IPL 9: Mishra, de Kock help Delhi Daredevils beat KXIP to register first win

New Delhi A sensational fourwicket haul by legspinner Amit Mishra and a strokeful unbeaten 59 from Quinton de Kock powered Delhi Daredevils to a comprehensive 8wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab in their IPL match here todayElecting to field first the Daredevils restricted Kings XI Punjab to a paltry 111 for 9 in 20 overs courtesy Mishra who today became the second highest wickettaker in IPL history after returning with figures of 30114 He now has 116 IPL wickets under his beltDelhi Daredevils bowler Amit MishraCcelebrates with teammates after he dismissed Kings XI Punjab batsman Glen Maxwell at The Feroz Shah Kotla Cricket Stadium in New Delhi on Friday PicAFPThe hosts then returned with an impressive batting display with opener de Kock 59 not out and Sanju Samson 33 sharing a matchwinning 91run partnership off 64 balls for the second wicket to open accounts for Delhi who had lost to Kolkata Knight Riders in their campaign openerIt was Pawan Negi who blasted a six in the 14th over asDelhi overhauled the target of 112 with 39 balls to spare atthe Feroze Shah Kotla stadiumChasing the target Punjab were dealt an early blow inthe third over when opener Shreyas Iyer 3 nicked one fromSandeep Sharma which was going down the leg sideAfter Delhi could muster only 12 runs in four overs AxarPatel was introduced into the attack and he created anopportunity but Murali Vijay squandered it when he failed toheld on to a catch to dismiss de Kock at deep square legDe Kock added insult to the injury by blasting Patel fora four over point The lefthanded South African glidedanother through fine leg off Mitchell JohnsonDe Kock struck three more boundaries in the eighth overoff Patel to bring up the fifty for Delhi He first hit areverse swept and then punched one off the backfoot beforeplaying another nicelooking sweepSamson joined de Kock and launched Pradeep Sahu overlongon in the ninth over for Delhis first six of the matchHe then smashed Mohit Sharma over his head for anotherboundary in the next overIn the 12th over de Kock went berserk as he blasted acouple of fours and a six off Mitchell Johnson to reach hisfifty off 38 balls The young South African hit the secondball straight down the ground and then pulled one through deepmid wicket before pulling another one over long leg boundarySamson too wanted to step up the gas and danced down thetrack in the 13th over looking for a big hit but he was foxedby Patel who disturbed his stumpsDe Kock then blasted another four in the next over offSahu before Pawan Negi came up with a slogsweep overmidwicket to end the agony of Punjab as Delhi reached to 113for 3 in 133 oversEarlier Mishra spun a web around Kings XI batsmen as hedismissed Shaun Marsh 13 David Miller 9 Glenn Maxwell0 and Manan Vohra 32 to leave the visitors gasping forbreathApart from Mishra Zaheer Khan 114 Chris Morris119 and Jayant Yadav 123 were the other wickettakersFor Punjab Vohra emerged as the topscorer with a24ball 32 studded with five boundaries but he did not get anysupport from the other end as wickets kept tumblingPut into bat after Delhi skipper Zaheer Khan won thetoss Punjab lost their first wicket in the second over Itwas Vohra who escaped after Zaheer missed the catch butMurali Vijay 1 was runout when he tried to steal a thirdrunMarsh who was playing after recovering from sicknessthen joined Vohra and the duo tried to steady the ship asPunjab scored 231 in 5 oversWest Indies allrounder Carlos Brathwaite was thenintroduced into the attack and Vohra decided to go after himhitting three fours to amass 14 runs off the overLegspinner Amit Mishra was introduced into the attackand he straightaway struck with wicketkeeper de Kockdisturbing the stumps when Marsh tried to dance down thepitchSkipper David Miller hit a boundary in the second ball hefaced off Mishra but the legspinner had the last laugh whenhe had him trapped in front of wicket in his next over toreduce Punjab to 523 in 81 oversA lot was expected from Australias Maxwell but hisattempt to hit a maximum ended with Brathwaite taking animpressive catch at long offMishra came back to haunt Kings XI when he completelyfoxed opener Vohra with another googly to dislodge his bailsas Punjab lost half of their side in the 11th overIn the 13th over Wriddhiman Saha 3 lost his wicketwhen he was found short of wicket by a direct through by J PDuminy from point then Axar Patel too was sent packing byJayant Yadav with Negi taking the catchMohit Sharma 15 produced a couple of lusty blows for asix and a four towards the end but it was too little too late