Tahir takes flight again

Apr 11, 2017

Deepak Chahar was elated after removing Aditya Tare with his first ball•BCCI

Sanju Samson breezed through against Pune's pacers before slowing down against the spinners•BCCI

But had his stumps disturbed next ball after missing a pull against Adam Zampa•BCCI

Debutant Rahul Tripathi's short burst was ended by a smart catch by Shahbaz Nadeem•BCCI

But when it comes to celebratory runs, it's hard to beat Imran Tahir, who snuffed out Sam Billings to end a second-wicket stand of 69•BCCI

But with Rishabh Pant giving Samson able company, Daredevils were able to consolidate through the middle overs•BCCI

That hardly gave Pune respite. Chris Morris shellacked 38 off 9 balls to lift Daredevils to 205•BCCI

And when Faf du Plessis perished trying to ramp one over the keeper, Rising Pune had sunk to 52 for 4•BCCI

Samson went into overdrive in the slog overs and raised his maiden T20 century off 62 balls•BCCI

Zaheer Khan sent back the Rising Pune openers in successive overs•BCCI

Daredevils never looked back thereon. Amit Mishra took three late wickets as Rising Pune hurtled to a 97-run defeat•BCCI