Persistent rain forced the match between Punjab and Delhi to be shortened to a 12 over affair.
Delhi left out the exciting Warner, and opted to include left-arm quick Dirk Nannes. They also opted to rest Glenn McGrath, preferring to preserve him for the business end of the tournament.
Virender Sehwag won the toss and invite Punjab in to bat as expected with the overcast conditions and the shortened match.
The decision was made to look extremely silly in the first half of the Punjab innings, with Karan Goel and Ravi Bopara smashing every ball. Goel got out off the last ball of the 6th over, with the score of 67 for 1.
From there things started to go downhill for Punjab as they managed only 37 more runs for the loss of 6 more wickets in the next six overs.
Spin king Daniel Vettori bowled a spell of 3-0-15-3. His spell also saw two of Punjab's batsmen run themselves out needlessly - with Yuvraj Singh being the culprit on one occasion and Piyush Chawla suffering on account of Irfan Pathan's reckless call.
Punjab eventually ended up on a fairly decent 104 for 7, but it was at least 20 runs short of where they should have ended after the start they got.
When Delhi came out to bat, what Punjab needed was quick wickets. What they got was 11 balls of a Gauti-Viru special, before the heavier rain. The hottest opening pair in the business blasted four 4s and a six in those eleven balls to take Delhi to 24 without loss.
When play started again, the target had been revised to 54 from 6 overs - which meant Delhi had just 30 more to get from 25 balls, with a swashbuckling Sehwag and an equally dangerous Gambhir at the crease.
The break did nothing to stop the flow of runs, and Delhi needed only 18 more balls (3 overs) to knock off the runs. At the end Sehwag was unbeaten on a furious 38 off 16 balls, while Gambhir looked positively on 16 off 13 balls.Delhi won by 10 wickets.
Man of the Match:
Daniel Vettori, whose crucial spell put the brakes on Punjab's free scoring and made the job much easier for his strong batting lineup.
Turning Point of the Match:
11th over of the match, bowled by Vettori. Before the over Punjab were at 91 for 3. At the end of the over, they had slid to 98 for 6. Vettori's tight bowling contributed to two suicidal runs resulting in two run-outs and he picked up the wicket of Jayawardene too.
Match Summary (Delhi Daredevils won by 10 Wickets)
Kings XI Punjab – 104/7 in 12 Overs
K.Goel- 38 R.Bopara –22
D.Vettori– 3-0-15-3 A.Salvi– 2-0-17-1
Delhi Daredevils – 58/0 in 4.5 Overs
V.Sehwag- 38* G.Gambhir –15
I.Pathan– 1-0-9-0 V.R.V.Singh– 1-0-5-0
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