IPL 9 :GL Survive Morris strom.

Batting first GL made formidable 176
.Coming to the crease at 4-57 in the 11th over chasing 173 to win, Delhi's South African allrounder Chris Morris came to the crease and turned the game on its head. With captain JP Duminy going steadily at the other end, Morris started in belligerent fashion by smacking Aussie James Faulkner for two sixes in the 13th over. 

He hit another off Dwayne Bravo (1-40) and two more off Pravin Tambe (0-17) in the next two overs, reaching 35 off 13. Even at that point in time though, it seemed like a mad dash towards the finish line and nothing more, with 57 still needed from 30 balls. 

But that changed in the 17th over as Morris hit Dwayne Smith (0-26) for three successive sixes, bringing up his 50 off 17 balls, the quickest half-century yet this IPL season. It was an odd decision to bowl Smith then, but Morris made full use of this error on Raina’s part, bringing the equation down to 29 off 18.

While Morris hit eight sixes in total, none of them came in the last three overs of the innings, when the Daredevils needed them the most. It was down to some sharp death bowling by Bravo, who etched out a mishit from Duminy first ball in the 18th over, and while Morris still managed to take 11 off him, the momentum had perhaps been lost. 

Praveen Kumar (0-13 in four overs) bowled a steady penultimate over, giving away only four runs and with 14 needed off 6, it was Bravo versus Morris. He took six off the first three ball and then two poor fielding efforts from Jadeja and Karthik allowed Morris to retain strike for the last delivery.

 With four runs needed off the final ball, Bravo did the trick, bowling a full delivery into the blockhole, which Morris was unable to get away for more than just two and the Lions held on.