Cricket: "Daring Yousuf snatches victory from Delhi Daredevils"

Match No 18: Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals

Yousuf Pathan big hitting addes two points to Rajasthan Roayls. Rajasthan royals had an emphatic win against Delhi Daredevils when they defeated them by 5 wickets at superport park, Centurion.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first. Delhi lost Gambhir(8) and Sehwag(16) in the third over with score reading 25 for 2 of 3 overs. Soon dilshan and karthik followed them of patel and warne respectively and the score was reading 4 for 49 of 7.2 overs. Then DeVilliers had a crucial partnership of 56 runs and steadied the innings. AB deVilliers scored 50 of 40 balls with 5 fours and 1 six and vettori 29 of 28 balls with 3 fours. late florish from manhas 23 from of 16 balls helped delhi scored a reasonable 143 of 20 overs. For Rajasthan Mascarenhas, patel and warne chipping in with 2 wickets a piece.

Rajasthan Royals followed the same mistake which they incurred in their previous matches and lost wickets at regular intervals and they were 64 for 5 of 11 overs. But they still had hopes with super captaincy from Warne. He didnt send yousuf before and kept him for the lat charge and it really helped Rajasthan. Other side Smith was playing a patient innings and kept one end intact. Once pathan came to the crease he gave a damm to the situation and played his natural game. he scored a sensational and un defeated 62 of 30 balls with 3 fours and 6 sixes and smith scored a patient undefeated 44 of 46 balls with 5 fours. They shared a unbroken partnership of 83 runs of just 45 balls. Rajasthan royals have beaten the Delhi Daredevils with 5 wickets.

Man of the Matchwas awarded to YK Pathan for his entertaining and daring innings of 62 from 30 balls with 3 fours and 6 huge sixes.

Scores: Rajasthan Royals 147 for 5 (Pathan 62*, Smith 44*, Mishra 3-34) beat Delhi Daredevils 143 for 7 (de Villiers 50, Vettori 29, Munaf 2-14, Mascarenhas 2-28) by five wickets