Kings XI Punjab coasted to a comfortable five-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils in Match 32 of IPL6 at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi on Tuesday night.
Chasing a relatively small target of 121, Punjab won with three overs to spare despite losing Gilchrist in the third ball and suffering a slight wobble in the middle overs.
Daredevils suffered their seventh defeat and lie at the bottom of the table.
Mandeep Singh who cracked five boundaries in his 15-ball 24 set them on course during a second wicket stand of 42 with Pomersbach.
Punjab slumped to 70-4 but Miller who remained unbeaten on 34 off 39 balls and David Hussey (20) steered them home.
Hussey cracked a boundary and a six departing with 11 needed to win.
Earlier, Kings XI Punjab restricted Delhi Daredevils to 120 for seven.
Having been put into bat, Delhi were two down for 22 and lost Sehwag (23) in the seventh over.
Warner (40) tried to hold the innings together cracking four boundaries and a six.
Harmeet Singh had the best return of three for 24 while Praveen Kumar claimed two for 29.
KINGS XI PUNJAB INNINGS
Hussey hits a six off Nehra but falls next ball being held in the deep by Botha after adding 40 runs for the fifth wicket with Miller. Punjab 110-5.
D Hussey c Botha b Nehra 20 (21b 1x4 1x6)
Van der Merwe bowls pegs back Punjab by bowling a maiden over in the 15th.
Punjab are 101-4 after 14 overs with David Miller and David Miller in control.
Punjab are cruising along at 97-4 after 12 overs.
Botha concedes just 8 runs of this over with Miller sending him over the ropes.
Punjab 93-4 after 12 overs
van der Merwe attempts to tame the new batsman in Hussey, but a boundary and couple of runs gives 8 of this over.
Punjab 85-4 after 11 overs.
Botha gets a wicket but fails to curb the runs conceding 11 runs of this over.
Punjab 77-4 after 10 overs.
Botha tosses the ball with Vohra attempting the slog sweep and top edges it for the bowler.
M Vohra c & b Botha 8 (11b 1x4 0x6)
A tidy spell by Agarkar conceding just 4 runs piling pressure on Punjab.
Punjab 66-3 after 9 overs.
Delhi tighten their attack with Botha bowling a good line and lenght to concede just 3 runs of that over.
Punjab 62-3 after 8 overs.
Van der Merwe concedes just 3 runs of that over pushing the run rate up. Delhi apply the brakes.
Punjab 59-3 after 7 overs.
Miller sends Yadav to the ropes but a tidy over conceding 5 runs.
Punjab 56-3 after 6 overs.
Van der Merwe strikes getting two wickets conceding 6 runs a good over for Delhi.
Punjab 51-3 after 5 overs
van der Merwe strikes again bowling to Miller who attempts a needless run with Mandeep rushing for the single a direct hit and Mandeep's bat ends up in the air .
Mandeep Singh run out 24 (15b 5x4 0x6)
van der Merwe gets Pomersbach out attempting a heave, misses the ball and is bowled.
L Pomersbach b van der Merwe 18 (10b 3x4 0x6)
A tidy over with Botha conceding five runs.
Punjab 45-1 after 4 overs.
A fantastic over for Punjab with Pomersbash and Mandeep Singh slamming Pathan to the covers. 19 runs of this over as Punjab race towards the target.
Punjab 40-1 after 3 overs.
Mandeep Singh punishes Nehra with three consecutive boundaries. 14 runs of this over.
Punjab 21-1 after 2 overs
Gilchrist slams Pathan to the boundary but is dimissed in the third ball. Sevens runs and a wicket in the first over.Good start for Delhi.
Punjab 7-1 after the first over.
Out! Pathan dismisses Gilchrist who looks to swing to leg,but moves away gettimg a edge sending the ball to Botha at extra cover.
A Gilchrist c Botha b Pathan 6 (3b 1x4 0x6)
DELHI DAREDEVILS INNINGS
Pathan hammers a boundary off Awana as Delhi reach 115-7 after 19 overs.
Goodover from Praveen Kumar virtually strangling Delhi taking Warner's wicket with a perfect yorker. Delhi 106-7 in 18 overs.
Kumar strikes after being hit for a boundary by bowling Warner ending Delhi's last hope of making a competitive total. Delhi 103-7.
D Warner b Kumar 40 (36b 4x4 1x6)
Delhi are crumbling like nine pins. Delhi 89-6.
J Botha c Miller b Bhatt 1 (2b 0x4 0x6)
Harmeet has excellent figure of 3-0-18-3 after his double strike.
Kedhar Jadhav is out for a duck as Mandeep takes a good catch. Delhi 85-5 in 13.5 overs.
K Jadhav c Mandeep Singh b Harmeet Singh 0 (2b 0x4 0x6)
Juneja is trapped by Harmeet pulling straight to Awana at fine leg. Delhi 84-4 in 13.3 overs.
MC Juneja c Awana b Harmeet Singh 14 (20b 1x4 0x6)
Warner smashes Bhatt with a flat bat shot to midwicket as Delhi step up the tempo. Delhi 82-3 in 13 overs.
After a brief lull there is a flurry of boundaries from Delhi with Warner smashing a six as Chawla goes for 16. Delhi 70-3 in 11 overs.
Delhi suffer a massive blow as Sehwag goes falling to a good low catch by Mandeep Singh. Delhi 45-3.
V Sehwag c Mandeep Singh b Harmeet Singh 23 (21b 2x4 1x6)
Awana strikes in the fourth over as van der Merwe top edges to cover Singh at cover. Delhi 22-2.
R van der Merwe c Mandeep Singh b Awana 8 (9b 1x4 0x6)
Mahela is out in the first over after hitting a boundary steering Kumar to Hussey at slip. Delhi 4-1.
M Jayawardene c Hussey b Kumar 4 (4b 1x4 0x6)
Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and put Delhi Daredevils into bat in Match 32 of IPL6 at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday night.
PLAYING XI
DD XI: M Jayawardene, V Sehwag, D Warner, M Juneja, K Jadhav, J Botha, R van der Merwe, I Pathan, A Agarkar, A Nehra, U Yadav
KXIP: A Gilchrist, M Singh, M Vohra, L Pomersbach, D Hussey, D Miller, P Chawla, P Kumar, H Singh Bansal, B Bhatt, P Awana