Kedar Jadhav made a sparkling debut and scored a valuable 29-ball 50 to help Delhi reach a fighting 183 for 4. AB de Villiers (45) and David Warner (33) played fine cameos. If Warner helped Delhi get to a blazing start, de Villiers steadied the innings with his patient knock during the middle overs.

Jadhav played impressively for a debutant and played innovative shots all over the park during his unbeaten knock of half-century. With his quick feet and flowing bat, he kept the scorer busy. Occasionally, he would bring out his big shots and that ensured 55 runs in the last five overs of the innings.

Inserted into bat, opener David Warner played like a Goliath from the very first ball of the innings. He attacked relentlessly, throwing his bat at everything. He repeatedly lofted Praveen Kumar over mid-off and on the fifth ball deposited him over long-on for a huge six; the opening over fetched 13 runs.

In the next over, he hammered Dale Steyn for two boundaries and a massive six over mid-wicket. He completely overshadowed his senior partner Virender Sehwag in stroke-making and was threatening to score big. However, in the Steyn’s second over, after cracking a four, Warner went for a big one but holed out in the deep to Vinay Kumar. His blazing cameo of 33 came off just 14 balls and was peppered with three fours and two towering sixes.

Sehwag, who didn’t get too many strike while Warner was at the middle, tried to step on the gas but was brilliantly caught at deep point by Virat Kohli. He could barely add 12 to the team score before he had to make the walk back.

AB de Villiers and captain Dinesh Karthik (17) put a 42-run partnership to steady the Delhi innings. After Sehwag’s departure the pace of run scoring did slow down considerably but the two batsmen did work the field well and still keep the scorer busy. The duo was going along nicely but Karthik was unfortunately run out when bowler Steyn deflected de Villier’s straight drive back into the stumps and Karthik, who was backing up far too much, was found short of his crease.

Towards the business end of the innings, just when de Villiers was working up a nice pace along with debutant Kedar Jadhav, he was brilliantly run out by Eion Morgan with a direct throw from point.