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IPL 2016: Highest/Most Run-Scorers, Leading Wicket-Takers after Gujarat Lions (GL) vs Delhi Daredevils (DD)

Nadeem and Zaheer destroyed Gujarat’s top order

Gujarat Lions played Delhi Daredevils on 3 May 2016. Gujarat Lions entered the game at number one. Delhi Daredevils are one of the better performers of IPL 2016. Both the teams looked for a win. Gujarat Lions had lost their previous game against Kings XI Punjab. While Delhi Daredevils won against Kolkata Knight Riders in their last match.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bowl first.

"Looks a good wicket and it is good to know what we will be chasing. Fantastic game of cricket overall last game. Enjoying being out there with this young side. JP and Nadeem come in for Shreyas and Carlos." Zaheer Khan said.

"We have done well in away games but Delhi have done well against us. The wicket was slow in the last game and was difficult to maintain the shape. Bravo got injured, so Finchy comes back." Suresh Raina added.

Gujarat Lions Playing XI:

Aaron Finch, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Suresh Raina (C), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Ishan Kishan, James Faulkner, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shivil Kaushik.

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI:

Quinton de Kock(WK), Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Jean-Paul Duminy, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sam Billings, Chris Morris, Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan(C).

Also read: IPL 2016: Highest/Most Run-Scorers, Leading Wicket-Takers after Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)

Aaron Finch made a comeback to the Gujarat Lions.

Gujarat Lions had lost three big wickets in the first four overs. McCullum and Finch were dismissed for single digits while Smith was removed for 15 runs.

Dwayne Smith scored over 2000 in IPL runs so far. Dinesh Karthik scored his second half-century of IPL 2016. Karthik and Jadeja made sure that Gujarat Lions posted a competitive total on the board.

Quinton de Kock and Rishabh Pant took charge right from ball one. Pant scored a brilliant half-century in just 25 balls.

Virat Kohli leads the run-scorers chart. Suresh Raina moved up the chart. Quinton de Kock enters the leading run-scorers chart as well.

IPL 2016 Highest Run-Scorers

Positon

Player

Matches

Innings

NO

Runs

HS

Average

SR

1

Virat Kohli

7

7

1

433

100*

72.16

137.02

2

David Warner

7

7

2

386

92

77.20

168.55

3

Rohit Sharma

9

9

3

383

85*

63.83

137.27

4

Gautam Gambhir

8

8

2

339

90*

56.50

123.72

5

AB de Villiers

7

7

0

320

83

45.71

163.26

6

Ajinkya Rahane

8

8

1

280

67

40.00

125.56

7

Ambati Rayudu

9

8

0

271

65

33.87

124.88

8

Steve Smith

8

7

1

270

101

45.00

153.40

9

Suresh Raina

9

9

0

252

75

28.00

127.27

10

Quinton de Kock

7

7

1

245

108

40.83

144.97

 

Nadeem picked up two crucial wickets early on. Amit Mishra removed GL’s captain Suresh Raina. DD picked up wickets at regular intervals and was key to their success as a bowling unit today.

Gujarat Lions didn’t have a great day with the ball. They managed to take only two wickets. Duminy and Samson guided Delhi Daredevils to a comfortable victory.

Mitchell McClenaghan has the most wickets in the tournament and is the current Purple Cap holder. He moved up in the leading wicket-takers chart.

IPL 2016 Top Wicket-Takers

Position

Player

Matches

Innings

Overs

Runs

Wickets

BBI

Average

Economy

1

 Mitchell McClenaghan

9

9

34.3

275

13

4/21

21.15

7.97

2

 Jasprit Bumrah

9

9

34.0

275

11

3/26

25.00

8.08

3

 Mohit Sharma

7

7

22.5

176

10

3/23

17.60

7.70

4

 Bhuvneshwar Kumar

7

7

27.0

220

10

4/29

22.00

8.14

5

 Umesh Yadav

7

7

21.0

190

10

3/28

19.00

9.04

6

 Dwayne Bravo

8

8

31.0

286

10

4/22

28.60

9.22

7

 Amit Mishra

7

7

22.0

154

9

4/11

17.11

7.00

8

 Andre Russell

8

8

25.0

207

9

3/24

23.00

8.28

9

 Shane Watson

7

7

26.3

228

9

2/25

25.33

8.60

10

 Mustafizur Rahman

7

7

26.0

170

8

2/9

21.25

6.53

 

 Ab de Villiers has the most catches in the tournament. DD’s Chris Morris follows him with seven catches. MI’s Parthiv Patel has the most dismissals as a wicketkeeper.

Watson-Weise relay catch was spectacular and is the best catch of the tournament so far.

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