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Delhi Daredevils 164 v Pune Warriors 149 - Delhi Daredevils won by 15 runs
The second match of the day in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) was won by Delhi Daredevils, who beat Pune Warriors by 15 runs, successfully defending a modest score of 164 at Shaheed Veer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Narayan-Singh-c78624 International Stadium, Raipur.
After being asked to bat first, Delhi Daredevils mustered an opening stand of 20 runs, before losing skipper Jayawardene for 12.
They then lost their second wicket after having posted 68 runs on the board when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 was dismissed by Dinda after scoring 28 runs off 26 deliveries.
In the next over, U Chand was the next to hit the showers as he was removed by Sharma after scoring 17 runs off 19 deliveries.
With the top three batsmen back in the pavilion, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170 Rohrer was removed after he had scored 13 runs.
DD were losing too many batsmen and they needed to counter the situation in order to avoid an early demise on an unimpressive score.
Warner and KM http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jadhav-c65258 led a resilient charge as the two batsmen hammered the bowlers and increased the run rate by putting the bowlers on the back foot.
KM Jadhav was then the next batsman to find his way off the field as he lost his wicket after scoring 25 runs.
Warner stayed unbeaten on a brilliant knock of 51, as he played a crucial role in helping his team reach a score worth fighting for.
Pune Warriors had a fantastic start to their innings as openers RV Uthappa and AJ Finch gave their side a stand of 76 runs.
After the demise of RV Uthappa for 37, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Charles-Lennox-James-c44309 Finch, but the partnership could take the score to only 78, before Finch departed after scoring 37 runs.
Singh then clobbered a knock of 31 runs, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LJ-Wright-c1841 scored 19, as the Warriors reached 149 for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs.
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