Delhi look to reclaim pole position
ESPNcricinfo previews the IPL match between Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils in Hyderabad
Match facts
Thursday, May 10, 2012, HyderabadStart time 1600 (1030 GMT)
Big Picture
Deccan Chargers' season can be summed up from what happened in their first meeting against Delhi Daredevils earlier in the tournament. They made a competitive score, got Virender Sehwag and Mahela Jayawardene cheaply, and then dropped Kevin Pietersen thrice. Pietersen cracked nine sixes on his way to a spectacular 103 off 64 deliveries, and the scorecard recorded a five-wicket loss for Chargers. Nine defeats from 11 completed games is as dismal a run as it gets. Can Chargers salvage some pride from their four remaining games? It might be tough to do so tomorrow against a Daredevils side smarting from only their third loss, to Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday.Form guide
(most recent first, completed games)Delhi Daredevils: LWWWW
Players to watch
It took Shane Watson two games to deliver a match-winning performance after arriving in India from Australia's tour of West Indies. How long will it take David Warner to do so? He struggled initially against Brett Lee on Monday, but then played a couple of big strokes before falling to Jacques Kallis. Chargers' attack is not as testing as Knight Riders'.Stats and trivia
- Chargers' only win in 17 matches at their home ground in Hyderabad came against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011, after ten consecutive losses.
- Daredevils's 207 for 5 against Mumbai Indians is the highest total this season by a side batting first..
Quotes
"That's been the story so far for us in the tournament. We have been well placed around 10 to 15 overs, but haven't done well after that. We haven't finished our games well."Parthiv Patel on David Hussey's 11th over which claimed Daniel Harris and Cameron White to stun Chargers against Kings XI Punjab
Abhishek Purohit is an editorial assistant at ESPNcricinfo