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 39: Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers"

Hi and Welcome to the Match No 39 of the IPL 2011 season between Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers. Chennai Super Kings are coming from behind and are currently in top four of the points table and on other hand Deccan Chargers have just come out of the bottom and placed at 6th place. Lets see who takes the advantage going ahead.

Chennai Super kings won the toss and elected to bat first. For Chennai Super kings M Vijay and MEK Hussey opened the batting, for Deccan Chargers surprisingly JP Duminy opened the bowling. Chennai super kings lost M Vijay early when he was bowled by PP Oha for 3 with chennai super kings score at 18 in 3.4 overs. MEK Hussey and SK Raina then played brilliantly and moved on. MEK Hussey was out to Harmeet singh and SK Raina continued his big hitting on another end. MS Dhoni and JA Morkel chipped in with useful contributions. I Sharma and A Mishra the start bowlers for Deccan Chargers in IPL 2011 season where out of color today. Backed by SK Raina's half century Chennai Super Kings scored 165 for the loss of 5 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. For Chennai super kings SK Raina scored 59, MEK Hussey scored 46 and JA Morkel 19, for Deccan Chargers PP Ojha took 3 wickets.

In reply Deccan chargers opened the batting with S Sohal and S Dhawan, for Chennai Super kings JA Morkel opened the bowling. S Sohal gave a fanstastic start to Deccan Chargers chase when he scored 56 of just 30 balls, for once he was bowled by SB Jakati. Chennai Super kings applied the pressure and Deccan Chargers kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. KC Sangakkara too fell to DE Bollinger and Deccan Chargers Managed to score just 146 for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Chennai Super kings won by 19 runs. For Deccan Chargers S Sohal scored 56, for Chennai Super Kings JA Morkel took 3 wickets.



Man of the Match is JA Morkel for his 3 monstrous sixes and 3 wickets.

Score : Chennai Super Kings 165 for 5 (SK Raina 59, MEK Hussey 46, JA Morkel 19, PP Ojha 3/26) beat Deccan Chargers 146 for 8 (S Sohal 56, JA Morkel 3/38) by 19 runs

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 11: Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Bangalore"

Hi and Welcome to 11th Match of IPL 2011 season between Hyderabad Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Hyderabad Deccan Chargers are yet to gel with the new players and Royal Challengers Bangalore working hard to maintain their winning streak. Lets see who will make a move with the momentum.

Royal challengers Bangalore won the toss and opted to bowl first. For Deccan Chargers S Sohal and S Dhawan opened the batting, for Royal Challengers Bangalore Zaheer Khan opened the bowling. Zaheer Khan gave a good start to Royal challengers Bangalore when he got rid of S Dhawan for 11 with just 20 on the board. KC Sangakkara and S Sohal then build Deccan charger score. S Sohal and KC Sangakkara made crucial 30's and after both of them were back to the pavilion B chipli and JP Duminy made sure that the momentum is not lost and scored runs at will. B Chpli impressed one and all with his 61. Deccan Chargers made a impressive 175 for 5 of their 20 overs. For deccan chargers B Chipli scored 61* and S Sohal 38, for Royal challengers Bangalore Zaheer Khan took 3 wickets.

In reply royal challengers opened the batting with MA Agarwal and TM Dilshan, for Deccan Chargers DW Steyn opened the bowling. DW Steyn and I Sharma both bowled beautifully and gave Deccan Chargers the start which they were looking for with three wickets and just 27 on the board in 5 overs. Royal challengers bangalore kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. V Kohli who was retained by Royal challengers bangalore never gave up and scored runs at one end inspite of the wickets falling at another end. CA Pujara gave a little support and raised hopes of a come back but re-introduction of Steyn cleared the hope and Deccan chargers where home with 33 runs. For royal Challengers Bangalore V Kohli scored 71 and CA Pujara scored 25, for Deccan Chargers DW Steyn and MS Gony took three wickets each.



Man of the Match is DW Steyn for his spell of 3/24

Score : Deccan Chargers 175 for 5 (B Chipli 61*, S Sohal 38, Zaheer Khan 3/32) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 142 for 9 (V Kohli 71, CA Pujara 25, DW Steyn 3/24, MS Gony 3/31) by 33 runs

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Cricket: "IPL 2009 Match No 23: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians"

Match No 23: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians

Kolkata Knight Riders have lost another match which was well under their control for major part of the game. They lost to Mumbai Indians by 9 runs in a tense finish at Buffalo park, East London.

Mumbai Indians won the important toss and elected to bat first. They lost Jayasuriya early for 6 and just 19 runs on the board. Harbhajan singh was promoted up the order as a pinch hitter, but he too coudnt say longer at crease as was out for 6 in 7 balls. Tendulkar who was playing a lone hand until then departed for a well made 34 of 30 balls with 3 fours and 2 lovely sixes. Nayar too followed him soon after and was out for 10 of 13 balls and score was reading 71 for 4 of 12 overs. Duminy with the help of Napier and Rahane took mumbai to a respectable score of 148 of their stipulated 20 overs. Duminy was unbeated on 52 from 37 balls with 4 sixes and one four. For Kolkata Ishanth, Dinda, Karthik, Agarkar, Gayle, hodge took one wicket each.

Kolkata had a disastrous start when Ganguly and Gayle were out without bothering the scorers and score was reading 8 for 2 in 2.2 overs. Then Hodge and Van Wyk steadied the innings with an excellent 91 runs partnership for 3rd wicket. But once van wyk was out for 32 of 35 balls wickets kept falling and pressure kept on building. Kolkata all of a sudden where on the downside and lost the match by 9 runs. Hodge played an excellent innings of 73 from 60 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. For mumbai Zaheer Khan took 3 wickets and was the most successful bowler.

Man of the match was awarded to JP Duminy for his classy innings of 52 from 37 balls with 4 sixes and one four.

Scores: Mumbai Indians 148 for 6 (Duminy 52*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 139 for 6 (Hodge 73, Zaheer 3-31) by nine runs