Like all the previous editions of the IPl, this edition too started with a bang. Delhi daredevils captained by Mahela Jayawardene was asked to bat first on a slow and low Eden gardens track. Unmukt Chand opened the innings for Delhi Daredevils - the India under 19 captain was beaten fair and square first ball by Brett Lee- a lovely out swinger pinging the off stump taking the rapturous 70 thousand plus crowd (packed liked sardines) by surprise.
David Warner who had a miserable test tour of India till a month back tried to slog his way out of trouble ending up edging a catch to first slip to a sharp off-spinner from Sunil Narine. Andre Russell who could be a game changer for the Daredevils in the forthcoming fixtures was outfoxed by his West Indian team mate offering a meek return catch. The talented Irfan Pathan ended up giving catching practice to the fielder at long off. Ashish Nehra tried the typical tail ender’s shot holing out in the deep. Sunil Narine ending up nailing four Delhi Daredevil wickets. Sunil was used quite effectively by Gautam. The mystery spinner (named after the great Sunil Gavaskar) bowled a wicked line befuddling the Daredevils batsmen. He was helped in no small measure by the nagging pace and accuracy of Rajat Bhatia bowling a mix of slow balls and off cutters.
Jayawardene who was at the non strikers end while the wickets were falling around him like nine pins adjusted his game according to the pitch: no expansive strokes, ran the singles hard ,gave the impression that he was a master surgeon at work with the effortless manner in which he bisected the gaps using more artistry than power in the shortest format of the game especially
in the one six he hit off Bret Lee returning for his final spell though the speedster did have the last laugh getting the diminutive captain's wicket.The rest of the Delhi daredevil batsmen huffed and puffed their way to make a below par score of 128 Gautam led from the front ,signalling his intentions pretty clearly stepping out of the crease taking on Irfan for a four and six. Umesh Yadav was meted out a similar treatment getting hit for two consecutive fours by the southpaw.Gautam kept the runs ticking well above the asking rate ,though he did his fellow opener and Kallis at the other end.ManojTiwary gave company to his captain findings the gaps with ease helped in no small measure by the shoddy fielding display of the Delhi Daredevils who missed a couple of run out chances. Gautam and Manoj lost their wickets in quick succession to the left -right spin duo of Botha and Nadeem bringing Morgan ( one of the game's best finishers) and Yusuf Pathan to the crease who manage to chase down the target with no fuss with six wickets in hand. It was a rather sedate start to the first game of the 2013 IPl setting the platform for the future games. Love,Life,Luck and Laughter Shekhar Vijayan
in the one six he hit off Bret Lee returning for his final spell though the speedster did have the last laugh getting the diminutive captain's wicket.The rest of the Delhi daredevil batsmen huffed and puffed their way to make a below par score of 128 Gautam led from the front ,signalling his intentions pretty clearly stepping out of the crease taking on Irfan for a four and six. Umesh Yadav was meted out a similar treatment getting hit for two consecutive fours by the southpaw.Gautam kept the runs ticking well above the asking rate ,though he did his fellow opener and Kallis at the other end.ManojTiwary gave company to his captain findings the gaps with ease helped in no small measure by the shoddy fielding display of the Delhi Daredevils who missed a couple of run out chances. Gautam and Manoj lost their wickets in quick succession to the left -right spin duo of Botha and Nadeem bringing Morgan ( one of the game's best finishers) and Yusuf Pathan to the crease who manage to chase down the target with no fuss with six wickets in hand. It was a rather sedate start to the first game of the 2013 IPl setting the platform for the future games. Love,Life,Luck and Laughter Shekhar Vijayan
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