Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils – IPL 5 – Devils continue their winning ways – Live Score and Update
Pune Warriors 146/2 (20/20 ov) v Delhi Daredevils 148/2 (16.0/20 ov) - Daredevils won by 8 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
On Tuesday, April 24, Delhi Daredevils continued their winning ways as they secured their fifth success of the season after beating Pune Warriors by eight wickets with 24 deliveries remaining, in a match that was played at Subrata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 Sahara Stadium, Pune.
The loss on home ground has come as a big blow to Pune, who are among the heavyweights this year, but after this defeat have dropped to fourth place in the points table.
After restricting Pune on a decent total of 146 runs, DD skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 led a daunting batting attack as he jammed an innings of 87 runs to help his side successfully chase down the required target.
“They recovered well, but they couldn't get past 150, which is chase-able. Good to be top of the table, all because of my bowlers, they did a fantastic job," said Sehwag after the match.
Meanwhile, Pune skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746 admitted that his side had failed to post a bigger total which would have made the outcome of the game a bit more interesting.
Speaking in the post match ceremony, Pune skipper reckoned, “We lost a couple of wickets early, we didn't get enough runs, it's a good wicket, not a big ground, so 170-180 would be a par score. We were under six an over for about 13 overs and the got some runs in the end."
Meanwhile, after winning the toss, Pune chose to bat first as they wanted to mould a strong score on the board and place their opponents – with a strong batting line-up – under pressure in the fixture.
However, they received an early setback, when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JD-Ryder-c1679 perished on the second delivery of the match without scoring a run.
The early demise of Ryder put enormous pressure on Pune and they had to change their game plan as instead of launching a resilient batting onslaught they now had to focus more on retaining wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-Uthappa-c2356 were extremely important as they played knocks of 80 and 60 to help their team come closer to 150 runs.
Delhi, however, felt at ease and chased down the total while remaining in their comfort zone, reaching the target in 16 overs for the loss of only two wickets.
Sehwag was named as the Player of the Match for his insurmountable contribution in his side’s victory.
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