Match 43: DD v. DC: Dinesh Karthik and Gilly Fire! Bhatia's 4 wkts help DD Win!

It is confirmed that Sehwag and Gambhir lead Delhi Daredevils entered the semi-finals. Delhi is the first team to confirm their birth to the last four.

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

Match 40: Kings XI Wins the Rain Halted Thriller!

Kings XI won their battle against Delhi Daredevils and almost booked their spot for the semi finals. In the rain curtailed match, the Duckworth-Lewis system favored the visiting team in the end.

Delhi Daredevils were 94 for 1 in 8.1 overs when rain stopped play with Sehgwa on 47 and Dhawan on 1. When the match resumed, the overs were reduced to 11 per side. Delhi ended their innings at 118 for 4. Sehwag scored a quick fire 50 of 23 balls with 2 fours and 5 sixes.

Earlier, Gambhir, played his part by hammering all over the ground. He scored 40 off 28 balls before being bowled by Romesh Pawar.

For Kings XI, as per the Duckworth-Lewis calculations, the target was revised to 123 in 11 overs. Hopes' last over reduced the chasing target as he picked two crucial wickets and gave away just 3 runs.

Chasing 123, the first over by McGrath had only 3 runs in the board. Marsh was brilliantly at cover. Shoaib Malik and Dhawan went for the catch and finally without colliding each other Dhawan took a good catch. Dangerous batsman gone!

Yuvaraj Singh promoted himself for number 3. The powerplay has been redued to 3 overs he planned to use it for himself. He hit a four to fine leg and a six over backward point. Momentum given by the skipper!

109 required off 54 balls.

McGrath finally got his piece in the IPL. He went for 15 runs with two huge sixes--one over long off and the other one over square leg. McGrath got Yuvaraj Singh brilliantly caught by Maharoof in the boundary. He mistimed the short ball and hit it over long on where Maharoof took a good catch. Yuvaraj scored 23 off 8 balls with 1 four and 3 sixes.

Hopes got out in the next over, trying to hit a six was caught at long on by Shoaib Malik off Mishra.

At the end of four overs, Kings XI were 34 for 3 with 90 more to get in 7 overs.

With wickets falling and having curtailed the run rate, and it was raining, Sehwag wanted to finish the 5 overs so that the result can be brought in to the game.

He bowled the 5th over, which turned very costly for Delhi.

Jayawardane sterred the first ball to third man boundary; The second ball was a wide; rebowled second ball was a reverse sweep to third man boundary; third ball was a boundary to fine leg, it was swept well; fourth ball was a single; fifth ball was a huge six over deep midwicket by Pomersbach; last ball was two runs. This over added 22 runs and gave the second momentum to Kings XI.

End of 5 overs, Kings XI were 56 for 3 with 68 off 6 overs. At this stage, if the match was stopped due to rain, it would have been a tie as Kings XI were supposed to be at 57 for a win.

The sixth over by Mishra added 17 to the total including two sixes--one by Jayawardane over mid wicket and the other by Pomersbach again over mid wicket.

51 required off 5 overs; Maharoof's over added 12 to the total including a six by Pomersbach over square leg. It has started raining.

39 required of 24 balls; Kings XI has a chance here to win;

Bhatia bowled the 8th over giving just 3 runs in the first 5 balls. It was raining heavily now. If the match is stopped, the scores are equal. But the match is going on; Jayawardane hit a six of the last ball of the 8th over to take the score to 94, 6 runs beyond Delhi's score.

Umpires discuss and ask the players to leave; the batsmen left the ground; Delhi team couldn't believe, still in the ground expecting the umpires to call the batsmen; the groundsmen did not bring the covers despite umpires call to do so; Yuvaraj Singh comes to the centre asking the groundsmen to put the covers in the pitch.

Finally, Kings XI Punjab win by 6 runs--strange that a team batting second wins by runs.

Man of the Match List

Points Table

Score Table

Match 40
Venue: Delhi
Date: May 17, 2008
Teams: Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab
Captains: Virendra Segwag and Yuvaraj Singh
Toss: Delhi Daredevils and decided to bat
Result: Kings XI Punjab won by 6 runs (D/L Method) (with 7 wickets in hand)
Man of the Match: DPMD Jayawardane off Kings XI Punjab (Sri Lanka)
Points: Kings XI Punjab-2; Delhi Daredevils-0
Score:

Delhi Daredevils 118 for 4 in 11 overs (G Gambhir 40, V Sehwag 51 not out, S Dhawan 8, TM Dilshan 8, MF Maharoof 0, Shoaib Malik 1 not out, Extras-10 (lb 2, wide 7, nb 1), S Sreesanth 3-0-33-0, IK Pathan 2-0-13-0, VRV Singh 2-0-33-0, RR Powar 2-0-22-2, PP Chawla 1-0-13-0, JR Hopes 1-0-2-2) lost to Kings XI Punjab (revised target as per D/L Method-123 in 11 overs; when rain stopped play in the 8th over last ball, they should have been in 89 with the loss of 3 wickets) 94 for 3 in 8 overs (SE Marsh 2, JR Hopes 4, Yuvraj Singh 23, DPMD Jayawardene 36 not out, LA Pomersbach 25 not out, Extras-4 (lb 2, wide 2), GD McGrath 2-0-18-1, P Sangwan 1-0-12-1, A Mishra 2-0-21-1, V Segwag 1-0-22-0, MF Maharoof 1-0-11-0, R Bhatia 1-0-8-0)