Today’s match is a do or die for Delhi Daredevils,if they win the match they can almost make it into the semifinals where as the Kolkata Knight Riders are almost out of the league.
Delhi Daredevils (probables): Virender Sehwag (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan, Shoaib Malik, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Farveez Maharoof, Rajat Bhatia, Amit Mishra, Yo Mahesh, Glenn McGrath

Kolkata Knight Riders (probables): Salman Butt, Debabrata Das, Sourav Ganguly (capt), David Hussey, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Wriddhiman Saha, Ajit Agarkar, Ajantha Mendis, Ishant Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Umar Gul

Match Number – 47
20:00 hours Indian Standard Time
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Today was a match between  Bangalore Royal Challengers and Delhi Daredevils in the DLF – IPL. This was the 43 match of the league. Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to bowl first. They were given a target of 155 and Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag opened the batting for Delhi Daredevils and took the score to 90 before Virender Sehwag was out. The score of the team was 121 for the loss of 4 wickets in14 overs. Virender Sehwag was the top scorer for Delhi Daredevils and thus helped the team to win the match with 5 wkts.

Today was a match between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab in the DLF – IPL. This was the 40th match of the league. Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to bat first. The match was reduced to 11 overs due to heavy rainfall at Delhi. Kings XI Punjab were given a target of 119 by Delhi Daredevils.Shaun Marsh and James Hopes opened the batting for Kings XI but the start was not good. They were out with 2 and 4 scores respectively. Mahela Jayawardene was the top scorer for the team, he scored 36 runs in 17 balls and thus helped the team to win the match. The match was not over and rains again interrupted and this time , it was decided to follow the D/L rule By D/L rule, Kings XI Punjab won the match by 6 runs. The equations were changing after every ball and it was a smart captaincy by Yuvraj Singh which assured the win.

Today Match 40- Scorecard – Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab

This is going to be a real entertainer. Both the teams need to win this match so as to get a berth in the semi’s and we hope to see a tough competition between Sehwag and Yuvraj.

Delhi Daredevils (probables): 1 Virender Sehwag (capt), 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Shikhar Dhawan, 4 AB de Villiers (wk), 5 Manoj Tiwary, 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7 Farveez Maharoof, 8 Rajat Bhatia, 9 Amit Mishra, 10 Yo Mahesh, 11 Glenn McGrath.

Kings XI Punjab (probables): 1 Shaun Marsh, 2 James Hopes, 3 Luke Pomersbach, 4 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Irfan Pathan, 7 Tanmay Srivastava, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Uday Kaul (wk), 10 Sreesanth, 11 VRV Singh.

Date – May 17, 2008 Match-40
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
20:00 India time.

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Today was a match between Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers in the DLF – IPL. This was the 37th match of the league. Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field. They were given a target of 195 which was a tough target and Adam Gilchrist and Shahid Afridi opened the batting for Deccan Chargers and took the score to 21 before Adam Gilchrist was out. The batsmen of the team were facing high pressure during the match, due to big target given by Daredevils. The score of the team was / in 20 overs. Gautam Gambhir was the top scorer for Delhi Daredevils which helped the team to win this match.

Delhi Daredevils won the IPL 37th match by 12 runs

Match Notes Are :

• Delhi Daredevils innings
• Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (40 balls), Extras 3
• 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (G Gambhir 30, S Dhawan 17, Ex 3)
• G Gambhir: 50 off 34 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
• Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (76 balls), Extras 4
• 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 72 balls (G Gambhir 56, S Dhawan 42, Ex 4)
• S Dhawan: 50 off 37 balls (7 x 4)
• Delhi Daredevils: 150 runs in 16.4 overs (105 balls), Extras 7
• Innings Break: Delhi Daredevils – 194/4 in 20.0 overs (S Dhawan 68, MK Tiwary 4)

• Deccan Chargers innings
• Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 4.1 overs (27 balls), Extras 3
• 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (Shahid Afridi 28, HH Gibbs 21, Ex 1)
• Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (70 balls), Extras 3
• Deccan Chargers: 150 runs in 16.6 overs (104 balls), Extras 3

Today – 37th Match -Scorecard- Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers