IPL 2019, DC vs KXIP: Delhi beat Punjab by 5 wickets

S Lamichhane to C Gayle, SIX! POUNDED! Lamichhane is on and Lamichhane is gone. Full and outside off, a bit of flight, Gayle gets down on a knee and slogs it miles over mid-wicket!

Sandeep Lamichhane is on. 2-0-27-1 so far.

K Rabada to M Singh, A short delivery outside off, Mandeep looks for a pull but gets a bottom edge onto the ground towards the wicket keeper.

K Rabada to C Gayle, Full on leg, Gayle flicks it towards the mid-wicket region for a run. 100 up for Punjab.

K Rabada to M Singh, A back of a length delivery, Mandeep waits for it and guides it towards the third man region for a single.

K Rabada to M Singh, A short delivery by Rabada on off, Mandeep guides it to point.

K Rabada to C Gayle, A back of a length delivery on off, Gayle pushes it towards the cover region for an easy single.

K Rabada to C Gayle, Rabada fires this on off, Gayle plays it to point.

Kagiso Rabada is back on. 1-0-4-1 so far.

Michael Slater is having a chat with Delhi's scouting head, Pravin Amre. Amre says that this is the way the Kotla wicket played last season as well. Adds that some days, dew sets in and on those days, the pitch gets better to bat on. Cites tonight's example, saying that it does not look like it is a turning wicket. Hopes to get Chris Gayle out quickly and then bounce back into the game. Reckons that the batting unit should not plan for too much as plenty of runs can be scored in the last few overs. Feels 150-160 can be defended on this track. Sees the Powerplay batting in their last match against Mumbai as a positive and is happy that Shikhar Dhawan is amongst the runs. On the coaching staff's role, Amre says that every person has been given a big amount of freedom and praises Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting for constantly guiding Shreyas Iyer.

S Rutherford to C Gayle, A short delivery, Gayle gets on his back foot and pulls it to mid-wicket for a single. 5 runs from the over.

S Rutherford to M Singh, A short of a good length delivery, Mandeep dances down the track and pulls it back past the bowler for a run towards the mid on region.

S Rutherford to C Gayle, A back of a length on off, Gayle waits for it on his back foot and guides it towards third man for a single.

S Rutherford to M Singh, Full on leg, Mandeep works it down to square leg for a single.

S Rutherford to C Gayle, A back of a length delivery outside off, Gayle guides it towards the third man region. Single taken.

S Rutherford to C Gayle, Rutherford starts with a back of a length delivery, Gayle punches it to covers.

Sherfane Rutherford comes on to bowl now.

A Patel to C Gayle, Around off, worked through square leg for another single. 10 from the over, 26 from the last 2. 92/3 at the halfway stage, are we eyeing 200?

A Patel to M Singh, Outside off, pushed down to long on for one more.

A Patel to M Singh, Gets down and cheekily paddles this fine. Hustles back for the second and pushes Gayle for the same. The keeper collects the ball and has a shy at the bowler's end and hits the stumps direct. But Gayle is well in.