IPL 2018, DD vs KXIP: Four things you might have missed

#2 Late introduction of spin

Mishra started bowling from the 10th over

Gambhir used a different tactic in today’s match when he introduced his spinners late in the game.

He used the pace of Trent Boult and Anesh Khan upfront in the powerplay and chipped in overs from Daniel Christian and Liam Plunkett.

It was only in the 10th over of the innings when the Delhi skipper unleashed the leg-spin of Amit Mishra and bowled a couple of overs from Glenn Maxwell.

Gambhir’s strategy of using his pacers early against the batting heavy top order of Kings XI Punjab definitely pitched rich dividends as Punjab only managed 63 runs in the first nine overs and also lost three important wickets.

The early setbacks definitely hampered Punjab’s hope of a good first innings score.