Gurjarat Lions got off to a perfect start in the Indian Premiere League (IPL). Aron Finch and Dwayne Bravo hand Lions easy win by 5 wickets over the Kings. The Kings who have had a terrible start to the innings by there openers in the last IPL had an especially good opening stand between Murali Vijay and Manan Vohra.
However, Dwayne Bravo showed why he is considered one of the best bowlers in T20. He picked up four wickets to help his side restrict the Kings to 161 for 6 in there 20 overs.
Here are the top moments from this game:-
1) Flying start by Vijay and Vohra:- In the last season, Punjab did not have a single partnership of 50-plus for the first wicket. The opening pair was bit of a concern for the Kings XI considering there performance in the last IPL. But they backed this opening pair and it paid off. This partnership of 78 would surely make them feel good and give confidence to continue this in their upcoming matches.
2) CHAMPION DJ Bravo's double strike:- Dwayne Bravo showed that why is CHAMPION in any team he is playing. Bravo's spell was the turning point in this entire match. He struck twice in one over that too Miller and Maxwell shattering the Punjab's bating attack. He finished with 4 for 22 in 4 overs.
3) Sir Jadeja giving those crucial breakthrough's at the start:- Ravindra Jadeja was good with the ball giving the much important breakthrough for the Lions by breaking the opening partnership of 78. He got Manan Vohra on 38 caught by Kartikh and Vijay bowled on 42.
4) Brendon MacCullum gets a Golden Duck :- He is considered as one of the most destructive and consistent t20 batsmen. But in the match against Punjab he was stumped of the 2nd ball he faced. This was the first time that Brendon McCullum was dismissed for a duck in the last 42 IPL innings.
5) Aron Finch proves himself :- Aaron Finch proved why he is a valuable asset at the top of the order as he scored a well-orchestrated fifty to help set the foundation for an easy chase for the Lions. He scored 74 of 47 balls with 12 fours.
Here are the major stats from this game:-
1) Aaron Finch became the second player to have featured for six teams in the IPL after Parthiv Patel.
2) All three matches of the IPL so far were won by the team chasing.
3) Dwayne Bravo became the first bowler to reach the milestone of picking up 300 wickets in T20 cricket.
4) This was the 133rd IPL match that Suresh Raina has played. He never missed a single match in the IPL for Chennai Super Kings and now Gujarat Lions.
5) This was the best bowling figures for Dwayne Bravo in the IPL. His previous best was 4/42 for CSK against MI in 2013.
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