An emphatic victory, sealed by Virender Sehwag's 94 from 41 balls. Another stunning innings of power hitting in the IPL. Ten fours and, get this, six sixes. Rohit Sharma did well with a superb innings to lift the Deccan Chargers to 142, but it proved fodder for a charged-up Sehwag. Delhi look the team to be, if I may say so, with a perfect blend of youth and experience. A top-class opening duo of McGrath and Asif proved too much, and Maharoof, Bhatia and Yo Mahesh kept it decent. Subtract the last three overs of Hyderabad's innings, when 52 were scored, and the bowling looks superb. But it all came down to Sehwag's clinically brutal innings. Surely he will be the Man of the Match, and the first Indian in the IPL to get that. He was let off twice early into his innings and made Hyderabad pay.

I'm off for two days - yes! - but do come back and see us tomorrow when we'll bring you the Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians match at 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT. Until next time, this is Jamie Alter, on behalf of Binoy, Raghav and all of us at Cricinfo, signing off. Be well!

13.1

Vaas to S Dhawan, 1 wide

and a wide seals the win, sliding down leg stump and that a nine-wicket thumping for the Delhi Daredevils, their second in a row

Sehwag on 94. Scores are tied. Dhawan on strike. Here's Vaas.

end of over 1330 runs

DC: 142/1CRR: 10.92 • RRR: 0.14

Virender Sehwag94 (41b 10x4 6x6)

Shikhar Dhawan25 (28b 3x4)

Andrew Symonds 2-0-35-0

Pragyan Ojha 0.5-0-7-0

12.6

Symonds to Sehwag, SIX runs

bye bye! Sehwag is unstoppable, just standing his ground and sending Symonds rows back over long-on, and thats a 30-run over which reads like someone's cell number ... 4 6 4 6 4 6 ... and the scores are tied!

12.5

Symonds to Sehwag, FOUR runs

oh this is like X-box cricket! Four more, pulled over midwicket, what an over!

12.4

Symonds to Sehwag, SIX runs

good grief, now he's smashed him over cover! Sehwag is on a roll, just stepping aside and carving the ball for another flat six

12.3

Symonds to Sehwag, FOUR runs

banged in short, he gets up on one leg and rolls the wrists, pulling into the ground behind square leg and the sweeper running around, Ojha, dives and lets the ball go away

12.2

Symonds to Sehwag, SIX runs

flat six, as Sehwag just picks the length up and carries through with a pull over square leg, lovely stuff

12.1

Symonds to Sehwag, FOUR runs

hooooooooooo! Sehwag wants to fly out of Hyderabad as soon as possible, again clearing the front leg and slamming Symonds over extra cover

end of over 1212 runs

DC: 112/1CRR: 9.33 • RRR: 3.87

Shikhar Dhawan25 (28b 3x4)

Virender Sehwag64 (35b 7x4 3x6)

Pragyan Ojha 0.5-0-7-0

Andrew Symonds 1-0-5-0

11.6

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Ojha to S Dhawan, no run

tossed up on leg stump, Dhawan waits and tucks it to midwicket

11.5

Ojha to Sehwag, 1 run

skips down and connects this time, driving to mid-on for one

11.4

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Ojha to Sehwag, no run

oh thats silly from Gilchrist, who misses the simplest of stumpings after Sehwag is sucked down the track, misses by miles, the ball hits the helmet and runs away

11.3

Ojha to S Dhawan, 1 run

spins away but he gets over it and dabs it to point for one

11.3

Ojha to Sehwag, 2 wide

rubbish bowling, two feet outside leg stump, arm ball gone wrong

11.2

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Ojha to Sehwag, no run

spins across Sehwag, who steers it to short third man

11.2

Ojha to S Dhawan, 2 wide

bad ball, slipping down leg stump, Gilchrist cant get there

Ojha goes around the stumps

11.1

Ojha to Sehwag, 1 run

steps miles outside leg stump and slashes the short one to long-off

Pragyan Ojha on for some left-arm spin.

end of over 115 runs

DC: 100/1CRR: 9.09 • RRR: 4.77

Shikhar Dhawan24 (26b 3x4)

Virender Sehwag62 (31b 7x4 3x6)

Andrew Symonds 1-0-5-0

Shahid Afridi 2-0-17-0

10.6

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Symonds to S Dhawan, no run

beaten again as he pushes at this one with no footwork, well bowled

10.5

Symonds to S Dhawan, FOUR runs

cracked off the back foot, a lovely cut through the gap at point

10.4

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Symonds to S Dhawan, no run

a loud shout, as Dhawan misses pulling a shorter one that pitches just outside leg stump and looks to be carrying on high, a good call that time

10.3

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Symonds to S Dhawan, no run

beaten this time as he tries to be cute and dab it fine

10.2

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Symonds to S Dhawan, no run

short again and Dhawan cuts, but this time the fielder gets to it

10.1

Symonds to Sehwag, 1 run

too short outside off stump and Sehwag cracks it to backward point

Symonds on for some gentle medium-pace

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Over 14 • DC 143/1

Daredevils won by 9 wickets (with 42 balls remaining)

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Daredevils Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
G Gambhir	caught	12	9
V Sehwag	not out	94	41
S Dhawan	not out	25	28
Extras	(w 7, pen 5)
Total	143(1 wkt; 13 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	3	22	0	7.33
RP Singh	3	27	1	9
SB Bangar	2	30	0	15
Shahid Afridi	2	17	0	8.5
A Symonds	2	35	0	17.5
PP Ojha	1	7	0	7

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	31	Gautam Gambhir	Virender Sehwag
2nd	107	Virender Sehwag	Shikhar Dhawan

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Indian Premier League

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
RR	14	11	3	22	0.632
KXIP	14	10	4	20	0.509
CSK	14	8	6	16	-0.192
DC	14	7	6	15	0.342
MI	14	7	7	14	0.570
KKR	14	6	7	13	-0.147
RCB	14	4	10	8	-1.160
DCH	14	2	12	4	-0.467

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