When batting unit set the small total on the board in shortest format of the game, still it is tough to pick the winner. A target of 144 runs would be chased down 9 out of 10 times on average, but the courtesy some outstanding fielding as well as under-pressure bowling and some smart captaincy by off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Kings XI Punjab restricted the Gambhir’s army to 139 runs. If the quick bowlers provided the timely breakthroughs, the spin duo of Ashwin and Mujeeb ur Rahman applied restriction to the bowler. Mujeeb, given the task of bowling the final over with 17 to defend, came up triumphant and the Afghan spinner after conceding 12 off the first five deliveries, picked up the wicket of Shreyas Iyer off the final ball to lead his team to a thrilling win.
Take a look at the quick stats
170 Number of T20 matches in which Gautam Gambhir has captained his side. Now only MS Dhoni with 244 matches- is ahead of Gambhir as captain.
5 Number of changes Delhi Daredevils made in their playing eleven from the previous match
3/17 Liam Plunkett’s figures – best by a bowler on IPL debut for Delhi Daredevils, beating Doug Bracewell’s 3/32 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bengaluru in 2012.
5 Number of run-outs effected by Kings XI Punjab in IPL2018 – most by any team.
2 Number of batsmen to hit Mujeeb ur Rahman for a six in IPL2018. Only AB de Villiers had done so before Shreyas Iyer. AB in fact has hit two sixes off Mujeeb’s bowling.
143 Kings XI Punjab’s total for the loss of eight wickets– lowest total successfully defended by any side in a 20-over IPL match at Feroz Shah Kotla.
33 Number of matches Delhi Daredevils have lost at Feroz Shah Kotla – most any side has lost at a particular ground in the IPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore have lost 31 games at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
