The Delhi Daredevils concluded their Champions League campaign with a 30-run win over the Cape Cobras in a low-scoring encounter at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Owais Shah top scored wiith 39 not out as the Daredevils scored 114 for six before they bowled out the Cobras for just 84, Dirk Nannes taking three for 19. [...]
The Delhi Daredevils beat Wayamba by 50 runs and keep themselves in the Champions League in front of their home crowd. Batting first, opening batsman Virender Sehwag hit 66 in 42 balls with ten fours and a six and Dinesh Karthik chipped in with 61 in 41 balls, striking five fours and three sixes and [...]
The Victoria Bushrangers beat the Delhi Daredevils by seven wickets in a low-scoring Champions League encounter in Delhi which leaves the Indian Premier League sides still searching for a first win. The Daredevils could only post 98 for eight, a total which Victoria surpassed with three wickets down and 20 balls to spare. Delhi’s batsmen [...]
The first ever Champions League T20 is set to begin in Bangalore with the Bangalore Royal Challengers taking on the Cape Cobras (from South Africa) in the first game. The other teams in the fray are Eagles (also from South Africa), Delhi Dare Devils and Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (India), New South Wales and Victoria (Australia), [...]
South African batsman AB de Villiers is to play no cricket in the next six weeks due to a back injury, ruling him out of participating in the Champions League Twenty20 in India where he had been named in the Delhi Daredevils’ squad. De Villiers has a lower back problem which he has been struggling [...]
India’s dashing opener Virender Sehwag has decided to step down as Delhi Daredevils captain, making way for Gautam Gambhir who will lead the team in the Champions League next month. Sehwag wanted to concentrate on batting and expressed his desire to step down. “I would like to thank GMR for their understanding in accepting my [...]
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 [...]