Delhi Daredevils have beaten Bangalore Royal Challengers by 5 wickets with 10 balls to spare. They gained two crucial points and still stay in the competition. They still have a chance to secure their place in the first four if they win all of their remaining three matches.
Out of the 12 matches they played, they have won 6 and has 12 points. The remaining two matches has to be played against Kolkata Knight Riders on May 22 in Delhi, against Mumbai Indians on May 24 in Delhi. They can still go if Mumbai, Chennai and Kings XI lose all their matches.
Rightly chosing to field, Delhi chased the target with ease except at the end. Sehwag and Gambhir opened the fire from the first over. Sehwag once again missed the chance for recording the fastest 50. He was out for 47 off 17 balls with 9 fours and a six.
Zaheer Khan bowled very badly and did not give any support to skipper Dravid. He did not bowl like an international bowler. He was bowling on the leg stump with no fielder backing up. He gave 27 runs in his first 2 overs inclding 3 boundaries in his 2nd over by Sehwag.
Praveen Kumar's over also was not spard by the pair as Gambhir hit him for 2 fours and Sehwag hit one boundary.
Praveen Kumar's 2nd over was costly--Sehwag hit him for two fours, a six, and another four. He was out finally in the last ball caught by Chipli for 47. Th catch was a brilliant catch at point, where Chipli dived and took a sensational catch.
At the end of 7 overs, Delhi were 90 for 1. Gambhir got out in the last abll of the 9th over for 39. The second run was not their, but Gambhir went for it and got himself ran out.
At the end of 10 overs, Delhi were 105 for 2, requiring another 50 in 10 overs.
Two wickets in two overs sort of pressured Delhi and gave a hope to Bangalore. Dilshan was stumped by Goswami off Kumble for 4 in the 14th over and de Villiers was caught behind off Steyn for 21.
At the end of 15 overs, Delhi were 127 for 4, requiring 28 off 5 overs.
Kumble dismissed Karthik through a flighted delivery, which made the batsman come forward and drive the ball in the air. White at short cover took a good diving catch to give the 5th wicket.
22 required off 24 balls; Maharoof hit a six over point off Steyn in the 17th over. That reduced the target to 13 off 18 balls.
Zaheer Khan gave two fours to Maharoof and brought the target to 3 for 12 balls. Dhawan finished the match with a six over long off to give two points to Delhi and send Bangalore Royal Challengers out of the IPL!
Earlier, put into bat, Bangalore did not have good start they needed to win the match. Thought it was a better start, it was not enough. Kallis opened the innings and looked in good touch got out for 25, driving the ball pitched up on the off stump. The ball swung away and took a thick outside edge on the way to keeper.
Chipli struggled against the good bowling attack. He scored 2 off 10 balls. He was caught behind off McGrath, but lucky enough that he was given not out. McGrath was not happy and was having exchange of words with the batsman.
He was finally caught at mid wicket trying to pull the short ball from McGrath, who then asked the batsman not to leave until umpire gives out. He showed his frustration!
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The debutant Goswami scored a wonderful fifty and became the youngest player to do so. He hit 7 fours and a six in his 52, before caught by Dilshan at point of Maharoof. Trying to slog, took the edge and went in the air towards point.
Dravid did not stay long and was bowled by Dilshan for 9.
White was run out not looking or listening to Misbah's call. Misbhah hit the ball in the air to mid off where Shoaib Malik tried for the catch, but stopped it finally. The ball bounced just in front of him and rolled couple of yards away. Misbah watching his stroke and realized that it did not carry to the fielder, started a little late, but settled for one. White, not realizing it, came back for the second. The bowler collected the ball and sent it to keeper where Dinesh did the rest.
Misbah and Akhil had another misunderstanding. The ball was hit to short extra cover by Misbah and he did not want the run. But, Akhil went for it and realized it later that it is straight to Sehwag, who threw the ball to the Maharoof who knocked the removed the bails.
At the end of 19 overs, Bangalore were 130 for 7. The last over brought in some hope for them through 24 runs to take hte score to 154. He hit 3 sixes, a four and a two. All the sixes were huge and executed well.
Goswami was declared man of the match for his fifty in the first match he played in IPL. He is the youngest to score a fifty.
Match 43
Venue: Bangalore
Date: May 19, 2008
Teams: Bangalore Royal Challengers and Delhi Daredevils
Captains: Rahul Dravid and Virendra Sehwag
Toss: Delhi Daredevils and decided to field
Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 5 wickets with 10 balls remaining
Man of the Match: SP Goswami off Bangalore Royal Challengers (India)
Points: Delhi Daredevils-2; Bangalore Royal Challengers-0
Score:
Bangalore Royal Challengers 154 for 7 in 20 overs (JH Kallis 25, B Chipli 2, SP Goswami 52, R Dravid 9, Misbah-ul-Haq 47 not out, CL White 1, B Akhil 3, P Kumar 2, Z Khan 4 not out, Extras-9 (wide 9), GD McGrath 4-0-15-0, P Sangwan 3-0-51-0, VY Mahesh 4-0-25-0, MF Maharoof 4-0-13-2, R Bhatia 4-0-47-0, TM Dilshan 1-0-3-1) lost to Delhi Daredevils 158 for 5 in 18.2 overs (G Gambhir 39, V Sehwag 47, AB de Villiers 21, TM Dilshan 4, S Dhawan 16 not out, KD Karthik 6, MF Maharoof 13 not out, Extras-12 (b 1, lb 6, wide 5), DW Steyn 4-0-26-1, Z Khan 3-0-37-0, P Kumar 2-0-33-1, JH Kallis 2-0-16-0, B Akhil 3.2-0-21-0, A Kumble 4-0-18-2)
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