Semi-Final, Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers

Played at SuperSport Park - Centurion

Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to field

Deccan Chargers won the match with 6 wickets to spare

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GILCHRIST 85 runs (35b 10x4 5x6) SR: 242.85

Delhi Score Card
153/8 in 20 Overs(7.65 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Dilshan 65runs from 51 balls

Playing XI Delhi Daredevils

Gambhir
Garner
Sehwag
Dilshan
AB de Villiers
Karthik
Bhatia
Mishra
Nannes
Sangwan
Nehra

Deccan Chargers Total Score
154/4 in 17.4 overs(8.71 runs per over)

Top Scorer
GILCHRIST 85 runs (35b 10x4 5x6) SR: 242.85


Highest Wicket Taker/Best Bowling

Harris

4 Overs
3/27 and 1 Madien

Playing XI Deccan Chargers

Gilchrist
Gibbs
Suman
Sharma
Symonds
Venugopal Rao
Bilakhia
Harris
Ojha
Harmeet Singh
RP Singh

Delhi Darecevils Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at Supersport Park - Centurion

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bat

Delhi Daredevils won by 4 wickets with 15 balls remaining

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
166/6 in 17.3 Overs (9.48 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Sehwag
50 runs from 27 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Nannes
4 Overs 3/27

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Warner
Sehwag
Dilshan
Bhatia
AB de Villiers
Dinesh Karthik
Mishra
Salvi
Nannes
Sangwan


Mumbai Indians Score Card
165/8 in 20 Overs(8.25 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Rahane
56 runs from 41 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Harbhajan Singh
4 Overs 4/17

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Jayasuria
Sachin
Duminy
Ashraful
Rahane
Nayar
Shah
Harbhajan
Malinga
Kulkarni
Shaikh

Match Between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils

Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesberg on May 19 2009

Delhi Daredevils elected to bat first after winning the toss

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match by 7 wickets

Man of the Match - Jacques Kallis

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
134/7 in 20 Overs(6.70 runs per over)

Highest Run Scorer
Dinesh Karthik
31 runs in 29 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Y Nagar
2 overs 2/20

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Virender Sehwag
Mithun Manhas
AB de Villiers
Dinesh Karthik
Farveez Maharoof
Daniel Vettori
Avishkar Salvi
Ashish Nehra
Andrew McDonald
Yogesh Nagar



Royal Challengers Bangalore Score Card
135/3 in 19 overs (7.1 runs per over)

Top Scorer
J Kallis
58 runs in 56 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Kumble
4 Overs, 3/30

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI

Robin Uthappa
Jacques Kallis
Rahul Dravid
Ross Taylor
Virat Kohli
Mark Boucher
Roelof van der Merwe
Praveen Kumar
Balachandra Akhil
Manish Pandey
Anil Kumble

Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals

Played at Outsurance Oval, Bloemfontein

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bat

Delhi Daredevils won the match by 14 runs

Rajasthan Royals Score Card
136/9 in 20 overs (6.8 runs per over)

Top Scorer
J Botha
37 runs in 31 balls

Highest wicket taker
A Mishra(DD)
4 overs 3/33

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
150/3 in 20 Overs (7.5runs per over)

Top Scorer
AB de Villiers
79 runs in 55 balls

Highest wicket taker
Munaf Patel(RR)
4 Overs 2/39

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Sehwag
AB de Villiers
Dilshan
Karthik
Mishra
Manhas
Maharoof
Salvi
Nehra
Nannes

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

N Ojha
G SMith
R Quiney
R Jadeja
Y Pathan
A Raut
S Warne
J Botha
M Patel
S Trivedi
A Singh

Match Between Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab

Match being played at outsurance Oval, Bloemfontein

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to field

Kings XI Punjab won the match by 6 wickets

Kings XI Punjab Score Card
123/4 in 19.1 over (6.41 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Sangakkara
43 runs in 47 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Maharoof(DD)
4 Overs 2/29

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
120/9 in 20 Overs(6.00 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Dinesh Karthik
32 runs from 29 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Lee(Kings XI Punjab)
4 Overs, 3/15


Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
V Sehwag
Dilshan
AB de Villiers
Karthik
Bhatia
Vettori
Mishra
Maharoof
Sangwan
Nehra

Kings Punjab Playing XI

Sohal
Katich
Yuvraj Singh
Sangakkara
Irfan Pathan
Pomersbach
Lee
Chawla
Powar
Mota
Sreesanth

Match Between Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Daredevils

Played at Kingsmead, Durban on 13 May 2009

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field

Delhi Daredevils won the match by 12 runs

Deccan Chargers Score Card
161/10 runs in 19.4 Overs (8.18 runs per over)

Top Scorer
A Gilchrist
64 runs in 33 balls


Highest Wicket Taker
R Bhatia
2.4 OVers 4/15

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
173/7 runs in 20 Overs (8.65 runs per over)

Top Scorer
D Karthik
44 runs in 23 balls


Highest Wicket Taker
P Ojha(DC)
4 OVers 2/26


Delhi Daredevils Playing XI
G Gambhir
D Warner
V Sehwag
TM Dilshan
AB de Villiers
KD Karthik
R Bhatia
A Mishra
P Sangwan
A Nehra
DP Nannes

Deccan Chargers Playing XI
A Gilchrist
T Suman
RG Sharma
D Smith
Y Venugopal Rao
A Symonds
Ravi Teja
P Ojha
S Shoaib
RP Singh
C Vaas

Match between Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Delhi Daredevils

Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 10 May 2009

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field

Delhi Daredevils won the match by 7 wickets
Man of the Match - A Mishra

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
125/3 - 17.1 Overs(7.3 runs per over)

Top Scorer
AB de Villiers
40 runs in 32 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
A Mishra
4 Overs 3/14

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card
123/8 - 20 Overs (6.15 runs per over)

Top Scorer
S Ganguly
44 runs in 45 balls


Highest wicket taker
I Sharma
4 OVers 2/23


Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

Brendon McCullum
Sourav Ganguly
Brad Hodge
Morne van Wyk
Yashpal Singh
Wriddhiman Saha
Moises Henriques
Ajit Agarkar
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Sourav Sarkar

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gautam Gambhir
David Warner
AB de Villiers
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Dinesh Karthik
Mithun Manhas
Rajat Bhatia
Amit Mishra
Pradeep Sangwan
Ashish Nehra
Dirk Nannes

Match Between Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Played at Kingsmead, Durban - 5th May 2009

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat

Delhi Daredevils won the match by 9 wickets
Man of the Match - Gautham Gambhir

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card

154/3 - 20 Overs (7.70 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
M Van Wyk
74 runs in 48 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
P Sangwan
4 Overs 2/29

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
157/1 - 20 Overs(8.26 runs per over)


Top Scrorer
Gautham Gambhir
71 runs in 57 balls


Highest Wicket Taker
Ajit Agarkar
3 Overs 1/24

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

MN van Wyk
McCullum
Henriques
Hodge
Ganguly
Yashpal Singh
W Saha
Agarkar
Kartik
Ishanth Sharma
Dinda

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Warner
AB de Villiers
Dilshan
Dinesh Karthik
Manhas
Bhatia
Mishra
Sangwan
Nehra
Nannes

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Sehwag
Dilshan
AB de Villiers
Tiwary
Karthik
Nannes
Vettori
Mahesh
Salvi

DLF Indian Premier League Season 2 in SouthAfrica

Game of Passion, Aspiration and Triumph heading towards its Centenary celebration is Cricket. Change, which is permanent immaterial of ends did strike the game last year giving new facet and re-life in the form of T20.

Gaining its momentum more than expectation at its launch Indian Premium League witnessed huge hype with players exhibiting immense talent towards The Game of Cricket. Price for the effort was paid off to the Commissioner of IPL Mr.Lalit Modi and his team. With the success of IPL Season I being fresh in the minds of Cricket Enthusiast yet another reason to rejoice is on cards with successful foundation for IPL Season 2 being laid, laid strong.

India being a Multi-dilemmatic Country irrespective of Sectors, it is not shocking news for the drama to end inappropriately as the decision on conducting the Indian Premier League Season 2 to be hosted in South Africa.

IPL Season II 2009 will kick off at The Newlands in Cape Town on April 18th while the semi-finals are to be held on May 22nd and 23rd at Pretoria and Johannesburg. Grand Finale takes its position at The Wanderers in Johannesburg on May 24th.

The league will showcase a grand total of 59 matches providing broadcasters and in-stadia spectators with 177 hours of live “family entertainment”, targeting international audience as well.

All matches will be telecasted by Sony Entertainment at 4pm and 8pm IST the official broadcaster for IPL to coincide with prime time for television audience in India.

Season 2 of the Indian Premier League will feature eight Franchises battling for over a month in South Africa continuing to play on a home and away basis. The top 4 Franchises in the league will contest the semi-finals and the victorious semi-finalists will meet in the Grand Final all over one weekend.

In a double header on the first day, First edition’s winners Rajasthan Royals will take on the Bangalore Royal Challengers while Mumbai Indians would clash with the runners-up Chennai Super Kings at Cape Town.