Deccan Chargers v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils – Indian Premier League 5 – Match Recap – Warner propels Daredevils to 9-wicket win over Chargers
Riding on the force of a superb century by opener David Warner, the Delhi Daredevils edged their way back up to the top spot on the Indian Premier League 5, courtesy a 9-wicket win over the Deccan Chargers at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 on May 10.
The hosts played a fairly imbalanced team – the batting unit was impressive, featuring all of the four allowed foreign players, which enabled the team to rack up a sizeable score. However, as a result, their bowling unit was made up of nothing but domestic
players, most of whom were lacking in experience, and ultimately unable to defend the total their batsmen put on the board.
The Chargers won the toss and skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Morkel-c73528, who dismissed
Harris in the 5th over, making way for Sangakkara to come on to the crease. The skipper continued his disappointing run, contributing just 4 runs before he was sent back to the pavilion by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Varun-Aaron-c2744.
Cameron White (65) and Dhawan then proceeded to set up the highest partnership of their team’s innings, a 126-run stand which got their side up to 159 by the 18th over, after which Dhawan, attempting to come back for a second run off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601,
was run out as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahbaz-Nadeem-c89339 aimed a direct throw at the stumps from deep fine-leg.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JP-Duminy-c1742 joined White at the crease, and the two managed to bring up the team’s total to 179. White was caught out by wicketkeeper Naman Ojha in the very last over, off Aaron, and the Deccan Chargers posted a total of 187 by the end of 20 overs.
With the exception of Morkel (4-0-32-1) and Aaron (4-0-30-2), the remainder of the Daredevils’ bowling attack was fairly lacklustre. Pathan gave away 46 in 4 overs, while both Nadeem and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andre-Dwayne-Russell-c44235 bled 39 each, all at the expense of no wickets.
The 188 chase appeared to be a daunting one, but proved to be no trouble for the Daredevils, who treated the Chargers’ faltering bowling attack with contempt.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806,
and went on to score his second IPL century – an impressive 109 off 54 deliveries at a strike rate of 201.85, which made the Daredevils’ chase appear almost effortless.
Sehwag’s wicket was the only one to fall on the visitors’ side, and Warner was joined at the crease by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naman-Ojha-c2057 (64), with both batsmen joining forces for a mammoth unbeaten 189-run stand. Warner’s 109, which included 10 fours and 7 sixes, won him the
Player of the Match award, and enabled his team to finish at 193, with 20 balls remaining.
The Chargers’ bowling attack lacked both depth and experience, and could do little to defend the total set up painstakingly by their batsmen. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Mishra-c871 was the only bowler with a fair amount of experience, but even he conceded 44 runs in 4 overs, with
no wickets to his credit.
Dhawan claimed one scalp, but threw away 27 runs in 2 overs (including two consecutive fours in the opening over by the rampaging Warner), while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ankit-Sharma-c1053 was downright disappointing, giving away 16 in 1, with an economy rate of 16.00. Newcomer Ashish
Reddy conceded 29 in the 2 overs he bowled, with a particularly disastrous opening over, which saw the medium-pacer hit for two sixes and two fours by Warner.
The 9-wicket win got the Daredevils comfortably back up to the first spot on the IPL5 points table, and they will be aiming to cement their place at the top in their upcoming match against the Chennai Super Kings on May 12 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in
Chepauk.
The Chargers, meanwhile, are already unlikely to make it to the playoffs stage of the tournament, but have an opportunity to salvage some pride as they prepare to face off against the Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 in Mohali on May 13.
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