IPL 5 – Match No 69 – Punjab's chances of making it to play off ruined by Delhi – Delhi post a comfortable six wickets victory – DA Warner shines with the willow

IPL 5 – Match No 69 – Punjab's chances of making it to play off ruined by Delhi – Delhi post a comfortable six wickets victory – DA Warner shines with the willow

Match No 69 – Kings Eleven Punjab vs. Delhi Daredevils at Dharamsala on 19.05.12 – Delhi Daredevils won by six wickets

SD Chitnis and Azhar Mahmood added 57 runs for the fifth wicket in this game providing the 59th occasion of Punjab batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in IPL. This stand represents the sixth occasion of Punjab batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the fifth wicket in IPL which are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 Yuvraj Singh, IK Pathan 63 5th Rajasthan Jaipur 21.04.08
2 KC Sangakkara, IK Pathan 75 5th Rajasthan Cape Town 26.04.09
3 KC Sangakkara, WA Mota 53 5th Deccan Johannesburg 17.05.09
4 RS Bopara, IK Pathan 60 5th Delhi Mohali 13.03.10
5 PC Valthaty, KD Karthik 57* 5th Chennai Mohali 13.04.11
6 SD Chitnis, Azhar Mahmood 57 5th Delhi Dharamsala 19.05.12

This stand represents the eighth occasion of Punjab batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the fifth wicket in IPL against Delhi which are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 SM Katich, M Jayawardene 58 3rd Delhi Mohali 27.04.08
2 LA Pomersbach, M Jayawardene 63* 4th Delhi Delhi 17.05.08
3 RS Bopara, K Goel 67 1st Delhi Cape Town 19.04.09
4 Yuvraj Singh, KC Sangakkara 53 4th Delhi Bloemfontein 15.05.09
5 RS Bopara, IK Pathan 60 5th Delhi Mohali 13.03.10
6 AC Gilchrist, SE Marsh 72 2nd Delhi Delhi 23.04.11
7 PC Valthaty, SE Marsh 102 2nd Delhi Dharamsala 15.05.11
8 SD Chitnis, Azhar Mahmood 57 5th Delhi Dharamsala 19.05.12

U Chand and DA Warner added 82 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 54th occasion of Delhi batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership in IPL. This stand represents the 12th occasion of Delhi batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in IPL which are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 53 1st Bangalore Delhi 30.04.08
2 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 115 1st Chennai Chennai 02.05.08
3 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 75 1st Punjab Delhi 17.05.08
4 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 90 1st Bangalore Bangalore 19.05.08
5 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 58* 1st Punjab Cape Town 19.04.09
6 G Gambhir, DA Warner 60 1st Kolkata Durban 05.05.09
7 G Gambhir, DA Warner 53 1st Kolkata Johannesburg 10.05.09
8 DA Warner, V Sehwag 75 1st Pune Mumbai 17.04.11
9 DA Warner, V Sehwag 146 1st Punjab Delhi 23.04.11
10 NV Ojha, DA Warner 52 1st Punjab Dharamsala 15.05.11
11 M Jayawardene, V Sehwag 135 1st Mumbai Delhi 27.04.12
12 U Chand, DA Warner 82 1st Punjab Dharamsala 19.05.12

This stand represents the 12th occasion of Delhi batsmen posting a 50 plus runs partnership against Punjab which are listed below

No Partners Runs Wkt Opposition Ground Date
1 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 75 1st Punjab Delhi 17.05.08
2 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 58* 1st Punjab Cape Town 19.04.09
3 M Manhas, KD Karthik 50 5th Punjab Bloemfontein 15.05.09
4 G Gambhir, M Manhas 61 5th Punjab Mohali 13.03.10
5 DA Warner, V Sehwag 146 1st Punjab Delhi 23.04.11
6 NV Ojha, DA Warner 52 1st Punjab Dharamsala 15.05.11
7 M Jayawardene, NV Ojha 58 5th Punjab Delhi 15.05.12
8 U Chand, DA Warner 82 1st Punjab Dharamsala 19.05.12

DA Warner’s 79 in this game represent the 60th occasion of a Delhi batsman scoring a fifty in IPL. It also represent the sixth occasion of Delhi batsmen scoring a fifty against Punjab in IPL which are listed below

No Player Runs Balls 4s 6s Opposition Ground Date
1 V Sehwag 51* 26 2 5 Punjab Delhi 17.05.08
2 G Gambhir 72 54 9 1 Punjab Mohali 13.03.10
3 DA Warner 77 48 7 4 Punjab Delhi 23.04.11
4 V Sehwag 77 35 8 4 Punjab Delhi 23.04.11
5 M Jayawardene 56* 49 8 0 Punjab Delhi 15.05.12
6 DA Warner 79 44 10 4 Punjab Dharamsala 19.05.12

DA Warner’s knock of 79 contained 10 fours providing the 61st occasion of a batsman scoring ten or more boundary fours in his innings. DA Warner’s feat provide the tenth occasion of a Delhi batsman scoring ten or more boundary fours in an innings in IPL which are listed below

No Player Runs Balls 4s Team Opposition Ground Date
1 V Sehwag 119 56 13 Delhi Deccan HydRGS 05.05.11
2 V Sehwag 73 38 12 Delhi Rajasthan Delhi 29.04.12
3 G Gambhir 86 54 11 Delhi Bangalore Delhi 30.04.08
4 G Gambhir 80 49 11 Delhi Chennai Delhi 08.05.08
5 V Sehwag 94* 41 10 Delhi Deccan HydRGS 22.04.08
6 V Sehwag 74 38 10 Delhi Chennai Delhi 19.03.10
7 JR Hopes 55 44 10 Delhi Mumbai Mumbai 07.05.11
8 V Sehwag 87* 48 10 Delhi Pune Pune 24.04.12
9 DA Warner 109* 54 10 Delhi Deccan HydRGS 10.05.12
10 DA Warner 79 44 10 Delhi Punjab Dharamsala 19.05.12

DA Warner’s total in IPL at the end of this game read 1015. He became the 31st   batsman to aggregate 1000 runs IPL.

DA Warner’s 79 in this game gave him an aggregate of 3672 in T20 games. He became the sixth batsmen to score 3600 plus runs in the history of T20 games – DJ Hussey {4663}, BJ Hadge {4471}, BB McCullum {3961}, CH Gayle {3943} and OA Shah {3869}

DA Warner’s 79 in this game represent his 26th fifty in T20 games. He became the fourth     batsman to score 26 plus fifties in the annals of T20 games. Others are – CH Gayle {34}, BJ Hodge {31} and DJ Hussey {27}

M Morkel captured four wickets for 20 in this game providing the 59th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in IPL. It also represents the 48th occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in IPL.

M Morkel captured four wickets for 20 in this game providing the sixth occasion of a Delhi bowler capturing four or more wickets in IPL which are listed below.

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 GD McGrath 4.0 0 29 4 Delhi Bangalore Delhi 30.04.08
2 A Mishra 4.0 0 17 5 Delhi Deccan Delhi 15.05.08
3 VY Mahesh 4.0 0 36 4 Delhi Mumbai Delhi 24.05.08
4 R Bhatia 2.4 0 15 4 Delhi Deccan Durban 13.05.09
5 P Negi 4.0 0 18 4 Delhi Rajasthan Jaipur 01.05.12
6 M Morkel 4.0 0 20 4 Delhi Punjab Dharamsala 19.05.12

M Morkel captured four wickets for 20 in this game providing the tenth occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets against Punjab in IPL which are listed below.

No Player O M R W Team Opposition Ground Date
1 L Balaji 4.0 0 24 5 Chennai Punjab Chennai 10.05.08
2 Umar Gul 4.0 0 23 4 Kolkata Punjab Kolkata 25.05.08
3 SL Malinga 4.0 0 22 4 Mumbai Punjab Mumbai BS 30.03.10
4 S Aravind 4.0 0 14 4 Bangalore Punjab Bangalore 06.05.11
5 MM Patel 4.0 0 21 5 Mumbai Punjab Mohali 10.05.11
6 RP Singh 4.0 0 25 4 Kochi Punjab Indore 13.05.11
7 A Mishra 4.0 1 9 4 Deccan Punjab Dharamsala 21.05.11
8 K Cooper 4.0 0 26 4 Rajasthan Punjab Jaipur 06.04.12
9 SP Narine 4.0 0 19 5 Kolkata Punjab Kolkata 15.04.12
10 M Morkel 4.0 0 20 4 Delhi Punjab Dharamsala 19.05.12

M Morkel’s four wickets in this game gave him a total of 25 wickets in IPL. He now holds the record of most wickets in IPL 2012. He went past SP Naraine and SL Malinga who have captured 21 wickets on his way to the first place.

M Morkel became the second bowler to capture 25 or more wicket in an IPL edition after SL Malinga. SL Malinga has captured 28 wickets in IPL 2011.

M Morkel became the eighth bowler to capture 25 or more wickets in a T20 game series. The following table lists all the eight bowlers

No Player Team Tournament Edition Wits
1 AC Thomas Somerset FPT20 2010 33
2 DR Briggs Hampshire FPT20 2010 31
3 KA Pollard Somerset FPT20 2010 29
4 SL Malinga Mumbai IPL 2011 2011 28
5 TJ Phillips Essex FPT20 2010 26
6 SD Parry Lancashire FPT20 2010 26
7 AU Rashid Yorkshire FPT20 2010 26
8 M Morkel Delhi IPL 2012 2012 25

IK Pathan took three catches in this game providing the 24th fieldsman to pouch three or more catches in IPL. His feat represents the fifth occasion of a Delhi fieldsman taking three or more catches in an innings

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