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Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers were both going strong in the first few matches of IPL T20 season 2. But Deccan Chargers faced their first defeat as Delhi Daredevils beat them by 6 wickets in the 21st Match of IPL 2 today. Virender Sehwag won the toss and put Deccan Chargers to bat. The Deccan Chargers batsmen did not do well and they managed to score only 148/9 in their 20 overs due to a Dwayne Smith’s innings of 48 runs off 28 balls. Dirk Nannes and Ashish Nehra had the best bowling figures of 2/16 and 2/30 respectively for the Delhi Daredevils. Delhi Daredevils were not too good with the bat either but Tillakaratne Dilshan (52 off 46 balls) and Dinesh Karthik (41 off 30 balls) guided Delhi to a comfortable win in 18.4 overs. Dirk Nannes was awarded the Man of the Match for his bowling figures of 2 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs.

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Hyderabad
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) c Dinesh Karthik b Dirk Nannes 8 5 2 0 160
Herschelle Gibbs c AB de Villiers b Dirk Nannes 0 4 0 0 0
Azharuddin Bilakhia lbw b Daniel Vettori 22 27 2 0 81.48
Rohit Sharma c Mithun Manhas b Amit Mishra 17 20 2 0 85
Tirumalsetti Suman c AB de Villiers b Pradeep Sangwan 23 14 1 1 164.29
Dwayne Smith c Daniel Vettori b Ashish Nehra 48 28 5 2 171.43
Venugopal Rao b Ashish Nehra 16 15 1 0 106.67
Shoaib Ahmed run out (Dinesh Karthik) 0 3 0 0 0
RP Singh * not out 2 4 0 0 50
Pragyan Ojha run out (Daniel Vettori) 1 1 0 0 100
Fidel Edwards
Extras: b – 0, w – 2, nb – 1, lb – 8 11
Total: (148 for 9 wickets in 20.0 overs) 148 Run Rate: 7.4

Fall of Wickets1-8 (Adam Gilchrist, 0.5), 2-19 (Herschelle Gibbs, 2.3), 3-52 (Rohit Sharma, 9), 4-53 (Azharuddin Bilakhia, 9.2), 5-118 (Tirumalsetti Suman, 14.5), 6-139 (Dwayne Smith, 18), 7-139 (Shoaib Ahmed, 18.3), 8-147 (Venugopal Rao, 19.5), 9-148 (Pragyan Ojha, 20)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dirk Nannes 4 0 16 2 0 0 4
Ashish Nehra 4 0 30 2 1 0 7.5
Pradeep Sangwan 4 0 24 1 0 0 6
Amit Mishra 4 0 32 1 0 0 8
Daniel Vettori 3 0 23 1 0 2 7.67
Tillakaratne Dilshan 1 0 15 0 0 0 15

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Delhi
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir lbw b Shoaib Ahmed 17 15 3 0 113.33
Virender Sehwag (C) c Herschelle Gibbs b RP Singh 20 11 4 0 181.82
AB de Villiers c Pragyan Ojha b Shoaib Ahmed 5 9 1 0 55.56
Tillakaratne Dilshan not out 52 46 4 3 113.04
Dinesh Karthik (W) lbw b Pragyan Ojha 41 30 3 1 136.67
Mithun Manhas not out 3 2 0 0 150
Daniel Vettori
Amit Mishra
Pradeep Sangwan
Ashish Nehra
Dirk Nannes
Extras: b – 0, w – 7, nb – 1, lb – 4 12
Total: (150 for 4 wickets in 18.4 overs) 150 Run Rate: 8.04

Fall of Wickets1-30 (Virender Sehwag, 3.3), 2-35 (AB de Villiers, 5), 3-49 (Gautam Gambhir, 6.5), 4-128 (Dinesh Karthik, 17.1)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Fidel Edwards 3.4 0 44 0 1 3 12
RP Singh 3 0 20 1 0 2 6.67
Shoaib Ahmed 4 0 20 2 0 0 5
Pragyan Ojha 4 0 24 1 0 1 6
Rohit Sharma 1 0 10 0 0 0 10
Dwayne Smith 1 0 8 0 0 0 8
Venugopal Rao 2 0 20 0 0 1 10

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Delhi Daredevils has been winning all its games in IPL till now while Bangalore Royal Challengers were losing most of their games. And there was not any difference this time too. Kevin Pietersen won the toss and decided to bat. The Bangalore Royal Challengers again lost frequent wickets and with contribution from Kevin Pietersen (37 off 25 balls), Mark Boucher (36 off 28 balls) and Ross Taylor (31 off 34 balls) they reached 149/7 in 20 overs. Delhi had a steady run chase although there were a few hiccups in between with Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir out cheaply. With an excellent innings from Tillakaratne Dilshan (67 off 47 balls), Delhi Daredevils reached their target of 150 losing only 4 wickets in 19.2 overs. Tillakaratne Dilshan was awarded the Man of the Match for his excellent innings.

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jacques Kallis b Dirk Nannes 0 1 0 0 0
Robin Uthappa c Pradeep Sangwan b Ashish Nehra 3 4 0 0 75
Kevin Pietersen (C) b Daniel Vettori 37 25 2 2 148
Ross Taylor lbw b Amit Mishra 31 34 3 0 91.18
Virat Kohli c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Ashish Nehra 22 24 1 0 91.67
Mark Boucher (W) c Amit Mishra b Pradeep Sangwan 36 28 2 2 128.57
Balachandra Akhil * not out 8 4 0 1 200
Vinay Kumar run out (AB de Villiers) 0 0 0 0
Pankaj Singh not out 1 1 0 0 100
Anil Kumble
Kotarangada Appanna
Extras: b – 0, w – 5, nb – 1, lb – 5 11
Total: (149 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 149 Run Rate: 7.45

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Jacques Kallis, 0.1), 2-10 (Robin Uthappa, 1.2), 3-72 (Kevin Pietersen, 9.3), 4-78 (Ross Taylor, 11), 5-139 (Mark Boucher, 19), 6-139 (Virat Kohli, 19.1), 7-145 (Vinay Kumar, 19.3)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dirk Nannes 4 0 24 1 0 1 6
Ashish Nehra 4 0 34 2 1 1 8.5
Pradeep Sangwan 4 0 32 1 0 1 8
Amit Mishra 4 0 19 1 0 2 4.75
Daniel Vettori 4 0 35 1 0 0 8.75

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Delhi Daredevils

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir c Mark Boucher b Pankaj Singh 16 19 1 0 84.21
Virender Sehwag (C) c Kevin Pietersen b Pankaj Singh 7 5 0 1 140
Tillakaratne Dilshan not out 67 47 5 2 142.55
AB de Villiers b Kotarangada Appanna 21 23 0 0 91.3
Dinesh Karthik (W) c Jacques Kallis b Balachandra Akhil 12 9 1 1 133.33
Mithun Manhas not out 23 13 4 0 176.92
Amit Mishra
Daniel Vettori
Dirk Nannes
Pradeep Sangwan
Ashish Nehra
Extras: b – 0, w – 4, nb – 0, lb – 0 4
Total: (150 for 4 wickets in 19.2 overs) 150 Run Rate: 7.76

Fall of Wickets1-11 (Virender Sehwag, 1.4), 2-42 (Gautam Gambhir, 5.4), 3-84 (AB de Villiers, 13.1), 4-106 (Dinesh Karthik, 15.4)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Vinay Kumar 3.2 0 28 0 0 0 8.4
Pankaj Singh 4 0 31 2 0 1 7.75
Jacques Kallis 3 0 37 0 0 3 12.33
Anil Kumble 4 0 22 0 0 0 5.5
Kotarangada Appanna 4 0 24 1 0 0 6
Balachandra Akhil 1 0 8 1 0 0 8

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Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings are both probable winners of IPL T20 season 2 and so this match was expected to be a cracker. Virender Sehwag won the toss and decided to bat. Both Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir went out cheaply and it seemed Delhi was not in its usual song today. But then AB de Villiers (105 off 54 balls) hit the first century of IPL 2 and Tillakaratne Dilshan hit 50 off 27 balls to guide Delhi to the highest score of IPL T20 season 2 till now. Delhi Daredevils scored 189/5 in 20 overs giving a seemingly impossible to total to chase of 190 runs. Balaji shone with the ball with 3/19 in his 4 overs. But Chennai Super Kings bounced back very well and with brilliant innings from Matthew Hayden (57 off 27 balls) and Suresh Raina (41 off 27 balls) the match became very competitive. However, they lost too many wickets and they finished at 180/9 in their 20 overs. Pradeep Sangwan and Danniel Vettori shone with the ball with 3/28 and 2/29 respectively. AB De Villiers was awarded the Man of the Match for his blistering century.

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Delhi
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir c MS Dhoni b Lakshmipathy Balaji 0 1 0 0 0
Virender Sehwag (C) c Albie Morkel b Manpreet Gony 6 9 1 0 66.67
AB de Villiers * not out 105 54 5 6 194.44
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Suresh Raina b Albie Morkel 50 27 7 2 185.19
Dinesh Karthik (W) c Andrew Flintoff b Lakshmipathy Balaji 18 16 2 0 112.5
Manoj Tiwary c Andrew Flintoff b Lakshmipathy Balaji 9 13 1 0 69.23
Daniel Vettori not out 0 0 0 0
Dirk Nannes
Avishkar Salvi
Pradeep Sangwan
Ashish Nehra
Extras: b – 0, w – 1, nb – 0, lb – 0 1
Total: (189 for 5 wickets in 20.0 overs) 189 Run Rate: 9.45

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Gautam Gambhir, 0.1), 2-8 (Virender Sehwag, 2), 3-76 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 8.3), 4-114 (Dinesh Karthik, 14), 5-188 (Manoj Tiwary, 19.5)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4 0 19 3 0 1 4.75
Manpreet Gony 4 0 45 1 0 0 11.25
Albie Morkel 4 0 41 1 0 0 10.25
Andrew Flintoff 4 0 50 0 0 0 12.5
Joginder Sharma 1 0 8 0 0 0 8
Muttiah Muralidaran 3 0 26 0 0 0 8.67

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Chennai
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Parthiv Patel c AB de Villiers b Pradeep Sangwan 16 15 2 0 106.67
Matthew Hayden c Dirk Nannes b Pradeep Sangwan 57 27 5 3 211.11
Suresh Raina c AB de Villiers b Pradeep Sangwan 41 27 5 1 151.85
MS Dhoni (C) (W) c Dinesh Karthik b Daniel Vettori 5 7 0 0 71.43
Andrew Flintoff c sub b Ashish Nehra 16 17 1 0 94.12
Albie Morkel not out 13 14 1 0 92.86
Subramaniam Badrinath c sub b Daniel Vettori 7 8 0 0 87.5
Manpreet Gony run out (Virender Sehwag) 6 2 0 1 300
Joginder Sharma run out (sub) 4 3 0 0 133.33
Lakshmipathy Balaji run out (Pradeep Sangwan) 0 0 0 0
Muttiah Muralidaran not out 0 1 0 0 0
Extras: b – 0, w – 8, nb – 1, lb – 6 15
Total: (180 for 9 wickets in 20.0 overs) 180 Run Rate: 9

Fall of Wickets1-57 (Parthiv Patel, 5.2), 2-90 (Matthew Hayden, 8), 3-108 (MS Dhoni, 10.3), 4-139 (Suresh Raina, 14.1), 5-156 (Andrew Flintoff, 16), 6-168 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 18.3), 7-175 (Manpreet Gony, 19), 8-179 (Joginder Sharma, 19.3), 9-179 (Lakshmipathy Balaji, 19.4)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dirk Nannes 4 0 32 0 0 0 8
Ashish Nehra 4 0 33 1 0 1 8.25
Avishkar Salvi 3 0 41 0 0 1 13.67
Pradeep Sangwan 4 0 28 3 1 2 7
Daniel Vettori 4 0 29 2 0 0 7.25
Manoj Tiwary 1 0 11 0 0 0 11

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Delhi Daredevil’s first match and the third match of IPL T20 season 2 was against Kings XI Punjab and it was expected to a very competitive and high scoring match. Both the teams have some great hitters and even both the captains Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh are regarded as two huge hitters of the cricket ball. But the match was heavily delayed as rain decided to play spoilsport. The match had to be reduced to 12 overs after several rain disruptions. Then Kings XI Punjab side were attacking from the very beginning and with brisk contributions from Karan Goel (38 off 21 balls), Ravi Bopara (22 off 16 balls) and Yuvraj Singh (16 off 11 balls) then managed to reach 104/7 in their 12 overs although their last few overs were not great. Sehwag (38 off 16 balls) and Gambhir (15 off 13 balls) came as the openers of the Delhi team and they started playing their natural game hitting boundaries and sixes. It was then that rain decided to play spoilsport once the target was revised to 54 in six overs. Sehwag continued with his hitting and the Daredevils completed the target within 4.5 overs. Daniel Vettori was declared Man of the Match due to his spell of 3/15.

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Mohali
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Ravi Bopara lbw b Daniel Vettori 22 16 0 2 137.5
Karan Goel c Daniel Vettori b Yo Mahesh 38 21 3 3 180.95
Yuvraj Singh (C) run out (Dinesh Karthik) 16 11 0 2 145.45
Kumar Sangakkara (W) c Dirk Nannes b Daniel Vettori 8 11 1 0 72.73
Mahela Jayawardena c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Daniel Vettori 6 6 1 0 100
Irfan Pathan c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Avishkar Salvi 6 7 0 0 85.71
Piyush Chawla run out (Manoj Tiwary) 0 0 0 0
Taruwar Kohli not out 0 0 0 0
Vikramjeet Malik
VRV Singh
Yusuf Abdulla
Extras: b – 0, w – 4, nb – 0, lb – 4 8
Total: (104 for 7 wickets in 12.0 overs) 104 Run Rate: 8.67

Fall of Wickets1-67 (Karan Goel, 6), 2-67 (Ravi Bopara, 6.1), 3-77 (Kumar Sangakkara, 8.4), 4-98 (Yuvraj Singh, 10.3), 5-98 (Mahela Jayawardena, 10.5), 6-98 (Piyush Chawla, 11), 7-104 (Irfan Pathan, 12)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dirk Nannes 3 0 24 0 0 3 8
Avishkar Salvi 2 0 17 1 0 0 8.5
Pradeep Sangwan 2 0 19 0 0 0 9.5
Yo Mahesh 2 0 25 1 0 1 12.5
Daniel Vettori 3 0 15 3 0 0 5

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Delhi
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir not out 15 13 2 0 115.38
Virender Sehwag (C) not out 38 16 4 3 237.5
Dinesh Karthik (W)
AB de Villiers
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Manoj Tiwary
Avishkar Salvi
Daniel Vettori
Pradeep Sangwan
Yo Mahesh
Dirk Nannes
Extras: b – 1, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 1 5
Total: (58 for 0 wickets in 4.5 overs) 58 Run Rate: 12

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Irfan Pathan 1 0 9 0 0 1 9
Yusuf Abdulla 1 0 19 0 0 1 19
Vikramjeet Malik 1 0 11 0 0 0 11
VRV Singh 1 0 5 0 0 0 5
Piyush Chawla 0.5 0 12 0 0 1 14.4

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