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

R Ashwin to S Dhawan, FOUR! Be it a young man or a seasoned campaigner, no one will be spared. A long hop by Ashwin on middle, Dhawan pulls it mercilessly through mid-wicket for a boundary.

Ravichandran Ashwin is into the attack now to bowl the last over of the Powerplay.

H Brar to S Iyer, FOUR! 17 runs off Harpreet's first over! The debutant really got a harsh reality check of this demanding League. He drops it short and outside off, Shreyas camps back and packs a punch through covers for a boundary.

H Brar to S Dhawan, Loopy and on middle, Dhawan advances down the track and tries to flick. But he gets an inside edge onto the pads and it deflects in the gap on the off side for one.

H Brar to S Iyer, The batsman works it down the leg side. They pick up a single.

H Brar to S Iyer, FOUR! Shreyas Iyer is very strong in that area. We saw him playing plenty of these shots with great success in a game against Bangalore. Slightly short and around off, Iyer immediately rocks back and plays a full-blooded square cut through backward point.

H Brar to S Dhawan, Tossed up ball on middle, helped in the gap at mid-wicket for a single.

H Brar to S Dhawan, SIX! Dhawan shows no mercy on the young man. Receives a full delivery wide outside off, he steps down the track and smashes it way over long off for a biggie.

Change in bowling. Debutant Harpreet Brar is introduced into the attack.

H Viljoen to S Dhawan, Plays it with soft hands towards point and steals a single. 11 runs and a wicket from this over.

H Viljoen to S Iyer, Turns it off his pads through square leg for a single to get off the mark.

H Viljoen to S Dhawan, Walks forward and and plays it through covers for one.

H Viljoen to S Dhawan, FOUR! No stopping this one. Yet another short delivery wide outside off, Dhawan exercises his arms and slaps it over point for back-to-back boundaries.

H Viljoen to S Dhawan, FOUR! Edgy! Shortish and outside off, Dhawan rushes down the track and throws his bat at it. It takes the outside edge and speeds down to third man for a run.

Skipper Shreyas Iyer walks in next. 140 needed off 101 balls.

H Viljoen to S Dhawan, OUT! Mandeep hits the bull's eye and Dhawan has sold Shaw a dummy down the river. A full length ball outside off, Dhawan plays an uppish drive towards extra cover and sets off for a run. Seeing that Shaw responds and comes running down the track. But all of a sudden Dhawan stutters and stops before asking Prithvi to return. Poor young man tries to turn back and reach his crease but before that Mandeep Singh comes up with a brilliant direct hit to find him well short. He just had one stump to aim at and voila, he hits.

Hardus Viljoen is the first bowling change.

M Shami to S Dhawan, Nearly drags it on! A touch short and close to the off stump, Dhawan tries to cut it close to his body but gets a bottom edge. It rolls behind and they steal a run right under Rahul's nose. The keeper then has a needless shy at the bowler's end and connects. Luckily for him, the ricochet goes to the mid off fielder who is backing up. 12 from the over, 23 in the last two.

M Shami to S Dhawan, FOUR! Boom! No stopping this one once it pierced the gap on the off side. Shami offers plenty of width on this delivery, Dhawan latches onto it and smacks it through extra cover.

M Shami to P Shaw, Sharp delivery, a touch short and on middle and leg at 140 clicks. Shaw turns inside the crease to work it on the leg side but it catches the leading edge of his bat and rolls to mid on for a run.