The Deccan Chargers produced their fifth straight Indian Premier League victory, beating the Delhi Daredevils by 11 runs and book their place in the semi-finals. Andrew Symonds scored 54 in 30 balls as the Chargers made 145 for seven and in reply, despite an unbeaten half-century from Paul Collingwood, the Delhi Daredevils exited the competition [...]
Gautam Gambhir stroked an unbeaten half-century to guide the Delhi Daredevils to a desperately-needed six-wicket win over the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. The win keeps the Daredevils in the hunt for a semi-final place and it came about after they held the Chennai Super Kings to just 112 for nine but [...]
Kieron Pollard produced his best Indian Premier League performance to date to inspire the Mumbai Indians to a comprehensive 39-run win over the Delhi Daredevils. The Mumbai Indians have already qualified for the semi-finals and the result did the Daredevils’ chances of joining them few favours as they were held to 144 for seven in [...]
The Kings XI Punjab pulled off a second successive victory batting second in the Indian Premier League, hurting the Delhi Daredevil’s chances of reaching the semi-finals with a polished seven-wicket win. After bowling Delhi out for 111, the lowest IPL score in Delhi, they reached 112 for three with eight balls to spare. Irfan Pathan [...]
Skipper Sourav Ganguly led from the front to steer Kolkata Knight Riders to a morale-boasting 14-run win over Delhi Daredevils in Match 39 of the IPL-2010 at Eden Gardens on Wednesday. Kolkata Knight Riders rode away to 181/3 and then contained Delhi Daredevils to 167/8. After making a brilliant 46-ball 56, Ganguly’s fielding inspired Kolkata [...]
On the heels of a successful soccer event, GMR Sports, owners of the Delhi Daredevils team in the Indian Premier League, will host its inaugural ‘Cricket Dhamaka’ from July 17 to 19. The three-day event will be a six-a-side tennis-ball tournament, exclusively for teams from the Walled City i.e. Chandni Chowk area. The matches will [...]
The IPL invested nearly $121 million in five weeks in South Africa but team owners have reason to cheer as teams seem to have made money in the second year of the tournament. After being written off last season, Deccan Chargers have emerged winners and its owner Deccan Chronicle has reason to smile. Last year, [...]
Adam Gilchrist produced an outstanding display of batting as the Deccan Chargers powered into the Indian Premier League final with a six-wicket win over the Delhi Daredevils at Centurion Park. Gilchrist rolled back the years by thumping 85 in 35 balls to ensure that Delhi’s 153 for eight was grossly inadequate, the Chargers getting home [...]
Delhi Dare Devils will take on Deccan Chargers in the first semi final on Friday at Super Sport Park in Centurion. Delhi finished top of the table with 20 points from their 14 games and were considered to be the favourites all along. They will be hoping to carry this form into the semi final [...]
The Delhi Daredevils warmed up for their Indian Premier League semi-final with a four-wicket win over the Mumbai Indians at Centurion Park. Captain Virender Sehwag scored 50 as despite four wickets from compatriot Harbhajan Singh, his side got home with two and a half overs to spare after they had restricted the Indians to 158 [...]
The Delhi Daredevils confirmed their position at the top of the Indian Premier League table with a 14-run win over the Rajasthan Royals which booked their place in the semi-finals. Ab de Villiers crashed 79 not out in 55 balls to help the Delhi side post 150 for three before the Royals were held to [...]
Irfan Pathan smashed the Kings XI Punjab to a crucial six-wicket Indian Premier League victory over the table-topping Delhi Daredevils at Bloemfontein. Pathan arrived at the crease with his side facing an increasingly tricky task having been asked to chase 121 to win, but two sixes off of Pradeep Sangwan in the 18th over and [...]
Delhi Daredevils won by 12 runs in Durban as the Deccan Chargers collapsed from 86 for two to be bowled out for 161. They lost seven wickets in 53 balls as despite a half-century from Adam Gilchrist as they set off at speed in pursuit of 174 to win, they fell short, Rajat Bhatia picking [...]
Delhi Daredevils stand-in captain Gautam Gambhir said the team would be further bolstered by the return of regular skipper Virender Sehwag in their next match against Deccan Chargers on Wednesday. Gambhir said his opening partner Sehwag has fully recovered from his finger injury and would be fit to play in the next match. “He (Sehwag) [...]
The Delhi Daredevils coasted to a seven-wicket win over the Kolkata Knight Riders in Johannesburg to move back to the top of the Indian Premier League table. The Knight Riders’ were restricted to 123 for eight, Amit Mishra ripping through their middle order with three for 14, before AB de Villiers guided the Daredevils home [...]
Delhi Dare Devils beat Mumbai Indians by seven wickets at East London and easily moved back to the top of the league table. Rajat Bhatia picked up three for 15 to help set up the comprehensive seven-wicket win for Delhi which puts them top and leaves the Indians under pressure. Bhatia’s medium pace accounted for [...]
The Delhi Daredevils jumped to the top of the Indian Premier League table with a nine-wicket win over the Kolkata Knight Riders in Durban. Acting captain Gautam Gambhir was unbeaten on 71 as the Daredevils raced to 157 for one with an over to spare after the Knight Riders, anchored by 74 from Morne van [...]
The Chennai Super Kings registered a comfortable 18 run victory over the Delhi Daredevils at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Saturday. The Chennai Super Kings started in blistering fashion with openers Matthew Hayden and Murali Vijay, smashing 36 runs off the first 28 balls. Raina who along with Subra Badrinath helped accelerate the scoring after [...]
Delhi Dare Devils beat Deccan Chargers by six wickets in the first match of the day at Centurion. Delhi won the toss and elected to field first. Dwayne Smith top scored with 48 for the Chargers, left-arm pacers Dirk Nannes and Ashish Nehra sharing four wickets. Smith hit five fours and two sixes as he [...]
Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Dare Devils at Centurion by 5 wickets. The Daredevils elected to but were soon in trouble as Dimitri Mascarenhas removed Virender Sehwag for eight and Gautam Gambhir for 16. Tillakaratne Dilshan (7) and Dinesh Karthik (4) also fell cheaply. The fightback came from AB de Villiers, who stroked 50 in 40 [...]