Put into bat, Delhi came from nowhere to put a winning 173 on the board. Thanks to Dinesh Karthik who played a brilliant innings to get 2 valuable points to DD.
Warner went early for Vaas for 4. Dilshan and Gambhir added 50 for the 2nd wicket in 29 balls. At the end of 10 overs, DD were 81 for 3 with Gambhir losing his wicket for 19 in the 10th over. He played an unusual innings as he took 25 balls for his 19 which had one six.
Sehwag came late in the batting order as he entered as 5th batsman. He was dropped by Symonds the first ball he faced. The 23-run partnership between DeVilliers and Sehwag was broken when Sehwag was caught by Symonds at long off for 11. The run rate slowed down as the wickets started falling. At the end of 15 overs, DD were 109 for 4, adding just 28 runs in five overs.
DeVilliers hit couple of fours in 17th over bowled by D Smith. Going for another four, he gave a catch to Ravi Teja at midwicket.
In the 18th over, Bhatia lost his wicket to Ojha. Karthik hit two continuous fours--one behind square leg and the other wide of long-on. DD were 140 for 6 in 18 overs.
In the 19th over from RP Singh, 10 runs were added including a six by Karthik in the last ball. The last over turned the match upside down. Mishra was run out in the first ball. The ball struck the pad and went to Gilly's direct hit found him short of crease.
This run out did help DD as Karthik came on strike. Second ball was a wide down the leg side but it went past Gilchrist to boundary adding 5 runs to the DD total.
Karthik's dive on return for the second run saved him. He then hit a six over square leg followed by a boundary. He did not go for a single on the penultimate ball. The last ball went for a six over mid wicket. The last over added 23 runs to DD's total as they went from 150 to 173.
Vaas was the highest run giver in an innings. He conceeded 52 runs in his 4 overs taking 2 wickets. He broke the record of Kallis, who went for 51 runs against KKR.
Chasing 174 was a huge task, but Gilly started it well as he scored 28 off the 33-run first wicket partnership. End of 3 overs, DC were 33 for 1. Rohit gave a simple catch to Warner at covers for 6.
Gilly and Ravi Teja steadied the innings with a 46-run partnership for 3rd wicket. He reached his 50 in just 24 balls which had 5 fours and 3 sixes. At the end of 10 overs, DC were 83 for 2, requiring another 91 runs in the last 10. Gilchrist chased the ball pitched full on the off stump, only managed to get inside edge and dragged to stumps. He scored 64 off 33 balls with 5 fours and 5 sixes.
Symonds played remarkably and kept the victory in sight till he got out. He scored a six and a four as soon as he was in the crease wasting no time. He hit Nannes to two continuous boundaries and took DC to 134 for 3 in 15 overs. Last 5 overs needed 40 runs.
Ravi Teja hit two fours of Nehra in the 16th and added 11 to the total. Nannes restricted DC to just 4 runs in the 17th and also picked Ravi Teja.
Last 3 overs needed 25 runs, still gettable. Fate had other plans for DC. Symonds was bowled by Bhatia trying to flick early of the slower one. Turing point of the match!
In the same over, he picked D Smith, also bowled. Pressure on DC hut! Two overs 22 runs. Nehra bowled the 19th with first ball going for 2 runs. Vaas picked a single in the next ball giving strike to Venugopal.
Venugopal tried to steer it behind keeper off a short ball, brushed the glove on the way to keeper Dinesh Karthik. Crucial blow!
Nehra bowled a good boucher which hit RP Singh. He hesitated a little and went for the run but could not reach the crease before Nehra's throw hit the stumps directly.
Vaas hit a boundary of the next ball and managed to score a single and retain the strike. Last over, 14 runs, two wickets in hand.
Bhatia bowled a low full toss to give a single to Vaas. Ojha's try to dig a wide full toss failed. He was bowled of the next ball.
Next delivery, Shoaib hit the full toss straight to DeVilliers at long on as DC ended their innings 12 runs short.
Bhatia finished with 4 wickets giving 15 runs in 2.4 overs and grabbed them man of the match.
Scoreboard:
Match # 43
Date: Wednesday May 13, 2009
Teams: Delhi Daredevils v. Hyderabad Deccan Chargers
Captains: Sehwag and Gilchrist
Toss: DC, decided to field
Venue: Kingsmead, Durban
Result: DD won by 12 runs
Points: DD 2; DC 0
Man of the Match: Bhatia off DD
Delhi Daredevils Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| G Gambhir | c Venugopal b P Ojha | 19 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| DA Warner | c Venugopal b Vaas | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| TM Dilshan | c Teja b A Symonds | 37 | 18 | 7 | 1 |
| AB de Villiers | c Teja b D Smith | 44 | 36 | 4 | 1 |
| V Sehwag | c A Symonds b Vaas | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| KD Karthik | Not Out | 44 | 23 | 4 | 3 |
| R Bhatia | c Shoaib Ahmed b P Ojha | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A Mishra | Run Out (Gilchrist) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sangwan | Not Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 9, nb 2) | 12 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 7 wkts in 20 overs | 173 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-7 (DA Warner, 1.3 ov), 2-57 (TM Dilshan, 6.2 ov), 3-80 (G Gambhir, 9.5 ov), 4-104 (V Sehwag, 13.5 ov), 5-131 (AB de Villiers, 16.6 ov), 6-132 (R Bhatia, 17.2 ov), 7-150 (A Mishra, 19.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| RP Singh | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Vaas | 4 | 0 | 52 | 2 |
| A Symonds | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Shoaib Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| P Ojha | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| D Smith | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
Deccan Chargers Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| T Suman | c A Nehra b Sangwan | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Gilchrist | b Sangwan | 64 | 33 | 5 | 5 |
| R Sharma | c DA Warner b Sangwan | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Ravi Teja | c R Bhatia b Nannes | 27 | 34 | 3 | 0 |
| A Symonds | b Bhatia | 41 | 22 | 3 | 2 |
| D Smith | b Bhatia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Venugopal | c D Karthik b A Nehra | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaas | Not Out | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| RP Singh | Run Out (Nehra) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| P Ojha | b Bhatia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Ahmed | c deVilliers b Bhatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 5) | 8 | - | - | - |
| Total | all out in 19.4 overs | 161 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-33 (TL Suman, 2.5 ov ), 2-40 (RG Sharma, 4.2 ov), 3-86 (AC Gilchrist, 10.5 ov), 4-149 (DB Ravi Teja, 16.6 ov), 5-150 (A Symonds, 17.2 ov), 6-151 (DR Smith, 17.4 ov), 7-155 (Y Venugopal Rao, 18.3 ov), 8-155 (RP Singh, 18.4 ov), 9-161 (PP Ojha, 19.3 ov), 10-161 (Shoaib Ahmed, 19.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| A Nehra | 4 | 0 | 47 | 1 |
| Nannes | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Sangwan | 4 | 1 | 18 | 3 |
| Dilshan | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| R Bhatia | 2.4 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| A Mishra | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
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