Match date :- 08.05.2009
Delhi beat Mumbai by 7 wickets
Delhi Daredevils proved to be the superior side with their seven-wicket demolition of Mumbai Indians at the Buffalo Park here Friday and are now well set to become the first team to qualify for
the semi-finals of this year's Indian Premier League (IPL).Daredevils, with 12 points from eight matches, are the new leaders, displacing Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, who are at 11 points from nine matches. Delhi Daredevils and fourth-placed Deccan Chargers are the only two teams to have played eight matches. So Daredevils, with six games in hand, are in a good stead for a semi-final berth for the second time.
After opting to bat, Mumbai Indians found themselves on the backfoot as Daredevils' bowlers put them on leash from the first ball of their innings and packed them off for 116 runs in 20 overs.
Rajat Bhatia got three for 15 while Man of the Match Ashish Nehra and Dirk Nannes got two wickets each. Daredevils achieved the target with seven balls to spare after AB de Villiers made an unbeaten 50 off 38 balls.
Mumbai were off to a disastrous start with their new opening pair of Luke Ronchi and Jean Paul Duminy back in the dugout in the very first over. Ronchi, who came in for an injured Sanath Jaysuriya, was run out by David Warner in the second ball. Duminy, who has been in fine touch, edged Nannes to wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik to reduce Mumbai Indians to 1/2.
Pinal Shah (11) and Sachin Tendukar (15) tried to steady the innings but failed to dig in, leaving Mumbai reeling at 33/4. Abhishek Nayar (18) and Dwayne Bravo (35) joined forces to save Munbai Indians from the blushes. The duo added 57 runs for the fifth wicket and ensured that Mumbai Indians got past the three figure mark.
The Delhi bowlers were tight and maintained the pressure till the end, allowing just seven boundaries and three sixes during the Mumbai innings.
Gautam Gambhir (19) and David Warner (21) gave Delhi Daredevils a solid start before Duminy breached their 42-run partnership by picking up Warner, who was stumped by Shah. Gambhir joined Warner in the next over when he holed out a catch to Ronchi off Harbhajan Singh. Daredevils were suddenly reduced to 46-2.
But De Villiers arrested further damage and with Tillakaratne Dilshan (17) patiently went about the chase
Rajasthan Vs Bangalore
Match date :- 07.05.2009
Rajasthan won against Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore (105) have registered their lowest total against Rajasthan, obliterating the 132 for nine at Jaipur on May 17
, 2008.Royal Challengers Bangalore became the second team to lose 5 games or more. Kolkata Knight Riders (7) have lost most games in the second edition.
Naman Ojha has recorded his second half-century in three games in IPL 2009.
Ojha has averaged 60.00 in the 2009 edition - 120 in three innings. In Twenty20 cricket, he has averaged 28.00 in seven matches, aggregating 168 runs in seven games.
In the 2009 edition, Graeme Smith could not get going, aggregating 162 in eight games at an average of 23.14.
Playing in his 50th Twenty20 game, Smith took his runs tally to 1528 at an average of 34.72, including one century and nine fifties.
Smith, during the course of his 20, became the eighth batsman to aggregate 600 runs in the IPL - 603 at an average of 37.68, including four fifties in 19 matches.
Amit Singh (4/19) has recorded his career-best haul in Twenty20, bettering the 3 for 9 on his debut against Kings XI Punjab at Durban on May 5, 2009.
Amit has now claimed seven wickets at an average of 4.00 with a economy rate of 3.50 in just two Twenty20 games.
Amit, thanks to his brilliant bowling performance, has got his first MOM in the IPL.
Ravinder Jadeja (3/15) has produced his best bowling performance in the IPL, surpassing the 1 for 22 against Deccan Chargers at Port Elizabeth on May 2, 2009.
Chennai Vs Punjab
Match date :- 07.05.2009
Chennai won by 12 runs
Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 12 runs according to the Duckworth Le
wis method to win the 34th match of the second edition
Chennai Super Kings' Matthew Hayden plays a shot against Kings XI Punjab at SuperSport Park in Centurion. (Reuters Photo)
the Indian Premier League at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Thursday. Chasing a victory target of 187 runs, Punjab managed 174/3 in 18 overs as Chennai climbed to the top of the points table. Matthew Hayden was adjudged the Man of the Match for his superb knock. Punjab captain Yuvraj Singh and Mahela Jayawardene put up an unbeaten 90-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Yuvraj's unbeaten 58-run knock came off 36 balls and was studded with 2 sixes and 5 fours, while Jayawardene hit 2 sixes and 3 fours in his 25-ball 44. Punjab got off to a poor start with Sunny Sohal getting dismissed on the second ball of the run chase by Albie Morkel. Shadab Jakati took the second wicket when he had Karan Goel (14) caught at long-on by Manpreet Gony. Simon Katich hit 4 sixes and 3 fours in his 25-ball 50 before he was dismissed by Lakshmipathy Balaji. Earlier, riding on blitzkrieg knocks by Hayden and Dhoni, Chennai Super Kings scored 185/3 in 18 overs. The victory target was revised due to the two-over reduction and Kings XI Punjab need 187 runs to win in 18 overs at 10.39 runs per over. Hayden set the SuperSport Park on fire with his fiery strokeplay after the match was resumed after a 90-minute rain interruption. Hayden's 58-ball 89 was studded with 6 sixes and 8 fours, while Dhoni remained unbeaten after a 27-ball 56 that came with the help of 2 sixes and 7 fours. Hayden's blistering knock ended when he mistimed a hit off S Sreesanth to long-on for Mahela Jayawardene to take the catch. Suresh Raina hit a six and 4 fours in his 20-ball 32 before Piyush Chawla struck with his first delivery by having him caught at deep mid-wicket by Karan Goel. Chennai Super Kings resumed their innings at 68/1 in 7.3 overs after a 90-minute rain interruption. According to revised playing conditions, the match has been reduced to 18 overs per side, there will be no strategy breaks and the powerplays have been reduced to 5 overs. Batting first after winning the toss, Chennai Super Kings got off to the worst start by losing Subramaniam Badrinath on the first ball of the match. Badrinath cut a Irfan Pathan delivery to third man for VRV Singh to take the catch to register a first ball duck. But Matthew Hayden and Suresh Raina exhibited some scintillating strokeplay to prevent Punjab to exert more pressure. Hayden hit a six and 5 fours in his 28-ball 37, while Raina's 30 came off just 16 balls and was studded with a six and 4 fours, before the rain interruption. When he reached 15, Raina became the first player to score 700 runs in IPL.
