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 7: Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils"

Hi and Welcome to the 7th match of the IPL 2011 Season between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils. Rajasthan Royals are on a high after their win in their first match and on other hand Delhi Daredevils want to put behind thier loss to Pune warriors and get a move on. Lets see what is the outcome of this intense battle.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and opted to bat first. Delhi Daredevils Opened the batting with DA Warner and V Sehwag, for Rajasthan Royals bowling was opened by SW Tait and A singh. Delhi Daredevils lost V Sehwag in the very first over to SW Tait, this triggered a mini collapse and in no time Delhi where 36 in 7.3 overs for the loss of 4 wickets. DA Warner and Y Venugopal Rao scored 83 runs of 10 overs to revive Delhi Daredevils and with that Delhi Daredevils scored 151 in 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets. For Delhi Daredevils DA Warner scored 54 and Y Venugopal Rao scored 60, for Rajasthan Royals SW Tait and SK Warne took two wickets each.

In reply Rajasthan Royals lost AG Paunikar early, but R Dravid and J Botha played sensibly and moved the score board on. R Dravid fell for a well played 38 and J Botha stood on one side and played a standing knock and allowed others to play the strokes. J botha stood undefeated till the end with 39 and made sure Rajasthan Royals where home with more than a over to spare. For Rajasthan royals J botha scored 39* and R Dravid 38, for Delhi Daredevils AB Dinda, M Morkel, IK Pathan and RE van der Merwe took a wicket a piece.


Man of the Match was given to SK Warne for his 2 crucial wickets

Score : Rajasthan Royals 152 for 4 (J Botha 39*, R Dravid 38, M Morkel 1/11) beat Delhi Daredevils 151 for 6 (Y Venugopal Rao 60, DA Warner 54, SK Warne 2/17, SW Tait 2/40) by six wickets

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 4: Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians"

Hello and welcome to the 4th Match of IPL 2011 Season between Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians. First match for the giants of IPL in terms of players popularity. It is expected to be an excited game. Let see how the teams battled it out.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and opted to bat first. DA Warner and Virender Sehwag opened the batting for Delhi Daredevils, to every ones surprise Sachin tendulkar opened the bowling for Mumbai Indians with Harbhajan Singh. Delhi Daredevils lost their first wicket in second over when DA Warner was yorked by Malinga. Delhi Daredevils within no time lost 3 quick wickets and were looking to loose more wickets when NV Ojha and Y Venugopal Rao played cautiously to add another 42 runs to the total. Once NV Ojha was Out to AG Mortaza Delhi Daredevils kept loosing wickets and in no time they were allout for 95 in less than 18 overs. For Delhi Dare Devils NV Ojha scored 29 and Y Venugopal rao scored 26, for Mumbai Indians Malinga took 5 wickets and Harbhajan took 2 wickets respectively.

In reply Mumbai Indians opened with DJ Jacobs and Sachin Tendulkar. Mumbai Indians lost DJ Jacobs in the very second over when M Morkel bowled DJ Jacobs for 1. Sachin Tendulkar and AT Rayudu added another 30 runs in 5 overs to Mumbai Indians total, when AT Rayudu was runout by an outstanding work from Van der Merwe. Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma made sure that there are no more casualities and took Mumbai indians home with more than 3 overs to spare. For Mumbai Indians Tendulkar scored 46* and Rohit Sharma scored 27*, for Delhi Daredevils M Morkel took the only wicket.

Man of the Match was SL Malinga for his five leg smashing yorking wickets
Score : Mumbai Indians 99 for 2 (Sachin Tendulkar 46*,Rohit Sharma 27*, M Morkel 1/29) beat Delhi Daredevils 95 (NV Ojha 29, Y Venugopal Rao 26, SL Malinga 5/13, Harbhajan Singh 2/14) by eight wickets