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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

A powerful hitting of 62 runs off 30 balls by Yusuf Pathan guides Rajasthan Royals an important 5 wicket win over Delhi Daredevils and stopped their unbeaten 3 match run in 2009 IPL on Tuesday, 28th April, 2009 in the first match at Centurion. Delhi made 143/7 and Rajasthan reached the target with 9 balls remaining.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first and managed only 143/7 in 20 overs due to some fine bowling by Munaf Patel who took 2 wicket sfor just 14 runs in 4 overs. Only AB deVilliers able to score 50 runs.

Rajasthan Royals was struggling at 65/5 in 11 overs untill Yusufa Pathan came to bat and put an unbeaten partnership of 83 runs off just 45 balls with Graem Smith to register a superb victory with 9 balls remaining. Yusuf hit 62 runs off just 30 balls with 3 fours and 6 powerful sixes.

Match Summary:
Delhi Daredevils - 143/7 in 20 overs.
Rajasthan Royals - 147/5 in 18.3 overs.
Toss - Delhi Daredevils, who chose to bat first.
Man of the Match - Yusuf Pathan (Rajasthan Royals)
Result - Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

In-form Delhi Daredevils will meet defending champion but struggling Rajasthan Royals in the 18th match of 2009 Indian Premier League - IPL, in the only game of the day on Tuesday, 28th April, 2009 at a new venue Pretoria - Centurion starting from 16.30pm, 14.30GMT, 8.00 PM IST.

Delhi Daredevils has won all the games and they are unbeaten so far in the tournament and looking very strong and balanced side in both bowling and batting. Dilshan and DeVilliers are in good form.

Rajasthan Royals is struggling so far and their only +ve is the bowling of new and young Kamaran Khan. Their batting is still to click as top order Graem Smith, Asnodkar, Yusuf Pathan all failed so far in thetournament.

Delhi Daredevils Playing Eleven Team, Squad (Likely)
Virender Sehwag (capt), Gautam Gambhir, AB de Villiers, Tilakratne Dilshan, Manoj Tiwary, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Aavishkar Salvi, Daniel Vettori, Pradeep Sangwan, Ashish Nehra, Glenn McGrath/Farveez Mahroof.

Rajasthan Royals Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Graeme Smith, Swapnil Asnodkar, Shane Watson, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Tyron Henderson, Shane Warne (capt), Mahesh Rawat (wk), Munaf Patel, Sidharth Trivedi, Kamran Khan.

After the washed out of the last match 2009 Indian Premier League, is interrupted a lot by rain as 14th match will be played between strong Delhi Daredevils and bottom team of 2009 IPL points table Bangalore Royal Challengers on Sunday, 26th April, 2009 at Port Elizabeth in the 1st game of the day from 4.00 PM IST.

Delhi Daredevils, one of the title contender is unbeaten so far in the tournament made highest score so far in the tournament. ABdVilliers scored 1st century of the 2009 IPL while Dilshan also in good form after the early loss of Sehwag and Gambhir.

Bangalore Royal Challengers after a winning start in the tournament with a big margin, they lost 3 consecutive matches and lying bottom in the table. Their main worry is their batting as Jesse Ryder, Uthappa, Kevin Pieterse and Ross Taylor failed to score big runs so far.

Delhi Daredevils Playing Eleven Team, Squad (Likely)
Virender Sehwag (capt), Gautam Gambhir, AB de Villiers, Tilakratne Dilshan, Manoj Tiwary, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Aavishkar Salvi, Daniel Vettori, Pradeep Sangwan, Ashish Nehra, Glenn McGrath/Farveez Mahroof.

Bangalore Royal Challengers Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa, Kevin Pietersen, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher (wk), Praveen Kumar, Anil Kumble, Dale Steyn, Vinay Kumar.

In the 9th match 0f 2009 Indian Premier League - IPL, Sehwag's Delhi Daredevils will meet Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings on Thursday, 23rd April, 2009 at Durban in the 1st match of the day starting from 12.30 PM local time, 10.30 GMT and 4.00 PM IST.

Delhi Daredevils is one of the favorite to win the 2009 IPL with a very balanced side in all departments. They won the 1st rain hit match convincingly and likely to retain the same team.

Chennai Super Kings bounced back after defeat in the 1st match and won 2nd match by huge margin of 92 runs. They also retain the same winning team as Hayden is in good touch.

Delhi Daredevils Playing Eleven Team, Squad (Likely)

Virender Sehwag (capt), David Warner, Gautam Gambhir, AB de Villiers, Manoj Tiwary, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rajat Bhatia, Daniel Vettori, Yo Mahesh/Amit Mishra,Ashish Nehra, Glenn McGrath.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)

Matthew Hayden, Parthiv Patel, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt/wk), S Badrinath, Andrew Flintoff, Albie Morkel, L Balaji, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan.

2009 IPL favorite Delhi Daredevils started their journey with a bang as they beat Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets with 7 balls remaining in a rain shortened match on Sunday, 19th April, 2009 at Cape Town.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field first in a match shortened of 12 overs a side and restricted Kings XI Punjab to 104/7 after they got a good start by Bopara and Goeal added 67 in 6 overs, but Daniel Vettori after break took 3 wickets for 15 runs.

Delhi Daredevils chasing a target of 105 in 12 overs were 24/0 in 1.5 overs before rain interpreted again and they got a revised target of 54 runs in 6 overs which they got easily with 7 balls remaining as Sehwag hit 38 runs of just 16 balls.

Match Summary:
Kings XI Punjab - 104/7 in 12 overs.
Delhi Daredevils - 58/0 in 4.5 Overs.
Toss - Delhi Daredevils, who chose to field first.
Man of the Match - Daniel Vettori (Delhi Daredevils)
Result - Delhi Daredevils won by 10 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) (D/L method)

Delhi Daredevils started slowly but reached in the Semi-Finals of 2008 IPL before defeated by Rajasthan Royals. They have one of the most powerful opening pair in world cricket in the form of Virendar Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. They bought two new England palyers Owais Shah and Paul Collingwood this season.