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Deccan Chargers defeated Delhi Daredevils by 16 runs at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Deccan captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and decided to bat. Sunny Sohal (62 runs off 41 balls) played a very good knock supported by Kumar Sangakkara (49 runs off 35 balls) and Cameron White (31 runs off 25 balls) as the Chargers scored 168/4 in 20 overs. Delhi Daredevils in reply kept losing wickets continuously and even a fighting innings by David Warner (51 runs off 48 balls) did not help much as they ended up with only 152/7 in their 20 overs. Daniel Christian and Harmeet Singh took two wickets each for the Deccan Chargers. Sunny Sohal was awarded the Player of the Match.

Delhi Daredevils won their first match of IPL Season 4 as they defeated Sahara Pune Warriors by 3 wickets in a closely contested high scoring match. Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag won the toss and put Sahara Pune Warriors to bat. Jessie Ryder scored a blazing 60 runs of merely 27 balls and Yuvraj Singh played a brilliant innings of 66 runs off 32 balls as Pune Warriors reached a mammoth total of 187/5 in their 20 overs. Ashok Dinda and Shahbaz Nadeem took two wickets each for the Delhi Daredevils. In reply, Delhi Daredevils went off to a flyer as David Warner (46 runs off 28 balls) and Virender Sehwag (37 runs off 23 balls) scored 75 runs in just 7 overs. After the opening partnership, they kept on losing wickets at regular intervals mainly due to a brilliant bowling spell by Yuvraj Singh (4 wickets for 29 runs) but they managed to reach 190/7 in 19.2 overs mainly due to some last minute efforts by Venugopal Rao (31 runs off 20 balls), Aaron Finch (25 runs off 12 balls) and James Hopes (13 runs off 4 balls). Pune skipper Yuvraj Singh was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant all round performance though he had to be on the losing side.

Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets in their match against Delhi Daredevils at Jaipur today. Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to bat but kept on losing wickets throughout. Only David Warner (54 runs off 44 balls) and Venugopal Rao (60 runs off 40 balls) made any noticeable contributions as they reached 151/6 in 20 overs. Shane Warne and Shaun Tait took two wickets each for RR. Rajasthan Royals in reply cruised to the target in 18.3 overs with contributions from Rahul Dravid (38 runs off 31 balls), Johan Botha (39 off 32), Ashok Menaria (22 off 15 balls), Rahane (18 off 17) and Ross Taylor (18 runs off 10 balls). Shane Warne was adjudged the Man of the Match for his bowling and captaincy.

Mumbai Indians thrashed Delhi Daredevils as they won by 8 wickets with 3.1 overs to spare. Delhi Darevils skipper Virender Sehwag won the toss and decided to bat. But they lost wickets at regular intervals and were bundled out for 95 runs in 19.5 overs aided by brilliant bowling by Lasith Malinga as he scalped 5 wickets for 13 runs in 3.4 overs. Sehwag, Naman Ojha and Venugopal Rao top scored for DD with scores of 19, 29 and 26 respectively while Harbhajan chipped in with a couple of wickets. Mumbai Indians played steadily in reply though they lost two early wickets due to a brilliant initial pace attack by Delhi bowlers. But Sachin Tendulkar (46 runs off 50 balls) and Rohit Sharma (27 runs off 30 balls) steadied the chase and they finished off the target in 16.5 overs as they scored 99/2. Lastith Malinga was adjudged the Man of the Match for his brilliant spell.