Daredevils Victorious

May 1, 2009

With eight balls left to be delivered, the Delhi Daredevils took the match over their opponents Deccan Chargers in Thursday’s DLS Indian Premier League match and shattered any hopes that the Chargers had of securing a 5th consecutive win. This was a most satisfying victory for the team who had lost to Rajasthan Royals night earlier.

This win has ushered the Daredevils into 2nd Place in the league table with 8 points. A lot of the credit is due to Tillekeratne Dilshan who scored an unbeaten 52 (46 balls, four 4s, three 6s). The Daredevils, who had a 149-run target, surpassed this goal, with the help of Dilshan, Dinesh Karthik, who scored 41, and man of the match, Dirk Nannes, who prised out Adam Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs. Bowlers, Y Venugopala Rao and paceman Fidel Edwards, conceded 35 runs in overs number 17 and 19.

In the final over of the match, Edwards delivered a bouncer that struck Dilshan on the helmet. Undeterred, the skilled batsman hooked the pacebowler out of the park to complete his haf-century and bring his team to victory.

This was a well-played match by all standards. Watch the highlights of the match below.

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Kings XI Punjab Moves Up to 2nd Place

April 30, 2009

Mumbai Indians were 19 runs short of the 120-run target, so leg-spinner, Piyush Chawla, stepped up to the KXIP acting captain Kumar Sangakkara and volunteered to bowl the penultimate over. With the first ball, he took Harbhajan Singh’s wicket. He conceded 7 runs off the next 5 deliveries. Abdulla was up next and had the task of trying to stop JP Duminy, Mumbai’s left-hander. He did a fantastic job of frustrating Duminy and got him to strike a catch to the man on the deep mid-wicket fence. This move secured Kings XI Punjab with its 3rd win in 5 games and moved them up to 2nd place in the table behind Deccan Chargers.

For the second time in the tournament so far, Kings XI Punjab bowlers came out believing that they could defend the small total their batsman had put up. Mumbai Indians needed a good start but were shocked when Sanath Jayasuriya (0) and Sachin Tendulkar (1) were sent to the dug out by Irfan Pathan and Vikramjeet Singh Malik in the opening overs with the new ball.

Several boundary hits were accomplished. Kings XI Punjab struck four 4s and two 6s and managed to muster 119 for eight in 20 overs. Mumbai Indians hit seven 4s and one 6, with only 3 players scoring double figures - Duminy (59), Dwayne Bravo (15) and Abhishek Nayar (15).

Thanks are due to Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Abdulla, and Piyush Chawla for putting on such a magnificent show.

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