Indian Premier League (IPL)

Match 47: Delhi DareDevils vs. Kolkata Knight Riders

An important match for both teams infact Kolkata considered it too much crucial because only this way they could show any magic to home crowd. Last time both teams played together Shoaib Akhtar made wonderful return in grand fashion and stolen victory from Delhi to Kolkata.

But today! without any ball match due to excessive rain at Feroz Shah Kotla match got abandoned and Delhi DareDevils and Kolkata Knight Riders given a point each. Delhi move on to 13 points as Kolkata stayed on same position having 11 points. This game termed as No Result infact it is a first game of IPL end as No Result.

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.

Match 40: Delhi DareDevils vs. Kings XI Punjab

Another exciting match between two good sides Delhi and Punjab playing at Feroz Shah Kotla Day Nighter in front of large audience. From Initial play interupted due to Rain and game delayed for a while. Virendar Sehwag who won the toss and choosen to bat first on flat track. Magical opening pair of Gambhir and Sehwag opened brilliantly. Infact Sehwag dropped earlier by Yuvraj Singh who missed the simple sitter which cost much higher as Sehwag started to counter attach each and every bowler of Kings XI Punjab including VRV Singh and Piyush Chawla went for many. Gambhir shown same kind of ravishing batting form along Sehwag. Both of them maintained scoring rate with fantastic momentum. After scoring 40 runs Gambhir bowled by Ramesh Powar. Powar playing his 2nd match strucked another blow this time Shekar Dhawan early in his 2nd over. Some problems started for Delhi DareDevils after falling 4 wickets in quick sessions. But sudden rain stoppage discarded players attention. Delhi DareDevils well placed in 11 over scoring 118 runs on the board.

After several interuption on the field Duckworths Lewis method introduced to get match results. Kings XI Punjab openers not provided absolute start as they given in past. Shaun Marsh felt earlier. James Hopes and Yuvraj Singh looked to partnership. Glenn McGrath dismissed Yuvraj Singh in process of lifting up the scoring rate. Following next over James Hopes also sent back by legspinner Mishra. Mahela Jayawardene and Pomerbach steered Kings XI Punjab extra-ordinary with maintainence of high runs per over 11.75 which favored Kings XI Punjab to win over Delhi DareDevils according to D/L Method. Fine innings of Jayawardene 36 runs off 17 balls remain Kings XI Punjab winner of the day. Jayawardene awarded as man of the match for his performance

Match Number 35 of IPl t20 was a Blockbuster. It had the most anticipated return of the controversial Shoaib Akhtar who had gone through sever stress in the past month or so.

Ganguly choose to bat on a good looking wicket and salman butt played well and gave his side a moderate start but after Chopra went and the skipper soon followed the pressure mounted on hussey and Butt.But soon got out just when he was looking dangerous for 48.And hussey who seemed out of the groove still managed a struggling 31.But the problems were the big hit and 12 - 15 run overs which never came for Knight Riders .KKr just managed a modest 133/6 of their 20 overs

Dehli Superstar opener came onto the field with a very gente target to chase but they were facing the return of Rawalpindi Express on the Cricketing Field.Shoaib blew away Verinder Sehwag on his 3rd ball and then soon followed with Gautam Gambhir`s wicket and gangully chance to give him another go worked wonders as he blew away two more batsmen removing Ab devilliers and Tiwary.This brought Knight Riders back into the game and the crowd along with Srk witnessed a dream IPl beginning for Speedstar Shoaib Akhtar.

The Knight Riders who were on a high did not allowed Daredevils to settle down with their excellent ground fielding and great team spirit and kept one taking wickets through runout.

Finally Shukla sealed the victory for Kolkata by taking 3 wickets of 5 balls.This brought Kolkata right back in the hunt for the semi-final slot and now its the dare devilz who have to struggle to come back.

Sharukh Khan was so estatic that he jumped onto Shoaib Akhtar (Man of the Match) lap to congratulate him and also presented him with Knights Souvnier.

It was a clash between two team at totally different places on the points table.Delhi were rising high on top where as mumbai indians were struggling at the bottom.but as is said in T20 you never know.Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to field first.Mumbai Indians got on to a flying start and Jayasurya-Yogesh pair scored 46 runs

Soon they started loosing wickets and after 16 overs they were 118/6 and it looked like they might not reach the 150 mark. But Pollock scored 22 runs of 19th over and thus Mumbai Indians scored 162 runs in 20 overs

WIth the lights of VIRU the score of 162 looked a modest one but pollock and nehra gave the home team a superb beggining by dimissing gautam and dhavan for one.Which charged up the whole sided viru played well for his 40 of 21 balls but when he got out of thornly`s bowling the only hope left for DD was shoaib Malik but he was foxed by supeb slower one by shaun pollock and derailed the DD innings and they couldn`t got back again.

Young Kulkarni finally wrapped up the innings by cleaning asif and Mcgrath and giving Mumbai Indians a much needed and famous victory by 29 runs

Match 20: Chennai Super Kings vs. Delhi DareDevils

Chennnai Super Kings, unbeaten for 4 matches now Dhoni XI ready to comebeat against strong Delhi DareDevils who only lost a match. Mahedra Singh Dhoni won the toss and choosen to bat first as always he set a target around 180 to 200 beyond. But ahead of significant bowling attack of Delhi DareDevils it seemed to be quite tough likes of Glenn McGrath and Mohammad Asif started preceeding with bowl. Delhi DareDevils bowlers straight on target from first bowl. Parthiv Patel and new opening partner Stephen Fleming open for Chennai Super Kings. They were unable to do counter attack brilliant bowling all round Yomahesh took early wicket of Stephen Fleming. Vidyut came in another young gun but proving to play amateur innings. He scored decently along side Parthiv Patel and then MS Dhoni. MS Dhoni who is supreme touch fails to same thing as he did in past matches. Chennai Super Kings reknown for best of team combinations fails to score something effective on scoreboard. S Vidyut scored a fine fifty but he was soon removed by Australian Veteran Glenn McGrath. Meanwhile Mohammad Asif also sent back MS Dhoni with a fine catch of Shoaib Malik diving full length at long on. Since the departure of two set batsmen upcoming players like Albie Morkel and Suresh unable to score much and Delhi DareDevils restricted Chennai Super Kings to 169 runs. MS Dhoni not impressed with batting performance because to defending anything 8 runs over never seem to be big hurdle.

Virendar Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir started chase outstandingly. Virendar Sehwag always tried to attack over prime pacers of CSK. Manpreet Gony who is impressive in IPL went for much runs. However Albie Morkel and Joginder Sharma also plundered for much by Virendar Sehwag and Gambhir. Sehwag was in damn hurry, He scored all-over the ground and Gambhir also worked out very well. For first time in tournament most favorites Chennai Super Kings seemed to desperate trouble because Sehwag and his legacy continue to maintain runs momentum. After reaching Sehwag fifty he certainly get out after chipping 71 runs off 41 balls including 7 boundaries and 4 massive sixes. Since the departure of Sehwag made things much easier for Delhi. Gambhir also reached his fine fifty. Manpreet Gony bowled out Gambhir. AB DeVilliers and S Dhawan guided Delhi DareDevils over emphatic win against Chennai Super Kings just in 19 overs. Delhi DareDevils win by 8 wickets with one over spare. Virendar Sehwag rewarded second time as Man of the Match.

Match 17: Bangalore Royal Challengers vs. Delhi DareDevils

Bangalore Royal Challengers who are second most expensive team in IPL thesedays really missing anyone in batting line-up to get resistant but Delhi DareDevils after a recent loss against Kings XI Punjab. Bangalore Royal Challengers captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field first. Delhi DareDevils captain Virendar Sehwag as always given flourishing start for hist team but he soon got out due to hesistance along Gambhir. 1st Parntership scored above 50 runs which given some kind of boost to batting team. Shikar Dhawan who has great tournament played and formed superb parntership with Gautam Gambhir. It was totally action pack innings from Delhi DareDevils batsmen. Shikar Dhawan after fine knock of 50 runs of 33 balls cleared up by Jacques Kallis. Wickets started to fall-off as Shoaib Malik and Dinesh Karthik felt early. Gautam Gambhir single handedly continued his fantastic and flory of runs. He scored brilliant 86 runs off 54 balls including 11 boundaries and 1 six. Delhi DareDevils clinched their innings scoring 191 runs. Dale Steyn and Zaheer Khan picked up wicket each Jacques Kallis took 2 crucial wickets.

Bangalore Royal Challengers, apparently not well chasers started things not well in terms of wickets. Wasim Jaffar and newly promoted Praveen Kumar appeared to open Challengers innings. Excellency of McGrath continued with ball and he grabbed up 3 early and much needed wickets for Delhi DareDevils. Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid gathered and put off relatively better and required parntership. Both of them displayed great performance with the bat. Inconsistency also continues after the wicket of Dravid. Jacques Kallis reached his second fifty in 20-20 career. Kallis also departed but Mark Boucher and his fellow Kholi unable to match-up the required rate in the end after playing alloted 20 overs. Delhi DareDevils win by 10 runs with superb bowling from Glenn McGrath picked 4 wickets and Daniel Vettori as always chipped once but remained much economical.

Glenn McGrath awarded as Man of the Match for his match winning bowling figures 4-29 best ever in IPL Contest.

Match 13 - Kings XI Punjab vs. Delhi DareDevils

Delhi DareDevils captain Virendar Sehwag won the toss and decided to bat first on flat and batting track. Yuvraj Singh guided bowlers to grab out wickets at quick intervals. The plan worked for him pidy early when Virendar Sehwag who is in supreme touch dismissed by Irfan Pathan. From other end VRV Singh continued to apply more pressure with his straight line bowling Brett Lee also bowled at great pace. Handy contribution of Manoj Tiwari and Dinesh Karthik made Delhi DareDevils to reach score of 158/6 no one performed really well for Sehwags XI.

King XI Punjab opened up worldclass bowling attack of Delhi DareDevils picked 2 early blows for Kings XI Punjab in shape of Karan Goel and Kumar Sangakkara. Simon Katich played a fine knock for his 75 along with Mahela Jayawardena and Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj Singh also scored awesome cricketing shots. Mohammad Asif striked some wickets for Delhi but it was well enough because of great contribution of Simon Katich and Yuvraj Katich guided a fine and easy victory for Kings XI. Its proven to be fine comeback by Punjab after loosing 2 matches in a row and winning against Delhi and Mumbai Indians this week. Simon Katich was rewarded as Man of the Match for his magnificient 75.

Match 7 between Delhi DareDevils & Deccan Chargers played at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad. The toss won by VVS Laxman captain of Chargers who elected to bat first the initial expression of Dare Devils was simple and sleek as they were ready to do all things on IPL Platform. Delhi who is winner of domestic championship named as Ranji Trophy claimed as strongest contender in IPL.

As Always, Adam Gilchrist opened up batting along with Venugopal Rao which Gilly unable to give solid start for DC and wickets started to tumble as Mohammad Asif who recently joined DareDevils after a successful tour against Bangladesh uplift the bowling single handedly and which he provided some initial and crucial breakthroughs for his Delhi DareDevils Team.

No one seems to be play any mature innings highly hoped Andrew Symonds & Shahid Afridi, Sanjay Bangar got out cheap without making any explosive impression. One has to stay and play long innings so then Rohit Sharma a young Delhi talent who was involved in Indian T20 Campaign last year showed great temperament and class of act. He finished off his innings an over before with 66 runs of 36 balls including 6 boundaries and 4 monster maximum DLF sixes. Deccan Chargers ended their innings with a score of 142-8.

Chasing anything around 7 or half per year in T20 format never seems to be hard job when Virender Sehwag, captain of Dare Devils himself opened up with Gautam Gambhir his fellow team mate. Both of them played superb and aggressive cricketing shots since the beginning of the target chase. Deccan Chargers unable to capitalize first chance when Virendar Sehwag catch dropped by Pragyan Ojha (Left Arm Spinner) on 13 which costed much high later the innings. In reply Chaminda Vaas and R.P. Singh continued to bowl on dead right areas. As Gautam Gambhir lost his charm and given a sharp catch behind to Adam Gilchrist on the bowling of R.P Singh. In place of S Dhawan replaced him who also begun to show great class of batting and played deliberate strokes.

On other side Sehwag never look behind as he continue his typical stokes and explosive shots all over the park. He made things easier for DareDevils when he took 30 runs from Andrew Symonds second over with a series of three sixes and three boundaries. DD compiled the innings and achived target in 13th over quite comprehensively. DD won by 9th wickets.
Man of the Match was awarded to Virendar Sehwag for his 94*off 41 balls including 10 boundaries and 6 Sixes.
 

After a recent loss against Kolkata Knight Riders, Deccan which is fully packed with powerful and explosive batsmen takes up challenge for second encounter against Delhi DareDevils. Delhi team led by Virender Sehwag won first match comprehensively to beat Rajasthan Royals.
First defeat against Riders never lowered down the team confidence as VVS Laxman captain of the side still confident because some more overseas players including Shahid Afridi for Deccan and Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Asif for Devils can change the modes of the game. Because these players are genuinely blessed with T20 taste and proved in last T20 World Cup 2007 @ South Africa.
On other hand captain of DareDevils Virendar Sehwag says he does’nt find any difficulty to treat these players because he likes to under-pressure and interested for sporting match.
Deccan Chargers & Delhi DareDevils are seems to well-balanced sides with powerful and useful players which can turn around the game at anytime.

Delhi: (probable) 1 Gautam Gambhir 2 Virender Sehwag (capt) 3 Shikhar Dhawan 4 Shoaib Malik 5 Manoj Tiwary 6 Dinesh Karthik (wk) 7 Rajat Bhatia 8 Mithun Manhas 9 Daniel Vettori 10 Farveez Maharoof 11 Glenn McGrath.

Hyderabad: (probable) 1 Adam Gilchrist (wk) 2 Venugopal Rao 3 VVS Laxman (capt) 4 Andrew Symonds 5 Rohit Sharma 6 Scott Styris 7 Shahid Afridi 8 Arjun Yadav 9 Sanjay Bangar 10 RP Singh 11 Pragyan Ojha.

The match will start on 20:00 Indian Standard Time and its a day-night game.