KXIPvDD: Shreyas struggled on the last ball of Mujib, losing to Delhi by 4 runs

Great performances of bowlers and then Shreyas Iyer's struggling innings could not win Delhi. Last night, playing IPL for the first time on their home ground, Delhi proved to be impossible for Delhi to break the order of defeat.

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New Delhi: The glorious performance of the bowlers and after that, the struggling innings of Shreyas Iyer could not even win Delhi. Last night, playing IPL for the first time on their home ground, Delhi proved to be impossible for Delhi to break the order of defeat.

Playing in their fifth match, the Delhi team, first impressive bowling, restricted Kings XI Punjab to 143 runs. After that, the Delhi team could only manage 139 runs and they had to face defeat by 4 runs. 

In the last over, Delhi needed 17 runs to win and the match reached an exciting turn to the last ball. Shreyas Iyer needed sixes to win, but he was caught on the final ball of Mujib ur Rehman. In the end, Delhi could only manage 139 runs losing 8 wickets. In this way Kings easily defended the smallest goal this season. 

Till now, the victorious Kings of Kings won the victory of the bowlers this time. Small targets have also been defended by the bowlers, led by Captain R Ashwin, in a spectacular manner, defeating Delhi in their home.

Shreyas Iyer (57) and Rahul Tahitia (24) shared 47 runs for the sixth wicket, struggling to win Delhi, but could not succeed. Iyer played half-century in 45 balls with the help of five fours and a six. In the last over Delhi needed 17 runs. Aiyar hit a six and a four in this over. Delhi needed five runs in the last ball. Aiyar did the trick, but his shot went straight to Aaron Finch and lost the Delhi match. 

After this victory, Punjab has come to number one in the table. 

Chasing the target with ease from 144 runs, the youngster, who made his debut against Delhi, was a good start. He made 22 runs in 10 balls with the help of four fours. Ankit Rajput made him bold before he could go ahead.

From here, Delhi could not recover and lost wickets at regular intervals. Gautam Gambhir (4), Glenn Maxwell (12), Rishabh Pant (4), Daniel Christian (6) quickly returned to the pavilion. Delhi lost their five wickets at 76 runs. From here Aiyar and Tavatia struggled and started moving closer to the victory of the team. 

However, Andrew Tie sent the pavilion to Tavatia on the total score of 123. Punjab came here again in the match. Finally, Iyer's struggle was over and Delhi could not win in the first match playing in his home. 

Mujib ur Rahim, Andrew Ti and Ankit Rajput picked up 2-2 wickets for Punjab. 

Earlier, playing in their first match, led by Liam Plunkett of England, Delhi Daredevils bowlers restricted Punjab to 143 for eight wickets in 20 overs.

Plunkett took three wickets for 17 runs in four overs in his debut match. Apart from them, Trent Bolt took two wickets for 21 runs in three overs. Prashesh Khan also got two successes. Christian took a wicket with 17 runs in three overs. 

Punjab were out of the good start and in the second over, Aron Finch was caught on short cover by Shreyas Iyer in an attempt to kill the ball. 

Rahlu led the innings with Mandak. Both were making fast runs. Both scored 14 runs in the third over in Boulevard. Rahul could not sustain this aggressive attitude, and in the fifth over, he was caught by the passion on the short fine leg of Plunkett's ball playing his first IPL match on the second ball. Rahul scored 23 runs.

Mayank also failed to convert his good start into a big innings. They became bold on the ball of Plunkt's total score of 60. Mayank scored 21 runs in 16 balls with the help of three fours. Yuvraj Singh contributed only 14 runs. David Miller got life guarantee twice Once Maxwell took his catch on the private score of six, the young Prithvi Shaw, playing his first IPL match for the second time, gave him another chance at the 10th private score. 

Karun Nair was looking at good rhythm and in the end Punjab was hoping for big shots from him. In the 17th over, Plunkt changed the edge and Nayyar was caught in the hands of Aiyar on the boundary in an attempt to push his ball across the boundary. 

Miller could not take advantage of life-giving, and eventually Cristian's ball was caught by Plunkt. Miller scored 26 runs.

Finally, the Delhi bowlers did not allow the lower order of Punjab to put big shots.