Delhi Daredevils v Lions - Champions League Twenty20 - 1st Semi-Final – Lions roar into the final with a rousing victory - Live Score and Update
Lions 139/5 (20/20 ov) v Delhi Daredevils 117/9 (20.0/20 ov) - Lions won by 22 runs
This year was certainly a bad one for the IPL teams, as none of them managed to reach the final of the ongoing Champions League Twenty20. Delhi Daredevils were the last team from the lucrative league that played their final game on Thursday, October 25,
when they lost to Lions by 22 runs in the first semi-final of the tournament that was played at Kingsmead, Durban.
After being asked to bat first, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Petersen-c1028, fell after hammering 24 off 19.
With 58 on the board, the side lost their second batsman when Q de Kock fell to Agarkar with 11 runs to his name.
Delhi made inroads for the third time when D Pretorius was dismissed by Negi for three. At the time of this wicket, Lions were sitting on 63.
This was a perfect situation for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780, however, what transpired next was anybody’s guess as GH Bodi and ND McKenzie launched a blatant attack on the bowlers, smacking DD all around the park.
This was the moment when the two batsmen put their side back in the match and DD completely lost their hold on the situation.
After conceding 122 runs, DD struck again when Yadav sent Bodi back to the pavilion after the batsman had jabbed a resounding half-century.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/McKenzie-c75497 stayed unbeaten on 46 as his side finished with 139 for five in 20 overs.
With some of the biggest names playing for DD, the required target did not seem big enough.
However, their run chase hit a speed bump in the first over when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 perished without scoring.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 looked uncomfortable as he failed to time the ball and eventually lost his wicket after scoring only 21 runs. By this time, DD had managed to post 36 runs on the board.
Except for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 (50), the batsmen were run over by the Lions with most of them failing to score in double figures.
DD mustered 117 runs for the loss of nine wickets before getting ousted from the tournament.
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