IPL5: Delhi Daredevils vanquish the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians – Cricket News Update
Delhi Daredevils marched on with a seven wicket win over the Mumbai Indians in the 19th match of the Indian Premier League season five, played at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday, April 16, 2012.
The reinforced batting attack of the Daredevils played little part in the win, as it was their bowling unit that stole the show. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 bowled out a strong Mumbai Indians batting contingent for a meagre total of 92 runs. The visitors got over the finishing
line in the 15th over; however, they lost three wickets in the process.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739, the skipper of Delhi Daredevils, was over the moon with the victory, which has put his side on top of the IPL5 points table. The hard hitting opener hailed the efforts of his bowlers, who made the most out of the bowling friendly conditions.
He said, “I think my bowlers did fantastic job. There was something in the wicket for the bowlers. Knew that the foreign batsmen were not good against spinners.”
Sehwag was buoyant about his side’s chances in this edition of the IPL and wants to see his side through to the semi-finals.
“We played according to the situation, would have attacked if we had to chase a bigger score. We are working hard, will try to make the play-offs,” said the explosive right hander.
The match at the Wankhede started perfectly for Sehwag and his team. The toss went Delhi’s way and Sehwag made the right choice by inviting the opposition to have the bat first.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Davy-Jacobs-c1343 to play good spinning bowling and he accounted for them inside the power-plays. MI was forced on the back foot and despite the resilient innings of Rohit
Sharma (29) and skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 (33), the hosts could only manage 92.
Harbhajan rued the shot selection from his batters. The off-spinner was looking for a total in excess of 140 but it was not to be.
“The shot selection was not good,” said Harbhajan. “140-150 would have been a good score. There was something in the wicket, which is why I bowled pacers. Hopefully we will play better.”
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