IPL 2016, Stats: Pant, de Kock help Delhi Daredevils thrash Gujarat Lions by 8 wickets
Delhi Daredevils’ good run in the Indian Premier League (IPL) under Rahul Dravid's mentorship as they defeated table-toppers, Gujarat Lions at Rajkot on Tuesday. After winning the toss, Zaheer Khan put the Lions into bat. The Delhi bowlers were in top form as they restricted the home side to under 150 runs in the 20 overs.
In reply, Delhi openers, Rishabh Pant and Quinton de Kock had brilliant outings with the bat as they put on a century stand for the first wicket and helped the Delhi side jump up to second spot in the table with an eight-wicket win.
Here are the major stats from the game:
1 – This was the first time that Gujarat Lions lost more than two wickets in the powerplay in the IPL.
1 – This was Rishabh Pant's first fifty in T20s.
2 – Rishabh Pant became the second youngest batsman to score a fifty in the IPL. Sanju Samson was the youngest when he scored a fifty in 2013.
4 – Four of the five IPL matches played at Rajkot have been won by the team batting second.
24 – Delhi Daredevils’ previous highest opening partnership in this IPL was 24.
27 – Ravindra Jadeja last scored a 30-plus knock in IPL 27 innings ago. His last knock of 30-plus was in the 2014 IPL.
35 – The number of runs that Gujarat Lions scored in the powerplay was the least that they scored in powerplays in this IPL.
58 – The number of runs that were scored by Delhi opening pairs in the previous five six innings.
115 – The partnership between Rishabh Pant and Quinton de Kock for the first wicket. This was the first time that the Delhi openers scored more than 50 runs for the first wicket in this edition of the league.
2000 – Dwayne Smith became the second West Indian batsman to reach the landmark of scoring 2000 runs in the IPL.