Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram believes one-day cricket will need to undergo some changes for it to survive in the wake of the rising popularity of the Twenty20 format. “Twenty20 cricket is gaining popularity because it is exciting cricket and it is aimed at the younger generation who want to watch high class sport in three to four hours,” Akram said.

“Twenty20 cricket is good for the future of the game but at the same time it is not quality cricket. It is simply entertainment. And to protect the real competition like one-dayers or Test matches, the ICC needs to think about revolutionary rule changes.”

“I think the Indian Board started working on the IPL after the ICL. I know this much these events mean good money for players and will entertain the crowds but they are also going to damage the traditional cricket in the long run. How much only time will tell,” the former left-arm paceman said.

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Virender Sehwag murdered the bowling attack by hitting 10 fours and 6 sixes in his 41 ball 94 runs and lead to consecutive 9 wickets win. This was the second win for Delhi DareDevils in their two matches. Sehwag started from the very first over and completed the complete massacre in just 13 overs. Symonds was the most expensive bowler by giving 35 runs in 2 overs.It looked like a highlights is going on as every ball Sehwag played was reaching the boundary.

Scorecard Match Seven Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils

What a super batting performance by Rohit Sharma!! The only Deccan Charger who showed some courage today was Rohit Sharma. Deccan Chargers Won the toss and elected to bat first but Gilchrist went out cheaply when the team score was 9. Soon after at the team score of 23 Laxman was bowled by Asif. Rao, Symonds and Afridi also could not perform as desired and Deccan Chargers were reduced to 60/5 in 12.1 overs. As per the T20 standards the run rate was also very low and it was felt the Delhi Daredevils would be able to restrict the Deccan Chargers below 100. But then a young Indian batsmen Rohit Sharma came to the rescue of Deccan Chargers and played a cameo by smashing the ball to all corners of the ground. He scored 66 runs of just 36 balls and took the Deccan Chargers score to some thing more respectable. He scored 26 runs in a single over and thus the team score was raised to 123 in 18.4 overs. Once he was out not much was left for Deccan Chargers but Vaas striked 6 on the last ball which was a no ball and thus the team ended with a score of 142 in their alloted 20 overs.Thelast five overs were the most productive for Deccan Chargers

Now its the turn of Delhi Daredevils to bat sensibly and win the match as the target seems to be quite achievable on this good batting pitch.

Scorecard Match Seven Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils

Deccan chargers will meet Delhi Daredevils at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad in the 7th Match Of Indian Premier League. Deccan Chargers lost the first match against Knight Riders and thus this was the opportunity to come back into the competition where as Delhi Daredevils were high on spirits after defeating Rajasthan Royals comprehensively by 9 wickets.

The Probable team for Deccan Chargers

1) Adam Gilchrist (wk) 2) Venugopal Rao 3) VVS Laxman (capt) 4) Andrew Symonds 5) Rohit Sharma 6) Scott Styris 7) Shahid Afridi 8 ) Arjun Yadav 9) Sanjay Bangar 10) RP Singh 11) Pragyan Ojha.

Delhi Daredevils: (probable)

1) Gautam Gambhir 2) Virender Sehwag (capt) 3) Shikhar Dhawan 4) Shoaib Malik 5) Manoj Tiwary 6) Dinesh Karthik (wk) 7) Rajat Bhatia 8 ) Mithun Manhas 9) Daniel Vettori 10) Farveez Maharoof 11) Glenn McGrath.

Match Details Are –

Date – 7th Match April 22, 2008
Venue – Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
20:00 India time

Update: Deccan Chargers Won the toss and elected to bat first

Keep checking iplcricketlive .com for more information about the match, match videos, match score cards and an analysis of each team performance.

Kalyan Mitra the curator of the Eden Gardens went to the Kolkata Knight Riders dressing room and apologised to the players for the poor quality of the pitch. It is to be mentioned here that during the match between Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders the pitch caused huge problems due to uneven bounce and dusty top.

“The curator came to our dressing room after the match and apologised to all of us. He has promised a better wicket for our next match as also the five other games the team will play at the Eden later in the tournament,” Australian captain Ricky Ponting, a member of the Knight Riders, disclosed in Kolkata.