Posts

Showing posts from April, 2017

Maiden Century from Samson helpde Daredevil beat Supergiants by 97 runs.

Image
Delhi Daredevils   produced an all-round show to thrash  Rising Pune Supergiant   by 97 runs and record their first win of Indian Premier League 2017 at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Tuesday night. Sanju Samson's terrific maiden century102 runs from 62 balls helped DD to put up the target of 205 in fall of 4 wickets after being asked by stand-in Pune captain Ajinkya Rahane. In reply, Pune's chase lost steam within the Powerplay overs when they lost three wickets for 50 runs and never recovered from that as Zaheer Khan  (3/20) and Amit Mishra (3/11) ran through their batting line-up to bowl them out for 108 in 16.1 overs. Here we look at the five talking points from Delhi's dominating performance: Samson sets Pune on fire There has been a lot of talk about Samson since his U-19 days. Despite his potential, he has flattered to deceive on certain occasions. But on Tuesday, he showed the world why he's such a highly rated talent. The ...