Cricket: "Dilshan Helps Delhi Score Hattrick Wins"

Match No 14: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils

Delhi Dare Devils had won 3 matches on trot when they defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore with 6 wickets at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. It was really disappointing for the Bangalore with good high class players.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat first. They lost kallis of the first ball when Nannes yorked him. Uthappa followed him soon when he was out in the very next over off Nehra. Then Taylor and Captain Pietersen played brilliantly and took the score to 72 in 9 overs without further loss. But 3 balls later Pieterson, when he looked settled tried to charge vettori and was cleaned up. There on Taylor, Kohli and Boucher gave ample support and Royal Challengers Bangalore scored a reasonable 149 for 7 of their alloted 20 overs. For Delhi Nehra was the stike bowler with 2 wickets against his name.

Delhi started their chase quiet disastrously when they lost Sehwag for 7 and score reading 11 for 1 in 1.4 overs. Then came the super cool Dilshan. He along with Gambhir tried to consolidated sehwag wicket with a cautious plan. Gambhir was out in 6th over for a slow paced 16 with one four. Then with the help of De Villiers, Dilshan moved the score. But two qucik wickets of DeVilliers and Karthik gave the advantage again to Bangalore. Dilshan and Manhas had other plans and blasted the Banglaore Bowlers to all parts of the park and chased down the target in 19.2 overs. Dilshan was unconquered with 67 of 47 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes and Manhas undefeated on 23 of 13 balls with 3 fours. For Bangalore stike bowler was Pankaj Singh with 2 wickets against his name.

Man of the Match was awarded to TM Dilshan for his match winning knock of 67 from 47 balls.

Scorers: Delhi Daredevils 150 for 4 (Dilshan 67*) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 149 for 7 (Pietersen 37, Nehra 2-34) by six wickets