Gujarat Lions Pull Off A Thrilling Win Against Delhi Daredevils By 1 Run

Admin 28-Apr-2016 10:28:36 Inothernews

Gujarat Lions Pull Off A Thrilling Win Against Delhi Daredevils By 1 Run


Chris Morris' brilliant unbeaten knock of 82 went in vain as Gujarat Lions held their nerves to pull off a thrilling one-run win over Delhi Daredevils in an Indian Premier League match in New Delhi on Wednesday. Coming out to bat at a difficult time when the Daredevils were tottering at 57 for four in 10.4 overs while chasing a challenging 173, Morris played a sensational knock and struck sixes at will to notch up his fifty in just 17 balls, the fastest half century of the season. Morris (82 not out off 32 balls) shared 87 runs for the fifth wicket with country-mate JP Duminy (48 off 43 balls) to take Daredevils on the brink of a win before experienced Praveen Kumar and Dwayne Bravo produced brilliant final two overs to restrict Daredevils to 171 for five. With Daredevils needing 18 runs off the last two overs, Praveen gave away four runs in the penultimate over before Bravo held on to his nerves with a fine final over to seal the win for Gujarat Lions and propel the debutants to the top of the standings with 10 points from six games. Earlier, openers Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith struck explosive fifties before Daredevils bowlers pulled things back to some extent to restrict Gujarat Lions to 172 for six. McCullum (60 off 36 balls) and Smith (53 off 30) gave Gujarat a blazing start as the duo put on 112 runs off just 64 balls for the opening stand after being invited to bat.



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