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Deccan Chargers tasted their 1st defeat in the 2009 IPL by the hand of tournament favorites Delhi Daredevils beat them by 6 wickets with 8 balls remaining on Thursday, 30th April, 2009 at Centurion. Deccan Chargers retained their top position in points table. Deccan made 148/9 and Delhi scored 150/4 in 18.4 overs.

Deccan Chargers batting 1st lost their in-form batsmen Gilchrist early but Dwayn Smith scores 52 runs but Nannes 2 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs restrict them to 148/9 in 20 overs.

Delhi Daredevils started poorly as sehwag, Gambhir and AB de Villiers out cheaply but Dilshan once gain batted superbly scored 52 off 45 ball with 4 fours and 3 sixes and well supported by Karthik 41 off 30 balls.

Match Summary:
Deccan Chargers - 148/9 in 20 overs.
Delhi Daredevils - 150/4 in 18.5 overs.
Toss - Delhi Daredevils, who chose to field first.
Man of the Match - DP Nannes (Delhi Daredevils)
Result - Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

The top 2 teams of 2009 IPL, Deccan Chargers who is still unbeaten after 4 matches and Delhi Daredevils who won 3 out of 4 matches will meet in the 1st game of the day on Thursday, 30th April, 2009 at Centurion starting from 12.30pm, 10.30GMT, 4.00 PM IST.

Deccan Chargers is rejuvenated after complete change in their logo, attire as they finished last in 2008 IPL, is l0oking a complete team with bowl and bat and hard to beat them. Gibbs is looking in good touch along with Gilchrist and RP Singh is striking early with the bat.

Delhi Daredevils without firing their openers Gambhir and Sehwag played well so far thanks to AB de Villiers and Tilakratne Dilshan playing well. They yet to test bowling legend Glenn McGrath.

Deccan Chargers Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
AAC Gilchrist, HH Gibbs, DR Smith, RG Sharma, AA Bilakhia, Y Venugopal Rao, TS Suman, PP Ojha, RP Singh, FH Edwards, SM Shoaib

Delhi Daredevils Playing Eleven Team, Squad (Likely)
G Gambhir, V Sehwag (Cap), TM Dilshan, AB de Villiers, KD Karthik (wk), M Manhas, DL Vettori, A Mishra, P Sangwan, A Nehra, DP Nannes

Deccan Chargerss maintained their unbeaten record in the 2009 IPL as they beat ChennaiSuper Kings by 6 wickets in the 1st match of the day while in the 2nd game Mumbai Indians crushed Kolkata Knight Riders by 92 runs on Monday, 27th April, 2009.

ChennaiSuper Kings set a target of 165/6 in 20 overs thanks to Hayden's 49 and Oram's unbeaten 41 runs. In reply Deccan Chargers got a flying start by Gilchrist and Gibbs as they took the score to 60 runs in 4 overs and scored 44 and 69* runs respectively to register 4th consecutive win o f the tournament.

In the 2nd game of the day Mumbai Indians registered a big win of 92 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders thanks to 127 runs 1st wicket partnership between Jayasuriya and Tendulkar scored 52 off 32 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes and 68 runs off 45 balls with 6 fours and 4 sixes respectively. They bowled out Kolkata Knight Riders to 95 runs as Malinga took 3 wickets.

Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match Summary:
Mumbai Indians - 187/6 in 20 overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders - 95 all out in 15.2 overs.
Toss - Mumbai Indians, who chose to bat first.
Man of the Match - Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)
Result - Mumbai Indians won by 92 runs.

Deccan Chargers vs ChennaiSuper Kings Match Summary:
ChennaiSuper Kings - 165/6 in 20 overs.
Deccan Chargers - 169/4 in 19.3 overs.
Toss - Deccan Chargers, who chose to field first.
Man of the Match - Herschell Gibbs (Deccan Chargers)
Result - Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining).

2009 Indian Premier League is going interestingly as no team is looking clear favorite, in the 16th match, points table leader Deccan Chargers will take on Chennai Super Kings in the 1st match of the day on Monday, 27th April, 2009 at Durban starting from 16.30pm, 14.30GMT, 8.00 PM IST.

Deccan Chargers is still unbeaten so far in the tournament, and leading the points table as opener Gibbs and Gilchrist is in great form along with Rohit Sharma in the middle. RP Singh is the leading wicket taker in the tournament so far.

Chennai Super Kings last match was washed out against Kolkata without a ball and they will be without all rounder Andrew Flintoff. Mathew Hayden is the leading run scorer and expecting same form for a good start.

Deccan Chargers Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Adam Gilchrist (capt & wk), Herschelle Gibbs, Ravi Teja, VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Venugopal Rao, Chaminda Vaas, Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, DP Vijaykumar, Fidel Edwards.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Matthew Hayden, Parthiv Patel, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt/wk), S Badrinath, Jacob Oram, Albie Morkel, L Balaji, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan.

In a thrilling 1st match of the day, Deccan Chargers continues their form and remains unbeaten in the tournament so far as they beat Mumbai Indians by 12 runs on Saturday, 25th April, 2009 at Cape Town. Deccan scored 168/9 and restricted Mumbai to 156/7 in 20 overs.

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat first got a flying start by Gilchrist and Gibbs scored 35 and 58 runs respectively, Devon Smith also contributed 35 runs. They were 124/1 in 13 overs at 1 stage but lost momentum in death overs and managed only 44 runs in 43 balls and finished on 168/9.

Mumbai Indians also started well despite Jayasuriya's wicket in 1st over but 85 runs partnership between Tendulkar and Duminy, made 36 and 47 runs respectively, took them 84/1 in 10 overs. They lost momentum after the break and felt short by 12 runs in the end.

Match Summary:
Deccan Chargers - 168/9 in 20 overs.
Mumbai Indians - 156/7 in 20 overs.
Toss - Deccan Chargers, who chose to bat first.
Man of the Match - Herschell Gibbs (Deccan Chargers)
Result - Deccan Chargers won by 12 runs.

In the 1st match of Saturday, 25th April and 12th match 0f 2009 Indian Premier League, point table leader Deccan Chargers will take 3rd place Mumbai Indians at Durban starting from 12.30 PM local time, 10.30 GMT and 4.00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians won the 1st match but disoppinted after 2nd match was washed out due to rain against Rajasthan Royals. They will probably retain the same team and hope the good form continues for Sachin Tendulkar.

Deccan Chargers currently leading the points table as won both the matches convincingly. Gilchrist leading the team from front and well supported by Rohit Sharma, Gibbs and Laxman.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar, Shikhar Dhawan, JP Duminy, Dwayne Bravo, Abhishek Nayar, Yogesh Takawale (wk), Harbhajan Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zaheer Khan, Kyle Mills.

Deccan Chargers Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Adam Gilchrist (capt & wk), Herschelle Gibbs, Ravi Teja, VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Venugopal Rao, Chaminda Vaas, Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, DP Vijaykumar, Fidel Edwards.

Deccan Chargers put behind their last year's performance where they finished last and got a winning start of the 2009 Indian Premier League - IPL season by beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets on Sunday, 19th April, 2009 at Cape Town.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and electedto bat but new captain Brandon Mccullum and Chris Gayle gone early followed by former captain Gaunguly and bundled out on 101 in 19.4 overs. RP Singh took 4 wickets.

In reply Deccan Chargers reached the target thanks to Heschell Gibbs and Rohit Sharma contributed contributed unbeaten 43 off 26 balls and 36 off 32 balls respectively.

Match Summary:
Kolkata Knight Riders - 101 all out in 19.4 overs.
Deccan Chargers - 104/2 in 13.1 overs.
Toss - Kolkata Knight Riders, who chose to bat first.
Man of the Match - RP Singh (Deccan Chargers)
Result - Deccan Chargers won by 8 wickets (with 41 balls remaining)

Deccan Chargers finished last in 2008 IPL despite the players like Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist, Shahid Afridi, Harschell Gibbs and Rohit Sharma. Hope they will improve their performance and records in 2nd edition of IPL at South Africa.

Deccan Chargers Team, Squad for 2009 IPL:

Adam Gilchrist
Abhinav Kumar
Andrew Symonds
Arjun Yadav
Chamara Silva
Chaminda Vaas
Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
Dwayne Smith
Fidel Edwards
Halhadar Das
Harmeet Singh
Herschelle Gibbs
Jas Karandeep Singh
Manvinder Bisla
Nuwan Zoysa
Paidikalva Vijaykumar
Pragyan Ojha
Rohit Sharma
Rudra Pratap Singh
Ryan Harris
Sarvesh Kumar
Scott Styris
Shoaib Ahmed
Tirumalsetti Suman
Venugopal Rao
VVS Laxman
Darren Lehman (AUS) (Coach)