Match: 29th T20, IPL3
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Date: March 31, 2010
Time – 8:00 pm
Toss: Delhi Daredevils elected to bat
Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 67 runs

Delhi Daredevils were riding high with an empathic win in the last match. but today last match’s hero David Warner got out for just 4 runs and soon Sehwag also got out after scoring quick 19 runs. Collingwood and Jadav also went out cheaply and it looked Delhi Daredevils would face some serious problems in today’s match. they were 67/4 in 8.3 overs and it looked they possibly not pose a total of 150 or more. But Gambhir and Karthik played a superb knock and got a valuable partnership. They both took the team score to 76 runs. Karthik then played a scintillating innings of 69 off just 38 balls. It was his super knock which propelled the Delhi Daredevils innings and they could finally score 188/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing a total of 189 to win, Rajasthan Royals got to a terrible start and lost 2 wickets in the very first over. They could never recover from this and kept loosing wickets at regular interval. Half of the team was back in pavilion for just 66 runs on board. Wickets were falling like heap of cards finally they were all out for 121 and thus lost the match by 67 runs.

Match 29 Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals Scorecard

Match: 29th T20, IPL3
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Date: March 31, 2010
Time – 8:00 pm

In the 29th match to be played today at Kolta, Delhi Daredevils will take on Rajasthan Royals at 8pm IST. Both the teams are getting back on the winning track after some early jolts. Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings by 17 runs in the last match where as Delhi Daredevils won by 40 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in their last match. With wins under the belt, both teams will have sky high confidence and would like to keep the winning momentum in today’s match too. So it would be a thriller when Gambhir’s Devils will take on Warne’s Royals at the home ground of Delhi Daredevils i.e Feroz Shah Kotla.

Delhi Daredevils squad
G Gambhir*, V Sehwag, PJ Sangwan, DA Warner, Joginder Singh, U Yadav, S Ladda, R Bhatia, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, MC Henriques, KM Jadhav, KD Karthik, AB McDonald, MF Maharoof, VY Mahesh, M Manhas, A Mishra, DP Nannes, A Nehra, WD Parnell, S Ranjan, AM Salvi, Sarandeep Singh

Rajasthan Royals squad
SK Warne*, SA Asnodkar, J Botha, SK Trivedi, FY Fazal, YK Pathan, AJ Finch, AA Jhunjhunwala, Kamran Khan, MJ Lumb, M Morkel, S Narwal, NV Ojha†, MM Patel, AG Paunikar†, SA Quadri, AS Raut, A Singh, SW Tait, A Uniyal, AC Voges, SB Wagh.

Final eleven will be announced before match.

Match: 26th T20, IPL3
Venue: Delhi
Date: March 29, 2010
Toss: Delhi Daredevils elected to bat
Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 40 runs

Delhi Daredevils after winning the toss elected to bat first at the Ferozshah Kotla in Delhi. Kolkata opened the bowling with Chris Gayle, which was a suprise move. Sehwag and Warner opened the innings for Delhi Daredevils. Sehwag scored two boundaries off Gayle and then Gayle took the revenge by getting the priced wicket of Sehwag. The gamble played off for KKR and the dangerous man was out for 8. Gambhir who was back from an injury also could not do much and got out for just 1. Karthik also failed and got out for a duck. But the star was David Warner. He smashed an unbeaten century, he was at his devastating best scoring 107 off just 69 balls.

Paul Collingwood playing in place of AB de Villiers also showed his class and scored a fifty. Both Warner and Collingwood helped Delhi Daredevils score a decent total of 177/4 in 20 overs.

Chasing 178 to win, Kolkata Knight Riders got to the worst possible start loosing three quick wickets. Mandeep Singh and Manoj Tiwary got out for duck leaving Kolkata Knight Riders 21/3 in 4.2 overs. Gayle did showed some hope to Kolkata Knight Riders team but was eventually out after scoring 30runs. David Hussey and Angela Mathews then got in a partnership but the required rate was rising at a very fast pace and reached 13.95 in the 14th over. Kolkata Knight Riders batsmen succumbed to the increasing run rate pressure and could manage only 137/9 in 20 overs and thus Delhi Daredevils won by 40 runs.

Match 26 Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard

Match: 26th T20, IPL3
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Date: March 29, 2010

Delhi Daredevils will take on Dada’s Kolkata Knight Riders today at Feroz Shah Kotla at 8pm IST. Kolkata Knight Riders are riding high with an emphatic win over Kings XI Punjab where as Delhi Daredevils are struggling to find the winning streak. Though they started off really well in this season but are now looking inconsistent due to injury concerns. The batting order is not doing well for them and thus Delhi Daredevils are now ranked 6th in the points table despite winning the last match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders have also been shaky so far but both teams had won the last match respectively and it must have done wonders to the confidence of both teams. So we hope for a superb match today.

Team compositions
Kolkata Knight Riders
SC Ganguly (captain), CH Gayle, AD Mathews, G Vignesh, LR Shukla, Rohan Gavaskar, Harpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, BJ Hodge, CR Pathak, CA Pujara, OA Shah, MK Tiwary, Harshad Khadiwale, BB McCullum, WP Saha, AB Agarkar, VR Aaron, AB Dinda, M Kartik, BAW Mendis, CK Langeveldt, I Sharma, Iqbal Abdulla.

Delhi Daredevils
V Sehwag, DA Warner, S Ladda, Joginder Singh, R Bhatia, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, MC Henriques, KM Jadhav, KD Karthik(c), AB McDonald, MF Maharoof, VY Mahesh, M Manhas, A Mishra, DP Nannes, A Nehra, WD Parnell, S Ranjan, AM Salvi, PJ Sangwan, Sarandeep Singh, U Yadav

Match: 20th T20, IPL3
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Date: March 25, 2010
Time: 4pm IST
Toss: Royal Challengers elected to field
Result:Delhi Daredevils won by 17 runs

Royal Challengers won the toss and invited Delhi Daredevils to bat first.Desperate to get the winning momentum back,Delhi Daredevils openers gave them a good start. Warner and Sehwag scored over 10 runs per over before Warner got out in the 4th over with team score of 44/1 in 3.2 overs. Soon Sehwag also got out but Delhi Daredevils batsmen continued to make runs at good run rate. AB Villers and Kedar Jadhav got to a good partnership. Kedar Jadhav came as a surprise shocker for Royal Challengers Bangalore as he scored 50 runs of just 29 balls. In the end, Kedar Jadhav and Andrew McDonald took Delhi Daredevils score to 183/4 in 20 overs.

Chasing the target of 184 to win, Royal Challengers Bangalore started on a cautious note. The strategy seemed to be to save wickets and then launch the attack in end overs. Manish Pandey and Kallis gave them a solid start and took the score to 71 before Kallis got out in the 10t over. It was this wicket which paved way for Delhi Daredevils to strike back and break the middle order of Royal Challengers Bangalore. From 71/1 they were reduced to 90/4 in 12 overs. They needed a partnership to get another 94 runs in 8 overs. The required rate was mounting and the Royal Challengers Bangalore crumbled under this pressure. To add to the woes, some superb fielding by Delhi Daredevils and poor running by Royal Challengers led to 3 run outs. Royal Challengers could manage only 166/9 and thus lost the match by 17 runs.

Match 20 Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils Scorecard