Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings, 2nd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

"I thought I'd lost you forever!": You'd've thought Dhoni and Rohit would've done it. That their sheer presence would've ignited every fibre of our cricketing being. But in the end, it's cricket now that simply doesn't cease to enthral - the faithful comrade in sickness and in health. For all the grief this year has given you, this feels like a punch in the throat from T20 to 2020. And yet, it a soothing thought that within the boundaries, cricket remains a loyal companion to free you from the morbidly humdrum monotony that life has brought us to. Rejuvenated, we start the day; and hopeful we start the rest of this year, as I, Rishi Roy, leave the comm. box, reunited with my first love, alongside Pradeep Krishnamurthy, Sriram AS, Raju Peethala, Nikhil JD, Siva, and Ramki. Here's to the return of the King and another super-over tomorrow (Okay, let's not butcher the bird that lays the golden egg) - Sayonara! *Curtains Down*

Marcus Stoinis | Man of the Match (53 off 21; 3-0-29-2): It's a weird game, sometimes the luck goes your way, but it's easy to become the villain from the hero. So it's important to enjoy the good days. I try to close down the areas where the bowlers can bowl, and it worked today. It's important to feed off everyone's energy. It's nice that the IPL has gotten going again, and tonight has been great entertainment. I thought KG bowled a beautiful over, and I don't have any qualms about not batting in the super over - I think the left-right batting combination was the right thing.

Shreyas Iyer | Delhi Capitals captain: It was difficult to see the game turning in different directions. We are used to this. Even last season we faced these. KG is the winning performer, and the way Stoinis batted was game-changing. Our top-order batsmen are difficult to stop like Prithvi. It wasn't easy from the outset to start hitting immediately, and Rishabh and I batted well in the middle to anchor the innings. Catching has been difficult because of the lights right in our eyes, but that's not an excuse because we have had practice, so we need to strengthen that area. It was important for us to get wickets, since the total was small, and I knew if I saved KG's over for the end it would be helpful. Ashwin's over was a key one, and it changed the game in our favour, but that's what T20 cricket is. Ashwin says he'll be ready for the next game, but in the end the physio is going to decide. Axar was fantastic with those middle overs too, stifling the runs in the middle after Ashwin was injured. We generally go by left-right combination in the team build-up. The way Stoinis assessed the wicket and played that innings was commendable.

KL Rahul | KXIP captain: It is bittersweet. If at the end of 10 overs, if you had said this match is going to a Superover, I?would have taken it. It's still our first game, so lots of learning. He (Mayank) was unbelievable and to get a game that close was magical. He's been doing well in Tests and to get the game that close again brings a lot of confidence in the group. Like I said at the toss, we didn't know what to expect. The wicket remains the same for both teams, so can't really complain. I will gladly take it as a captain whatever the result is. We stuck to what we planned but we did make a few mistakes. At 55 for five, we were calm and still positive.

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Stats of the day - Courtesy Deepu Narayanan
Highest scores for Mayank Agarwal in IPL
89 vs DC Dubai 2020
68 vs KXIP Pune 2015
64*vs MI Bengaluru 2012

Tied matches in IPL
RR vs KKR, Cape Town, 2009
KXIP vs CSK, Chennai, 2010
SRH vs RCB, Hyderabad, 2013
RCB vs DD, Bengaluru, 2013
RR vs KKR, Abu Dhabi, 2014
KXIP vs RR, Ahmedabad, 2015
MI vs GL, Rajkot, 2017
DC vs KKR, Delhi, 2019
MI vs SRH, Mumbai WS, 2019
DC vs KXIP, Dubai, 2020

2 by KXIP - This is the lowest a team made in the Super Over in IPL . Previous lowest being six each by Mitchell Johnson (vs RR in 2015) and Jasprit Bumrah (vs GL in 2017)

Bowling in most Super Over wins in IPL
J Bumrah (2)
K Rabada (2) *
Kamran Khan
J Theron
D Steyn
R Rampaul
J Faulkner
M Johnson

This is the 2nd time DC have won a superover match. Co-incidentally, Rabada bowled the superover both times.

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Kagiso Rabada: There will always be nerves no?matter how long I play when things get tight. Lucky that it came off today. It just depends?what's working for me on the day and some days you just get a feel for what might work and today I was mixing the lengths?up and really?glad it worked. Sometimes it works and sometimes it won't. Decent bounce on this wicket and the boundaries are quite big and I did back myself with extra pace and bounce, I just stuck my hand out and it stuck (Jordan's catch), I think the ball before he (Iyer) moved me there and it was just a reaction thing (catch off the last ball). Not sure (On how serious is Ashwin's injury) and I think the reports will come out soon.

It hurts, but it teaches - much melancholy for Mayank on this night, though, but his contribution has fallen only just short. We await the presentations...

23:43 Indian Premier Time: Oh cricket, lovely cricket. Delhi Capitals have pulled off the heist of all heists. One has to feel for Agarwal, who watched his team capitulate, struggled with cramps, even hit a six in the final over, but watched his team capitulate in his absence after he gave it away in the final over. Suffice it to say, it was a disaster of a super-over for Punjab, that inexplicably ended within three balls, but credit where it's due to Marcus Stoinis, who did incredibly well to defend 7 off 5 after getting hit for a six first ball of the final over - not to mention the whirlwind fifty he scored to get DC to a defendable score, what seems like an eternity ago.

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Ball 2: Shami to Pant, 2 runs, Game. Set. Match. DC win the super-over! It's a very full ball on the boots, and that's clipped away towards fine leg for a couple, bringing this exciting night to a close... 3 for 0

Ball 2: Shami to Pant, wide, huge wide down the leg-side, and they can't afford that... 1 for 0

Ball 1: Shami to Pant, no run, dot ball! Short and wide, but the umpire reckons it's just within the tramline - Pant attempts the upper-cut, misses... 0 for 0

The fourth innings: Ponting looks busy. KXIP and Shami are ready on the field. Delhi are yet to send their batsmen in. Rahul is talking to his team. Quite the test for a captain, this. Pant and Iyer coming out to bat for DC. Iyer has to prove a point for that dropped catch and the four it yielded. I'm sure that's playing on his mind. Meanwhile, Rahul sets his field...

That was half a super-over. Shami to defend a target of 3 runs off six balls. It's all DC now, but you never know, as T20 cricket has once again reminded us.

This is the lowest a team made in the Super Over in IPL.
Previous lowest being six each by Mitchell Johnson (vs RR in 2015) and Jasprit Bumrsh (vs GL in 2017).

Ball 3: Rabada to Pooran, OUT, a very full one, Pooran has been dismissed for a duck twice in this game! Knocked him over! He's gone for an ungainly slog over cow corner, and he's lost his off-stump. Pooran b. Rabada 0(1). 2 for 2. Target = 3

Maxwell is the new batsman - they've crossed over, so he will be in the non-striker's end.

Ball 2: Rabada to Rahul, OUT! Short ball following Rahul into the on-side, Rahul has a go at an ungainly pull, gets a top-edge that flies away towards the midwicket region and Axar settles under it. Rahul c. Axar Patel b. Rabada. 2(2) - 2 for 1