David Warner's new IPL captaincy stint started with a loss while the Punjab Kings picked up a DLS victory
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ScorecardIPL wrap: Wood's fiery five blasts out Warner's Capitals
David Warner has begun his latest stint as an Indian Premier League franchise captain with yet another half-century - but, ultimately, could only preside over a heavy defeat for his Delhi Capitals side.
Delhi's emphatic 50-run defeat to the Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday was inspired by one of England's spearheads Mark Wood, who took 5-14 with the sort of blistering pace that Warner may experience in the Ashes in a couple of months' time.
Chasing a formidable 6-193 from the home side in Lucknow, ignited by Barbadian Kyle Mayers' 73 off 38 balls, Warner, the third-highest run scorer in IPL history, top-scored with 56 off 48 balls.
His half-century was the 56th of his IPL career but he was not at his sharpest and his seven boundaries at a strike rate of 116.66 never looked as if it was going to be enough to keep Delhi in touch with the formidable run rate.
Largely, that was down to Wood, who took two wickets in consecutive balls in his opening over, clean bowling Prithvi Shaw with a beauty and then doing the same to in-form Australian star Mitch Marsh, who tried a loose stroke off a 147kph in-dipper.
Wood finished with 5-14 off his four overs - the best-ever figures by an Englishman in the IPL - in his first appearance in the competition for five years, as Delhi were restricted to 9-143.
"Last time I was here, I played for Chennai Super Kings (taking 0-49 from four overs in his one appearance) and it didn't go quite so well, so I wanted to try to make an impact this time. I'm delighted that it's gone well," said Wood.
Warner was suitably impressed by his potential Ashes foe. "We talk about building partnerships but you can't take it away from Wood," he said.
"He's an exceptional bowler and he showed his true talent and experience tonight. I felt like you were bowling on two different surfaces from either end.
"For us it's about going back to the drawing board now. It's one game. We go back to Delhi in front of our home crowd."
In the day's early rain-interrupted opening game, another fast bowler Arshdeep Singh spurred Punjab Kings to a seven-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders on Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method.
Left-armer Arshdeep picked up 3-19 as Kolkata faltered in pursuit of a 192-run target. They had reached 7-146 in 16 overs before heavy rain ruined the rest of the match.
Sri Lankan Bhanuka Rajapaksa had hit a 30-ball half-century with captain Shikhar Dhawan making 40 and Sam Curran 26 not out in Punjab's 5-191.
Australian international Nathan Ellis made a useful contribution to the Kings' win, taking 1-27 off his three overs before the rains came.
IPL 2023 standings
| Team | M | W | L | T | N/R | NRR | Ded. | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
GUT
|
14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.809 | 0 | 20 |
|
2
CSK
|
14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.652 | 0 | 17 |
|
3
LSG
|
14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.284 | 0 | 17 |
|
4
MI
|
14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -0.044 | 0 | 16 |
|
5
RAJ
|
14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.148 | 0 | 14 |
|
6
RCB
|
14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.135 | 0 | 14 |
|
7
KKR
|
14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | -0.239 | 0 | 12 |
|
8
KXI
|
14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | -0.304 | 0 | 12 |
|
9
DEL
|
14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | -0.808 | 0 | 10 |
|
10
SUN
|
14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | -0.59 | 0 | 8 |
M: Matches played
W: Wins
L: Losses
T: Ties
N/R: No results
NRR: Net Run Rate
Ded.: Deductions
PTS: Total points
Aussies in IPL 2023
Delhi Capitals: Mitch Marsh ($1.2m), David Warner ($1.16m)
Gujarat Titans: Matthew Wade ($446,000)
Lucknow Super Giants: Marcus Stoinis ($1.7m), Daniel Sams ($135,000)
Mumbai Indians: Tim David ($1.53m), Cameron Green ($3.15m), Jason Behrendorff ($135,000)
Punjab Kings: Nathan Ellis ($135,000), Matt Short ($36,000)
Rajasthan Royals: Adam Zampa ($270,000)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Josh Hazlewood ($1.4m), Glenn Maxwell ($2m)
Figures represent auction price in Australian dollars at time of sale