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Delhi clinches the thriller
Posted on June 5th, 2009 No commentsThe 43rd match was held between Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils. This match was played at Kings’ Mead, Durban. This was a fun filled day and night match. Deccan charges won the toss and elected to field first. Gambier and Warner started the match for Delhi team. The openers did not perform well. However, Dilshan and Villiers played well and scored well. Karthik played well for his 44 runs with just 23 balls. For the loss of 7 wickets Delhi scored 173 runs with 8.65 runs per over. Deccan chargers started their second inning with Suman and Gilchrest. Gilchrest scored well for 64 runs with just 33 runs left. Others batman failed to play well. Deccan chargers lost their entire wickets. Delhi Daredevils won by 12 runs. It was a thrilling match it was a delight to watch the match.
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AB de Villiers Gains for Delhi
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 No commentsThe 9th match of the second edition of Indian Premier League was between the Chennai super kings and Delhi daredevils. The match was played in kingsmead, Durban. Delhi daredevils won the toss and chose to bat first. The openers were Gambhir and Shewag as usual. Gambhir lost his wicket to Balaji in his very first ball and Sehwag also lost his wicket and score only 6 runs. AB de Villiers and Dilshan stood up and held the innings together. Villiers played very well and scores 105 runs with just 54 balls. It was treating for their supporter to see him play with the best shot. Dilshan also made 50 runs and landed with a good total of 189 runs. Balaji from the Chennai side picked up 3 wickets. Flintoff was extremely expensive and gave bout 12 runs per over. The Chennai started their inning with Patel and Hayden as usual. Patel started well buy was sent back for 16 runs by Sangwan. Hayden made 57 runs with just 27 balls. Raina played well for 41 runs. Finally the Chennai scored 180 runs losing by just 9 runs. Sangwan was the best bowler from the Delhi team. The man of the match was AB de Villiers for his superb 104 runs.