New Delhi: With the help of brilliant half-centuries from Abhishek Porel and Tristan Stubbs, Delhi Capitals scored 208 runs for four wickets against Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL match here on Tuesday.
Invited to bat, DC's most dangerous batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk was trapped in the net at long-on, but Porel (58 off 33 balls) and Shai Hope (38 off 27 balls) scored 9 runs off 49 balls to help the hosts win. Gave an aggressive start. ,
Rishabh Pant (33) provided strength in the middle before Stubbs hit three fours and four sixes in his unbeaten inning of 57 off 25 balls to take DC past 200.
For LSG, leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi (1/26) and left-arm pacer Mohsin Khan (0/29) were impressive, while Naveen-ul-Haq (2/51) took two wickets but was expensive.
Porel hit six fours and four sixes during his stay.He cut the third ball of his innings over third man off Mohsin before hitting three fours and a six off Arshad Khan.
Porel drives on offside, cuts and goes short to bring up his second half-century of this IPL off 21 balls.
Hope also hit two fours and a six off Yudhveer Singh, who gave away 1 run and DC crossed the 50-mark in a jiffy.
Naveen was greeted with a six by Porel, who sent him into the second tier with another pull, taking DC's score to 73 for one in the powerplay.
Spinners were soon introduced from both ends as Hope hit a flat six off Bishnoi (1/26), but the bowler broke the partnership after KL Rahul was caught in his second attempt to dismiss West Indies.Pant, who returned after serving a one-match suspension, completed his team's century by hitting a four off Deepak Hooda but Naveen removed Porel at the other end. He was caught by Puran on the boundary rope, due to which DC's score became 111 runs for 3 wickets in the 12th over.
Bishnoi kept things tight, runs slowed down but Pant hit two fours as Krunal Pandya came back into the attack. However, Mohsin gave away just four runs in the third over, leaving DC at 136 for 3 in 15 overs.
Stubbs then hit Arshad for 18 runs with a six and two fours, but Pant had Hooda caught out at long-on while taking a maximum run off Naveen's ball.Stubbs hit a six on Mohsin and then hit two more sixes on Navi to complete his half-century in 22 balls. He added 50 runs in 22 balls with Axar Patel (14), taking the total to 72 runs in the last five overs.
Invited to bat, DC's most dangerous batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk was trapped in the net at long-on, but Porel (58 off 33 balls) and Shai Hope (38 off 27 balls) scored 9 runs off 49 balls to help the hosts win. Gave an aggressive start. ,
Rishabh Pant (33) provided strength in the middle before Stubbs hit three fours and four sixes in his unbeaten inning of 57 off 25 balls to take DC past 200.
For LSG, leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi (1/26) and left-arm pacer Mohsin Khan (0/29) were impressive, while Naveen-ul-Haq (2/51) took two wickets but was expensive.
Porel hit six fours and four sixes during his stay.He cut the third ball of his innings over third man off Mohsin before hitting three fours and a six off Arshad Khan.
Porel drives on offside, cuts and goes short to bring up his second half-century of this IPL off 21 balls.
Hope also hit two fours and a six off Yudhveer Singh, who gave away 1 run and DC crossed the 50-mark in a jiffy.
Naveen was greeted with a six by Porel, who sent him into the second tier with another pull, taking DC's score to 73 for one in the powerplay.
Spinners were soon introduced from both ends as Hope hit a flat six off Bishnoi (1/26), but the bowler broke the partnership after KL Rahul was caught in his second attempt to dismiss West Indies.Pant, who returned after serving a one-match suspension, completed his team's century by hitting a four off Deepak Hooda but Naveen removed Porel at the other end. He was caught by Puran on the boundary rope, due to which DC's score became 111 runs for 3 wickets in the 12th over.
Bishnoi kept things tight, runs slowed down but Pant hit two fours as Krunal Pandya came back into the attack. However, Mohsin gave away just four runs in the third over, leaving DC at 136 for 3 in 15 overs.
Stubbs then hit Arshad for 18 runs with a six and two fours, but Pant had Hooda caught out at long-on while taking a maximum run off Naveen's ball.Stubbs hit a six on Mohsin and then hit two more sixes on Navi to complete his half-century in 22 balls. He added 50 runs in 22 balls with Axar Patel (14), taking the total to 72 runs in the last five overs.
