it's over, Delhi snap their losing streak, Sehwag finishes it off in style, a swipe to the square leg boundary consigns Mumbai to their second consecutive defeat, both massive ones as well, and Warner after many months finishes on the winning side, he lost all four Tests against India, six IPL matches and at least one T20 against Sri Lanka
MI vs Daredevils, 28th match at Delhi, Apr 21 2013, Indian Premier League
Daredevils won by 9 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)
Aniket: "Finally Warner wins first match in india in last 3 months."
Abhishek: "the penultimate ball from bumrah summed up MI's bowling performance today.."
Amit : "I watched Cinderella men yesterday...with Sehwag's innings today it feels like I am watching the movie twice. Hope veeru can keep it going!!"
Delhi Daredevils coach Eric Simons: "More than touch of relief, we have kept believing. When you have lost six in a row, you have to do something, sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. We have three great opening batsmen, we tried a different combination today. When we were bowling the pitch was slow, we thought the chase would be tough (but the pitch got better later in the match)."
Tim: "To Lloyd: Franklin might be a better proposition than Ponting but you can't fault their batsmen putting 161 on the board. As for the bowling, when the likes of Sehwag or Gayle get going like that you will get blown away whoever is holding the ball."
Samiuddin Khaja: "seriously?? pitch got better later in the match? Pls give the credit where it is due" Before outraging, please realise it is the winning team's coach who said it.
Post-match ceremony
Ricky Ponting: "I'm not sure (what happened there). I thought 161 was going to be a competitive total. Our lines and lengths were way off. They had the momentum in the first six overs.. Sehwag and Mahela were outstanding today, they were too good today for us. The ball didn't swing, it hasn't swung all tournament at this venue, that is why we left out Mitch Johnson. You cna't argue with the balance, but the execution was way off."
Mahela Jayawardene: "I was smiling in the last two games as well when I came to speak to you. The guys have shown plenty of character, Viru batted really well, it was good to watch from the non-striker's end. We still can improve. 161 was a good score, we needed a good start, we needed to set up a platform."
Man of the Match is Virender Sehwag: "You could say the wind favoured Delhi today. We were focused on training hard, on our fitness. When I'm batting well, I try to control the match. Viv Richards also spoke about bluffing, he said even if a batsman feels scared inside he should show that he is confident." Sehwag's quotes have been translated from Hindi, which isn't my strongest language.
Sidharth Monga has a spiffing match report ready. Once you are done with that, hop over to Kings XI Punjab v Pune Warriors, who are being captained by - wait for it - Aaron Finch. Head here now.
a height no-ball that one, that was a loopy full toss outside off, scores level
length ball is placed towards midwicket, there could have been two runs if they sprinted, Sehwag was happy with ambling through for a single
full and on the pads, easy put away this, glanced down to fine leg for four
Here's a sentence no one ever expected to read. Lloyd: "Time to drop Passenger Ponting and bring in Fighter Franklin; Mumbai need both his batting and his bowling."
full and wide outside off, WArner reaches out but can't reach it, wide ball
looks to hammer that one out of the park, pitched outside leg and struck the pad
deftly done by Sehwag, arches back and deflects the ball down to third man
on the pads, whipped towards short fine leg, was a tight single, Sehwag was motoring through, but he gave up towards the end as Tendulkar's through came in, the throw was wide, Sehwga smiles, as does Tendulkar
Guruprasad S: "This is the kind of batting that makes the journey from wooden spoon to silver spoon appear rather easy."
a low full toss and that is sent towards extra cover for a single, this is the first time Warner is not opening in the IPL
Time-out
Even this won't be enough for Mumbai today.
dave: "Pretty sure Mahela did that for fairplay points seeing as dd are last in Points table and fairplay table!"
at last reward for Malinga, another scorcher of a delivery that was heading for the base of the stumps, Jayawradene was struck on the boot in front of middle stump, massive appeal for lbw, Jayawardene seems to have walked here, umpire raises his finger later
short of length ball is whipped behind square leg for one more, 151-0 once more
K2: "Now the only question that remains is, can Sehwag get to 100?"
Anurag: "Someone was saying something about Pollard breaking partnerships. There you go mate! Ponting listened to you, Sehwag apparently not!"
driven along the ground to extra cover for an easy single
swatted towards wide long-on for a single
a terrific delivery from Malinga but it has ended up costing four runs, a yorker on off and middle, Sehwag bends his knees and get his bat down in time, squeezes it past the keeper for four
A. G. Fancy: "Has any one counted how many balls have gone to wicket keeper!!"
guided down to third man for a single, Sehwag 16 away from a 100, Delhi 18 away from victory
is that the first false shot of the innings? a thick outside edge past the keeper for four, Pollard had his arm up in appeal before seeing the ball fly past the keeper
lashed that one! super hit from Sehwag, at Pollard's pace and Sehwag in this murderous mood length balls are no good, powered through extra cover for four, terrific placement as well
slower, short of a length, angling in, guided towards point
short ball and that is swatted towards wide long-on by Sehwag, drops well short of the fielder
oh, here comes Pollard, inside-edged down the pitch
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | |
Toss | Mumbai Indians, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2013 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.25, Interval 17.25-17.45, Second Session 17.45-19.10 |
Match days | 21 April 2013 - daynight (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Delhi Daredevils 2, Mumbai Indians 0 |
Over 17 • DC 165/1
Daredevils won by 9 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)