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29 March 2024

IPL GL vs DD: Delhi Daredevils thrash Gujarat Lions by 8 wickets

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By Cricket Correspondent

Delhi Daredevils romped to an eight-wicket win over Gujarat Lions at Rajokot on Tuesday.

Chasing a target of 150, Daredevils rode on a 115-run opening stand between Quinton de Kock (46) and Rishab Pant (69) to win in a canter with nearly three overs remaining making 150-2 in 17.2 overs.

Karthik is castled by Shami after completing his half century with a boundary. GL 127-5, 17.3 overs.

Dinesh Karthik b Mohammed Shami 53 (43b 5x4)

Raina departs being stumped by a mile. GL 75-4, 11 overs.

Suresh Raina st de Kock b Mishra 24 (20b 1x4 1x6)

Raina hits the first six of the match slamming a short ball from Shami over the slip cordon. GL 35-3, 6 overs.

Double strike by Nadeem.  GL 24-3, 4 overs.

Aaron Finch c Pant b Nadeem 5 (5b 1x4)

Dwayne Smith c Morris b Nadeem 15 (14b 3x4)

Zaheer strikes a deadly blow castling McCullum. GL 17-1, 2.5 overs.

Brendon McCullum b Khan 1 (4b)

Smith has smashed a couple of boundaries off Morris. GL 14-0, 2 overs.

Delhi Daredevils win toss and opt to bowl against Gujarat Lions at Rajkot.

Teams

GL: Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Raina, Finch, Karthik, Jadeja, Ishan Kishan, Faulkner, P Kumar, Kulkarni, Kaushik

DD: Q de Kock, Samson, Nair, JP Duminy, Billings, Pant, Morris, Mishra, Shami, Zaheer Khan, S Nadeem

For Lions, Aaron Finch is in while Dwayne Bravo is out because of an injury.   

JP Duminy and Shahbaz Nadeem replace Carlos Brathwaite and Shreyas Iyer for Delhi Daredevils.

Table toppers Lions have six wins from eight outings.

Since losing their first match of the season, the Delhi Daredevils have gone on to win four of their next five outings.

When these two teams met at Rajkot earlier this season, the Gujarat Lions held their nerve to steal to a 1-run victory.