Date – May 8, 2009
Result – Delhi Daredevils Won By 7 Wickets

Mumbai Indians Innings

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first. They got to a very bad start and lost 2 wickets in the first over itself. Duminy the main stay of Mumbai Indians was also back to pavilion and it looked they were in real trouble. They had not yet recovered from earlier blows, Sachin was also back in pavilion. It looked Mumbai Indians would not even cross 100 run mark but some good batting by middle order helped them score 116/10 in 20 overs.

* Mumbai Indians innings
* Drinks: Mumbai Indians – 43/4 in 10.0 overs (AM Nayar 6, DJ Bravo 4)
* Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 11.4 overs (77 balls), Extras 8
* 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (AM Nayar 16, DJ Bravo 31, Ex 5)
* Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 17.6 overs (117 balls), Extras 11
* Innings Break: Mumbai Indians – 116/10 in 20.0 overs (SL Malinga 0)

FOW:L Ronchi (1-1, 0.2), JP Duminy (1-2, 1), *S Tendulkar (30-3, 6), P Shah (33-4, 7.4), D Bravo (90-5, 16), A Nayar (90-6, 16.1), Harbhajan Singh (113-7, 18.5), R Raje (114-8, 19.1), A Rahane (115-9, 19.4), D Kulkarni (116-10, 20)

Delhi Daredevils Innings
Chasing a small total of 117, Delhi Daredevils got to a good start and scored runs with ease. Though they lost 2 quick wickets but AB De Villers was firm on other end and scored a fifty and remained unbeaten till end. Other batsmen also chipped in with useful contributions. Delhi Daredevils comfortably scored 118/3 and won the match.

* Delhi Daredevils innings
* Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (60 balls), Extras 4
* Drinks: Delhi Daredevils – 52/2 in 10.0 overs (TM Dilshan 3, AB de Villiers 5)
* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (TM Dilshan 7, AB de Villiers 41, Ex 2)
* Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 16.5 overs (105 balls), Extras 6
* AB de Villiers: 50 off 38 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)

FOW: D Warner (42-1, 8.2), *G Gambhir (46-2, 9.1), T Dilshan (107-3, 17.5)

Man of the match – A Nehra

Date – May 5, 2009
Result – Delhi won by 9 wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. Kolkata Knight Riders prestige was at stake today and it looked they were determined to save it at any cost. The openers batted beautifully and today was the rare chance in IPL that they gave a solid start to them. McCullum (35 runs 29 balls 4*1, 6*3) was the first to go but by then the team score had past 50 run mark. M van Wyk played excellently and scored 74 runs in just 48 balls (4*11). B Hodge scored just 10 runs and M Henriques scored unbeaten 30 runs in 24 balls (4*2, 6*1). In the alloted 20 overs Kolkata Knight Riders managed 154/3 and it looks if they could get some early wickets they are very much in the game.

Delhi Daredevils Innings
Chasing the target of 155, Delhi Daredevils got to a good start. Both openers, Warner and Gambhir played really well and took the score to 60. Warner(36 runs 23 balls 4*5,6*1) was the first to get out when the team score was 60. After that Dilshan came to bat and Gambhir and Dilshan took the charge and scored runs with ease. Knight Riders chances to win were getting slimmer and slimmer with each shot played by both the batsmen. They took the score past 100 and after 18 overs they were 144/1. In the end it was yet another defeat for Knight Riders as Delhi won by 9 wickets thanks to superb batting by Gambhir (71runs 57 balls 4*7 6*0) and Dilshan (42 runs 34balls 4*5, 6*1).

Fall of wickets
Kolkata Knight Riders
B McCullum (58-1, 7), B Hodge (98-2, 13), M van Wyk (147-3, 19.2)

Delhi Daredevils
D Warner (60-1, 7)

Man of the match – G. Gambhir

Date – May 2, 2009
Result – Chennai won by 18 runs

Chennai Super Kings Innings
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field first.The decision didnt proved to be successful as Chennai Super Kings got to a very good start. Hayden and Vijay punished each bowler and scored freely. But both these batsmen got out in a very short span of time and this brough Raina to the crease. Continuing from where he left in the last innings, Raina blasted some quick runs along with Badrinath and took the score past 100. In an attempt to further increase the run rate, Chennai Super Kings batsmen lost wickets quickly but not before they posted a good total of 163/10 in 20 overs.

Delhi Daredevils Innings
Chasing a target of 164, the got a moderate start. But wickets falling at regular interval was the main problem for Delhi Daredevils.S Jakati was the bowler who wrecked through Delhi batting line and took 4 wickets. Though Warner and Karthik scored half centuries each but still in the last overs they could not get a batsmen who could smash the ball all around to clinch victory.Delhi Daredevils managed 145/8 in 20 overs.

Fall of wickets
Chennai Super Kings
M Vijay (36-1, 4.4), M Hayden (46-2, 5.4), S Raina (112-3, 12.3), S Badrinath (130-4, 14.5), A Morkel (134-5, 15.2), J Oram (144-6, 17.2), *M Dhoni (144-7, 17.3), L Balaji (151-8, 18.4), S Jakati (162-9, 19.4), M Muralitharan (163-10, 20)

Delhi Daredevils
G Gambhir (20-1, 3.1), AB de Villiers (20-2, 3.2), T Dilshan (53-3, 6.5), D Warner (127-4, 15.5), M Manhas (128-5, 16.4), D Karthik (132-6, 17.2), P Sangwan (133-7, 18), R Bhatia (135-8, 19)

Man of the match – S Jakati

Date – Apr 30, 2009
Result – Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets

Deccan Chargers Innings
Deccan Chargers were put to bat first by Delhi Daredevils after they won the toss. Sehwag’s decision proved in favor as they go rid of dangerous opening batsmen, Gilchrist and Gibbs when the team score was just 19. After loosing 2 quick wickets, Deccan Chargers middle order consolidated the innings and every batsmen score some runs to add to the team total. D Smith played a sensational innings of 48 runs in just 28 balls and took the score to a respectable total. At the end of 20 overs, it was a total of 148/9 which the Deccan Chargers were able to post.

Delhi Daredevils Innings
With the openers like Sehwag and Gambhir, the total looked easy but Delhi Daredevils lost Sehwag early after a short but blistering knock of 20. Soon AB de Villers also got out and Gambhir also followed leaving Delhi Daredevils reeling at 49/3. But then Karthik and Dilshan took the charge and score runs at will. The scoring rate was too good and it looked like the match is in Delhi Daredevils pocket but suddenly Ojha got rid of dangerous looking Karthik and the match was opened again.With a new batsmen at crease 21 runs were required in last 3 overs. Dilshan and Manhas made sure that Delhi Daredevils win this match. Dilshan made the victory special by hitting a six and completing his half century. Delhi Daredevils won the match by 6 wickets and 8 balls to spare.

Fall of wickets
Deccan Chargers
A Gilchrist (8-1, 0.5), H Gibbs (19-2, 2.3), R Sharma (52-3, 9), A Bilakhia (53-4, 9.2), T Suman (118-5, 14.5), D Smith (139-6, 18), S Shoaib (139-7, 18.3), Venugopal Rao (147-8, 19.5), P Ojha (147-9, 20)

Delhi Daredevils
V Sehwag (30-1, 3.3), AB de Villiers (35-2, 5), G Gambhir (49-3, 6.5), D Karthik (128-4, 17.1)

Man of the Match – D Nannes

Date – Apr 28, 2009
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wkts

Delhi Daredevils Innings
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first but unlike earlier played matches, this time they could not get off to a flyer. Though the run rate was in excess of 6 but Delhi Daredevils lost wickets at regular interval and it never looked they were in complete charge of the game. A B de Villers was the only hope for Delhi Daredevils and he scored a 50 of just 40 balls to take the score to a respectable total.Vettori and Manhas also chipped in with useful contributions and in the end Delhi Daredevils were able to score a total of 143/7 in 20 overs.

Rajasthan Royals Innings
Chasing the target, Rajasthan Royals got to a very bad start and lost 3 quick wickets when the team score was just 34.Then Jadega and Smith got together and scored some runs for Rajasthan Royals. Just when things started to look good for Rajasthan Royals, Mishra struck twice in the same over and thus Rajasthan Royals were reduced to 64/5 in 11 overs. At this stage it looked like its all over for Rajasthan Royals but Yusuf Pathan came and played an innings of lifetime. He along with Smith washed all the hopes of Delhi Daredevils. Yusuf Pathan scored 61 runs of just 30 balls ( 3 fours and 6 sixes) and helped Rajasthan Royals snatch a victory from mouth of Delhi Daredevils.

Fall of wickets
Delhi Daredevils
G Gambhir (20-1, 2.3), V Sehwag (25-2, 3), T Dilshan (38-3, 5.5), D Karthik (49-4, 7.2), AB de Villiers (105-5, 15.2), D Vettori (135-6, 18.3), A Mishra (142-7, 19.5)

Rajasthan Royals
R Quiney (20-1, 3.3), S Asnodkar (31-2, 4.5), P Valthaty (34-3, 6.4), R Jadeja (63-4, 10.3), S Warne (64-5, 11)

Man of the Match – Yusuf Pathan