http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils roar into the play-offs - Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – May 16, 2012
On Tuesday, May 15, Delhi Daredevils became the first team to qualify for the play-offs of the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League after beating Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 by five wickets in a match that was played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.
UT Yadav from Delhi was named as the Player of the Match for taking three wickets in four overs to restrict Punjab on a modest total of 136 runs.
With this win, the side has bagged 20 points in total from winning ten games out of the 14 they have played.
With Punjab’s two games still remaining, the side still has a chance of making it into the play-offs, but cannot afford to lose any more.
Chennai Super Kings’ skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, has admitted that his team needs to improve its batting in the middle overs, to win games from here on.
"It's very difficult in a game like this. We began strong with a solid partnership between Hussey and Vijay but did not bat well in middle overs. That is something we have to learn. But for Bravo's last ball six we would have lost the match," Dhoni said.
Chennai are currently at fourth place on the points table, and could be toppled if they lose another match which would lead to losing their title as they are the defending champions this season.
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Speaking on the status of pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KAJ-Roach-c1758, the West Indies coach said, “Kemar twisted his ankle at Northants, he's been treated twice a day for the last couple of days. He had a little bowl today (Tuesday), bowled about six overs, pretty controlled, no complaints so at this stage he's doing okay.”
West Indies are currently in England to play three Tests and in a bid to revive their dominant Test stature, the tourist are aiming to give the home team a run for their money.
England wicketkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Prior-c1984, has insisted that there is no way that England are going to take West Indies lightly in the upcoming three-match Test series, as the reining number-one team in the longest format of the game know they could lose their stature if the Windies manage to get the better of them.
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