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Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders in yesterday’s second match, Match No. 48 of DLF IPL 2009 held at New Wanderers, Johannesburg. It looked like Kolkata Knight Riders might break their losing steak when Deccan Chargers needed 21 of the last over. But Rohit Sharma took away little chance by scoring them without panicking. Kolkata Knight riders lost their 8th match in a row and have two more matches to make it 10 in a row.

IPL 2009 – Match 48 – Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers – Full Scorecard

Hussey scored quick fire 43 in 17 balls.

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field on a good batting pitch. McCullum and Ganguly opened the innings for Kolkata Knight Riders. McCullum was the first man to be dismissed and top edged a slower delivery from Harris to Suman at square leg. He scored 20 runs from 18 balls. Ganguly struggled to put bat on ball. Deccan Chargers bowled well not giving away anything. Knight Riders just managed 50/1 in their first 10 overs with Ganguly on 14(23) and Hodge on 13(19). It looked like Knight Riders will be restricted to below 120. Ganguly continued to struggle and was caught at long-off by Harris of the bowling of Rohit Sharma. Ganguly took 41 balls to score 33 runs.  Hussey was the next batsman and his intentions were clear to clear the boundary. Hodge got out for 48 runs(41 balls) in the similar fashion like McCullum to a slower delivery from Harris. Kolkata Knight Riders were struggling at 118/3 after 18 overs. But the next over yielded 28runs, the maximum runs scored in an over in this IPL. RP Singh started the over but bowled 2 no balls over waist-high and he was taken out of the attack. He just bowled 1 legal delivery and conceded 8 runs. Harmeet Singh continued the over and Hussey hit him all over the park scoring 20 runs in 5 balls. The over looked like (1nb, 1, 4nb, 4, 2, 2, 6, 6) and all of a sudden Kolkata reached 146 with 6 balls to spare. Saha and Hussey got out in the last over after scoring a six each in previous ball. At the end of 20 overs Kolkata Knight Riders scored 160/5 including 42 runs in last 2 overs.

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Yesterday’s match in DLF IPL T20 2009 (Match 43 – Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers) was a match full of turn arounds. Rajat Bhatia was the man who finally turned it to Delhi Daredevils.

IPL 2009 – Match 43 – Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers – Full Scorecard

Kartick played well at the end to take Delhi to a respectable total

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field first. Delhi Daredevils opened their innings with Gauti and Warner, inspite of Sehwag’s return to the playing eleven. Warner fell early to Chaminda Vaas in the 2nd over after scoring 4 runs in 6 balls. Dilshan was the next man in and opened his account with consecutive boundaries. Rohit Sharma dropped a sitter when Dilshan gloved one to shortish gully. Dilshan made good use of the drop chance and played aggressively. He scored 24runs (4,6,2,4,4,4) of the 6th over bowled by Shoaib Maqsusi, the highest run conceded in a single over in this IPL. Delhi Daredevils scored 56 runs losing just 1 wicket in the powerplay. Symonds got the wicket of Dilshan who scored 37 runs in just 18 balls. Another catch was dropped at long on when Ravi Teja spilled one which came straight to him and the ball bounced of his hands for a six. AB de Villiers was the batsman this time. Gambhir got out just before the strategic break and left Delhi Daredevils at 81/3 during the break. Sehwag was the next man in and he opened his account with a simple catch dropped by Symonds at long on. Vaas took the wicket of Sehwag in the 14th over and he scored 11 runs in 10 balls. AB de Villiers got out at crucial stage after scoring 44 runs in just 36balls. After 17 overs Delhi were 130/5. It looked like Chargers will be bundle out Delhi below 150, but Kartick played smart cricket and took them to a challenging total of 173/7. He scored 23 runs of the last over bowled by Vaas including 2 sixes. Vaas conceded 52 runs in his 4 overs and this is the highest by any bowler in this IPL. Deccan Chargers equaled the record of Knight Riders dropping 4 simple catches.
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Deccan Chargers added two more points and moved up to 3rd position with yesterdays 53-run victory against Rajasthan Royals. This victory is their largest in term of runs. Hyderabad now need only 2 more wins to move to the Semi Final. On the other hand Rajasthan Royals, the defending champions have to win their rest of the games, 3 out of 3, to make it to the Semi Final.

IPL 2009 – Match 40 – Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals – Full Scorecard

Dwyane Smith showing his skills with the bat

Gilchrist won the toss and elected to bat inspite of the fact that on the previous two occasions team batting second won the match. Gilchrist and Suman opened the innings for Deccan Chargers. Gilly opened his account with a huge six over square leg. He was unlucky to be judged LBW of the bowling of Yusuf Pathan, the ball pitched outside leg stump. He scored 10runs of 11 balls. Suman played some good shots and lost his wicket trying to hit one over mid wicket. He scored 29runs in just 19balls including 3 fours and a six.  Expectations were high when Rohit Sharma came to bat but he couldn’t do much and was stumped by Ojha of the bowling of Jadeja. Deccan Chargers were 77/3 during strategic break. Symonds scored quick 30runs in 19balls. Dwayne Smith was the star with the bat. He scored 47 important runs in just 32 balls. He was well supported by Vaas and Rao and helped Deccan Chargers reach 166/7 in 20 Overs.  Yusuf Pathan took 3 wickets while Jadeja claimed 2 wickets.
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In today’s match, 36th Match of IPLT20 2009, Kings XI Punjab pulled a thriller to keep their hopes high to make it to the Semi finals.

IPL 2009 – Match 36 – Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab – Full Scorecard

Kings XI Punjab choose to bowl first winning the toss. Deccan Chargers scored 168runs losing 5wickets. Symonds was the star with the bat, scoring 60Runs in just 36balls. Venugopal Rao scored 35(25). Lee played his first match of this IPL and bowled well for his 1/24 in 4overs. Sreesanth and Chawla got a wicket each.

Jayawardene scored quickly to keep Kings XI Punjab in contest

Kings XI Punjab chaced down 169 with 1 ball to spare, a thrilling end to the match. Kings XI Punjab started well with openers putting on 41 in just 4.3 overs. Both the batsman got out of the same over of Rohit Sharma, who is getting wickets at ease. Yuvraj and Sangakkara put on a partnership and scored at good rate. But both of them got out just like the openers in a span of 3 balls, just before strategic break. All of a sudded Deccan Chargers were back in the game. The score was 86/4. Jayawardene played really really well yet again and scored quick runs and got himself runout when the score was 149. He scored 43runs in 28balls at a strike rate of 153.57. At this stage Kings XI Punjab needed 20 runs in 13 balls. Chawla and Lee kept themselves cool and reached the target with a ball to spare.

Awaiting for the next game…. Clash of TITANS !!!

In yesterday’s IPL T20 match Deccan Chargers played against Mumbai Indians in SuperSport Park, Centurion.  Gilchrist, captain of Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat first.

Rohit Sharma delighted with his bowling

Gilchrist and Gibbs opened the innings for Deccan Chargers. Gibbs failed once again to score runs and edged one to safe hands of Sachin. Suman came in at no.2 and scored 20(13) before edging one to keeper Shah. Gilchrist played well, nudging singles knowing the importance of his presence till the end, but got out to a full length delivery just before the strategic break. He scored 25 of 29 balls, unlike him. At the strategic break Deccan Chargers were 63/3. Smith lost his wicket trying to play big shots. Rohit Sharma batted well for his 38(36) but couldn’t hit big shots against the good blowing of Mumbai Indians. Harbhajan didn’t had a good day with the ball as he was hit out of the park 3 times in 2 overs. Good fielding and bowling helped Mumbai Indians to restrict Deccan Chargers to 145/6 in 20 Overs. Malinga, Kulkarni, Bravo, Raje and Jayasuriya all got a wicket each.

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