May 10, 2017

VIVO IPL 2017 season 10 50th encounter between Gujarat Lions vs Delhi Daredevils at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur on May 10, 2017 at 8:00 pm. Putting into bat first by Delhi, Lions managed to put huge score of 195 runs in 20 overs with AJ Finch's superb 69 of 39 balls. Delhi inreply did not good start but Shreyas Iyer's 96 of 57 balls led Delhi to upset Gujarat by 2 wickets. SS Iyer declared man of the match for his brave 96 runs.

Earlier, Delhi won the toss and elected to field first. Gujarat Lions putting into bat first could made batter start and lost DR Smith got unfortunately run out scoring 8 runs. Skipper Rain also departed early contributing just 6 runs. KD Karthik joined with I Kishan and played good cricket initially. Ishan Kishan played good inning of 34 runs before lost his wicket. AJ Finch came in middle and took the charge in hand for Gujarat. Both played sensible cricket. KD Karthik made 40 runs and AJ Finch played good quick inning of 69 runs of 39 balls and put Lions on huge total of 195 runs in 20 overs.

Following huge target of 196 runs, Delhi lost two wicket just in 15 runs. KK Nair got good start but went scoring 30 runs. MN Samuel and CJ Anderson became vistim of RA Jadeja's superb throws and got runs out in quick interwals. SS Iyer played excellent cricket and wnet after Lions bowlers as well. He made splendid 96 runs of 57 balls and presented Delhi un-believable win by 2 wickets with 2 balls remaining. He declaed man of the match for his career bast inning in IPL.

Player of the match - SS Iyer (Delhi Daredevils)

Points - Delhi Daredevils 2, Gujarat Lions 0.