Delhi Daredevils vs King XI Punjab (11th April 2010)

Result: Kings XI Punjab won by 7 wkts

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first. All the batsman failed today to score for Delhi, totally lackluster performance. They are bundled out to 111 and KXIP chased the target in losing only three wickets. Though the match is bit consolation for KXIP but for Daredevils it was a crucial one to qualify for the semis. They have win a couple in rest matches if they want in semis as all seven teams except KXIP are in the position to qualify for semi-finals.

Numbers that mattered, Match 44

0 No sixes were hit during Delhi Daredevils innings. This was only the second such instance during this edition of the IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders had suffered the same ignominy against Chennai Super Kings on March 16.

2 Virender Sehwag registered his second golden-duck in IPL.

3 Gautam Gambhir was run-out for the third consecutive time in the tournament. He had suffered the similar fate against Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 4 and against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 7.

6 All the six games between these two sides have been won by side batting second.

9 Number of opening pairs employed by Kings XI Punjab in this IPL – most by any side.

111 Delhi’s total – their lowest in this IPL, their lowest against Punjab and their lowest ever at Feroz Shah Kotla.

1019 Gautam Gambhir’s run-tally in IPL after this match. He became the sixth batsman to reach 1,000-run mark in the tournament.