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Adam Gilchrist was awarded the Man of the Series of the second edition of the Indian Premier League. Gilchrist scored the second highest runs in the tournament after Matthew Hayden scoring 495 runs in his 16 innings with 54 fours and 29 sixes. He also led the Deccan Chargers team to victory in IPL T20 season 2 under his captaincy.

Matthew Hayden was awarded the Orange Cap for the highest runs in IPL 2 as he amassed 572 runs in 12 innings at an average of 52.00 with 60 fours and 22 sixes. RP Singh was awarded the Purple Cap for being the leading wicket taker in IPL 2 scalping 23 wickets in 16 matches at an average of 18.13

In the first semi-final of IPL T20 season 2, Delhi Daredevils were the favorites to win the match against Deccan Chargers. However, Deccan Chargers captain had something else in mind. Adam Gilchrist won the toss and put Delhi Daredevils to bat. Most of the Delhi Daredevils batsmen struggled with the bat and the team reached 153/8 in 20 overs guided by a valuable innings from Tillakaratne Dilshan (65 off 51 balls) and Virender Sehwag (39 off 31 balls). Ryan Harris and R P Singh were the pick of the Deccan Chargers bowlers with bowling figures of 3/27 and 2/33 respectively. Adam Gilchrist came to the crease and hit the bowlers for fours and sixes as he took the game away from the Delhi Dardevils. Adam Gilchrist scored the fastest ever 50 in IPL by hitting a 17 balls 50 on way to score a brilliant 85 runs off 35 balls. Deccan Chargers reached 154/4 in merely 17.4 overs. Adam Gilchrist was awarded the Man of the Match for his blazing knock.

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Delhi Daredevils

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir c RP Singh b Ryan Harris 0 5 0 0 0
David Warner c Herschelle Gibbs b Ryan Harris 0 1 0 0 0
Virender Sehwag (C) lbw b Andrew Symonds 39 31 5 0 125.81
Tillakaratne Dilshan run out (Tirumalsetti Suman) 65 51 7 1 127.45
AB de Villiers c Adam Gilchrist b RP Singh 26 21 0 2 123.81
Dinesh Karthik (W) b Ryan Harris 9 8 0 1 112.5
Rajat Bhatia c Venugopal Rao b RP Singh 4 2 1 0 200
Amit Mishra run out (Adam Gilchrist) 0 1 0 0 0
Pradeep Sangwan not out 0 1 0 0 0
Dirk Nannes
Ashish Nehra
Extras: b - 5, w - 4, nb - 1, lb - 0 10
Total: (153 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 153 Run Rate: 7.65

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Gautam Gambhir, 0.5), 2-0 (David Warner, 1), 3-85 (Virender Sehwag, 10.4), 4-133 (AB de Villiers, 17.1), 5-145 (Dinesh Karthik, 19), 6-151 (Rajat Bhatia, 19.3), 7-153 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 19.5), 8-153 (Amit Mishra, 20)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ryan Harris 4 1 27 3 1 1 6.75
RP Singh 4 0 33 2 0 2 8.25
Pragyan Ojha 3 0 27 0 0 0 9
Andrew Symonds 3 0 20 1 0 0 6.67
Harmeet Singh 3 0 15 0 0 0 5
Rohit Sharma 3 0 26 0 0 1 8.67

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Deccan Chargers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) c Dirk Nannes b Amit Mishra 85 35 10 5 242.86
Herschelle Gibbs b Ashish Nehra 0 2 0 0 0
Azharuddin Bilakhia st Dinesh Karthik b Amit Mishra 10 20 0 0 50
Tirumalsetti Suman not out 24 25 3 0 96
Andrew Symonds c David Warner b Amit Mishra 24 15 2 1 160
Rohit Sharma not out 5 11 0 0 45.45
Venugopal Rao
Ryan Harris
Harmeet Singh
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Extras: b - 0, w - 4, nb - 2, lb - 0 6
Total: (154 for 4 wickets in 17.4 overs) 154 Run Rate: 8.72

Fall of Wickets1-22 (Herschelle Gibbs, 1.2), 2-91 (Azharuddin Bilakhia, 8), 3-102 (Adam Gilchrist, 10), 4-137 (Andrew Symonds, 13.4)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dirk Nannes 3 0 38 0 0 2 12.67
Ashish Nehra 4 0 38 1 1 1 9.5
Pradeep Sangwan 2.4 0 21 0 0 1 7.88
Tillakaratne Dilshan 3 0 13 0 0 0 4.33
Virender Sehwag 1 0 25 0 1 0 25
Amit Mishra 4 0 19 3 0 0 4.75

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Deccan Chargers beat Kolkata Knight Riders in a thriller in Match 48 of IPL T20 season 2. Adam Gilchrist won the toss and put Kolkata Knight Riders to bat. Kolkata Knight Riders reached to a decent total of 160/5 in 20 overs with Brad Hodge (48 off 41 balls) and David Hussey (43 off 17 balls) playing brilliant innings. Deccan Chargers started the chase very well and Adam Gilchrist (43 off 31 balls) hit fours and sixes making it look easy chase for the Chargers. But then he got out and other wickets also fell in quick succession which increased the pressure and the required run rate. The situation was such that 21 runs were needed in the last over but Rohit Sharma played brilliantly and scored 26 runs of the last over off Mashrafe Mortaza winning the match for the Deccan Chargers with 166/4 in 20 overs. Rohit Sharma was awarded the Man of the Match his brilliant knock of 32 runs off 13 balls and his bowling figures of 1 wicket for 15 runs.

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Kolkata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) c Tirumalsetti Suman b Ryan Harris 20 18 1 1 111.11
Sourav Ganguly c Ryan Harris b Rohit Sharma 33 41 3 0 80.49
Brad Hodge c Harmeet Singh b Ryan Harris 48 41 5 0 117.07
David Hussey run out (Adam Gilchrist) 43 17 2 4 252.94
Wriddhiman Saha (W) c RP Singh b Andrew Symonds 7 3 0 1 233.33
Mashrafe Mortaza not out 2 2 0 0 100
Ajit Agarkar not out 0 0 0 0
Yashpal Singh
Ishant Sharma
Murali Kartik
Shoaib Shaikh
Extras: b - 1, w - 2, nb - 2, lb - 2 7
Total: (160 for 5 wickets in 20.0 overs) 160 Run Rate: 8

Fall of Wickets1-27 (Brendon McCullum, 4.3), 2-85 (Sourav Ganguly, 14.5), 3-117 (Brad Hodge, 17.5), 4-152 (Wriddhiman Saha, 19.2), 5-158 (David Hussey, 19.4)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ryan Harris 4 0 20 2 0 0 5
RP Singh 3.1 0 30 0 2 2 9.47
Andrew Symonds 4 0 28 1 0 0 7
Harmeet Singh 3.5 0 40 0 0 0 10.43
Pragyan Ojha 3 0 24 0 0 0 8
Rohit Sharma 2 0 15 1 0 0 7.5

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Deccan Chargers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) c sub b Brad Hodge 43 31 5 2 138.71
Herschelle Gibbs c David Hussey b Murali Kartik 28 34 3 0 82.35
Tirumalsetti Suman run out (Brad Hodge) 31 24 3 1 129.17
Andrew Symonds run out (Mashrafe Mortaza) 18 13 0 1 138.46
Rohit Sharma not out 32 13 3 2 246.15
Venugopal Rao not out 7 7 0 0 100
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
Ryan Harris
Harmeet Singh
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Extras: b - 1, w - 2, nb - 2, lb - 2 7
Total: (166 for 4 wickets in 20.0 overs) 166 Run Rate: 8.3

Fall of Wickets1-68 (Adam Gilchrist, 9.2), 2-85 (Herschelle Gibbs, 12.3), 3-116 (Tirumalsetti Suman, 16.2), 4-128 (Andrew Symonds, 17.0)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 23 0 0 0 5.75
Mashrafe Mortaza 4 0 58 0 2 2 14.5
Murali Kartik 4 0 12 1 0 0 3
Brad Hodge 3 0 23 1 0 0 7.67
Ajit Agarkar 4 0 41 0 0 0 10.25
David Hussey 1 0 6 0 0 0 6

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Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers were both sitting near the top of the points tally before the 43rd Match of IPL T20 season 2 and the match was seen by many as a fight for an almost guaranteed semi-final berth. Adam Gilchrist won the toss and put Delhi Daredevils to bat. Delhi Daredevils did not look very comfortable against the Deccan Chargers bowlers but Dinesh Karthik (44 off 23 balls), AB de Villiers (44 off 36 balls) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (37 off 18 balls) played blazing knocks to guide Delhi Daredevils to 172/7 in 20 overs. Deccan Chargers started the run chase in style as Adam Gilchrist blazed to 64 runs in 33 balls. Even after he got out Andrew Symonds (41 off 22 balls) attacked the bowling and Deccan Chargers were looking at a comfortable position with just 25 runs needed off 20 balls with 7 wickets in hand. But then wickets fell in quick succession and all of a sudden Deccan Chargers were bowled out for 161 runs in 19.4 overs. Rajat Bhatia and Pradeep Sangwan were the star bowlers for the Delhi Daredevils with bowling figures of 4/15 and 3/18 respectively. Rajat Bhatia was awarded the Man of the Match for taking the crucial 4 wickets which helped Delhi Daredevils turn the match around in their favour.

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Delhi Daredevils

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir c Venugopal Rao b Pragyan Ojha 19 25 0 1 76
David Warner c Venugopal Rao b Chaminda Vaas 4 6 0 0 66.67
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Dwaraka Ravi Teja b Andrew Symonds 37 18 7 1 205.56
AB de Villiers c Dwaraka Ravi Teja b Dwayne Smith 44 36 4 1 122.22
Virender Sehwag (C) c Andrew Symonds b Chaminda Vaas 11 10 1 0 110
Dinesh Karthik (W) not out 44 23 4 3 191.3
Rajat Bhatia c Shoaib Ahmed b Pragyan Ojha 0 1 0 0 0
Amit Mishra run out (Adam Gilchrist) 2 3 0 0 66.67
Pradeep Sangwan not out 0 0 0 0
Ashish Nehra
Dirk Nannes
Extras: b - 0, w - 9, nb - 2, lb - 1 12
Total: (173 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 173 Run Rate: 8.65

Fall of Wickets1-7 (David Warner, 1.3), 2-57 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 6.2), 3-80 (Gautam Gambhir, 9.5), 4-103 (Virender Sehwag, 13.5), 5-130 (AB de Villiers, 17), 6-131 (Rajat Bhatia, 17.2), 7-150 (Amit Mishra, 19.1)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
RP Singh 4 0 26 0 0 1 6.5
Chaminda Vaas 4 0 52 2 2 1 13
Andrew Symonds 3 0 19 1 0 1 6.33
Shoaib Ahmed 1 0 24 0 0 0 24
Pragyan Ojha 4 0 26 2 0 1 6.5
Dwayne Smith 4 0 25 1 0 0 6.25

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Deccan Chargers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Tirumalsetti Suman c Ashish Nehra b Pradeep Sangwan 3 7 0 0 42.86
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) b Pradeep Sangwan 64 33 5 5 193.94
Rohit Sharma c David Warner b Pradeep Sangwan 6 7 1 0 85.71
Dwaraka Ravi Teja c Rajat Bhatia b Dirk Nannes 27 34 3 0 79.41
Andrew Symonds b Rajat Bhatia 41 22 3 2 186.36
Dwayne Smith b Rajat Bhatia 1 2 0 0 50
Venugopal Rao c Dinesh Karthik b Ashish Nehra 1 3 0 0 33.33
Chaminda Vaas not out 10 6 1 0 166.67
RP Singh run out (Ashish Nehra) 0 1 0 0 0
Pragyan Ojha b Rajat Bhatia 0 2 0 0 0
Shoaib Ahmed c AB de Villiers b Rajat Bhatia 0 1 0 0 0
Extras: b - 0, w - 5, nb - 0, lb - 3 8
Total: (161 for 10 wickets in 19.4 overs) 161 Run Rate: 8.19

Fall of Wickets1-33 (Tirumalsetti Suman, 2.5), 2-40 (Rohit Sharma, 4.2), 3-86 (Adam Gilchrist, 10.5), 4-149 (Dwaraka Ravi Teja, 17), 5-150 (Andrew Symonds, 17.2), 6-151 (Dwayne Smith, 17.4), 7-155 (Venugopal Rao, 18.3), 8-155 (RP Singh, 18.4), 9-161 (Pragyan Ojha, 19.3), 10-161 (Shoaib Ahmed, 19.4)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ashish Nehra 4 0 47 1 0 1 11.75
Dirk Nannes 4 0 31 1 0 1 7.75
Pradeep Sangwan 4 1 18 3 0 3 4.5
Tillakaratne Dilshan 2 0 8 0 0 0 4
Rajat Bhatia 2.4 0 15 4 0 0 5.62
Amit Mishra 3 0 39 0 0 0 13

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