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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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Bangalore Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers were both almost sure of semi-final berth unless this last league match of IPL T20 season 2 was a completely one-sided match making significant changes to their net run rate. And as it was expected the match was close enough like any other match for both of them to qualify into the semi finals. Anil Kumble won the toss and decided to bat. A new opening combination was tried in the form of Manish Pandey with Jacques Kallis where the young Manish Pandey became the first Indian every to score a century in the Indian Premier League and the second player to score a century in IPL 2 after AB De Villiers. Manish Pandey scored 114 runs from merely 73 balls to guide his team to 170/4 in 20 overs. Deccan Chargers lost their wickets frequently and except Hershelle Gibbs (60 off 43 balls) none of the Deccan batsmen looked good and they ended at 158/6 in 20 overs. Manish Pandey was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant century.

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jacques Kallis c Tirumalsetti Suman b RP Singh 5 7 0 0 71.43
Manish Pandey * not out 114 73 10 4 156.16
Roelof van der Merwe st Adam Gilchrist b Andrew Symonds 23 18 3 1 127.78
Rahul Dravid c Herschelle Gibbs b Pragyan Ojha 6 9 0 0 66.67
Ross Taylor c RP Singh b Pragyan Ojha 1 4 0 0 25
Virat Kohli not out 19 9 0 2 211.11
Robin Uthappa
Mark Boucher (W)
Praveen Kumar
Balachandra Akhil
Anil Kumble (C)
Extras: b - 0, w - 1, nb - 0, lb - 1 2
Total: (170 for 4 wickets in 20.0 overs) 170 Run Rate: 8.5

Fall of Wickets1-7 (Jacques Kallis, 2), 2-62 (Roelof van der Merwe, 9.2), 3-107 (Rahul Dravid, 14.2), 4-134 (Ross Taylor, 17)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ryan Harris 4 0 25 0 0 0 6.25
RP Singh 4 0 47 1 0 0 11.75
Andrew Symonds 4 0 15 1 0 0 3.75
Jaskaran Singh 3 0 32 0 0 1 10.67
Pragyan Ojha 4 0 32 2 0 0 8
Tirumalsetti Suman 1 0 18 0 0 0 18

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Deccan Chargers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) c Roelof van der Merwe b Balachandra Akhil 15 18 2 0 83.33
Herschelle Gibbs c Manish Pandey b Balachandra Akhil 60 43 3 4 139.53
Tirumalsetti Suman c Roelof van der Merwe b Anil Kumble 12 12 1 0 100
Andrew Symonds b Roelof van der Merwe 18 15 1 1 120
Rohit Sharma c Virat Kohli b Anil Kumble 12 12 1 0 100
Venugopal Rao run out (Mark Boucher) 8 9 0 0 88.89
Azharuddin Bilakhia not out 16 8 2 0 200
Ryan Harris not out 4 3 0 0 133.33
Jaskaran Singh
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Extras: b - 4, w - 6, nb - 0, lb - 3 13
Total: (158 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 158 Run Rate: 7.9

Fall of Wickets1-68 (Adam Gilchrist, 6.5), 2-91 (Tirumalsetti Suman, 11), 3-116 (Herschelle Gibbs, 14.1), 4-119 (Andrew Symonds, 15.1), 5-137 (Venugopal Rao, 17.5), 6-138 (Rohit Sharma, 18.1)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Anil Kumble 4 0 23 2 0 0 5.75
Jacques Kallis 1 0 8 0 0 0 8
Praveen Kumar 4 0 45 0 0 1 11.25
Roelof van der Merwe 4 0 32 1 0 2 8
Balachandra Akhil 4 0 18 2 0 1 4.5
Virat Kohli 3 0 25 0 0 2 8.33

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In Match 49 of IPL 2, Adam Gilchrist won the toss and put Kngs XI Punjab to bat. The Kings XI Punjab batsmen struggled with the bat and they could only score 134/7 in 20 overs with the help of an useful 56 runs off 43 balls by Kumar Sangakkara. Deccan Chargers lost wickets at regular intervals when they came to bat and although the match turned into a thriller once again in the last over but Rohit Sharma (42 off 26 balls) could not script the victory as Deccan Chargers lost by merely 1 run. The best moment of the match was when Yuvraj Singh took his second hat-trick of IPL 2. Yuvraj Singh was awarded the Man of the Match for his hat-trick and his 20 runs off 18 balls.

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Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sunny Sohal c Rohit Sharma b RP Singh 9 12 0 1 75
Simon Katich c Pragyan Ojha b Andrew Symonds 11 10 2 0 110
Luke Pomersbach run out (Herschelle Gibbs) 1 2 0 0 50
Yuvraj Singh (C) b Venugopal Rao 20 18 2 1 111.11
Kumar Sangakkara (W) c Ryan Harris b RP Singh 56 43 4 1 130.23
Wilkin Mota c Ryan Harris b Tirumalsetti Suman 12 19 0 0 63.16
Irfan Pathan c Herschelle Gibbs b RP Singh 17 11 2 0 154.55
Brett Lee not out 0 5 0 0 0
Piyush Chawla not out 1 1 0 0 100
Ramesh Powar
Sreesanth
Extras: b - 1, w - 5, nb - 1, lb - 0 7
Total: (134 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 134 Run Rate: 6.7

Fall of Wickets1-12 (Sunny Sohal, 2), 2-15 (Luke Pomersbach, 2.5), 3-26 (Simon Katich, 4.2), 4-52 (Yuvraj Singh, 8.5), 5-105 (Wilkin Mota, 16.1), 6-122 (Kumar Sangakkara, 18), 7-131 (Irfan Pathan, 19.3)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ryan Harris 4 0 31 0 0 2 7.75
RP Singh 4 0 26 3 0 2 6.5
Andrew Symonds 2 0 10 1 0 1 5
Rohit Sharma 2 0 23 0 0 0 11.5
Tirumalsetti Suman 4 0 23 1 0 0 5.75
Venugopal Rao 2 0 8 1 0 0 4
Pragyan Ojha 2 0 12 0 0 0 6

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Deccan Chargers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) st Kumar Sangakkara b Ramesh Powar 23 13 4 1 176.92
Herschelle Gibbs c Piyush Chawla b Yuvraj Singh 26 37 3 0 70.27
Tirumalsetti Suman b Ramesh Powar 0 1 0 0 0
Andrew Symonds st Kumar Sangakkara b Yuvraj Singh 25 25 1 0 100
Rohit Sharma b Irfan Pathan 42 26 3 3 161.54
Venugopal Rao b Yuvraj Singh 0 1 0 0 0
Dwaraka Ravi Teja run out (Kumar Sangakkara) 10 15 1 0 66.67
Ryan Harris not out 2 2 0 0 100
RP Singh c & b Irfan Pathan 0 2 0 0 0
Jaskaran Singh not out 0 0 0 0
Pragyan Ojha
Extras: b - 1, w - 2, nb - 2, lb - 0 5
Total: (133 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 133 Run Rate: 6.65

Fall of Wickets1-34 (Adam Gilchrist, 4.2), 2-34 (Tirumalsetti Suman, 4.3), 3-73 (Herschelle Gibbs, 12), 4-79 (Andrew Symonds, 13.1), 5-79 (Venugopal Rao, 13.2), 6-110 (Dwaraka Ravi Teja, 18.2), 7-131 (Rohit Sharma, 19.3), 8-131 (RP Singh, 19.5)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Brett Lee 4 0 31 0 2 0 7.75
Irfan Pathan 3 0 29 2 0 1 9.67
Sreesanth 2 0 10 0 0 0 5
Ramesh Powar 2 0 11 2 0 1 5.5
Piyush Chawla 4 0 20 0 0 0 5
Yuvraj Singh 4 0 13 3 0 0 3.25
Wilkin Mota 1 0 18 0 0 0 18

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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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