DHARAMSALA: Delhi Daredevils finished on top of points table winning their last match in the Indian Premier League by six wickets with ten balls to spare against Kings XI Punjab here at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Saturday.
Chasing an easy target of 142, the Daredevils completed their eleventh victory in the tournament in 18.2 overs.
Opener David Warner played an unbeaten aggressive innings of a 44-ball 79 runs hitting four towering sixes and ten boundaries.
Together with Unmukt Chand (18) he provided a fine start of 82 while Venugopal Rao remained not out on 21.
Pacers Ryan Harris of Australia and Azhar Mahmood of Pakistan claimed two wickets each.
Earlier, sent into bat by Delhi’s stand-in captain Mahela Jayawardene, Punjab were restricted to 141 for eight in the allotted 20 overs as fast bowler Morne Morkel captured four wickets for 20 runs while fast-medium bowler Umesh Yadav took three for 19.
Prominent contributors were Siddarth Chitnis (38), Azhar Mahmood (36) and Gurkeerat Singh (26) whereas five batsmen failed to get into double figures.
Pakistan’s premier sports tv channel Geo Super showed this match live from Dharamsala.
