
Delhi Daredevils were semifinalists on first two editions of IPL but in this 2011 tournament after new auctions, they haven't yet found their rhythm and their time might be running out fast as they now now just one win out of 4 games so far..
In today's match at Feroz Shah Kotla ground in Delhi, visitors Deccan Chargers elected to bat and despite losing opener Shikhar Dhawan to Irfan Pathan, 98 run stand between Kumar Sangakkara and Sunny Sohal put the in a position to attack towards the end. Sohal made his first IPL fifty while Sangakkara missed by one run although his form has been superb. Cameron White, playing his first game of the season, couldn't get going but since he remained not out, Deccan managed a defendable total on board.
Chasing considerable 169, Virendra Sehwag tried to give home team a dominating start by hitting hattrick of fours before perishing to Harmeet Singh. David Warner continued to fight the lone battle as Naman Ojha, Aaron Finch and then in-form Venugopal Rao came and went from other end. Deccan bowlers stuck to their line and length and it was an easy win for visitors at the end.
Sunny Sohal was named man of the match.
The scorecard :-
| Deccan Chargers innings (elected to bat) |
| Batsman |
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Sunny Sohal |
c Finch b Nadeem |
62 |
41 |
8 |
1 |
| Shikhar Dhawan |
b Pathan |
8 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
| Kumar Sangakkara |
c Finch b Dinda |
49 |
35 |
8 |
1 |
| Cameron White |
not out |
31 |
25 |
2 |
1 |
| Daniel Christian |
b Hopes |
8 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| Bharat Chipli |
not out |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Dwarka Ravi Teja |
  |
  |
  |
  |
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| Amit Mishra |
  |
  |
  |
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| Dale Steyn |
  |
  |
  |
  |
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| Pragyan Ojha |
  |
  |
  |
  |
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| Harmeet Singh |
  |
  |
  |
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|
| Extra : |
5 |
| Total : |
168 runs in 20 overs for 4 wickets |
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maiden |
Runs |
W |
Extra |
| Ashok Dinda |
4 |
0 |
33 |
1 |
  |
| Irfan Pathan |
4 |
0 |
28 |
1 |
1 wide |
| Morne Morkel |
4 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
1 wide |
| James Hopes |
4 |
0 |
36 |
1 |
  |
| S Nadeem |
3 |
0 |
24 |
1 |
  |
| Yogesh Nagar |
1 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
  |
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| Delhi Daredevils innings (target = 169) |
| Batsman |
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| David Warner |
c Ravi Teja b Dhawan |
51 |
48 |
5 |
1 |
| Virendra Sehwag |
c Christian b Harmeet |
12 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
| Naman Ojha |
lbw bw Christian |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Aaron Finch |
c Sangakkara b Harmeet |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Venugopal Rao |
c Christian b Mishra |
21 |
23 |
3 |
0 |
| Irfan Pathan |
c Chipli b Mishra |
5 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| James Hopes |
not out |
17 |
14 |
0 |
1 |
| Yogesh Nagar |
b Christian |
23 |
11 |
1 |
2 |
| Morne Morkel |
not out |
8 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| S Nadeem |
  |
  |
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| Ashok Dinda |
  |
  |
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|
| Extra : |
13 |
| Total : |
152 runs in 20 overs for 7 wickets |
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maiden |
Runs |
W |
Extra |
| Dale Steyn |
4 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
1 wide |
| Daniel Christian |
4 |
0 |
38 |
2 |
  |
| Harmeet Singh |
4 |
0 |
27 |
2 |
1 wide |
| Pragyan Ojha |
3 |
0 |
21 |
1 |
  |
| Amit Mishra |
4 |
0 |
28 |
1 |
  |
| Shikhar Dhawan |
1 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
  |
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