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Indian Premier League - 1st semi final

Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)

Twenty20 match | 2009 season
Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion (neutral venue)
22 May 2009 - day/night (20-over match)


Delhi Daredevils innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	c Singh b Harris	0	5	0	0	0.00
0.5 Gambhir chips down the track and bash it over the off side, he makes room and Harris makes him chase the ball by bowling it wide,the ball flies off the top half off the bat and sails into RP's palms at third man 0/1
DA Warner	c Gibbs b Harris	0	1	0	0	0.00
0.6 two in two! Harris is the man of the moment, he bowls it a touch wide outside off and invites the slash, Warner obliges but chops it straight to Gibbs at backward point, Harris will be on a hat-trick the next over 0/2
V Sehwag*	lbw b Symonds	39	31	5	0	125.80
10.4 Sehwag pays the price for getting too far across, he exposes the middle and leg stumps as he tries to paddle it away to fine leg, the ball clips his thigh right in front and the umpire doesn't take too long to decide 85/3
TM Dilshan	run out (Suman/†Gilchrist)	65	51	7	1	127.45
19.5 from Singh, hoicks him over square leg and they risk the second run, Suman fires a fast and flat throw from the deep and Dilshan was always struggling 153/7
AB de Villiers	c †Gilchrist b Singh	26	21	0	2	123.80
17.1 the bowling change works! He pitches it slightly short of a length and AB clears his front leg and tries to pull him but the ball kicks up a bit more and catches the outside edge 133/4
KD Karthik†	b Harris	9	8	0	1	112.50
18.6 through the gate! Harris fires a yorker on the base of the off and middle stumps and Karthik exposes the woodwork as he shapes to slash it square on the off side, the bails go flying 145/5
R Bhatia	c Venugopal Rao b Singh	4	2	1	0	200.00
19.3 pitches it up outside off and Bhatia makes room to slice it past backward point but he ends up spooning it straight to Rao in that position 151/6
A Mishra	run out (†Gilchrist)	0	1	0	0	0.00
19.6 Singh to Sangwan, another swing and a miss and the ball just sneaks past the legstump, they try to streal another bye but Gilchrist's accurate with the underarm lob to the stumps 153/8
PJ Sangwan	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 5, w 4, nb 1)	10

Total	(8 wickets; 20 overs)	153	(7.65 runs per over)

Did not bat DP Nannes, A Nehra

Fall of wickets 1-0 (Gambhir, 0.5 ov), 2-0 (Warner, 0.6 ov), 3-85 (Sehwag, 10.4 ov), 4-133 (de Villiers, 17.1 ov), 5-145 (Karthik, 18.6 ov), 6-151 (Bhatia, 19.3 ov), 7-153 (Dilshan, 19.5 ov), 8-153 (Mishra, 19.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Harris	4	1	27	3	6.75	(1nb, 1w)
0.5 to Gambhir, Gambhir chips down the track and bash it over the off side, he makes room and Harris makes him chase the ball by bowling it wide,the ball flies off the top half off the bat and sails into RP's palms at third man 0/1 0.6 to Warner, two in two! Harris is the man of the moment, he bowls it a touch wide outside off and invites the slash, Warner obliges but chops it straight to Gibbs at backward point, Harris will be on a hat-trick the next over 0/2 18.6 to Karthik, through the gate! Harris fires a yorker on the base of the off and middle stumps and Karthik exposes the woodwork as he shapes to slash it square on the off side, the bails go flying 145/5
RP Singh	4	0	33	2	8.25	(2w)
17.1 to de Villiers, the bowling change works! He pitches it slightly short of a length and AB clears his front leg and tries to pull him but the ball kicks up a bit more and catches the outside edge 133/4 19.3 to Bhatia, pitches it up outside off and Bhatia makes room to slice it past backward point but he ends up spooning it straight to Rao in that position 151/6
PP Ojha	3	0	27	0	9.00

A Symonds	3	0	20	1	6.66
10.4 to Sehwag, Sehwag pays the price for getting too far across, he exposes the middle and leg stumps as he tries to paddle it away to fine leg, the ball clips his thigh right in front and the umpire doesn't take too long to decide 85/3
Harmeet Singh	3	0	15	0	5.00

RG Sharma	3	0	26	0	8.66	(1w)


Deccan Chargers innings (target: 154 runs from 20 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AC Gilchrist*†	c Nannes b Mishra	85	35	10	5	242.85
9.6 just at the stroke of the strategy break! Is there a twist here? Gilchrist charges down the track to hit with the turn but he messes up the loft, fails to get to the pitcj of the ball and the top edge swirls in the air to the off side, Nannes sprints from short third man and falls forward as he takes the catch 102/3
HH Gibbs	b Nehra	0	2	0	0	0.00
1.2 timber! Now Delhi can smile again, Gibbs goes hell for leather by chipping down the track but he swings blindly and fails to make any contact whatsoever, the ball crashes onto middle and off and Nehra gives him a send-off of sorts 22/1
AA Bilakhia	st †Karthik b Mishra	10	20	0	0	50.00
7.6 Bilakhia gets adventurous by chipping down the track but he fails to read the googly and swings all around it, easy stumping for Karthik 91/2
TL Suman	not out	24	25	3	0	96.00

A Symonds	c Warner b Mishra	24	15	2	1	160.00
13.4 he tries to go downtown again, Symonds stays at the crease, fails to get the elevation and the ball dips to Warner at long-on 137/4
RG Sharma	not out	5	11	0	0	45.45

Extras	(w 4, nb 2)	6

Total	(4 wickets; 17.4 overs)	154	(8.71 runs per over)

Did not bat Y Venugopal Rao, RJ Harris, PP Ojha, Harmeet Singh, RP Singh

Fall of wickets 1-22 (Gibbs, 1.2 ov), 2-91 (Bilakhia, 7.6 ov), 3-102 (Gilchrist, 9.6 ov), 4-137 (Symonds, 13.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DP Nannes	3	0	38	0	12.66	(2w)

A Nehra	4	0	38	1	9.50	(1nb, 1w)
1.2 to Gibbs, timber! Now Delhi can smile again, Gibbs goes hell for leather by chipping down the track but he swings blindly and fails to make any contact whatsoever, the ball crashes onto middle and off and Nehra gives him a send-off of sorts 22/1
PJ Sangwan	2.4	0	21	0	7.87	(1w)

TM Dilshan	3	0	13	0	4.33

V Sehwag	1	0	25	0	25.00	(1nb)

A Mishra	4	0	19	3	4.75
7.6 to Bilakhia, Bilakhia gets adventurous by chipping down the track but he fails to read the googly and swings all around it, easy stumping for Karthik 91/2 9.6 to Gilchrist, just at the stroke of the strategy break! Is there a twist here? Gilchrist charges down the track to hit with the turn but he messes up the loft, fails to get to the pitcj of the ball and the top edge swirls in the air to the off side, Nannes sprints from short third man and falls forward as he takes the catch 102/3 13.4 to Symonds, he tries to go downtown again, Symonds stays at the crease, fails to get the elevation and the ball dips to Warner at long-on 137/4

Match details

Toss Deccan Chargers, who chose to field
Series Deccan Chargers advanced

Player of the match AC Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers)

Umpires BR Doctrove (West Indies) and DJ Harper (Australia)
TV umpire RE Koertzen
Match referee S Venkataraghavan (India)
Reserve umpire JD Cloete

Match notes