Match 14: DD v. RC: Poor Fielding and Bowling lead to 4th continuous Loss!

Royal Challengers had the match in their hand though their score was not that great! One over from Kallis changed the match in favor of DD in which a catch was dropped by Uthappa at long on. The next ball was a mis-field and went for four. Two additional fours in the same over added to the concern of RC.

Kallis started the 17th over with DD requiring 43 runs in 24 balls. Manhas scored 2 in the first ball and then a single. The 3rd ball was a wide while the next ball was a huge six by Dilshan over wide of long-on. The first three balls had 10 runs.

Dilshan scored a single in the 4th ball. The fifth ball was a drop catch and a four. The last ball was a mis-field and went for four. The over had 19 runs to DD's total and changed the equation to 24 off 18 balls. Last 12 balls required 15 while the last over required just 3 runs which DD finished it very easily.

Earlier, DD lost Sehwag for 7 while Gambhir scored just 16. Both the batsmen fell for Pankaj Singh. Then, Dilshan took it from them, steadied the innings, stayed till the end, won the game for DD. He scored unbeaten 67 off 47 balls which had 5 fours and 2 sixes.

The only centurian of IPL 2009 de Villiers also fell for 21. Dinsh Karthik scored 13 while Manhas was not out on 23.

Batting first, Royal Challengers once again failed in the batting and the power play. Kallis was bowled the first ball, misjudging the in-swinger. He left the ball to the keeper, but the ball swung in and knocked the bails.

Uthappa once again failed with the bat. This is not a good season for him so far as he failed both with his bat and gloves. He added just 3 runs to the total leaving RC struggle at 10 for 2 in 1.2 overs.

Pietersen and Taylor played sensibly building partnership. They took singles and twos to keep the scoreboard moving. They added 62 for the 3rd wicket in 8.1 overs. Pietersen was timing the ball well and hit couple of good sixes and fours. He hit a good six of Vettori and looked to handle him well. The only mistake he did was playing his favorite stand-switchng shot off Vettori. He missed the ball and was bowled for 37. Boucher played some good shots at the end to give a reasonable total of 149 for RC.

Scoreboard:

Match # 14
Date: Sunday April 26, 2009
Teams: Delhi Daredevils v. Bangalore Royal Challengers
Captains: Sehwag and Pietersen
Toss: BC, decided to bat
Venue: St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Result: DD won by 6 wickets with 4 balls remaining
Points: DD 2; RC 0
Man of the Match: Dilshan off DD

Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Kallis	b Nannes	0	1	0	0
Uthappa	c Sangwan b A Nehra	3	4	0	0
Pietersen	b Vettori	37	25	2	2
LRPL Taylor	lbw b Mishra	31	34	3	0
Kohli	c Dilshan b A Nehra	22	24	1	0
Boucher	c Mishra b Sangwan	36	28	2	2
B Akhil	Not Out	8	4	0	1
R Vinay Kumar	Run Out (DeVilliers)	0	0	0	0
Pankaj Singh	Not Out	1	1	0	0
Extras	(lb 5, w 5, nb 1)	11	-	-	-
Total	for 7 wkts in 20 overs	149	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (Kallis, 0.1 ov), 2-10 (Uthappa, 1.2 ov), 3-72 (Pietersen, 9.3 ov), 4-78 (Taylor, 10.6 ov), 5-139 (Boucher, 18.6 ov), 6-139 (Kohli, 19.1 ov), 7-145 (Vinay Kumar, 19.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Nannes	4	0	24	1
A Nehra	4	0	34	2
Sangwan	4	0	32	1
Mishra	4	0	19	1
Vettori	4	0	35	1

Delhi Daredevils Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gambhir	c Gilchrist b RP Singh	16	19	1	0
Sehwag	c Gibbs b Ojha	7	5	0	1
Dilshan	c D Smith b Ojha	67	47	5	2
DeVilliers	b Ojha	21	23	0	0
D Karthik	lbw b Edwards	12	9	1	1
Manhas	c Gilchrist b Harbhajan	23	13	3	0
Extras	(w 4)	4	-	-	-
Total	for 7 wkts in 20 overs	150	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-11 (Sehwag, 1.4 ov), 2-42 (Gambhir, 5.4 ov), 3-84 (de Villiers, 13.1 ov), 4-106 (Karthik, 15.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
R Vinay Kumar	3.2	0	28	0
Pankaj Singh	4	0	31	2
Kallis	3	0	37	0
Kumble	4	0	22	0
Appanna	4	0	24	1
B Akhil	1	0	8	1