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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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It looked like an easy game for Delhi Daredevils as they were the most consistent side of IPL T20 season 2 while Kolkata Knight Riders were going bizarre since the start of the tournament. Brendon McCullum won the toss and decided to bat. Morne Van Wyn (74 off 48 balls), Brendon McCullum (35 off 29 balls) and Moises Henriques (30 off 24 balls) helped Kolkata Knight Riders reach 154/3 in 20 overs. Delhi Daredevils reached the target quite comfortably as they made 157/1 in 19 overs. Gautam Gambhir (71 off 57 balls), Tillakaratne Dilshan (42 off 34 balls) and David Warner (36 off 23 balls) were all brilliant with the bat. Gautam Gambhir was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant innings.

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Kolkata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Morne van Wyk (W) b Ashish Nehra 74 48 11 0 154.17
Brendon McCullum (C) c Ashish Nehra b Pradeep Sangwan 35 29 1 3 120.69
Brad Hodge c AB de Villiers b Pradeep Sangwan 10 19 0 0 52.63
Moises Henriques not out 30 24 2 1 125
Wriddhiman Saha * not out 1 1 0 0 100
Sourav Ganguly
Yashpal Singh
Ajit Agarkar
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ashok Dinda
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 1, lb – 0 4
Total: (154 for 3 wickets in 20.0 overs) 154 Run Rate: 7.7

Fall of Wickets1-58 (Brendon McCullum, 7), 2-98 (Brad Hodge, 13), 3-147 (Morne van Wyk, 19.2)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dirk Nannes 4 0 49 0 0 1 12.25
Ashish Nehra 4 0 23 1 0 2 5.75
Amit Mishra 4 1 18 0 0 0 4.5
Pradeep Sangwan 4 0 29 2 1 0 7.25
Rajat Bhatia 4 0 35 0 0 0 8.75

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Delhi Daredevils

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir (C) not out 71 57 7 0 124.56
David Warner c Moises Henriques b Ajit Agarkar 36 23 5 1 156.52
Tillakaratne Dilshan not out 42 34 5 1 123.53
AB de Villiers
Dinesh Karthik (W)
Mithun Manhas
Rajat Bhatia
Pradeep Sangwan
Amit Mishra
Ashish Nehra
Dirk Nannes
Extras: b – 0, w – 7, nb – 0, lb – 1 8
Total: (157 for 1 wicket in 19.0 overs) 157 Run Rate: 8.26

Fall of Wickets1-60 (David Warner, 7)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 43 0 0 0 10.75
Ashok Dinda 2 0 17 0 0 0 8.5
Moises Henriques 4 0 36 0 0 0 9
Brad Hodge 2 0 18 0 0 2 9
Ajit Agarkar 3 0 24 1 0 0 8
Murali Kartik 4 0 18 0 0 0 4.5

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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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