and Shimron Hetmyer got out on Shami's bowling without doing anything and at 13/3 they're in big trouble.
Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant's 73 runs innings rebuilt the innings but both batsmen couldn't convert their starts and in the end, Marcus Stoinis' 53 off 21 balls helped Delhi to post a fighting total of 157/8 on the board. For Kings XI Mohammad Shami took 3 wickets for 15 runs.
In reply Kings XI Punjab also had a poor start and lost four wickets for just 35 runs and later reduced to 55/5. Mayank Agarwal was rock solid at his end and when the match going away from his team he changed his gears and started playing big shots and brought Punjab back into the game. In the last over they needed 14 runs to win off Marcus Stoinis bowling. Mayank hit a six and a four in the first three balls and thus they needed only 1 run in the last 3 balls but Mayank and Chris Jordan both got out and the match ended in a tie.
To decide the result super over was played in which Kagiso Rabada did a great job and dismissed Punjab batsmen for just 2 runs and later Delhi chased it down easily and registered their first victory of the season.
All the major stats and facts from the second match between Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab in Dubai :
2 - Runs Kings XI Punjab scored in the super over - the lowest score by any team in a super over in IPL.
Lowest scores in super over in IPL -
2 - KXIP vs DC at Dubai, 2020
6 - RR vs KXIP at Ahmedabad, 2015
6 - GL vs MI at Rajkot, 2017
3/15 - Mohammad Shami's bowling figures of 3/15 are his best bowling figures in an innings in the IPL.
Best bowling figures for Mohammad Shami in IPL -
3/15 vs Delhi Capitals at Dubai, 2020
3/21 vs Mumbai Indians at Mumbai, 2019
2/17 vs Chennai Super Kings at Mohali, 2019
10 - This was the 10th tied match of Indian Premier League's history.
Tied Matches in IPL -
RR vs KKR at Cape Town, 2009
CSK vs KXIP at Chennai, 2010
SRH vs RCB at Hyderabad, 2013
RCB vs Delhi Capitals at Bangalore, 2013
RR vs KKR at Abu Dhabi, 2014
RR vs KXIP at Ahmedabad, 2015
GL vs MI at Rajkot, 2017
DC vs KKR at Delhi, 2019
MI vs SRH at Mumbai, 2019
DC vs KXIP at Dubai, 2020
12 - KL Rahul became the 12th player to captain Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League.
20 - Marcus Stoinis' 20 balls fifty is the joint second-fastest fifty for Delhi Capitals in IPL in terms of balls.
Fastest fifties for Delhi Capitals in IPL (By balls) -
17 - Chris Morris vs Gujarat Lions at Delhi, 2016
20 - Virender Sehwag vs Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur, 2012
20 - Marcus Stoinis vs Kings XI Punjab at Dubai, 2020
89 - Runs score is the highest individual score of Mayank Agarwal in the Indian Premier League.
Highest scores for Mayank Agarwal in IPL -
89 vs Delhi Capitals at Dubai, 2020
68 vs Kings XI Punjab at Pune, 2015
64* vs Mumbai Indians at Bangalore, 2012
