Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 46: Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils"

Hello and Welcome to the Match No 46 of the IPL 2011 season between Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils. Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils are battling it out for the bottom place throughout the IPL 2011 season, todays win should charge one of the team to go for the playoffs. Lets see who will take the advantage in todays encounter.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and opted to bowl first. For Hyderabad Deccan Chargers S Dhawan and DB Ravi Teja opened the batting, for Delhi Daredevils M Morkel opened the bowling. Hyderabad Deccan Chargers lost DB Ravi Teja early for 2 when AM Salvi took his wicket. KC Sangakkara and S Dhawan then played some nice shots to take deccan to 58 in less than 9 overs when S Dhawan was out to AB Agarkar. KC Sangakkara and JP Duminy then played some aggresive cricket and blasted Delhi Daredevil bowlers to all parts of the ground. KC Sangakkara eventullay fell for a well made 44, JP Duminy continued his big hitting and with DT Christian giving him good support hit 4 montrous sixes. JP Duminy fell to a accurate throw from AB Agarkar and was run out but made sure Hyderabad Deccan Chargers where on track. DT Christian made sure Hyderabad Deccan Chargers score above par then expected. Hyderabad Deccan Chargers scored 175 for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. For Deccan Chargers JP Duminy scored 55 and KC Sangakkara scored 44, for Delhi Daredevils AB Agarkar took 2 wickets.

In reply Delhi Daredevils opened the batting with AJ Finch and V Sehwag, for Hyderabad Deccan Chargers DW Steyn opened the bowling. Delhi Daredevils lost AJ Finch in the very first over to DW Steyn. I Sharma quickly removed NV Ojha and Y Venugopal Rao to give the edge to Hyderabad Deccan Chargers. V Sehwag had other plans, after initial overs from DW Steyn and I Sharma, I Malhotra came to bowl. V Sehwag blasted 23 runs of that over. A Mishra bowled the next over and was also murdered for another 18 odd runs and the runs flowed like river and in no time V Sehwag scored his first T20 century in 48 balls. KC Sangakkara re-introduced DW Steyn in 17 over. Soon DW Styen stuck and got V Sehwag's wicket but it was too late since V Sehwag had already done the damage. Delhi Daredevils managed to score off the reamaining runs with 4 wickets in hand and one over to spare. For Delhi Daredevils V Sehwag scored a ming blowing 119 of 56 balls, for Hyderabad Deccan Chargers DW Steyn and I Sharma took 2 wickets each.

Man of the Match is V Sehwag for his manificant Century (119 of 56 balls).

Score : Delhi Daredevils 179 for 6 (V Sehwag 119, I Sharma 2/16, DW Steyn 2/24) beat Deccan Chargers 175 for 5 (JP Duminy 55, KC Sangakkara 44, AB Agarkar 2/29) by four wickets

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 41: Delhi Daredevils v Kochi Tuskers Kerala"

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Hi and Welcome to the Match No 41 of the IPL 2011 season between Delhi Daredevils and Kochi Tuskers Kerala. Delhi Daredevils are at the bottom of the table and are looking to come out of it and on other hand Kochi Tuskers Kerala who started badly came back with impressive wins and recently lost badly to Deccan Chargers. Lets see who wins this battle and come out of the bottom half of the points table.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala won the toss and opted to bowl first. For Delhi Daredevils DA Warner and V Sehwag opened the batting, RP singh opened the bowling for Kochi Tuskers kerala. DA Warner and V Sehwag had a good start initially, but once V Sehwag was out to new comer P Parameswaran Delhi Daredevils where in dire straits. Delhi Daredevils kept loosing wicketsand where 97 for the loss of 4 top order wickets in nearly 15 overs. Y Venugopal Rao and TR Birt then played cameos to get Delhi Daredevils some respectability to their total. Delhi Daredevils scored 140 for the loss of 6 wickets in their 20 overs. For Delhi Daredevils Y Venugopal Rao scored 40 and TR Birt scored 27, for Kochi Tuskers Kerala P Parameswaran and R Vinay Kumar took 2 wickets each.

In reply Kochi Tuskers Kerala opened the batting with M Klinger and BB McCullum, IK Pathan opened the bowling for Delhi Daredevils. BB McCullum gave a blazing start to Kochi Tuskers Kerala and rained fours and sixes. In first 5 overs Kochi Tuskers Kerala scored 61 for no loss. After BB McCullum was out Kochi Tuskers Kerala had a mini slump where they lost 3 quick wickets. PA Patel and BJ Hodge then completed a comprehensive victory with 7 wickets in hand and 5 overs to spare. For Kochi Tuskers Kerala BB McCullum and PA Patel scored 37 runs each, for Delhi Daredevils M Morkel and RE van der Merwe took a wicket each.


Man of the Match is P Parameswaran for his 2 crucial wickets.

Score : Kochi Tuskers Kerala 141 for 3 (PA Patel 37*, BB McCullum 37, RE van der Merwe 1/15) beat Delhi Daredevils 140 for 6 (Y Venugopal Rao 40, TR Birt 27, R Vinay Kumar 2/25, P parameswaran 2/29) by seven wickets

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 36: Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Delhi Daredevils"

Hi and welcome to the 36th match of the IPL 2011 season between Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Delhi Daredevils. Delhi Daredevils are doing very bad in this IPL and V Sehwag look out of form, Kochi Tuskers Kerala too looking lost in their debut IPL. Lets see who wins this battle of bottoms.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first. For Delhi Daredevils DA Warner and v Sehwag opened the batting, for Kochi Tuskers Kerala RP Singh opened the bowling. Kochi Tuskers Kerala had a great start when they took three wickets within 6 overs with just 35 on the board, thanks to S Sreesanth who ware bowling beautifully. Delhi on other hand where on the backfoot but where not out as V Sehwag was looking strong other side. V Sehwag took the responsibility on his shoulders and with Y Nagar and TR Birt made sure that Delhi Daredevils reached a defendable total. Delhi Daredevils scored 157 for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. For Delhi Daredevils V Sehwag Scored 80, for Kochi Tuskers Kerala S Sreesanth took 2 wickets.

In reply Kochi Tuskers Kerala opened the batting with BB McCullum and M Klinger, for Delhi Daredevils IK Pathan opened the bowling. Kochi tuskers kerala's chase was jolted with IK Pathan's double stike. In less than 10 overs Kochi Tuskers kerala where 50 runs for the loss of 4 top order wickets. BJ Hodge and RA Jadeja played cameos but that coudnt save Kochi Tuskers Kerala from the defeat. Kochi Tuskers Kerala managed just 119 of in less than 19 overs. For Kochi Tuskers Kerala RA Jadeja scored 31 and BJ Hodge scored 27, for Delhi Daredevils M Morkel and RE Van der Merwe took two wickets each.


Man of the Match is V Sehwag for his 80 runs.

Score : Delhi Daredevils 157 for 7 (V Sehwag 80, S Sreesanth 2/10) beat Kochi Tuskers Kerala 119 (RA Jadeja 31, M Morkel 3/18, RE Van der Merwe 3/20) by 38 runs

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 33: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders"

Hello and Welcome to the 33rd Match of the IPL 2011 season between Delhi Daredevils and
Kolkatta Knight Riders. Delhi Daredevils are trying to come out of the bottom and improve their chances of making it to the play offs and on other side Kolkata Knight Riders wants to win and get even close to the Mumbai Indians who are at top of the table. Lets see who defeats whom and goes up in the table.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and opted to bowl first. Kolkata Knight Riders opened the batting with JH Kallis and SP Goswami, for Delhi Daredevils IK Pathan opened the bowling. Irfan bowled with intent and went past the outside edge of both JH Kallis and SP Goswami couple of times and was tight. Other hand Delhi Daredevils M Morkel was hammered by both the Delhi Daredevils openers JH Kallis and SP Goswami. Kallis was bowled by IK Pathan and Kolkata Knight Riders started loosing wickets at regular intervals. MK Tiwary who came after the wicket of SP Goswami stood at one end and scored with intent and just because of him Kolkata Knight Riders managed to scored 148 for the loss of 7 wickets in their 20 overs. For Kolkata knight riders MK Tiwary scored 61* and SP Goswami 22, for Delhi Daradevils U Yadav took 2 and IK Pathan, M Morkel, AB Agarkar and JR Hopes took 1 wicket respectively.

In reply Delhi Daredevils opened with DA Warner and V Sehwag, for Kolkatta Knight Riders B Lee opened the bowling. Delhi Daredevils lost DA Warner early to L Balaji, but V Sehwag was hitting the ball cleanly and was looking dangerous. V Sehwag and JR Hopes where blazing away towards the target that Sehwag was out to JD Unadkat. After V Sehwags wicket Delhi Daredevils kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. For Kolkata Knight riders Iqbal Abdullah took 3 middle order wickets to tighten the screws on Delhi Daredevils. Delhi Daredevils where 17 short of the target and scored 131 for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. For Delhi Daredevils V Sehwag top scored with 34 and JR Hopes scored 25, for Kolkatta Knight riders Iqbal Abdullah took 3 and L Balaji took 2 wickets respectively.


Man of the Match is Kolkata Knight Riders MK Tiwary for his 61 runs.

Score : Kolkata Knight Riders 148 for 7 (MK Tiwary 61*, SP Goswami 22, U Yadav 2/29, IK Pathan 1/16) beat Delhi Daredevils 131 for 9 (V Sehwag 34, JR Hopes 25, Iqbal Abdulla 3/25, L Balaji 2/38) by 17 runs

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 26: Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab"

Hi and welcome to the 26th match of the IPL 2011 season between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab. Delhi DareDevils are sitting last in the tabel where are Kings XI Punjab had a a recent winning streak. Lets see if Delhi Daredevils can show their dare in todays match.

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and opted to bowl first. Delhi had the most explosive start in IPL history when Virender Sehwag and DA Warner blasted the hapless Kings XI Punjab bowlers to all the outer parts of the stadium. First wicket partnership was 146 of 11.4 overs, Sehwag was out trying to score a 4th consecutive six. Inspite of both the openers back in pavilion Y venugopal Rao and NV Ojha scored 47 of the last 3 overs to to score the highest total of IPL 2011 season. Delhi Scored 231 of their allotted 20 overs. for Delhi Daredevils Sehwag and DA Warner scored 77 each, for Kings XI Punjab Praveen Kumar, Chawla, Nayar and D Hussey took a wicket each.

In reply Kings XI Punjab had a initial good start from openers Gilchrist and Valthaty. Once Valthaty was out of the bowling of Irfan Pathan SE Marsh came to the crease and with Kings XL Punjab captain Gilchrist gave the same treatment what earlier warner and sehwag did. They were on their course for the chase that VR Aaron bowled Gilchrist round the wicket. Once Gilchrist was out the flood gates where open and wickets started to fall at regular intervals. SE Marsh played a lone battle and never gave up till the end. Kings XI Punjab scored 202 for 6 of their 20 overs. Delhi Daredevils have won a game after so many ages and with 29 runs. for Kings XI Punjab SE Marsh made a masterful 95 and Gilchrist 42, for Delhi Daredevils Agarkar took 2 wickets.


Man of the Match is Delhi Daredevils DA Warner for his 77

Score : Delhi Daredevils 231 for 3 (V Sehwag 77, DA Warner 77, DJ Hussey 1/19) beat Kings XI Punjab 202 for 6 (Marsh 95, Gilchrist 42, AB Agarkar 2/47) by 29 runs

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 19: Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers"

Hi and Welcome to the Match No 19 of the IPL 2011 season between Delhi Daredevils and Hyderabad Deccan Chargers. Delhi Daredevils are looking ordinary this IPL 2011 season and on other hand Hyderabad Deccan Chargers are coming along good in patches. Lets see who gets the upper hand in todays encounter.

Hyderabad Deccan Chargers won the toss and choosed to bat first. For Deccan Chargers S Sohal and S Dhawan opened the batting, for Delhi Daredevils AB Dinda opened the bowling. Hyderabad Deccan Chargers lost S Dhawan early for 8. KC Sangakkara and S Sohal then batted brilliantly and took the score beyond 100 in 12 overs. After KC Sangakkara was out S Sohal continued his strokes. CL White too played a cameo with 31* at the end. With S Sohal's big hitting Deccan chargers managed to score 168 for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. For Hyderabad Deccan Chargers S Sohal scored 62 and KC Sangakkara scored 49, for Delhi Daredevils AB Dinda, IK Pathan, JR Hopes and S Nadeem took a wicket each.

In reply Delhi Daredevils opened the batting with DA Warner and V Sehwag, for Deccan Chargers DW Steyn opened the bowling. Delhi Daredevils lost V Sehwag early and soon lost 2 more wickets. DA Warner held his wicket at one end and also held the hopes of a successful chase. Y Venugopal gave support to DA Warner and their partnership was threatening to take the game away from Hyderabad Deccan Chargers. Y Venugopal Rao and DA Warner fell at quick succession and a late surge from Y Nagar coudnt save Delhi Daredevils from defeat. Delhi Daredevils managed to score 152 for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. For Delhi Daredevils DA Warner scored 51 and Y Nagar scored 23, for Hyderabad Deccan Chargers DT Christian and Harmeet Singh took 2 wickets each.

Man of the Match is S Sohal for his 62 runs.

Score: 20 overs Deccan Chargers 168 for 4 (S Sohal 62, KC Sangakkara 49, S Nadeem 1/24) beat Delhi Daredevils (DA Warner 51, Y Nagar 23, Harmeet Singh 2/27, DT Christian 2/38) by 16 runs.

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 16: Pune Warriors v Delhi Daredevils"

Hi and Welcome to the Match No 16 of the IPL 2011 season between Pune Warriors and Delhi Daredevils. Pune warriors who are debuting in IPL 2011 season are doing good with two impressive wins and on other side inspite big names in Delhi Daredevils chart they are struggling to win against other teams. Lets see if Delhi Daredevils can stop the winning steak of Pune warriors.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and selected to bowl first. For Pune warriors JD Ryder and GC Smith opened the batting, for Delhi Daredevils Y Venugopal Rao opened the bowling. Pune warriors had a reasonably good start until GC Smith was out. M Manhas too went quickly after scoring 20 runs. JD Ryder on other hand took it on him and hit 5 glorious sixes and took Pune warriors to nearly 100 of the first 10 overs. Once he was out for 60 to S Nadeem, Yuvraj Singh took it on from where JD Ryder left it. Inspite of not much support from other end Yuvraj Singh kept on scoring runs and took Pune warriors to a fanstastic score of 187 for the loss of 5 wickets in their 20 overs. For Pune warriors Yuvraj singh scored 66* and JD Ryder scored 60, for Delhi Daredevils AB Dinda and S Nadeem took 2 wickets a piece.

In Reply Delhi Daredevils opened the batting with DA Warner and V Sehwag, for Pune warriors AC Thomas opened the bowling. Delhi Daredevils had a superb start when both DA Warner and V Sehwag blasted the pune warriors bowlers to all parts of the ground. Delhi where 75 for no loss in the first 7 overs. Once DA Warner and V Sehwag where out in quick succession Delhi Daredevils lost the momentum and started loosing wickets. Yuvraj singh was the main destroyer in the middle of the innings. Y Venugopal Rao and AJ Finch played some blinders in the end and took the match from the clutches of Pune warriors. Yuvraj Singh struck twice and took out the wickets of both Y Venugopal Rao and AJ Finch. JR Hopes coolly finished things off with two big hits and took Delhi Daredevils home with 3 wickets in hand. For Delhi Daredevils DA Warner scored 46 and V Sehwag scored 37, for Pune warriors Yuvraj Singh took 4 wickets.

Man of the Match is Yuvraj Singh for his allround performance of 66* runs and 4/29 bowling.

Score : Delhi Daredevils 190 for 7 (DA Warner 46, V Sehwag 37, Yuvraj Singh 4/29) beat Pune Warriors 187 for 5 (JD Ryder 60, Yuvraj Singh 66*, S Nadeem 2/39) by three wickets