IPL: Delhi Daredevils score impressive win over Kochi Tuskers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kerala-c803
DD 157/7 20 overs KTK 119 all out
A fine all-round show led by a belligerent 80 from captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429, takes Delhi to an important win over newcomers, Kochi, in the Indian Premier League 2011.
Sehwag held the innings together as wickets tumbled at the other end at the start of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 innings. He then tore into the Kochi attack smashing boundary after boundary in his typically belligerent way.
The right handed opener scored 80 off 47 balls. His innings was studded with 8 fours and 5 sixes. On the other hand, his partner David Warner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Venugopal-Rao-c2752 all perished for less than 3 runs.
Sehwag found support through Yogesh Nagar and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Travis-Birt-c2707. The two scored 22 and 20 runs respectively to ensure that they lend a helping hand to their aggressive captain.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601 also chipped in with a valuable 13 at the end of the innings to propel the visitors to a score past the 150 runs mark on a tricky wicket at Kochi.
In reply the Kochi Tuskers lost their top four batsmen inside the first 50 runs. The Delhi attack was on full song and tore through the top order that found the going tough at the start of a difficult chase of runs.
Mahela Jayawardene, and, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajit-Agarkar-c972 for 18 runs, while Hodge got a good one from
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morne-Morkel-c77722, the South African opening bowler. His innings off 27 came off 25 balls and included 3 fours.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ravindra-c84236 Jadeja lifted the mood and the spirits of both the crowd and his team with a succession of lusty blows. However, his innings of 31 was not good enough to take his team close. The Kochi hopes evaporated with his dismissal to Agarkar.
South African spinner, Van Der Merwe, had a good day with the ball. He snapped up 3 wickets late in the innings to complete a convincing win for Delhi, while Morkel also snared 3 victims, with Agarkar his pace bowling partner, snaring 2 wickets.
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