Match 43: Delhi DareDevils vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore
Delhi DareDevils Captaing Virendar Sehwag won the toss and choosen to field first. Royal Challengers who are out of IPL for sure tried something special in batting strategy. Jacques Kallis promoted upto batting order with Chipli. Chipli felt early but newly debutant Goswami shown fantastic batting display with impressive shots selection. Meanwhile wickets of Kallis and Dravid fallen down but Goswami continued to show his batting magic. Even Misbah-ul-Haq joined him came @ 5th place. Misbah who is not picked much runs in IPL content looking to steer his team towards decisive and compatible total. After reaching half-century Goswami dismissed by Maharoof. After his departure two instant run outs in quick time created more problems for Challengers infact Misbah-ul-Haq stood and realised his importance to reach anything defendable for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Glenn McGrath also bang on target grabbed twice also Maharoof too. Misbah in search for boundaries found himself lucky to get it on crucial period of time. Last over proved to costly for Delhi DareDevils, Rajat Bhatia given 24 runs including 3 massive sixes and 1 boundaries by Misbah-ul-Haq. Royal Challengers setup competetive total of 154-7
Most destructive batting combination Gautam Gambhir and Virendar Sehwag came out to bat again in fabolous fashion. Opening partnership stand given 90 runs in which flory of boundaries and beautiful shots included. Suddenly Parveen Kumar striked Sehwag in 7 over of innings which created something for other bowlers to attack on. Gautam Gambhir unfortunately ran out due to confusion after scoring splendid 39 runs. After fall of few wickets things become unfamiliar for Royal Challengers. as Shikhar Dhawan came out late in order to finish off target superbly. Delhi DareDevils won by 5 wickets and with 15 balls to spare. It was must win match for Delhi DareDevils. Surprisely Goswami awarded as Man of the Match for his fine knock of 52 runs.
