IPL 2016, Match 31: GL vs DD - As it happened...

New Delhi: Gujarat Lions were outplayed by Delhi Daredevils in Match 31 of the Indian Premier League.

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DD Innings

Over 17.2 | Score 150/2

Jadeja bowled the 18th over. Samson finished the match in style with a huge six. Delhi register a 8 wicket win over Gujarat.

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Over 17 | Score 142/2

Kaushik continued. Duminy went after the chinaman, hitting back-to-back boundaries. 8 needed off 18 now.

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Over 15 | Score 130/2

Jadeja was brought back into the attack. He had Samson stumped on the third ball, only to have overstepped. The resulting free-hit was muscled into the long-off boundary by the right-hander

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Over 14 | Score 121/2

Kaushik came on to bowl. De Kock swept the fifth ball straight into the hands of the deep midwicket fielder. JP Duminy is the new man in.

Q de Kock c Smith b Kaushik 46 (45b)

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Over 13 | Score 114/0

Smith continued. De Kock lofted the fifth ball over wide of long-off for a four. Clinical stuff from DD.

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Over 12 | Score 105/0

Faulkner was brought into the attack. Pant hit the last ball straight back over the bowler's head for a six. That's the 100-run partnership for this pair.

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Over 11 | Score 96/0

Dwayne Smith bowled the 11th over. Tidy stuff from the all-rounder. Only 3 came off that over.

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Over 10 | Score 93/0

Kaushik continued. Pant hit the first ball into the wide long-on boundary for another four. The left-hander is in ominous form.

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Over 9 | Score 85/0

Raina continued. Brute force from Pant. The left-hander hit two fours and then got to his fifty with a massive six.

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Over 8 | Score 69/0

Shivil Kaushik was brought into the attack. Reverse sweep from Pant brushed Karthik's gloves and went to the third man boundary. 

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Over 7 | Score 63/0

Raina continued. Excellent stuff from the GL skipper. He was unlucky not to have de Kock's wicket as Karthik dropped a simple catch on the last ball.

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Over 6 | Score 61/0

Kulkarni came back into the attack. Pant and de Kock scored a boundary each in that over. DD clearly made the best of that powerplay.

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Over 5 | Score 51/0

Suresh Raina bowled the fifth over. Pant powered the fifth ball through deep square for another four.

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Over 4 | Score 41/0

Praveen Kumar bowled the fourth over. Quinton clobbered the second ball for a huge six. 

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Over 2 | Score 24/0

Kulkarni bowled the second over. Pant went after the pacer, hitting three fours off that over. Superb start by DD.

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GL Innings

Over 20 | Score 149/7

Shami bowled the final over of GL innings. 11 runs came off it. Super effort from DD to restrict GL to 149/7.

Ishan Kishan run out 2 (2b)

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Over 19 | Score 138/6

Morris bowled the 19th over. The pacer capped off an excellent over by cleaning up Faulkner. The Aussie tried to play the ramp shot but missed the ball completely. 

J Faulkner b Morris 7 (6b)

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Over 18 | Score 130/5

Shami came back into the attack. The pacer's full and straight ball clipped the bails after Karthik completely missed his shot. The right-hander has played a fine hand today. Faulkner is the new man in.

D Karthik b Mohammed Shami 53 (43b)

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Over 17 | Score 123/4

Zak brought himself back into the attack. Superb batting from Jadeja there, hitting the veteran pacer for two fours. The left-hander was lucky as his skier was dropped by Nadeem on the last ball. Tough chance.

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Over 16 | Score 110/4

Nadeem came back on. Jaddu crushed the fourth ball with a powerful cover drive to beat Rishabh Pant at long-off. Second boundary for the left-hander.

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Over 15 | Score 99/4

Shami was brought back into the attack. Jadeja picked up the length early and clobbered the fourth ball in front of square for his first boundary.

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Over 14 | Score 92/4

Zaheer continued. DK pulled the first ball between deep square and fine leg for another boundary.

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Over 13 | Score 87/4

Duminy bowled the 13th over. Karthik whacked the short ball in front of square for a much-needed boundary.

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Over 12 | Score 81/4

Zaheer came back into the attack. The wily left-arm pacer mixed his deliveries up really well in that over. No big hits.

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Over 11 | Score 75/4

Mishra continued. Raina stepped out, but the leg-spinner fired the ball across him. The left-hander was stranded as Quinton de Kock did the rest. Huge wicket for DD.

S Raina st de Kock b Mishra 24 (20b)

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Over 10 | Score 65/3

JP Duminy was brought into the attack. The off-spinner gave away 8 runs in his first over. Raina and Karthik have now steadied the GL ship.

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Over 9 | Score 57/3

Mishra continued. He followed up his tidy first over with another good show. Just five runs came off it.

Over 8 | Score 52/3

Morris bowled the eighth over. Karthik and Raina scored a boundary each in that over.

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Over 7 | Score 39/3

Amit Mishra was introduced into the attack. Tidy stuff from the leg-spinner in his first over.

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Over 6 | Score 35/3

Mohammed Shami bowled the sixth over. GL skipper Raina strokes the ball over third man boundary for the first six of the match.

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Over 5 | Score 27/3

Morris bowled the fifth over. Excellent stuff from the South African pacer, conceding just three runs. Raina and Karthik have a tough task on their hands.

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Over 4 | Score 24/3

Nadeem continued. The left-arm spinner produced a double blow in that over, getting the wickets of Smith and Finch.

A Finch c Pant b Nadeem 5 (5b)

D Smith c Morris b Nadeem 15 (14b)

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Over 3 | Score 17/1

Zaheer Khan bowled the third over. The left-arm pacer cleaned up McCullum who tried to pull the ball.

B McCullum b Khan 1 (4b)

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Over 2 | Score 14/0

Chris Morris bowled the second over. Dwayne Smith went after the pacer, hitting two boundaries in that over.

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Over 1 | Score 5/0

Shahbaz Nadeem opened the bowling attack for DD. Smith guided the third ball past short fine leg for the first boundary of the match.

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Toss and team news

Zaheer Khan won the toss and opted to bowl first.

GL XI: DR Smith, B McCullum, S Raina, A Finch, D Karthik, R Jadeja, I Kishan, J Faulkner, P Kumar, D Kulkarni, S Kaushik

DD XI: Q de Kock, S Samson, K Nair, JP Duminy, S Billings, R Pant, C Morris, A Mishra, M Shami, S Nadeem, Z Khan

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Both sets of players warming up for the big match.

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 3, 2016

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