Delhi DareDevils shattered the dreams of Chennai Super Kings and halted the winning streak by defeating them convincingly by 8 wickets. Chasing a modest target of 170 they had a flighing start with Virender Sehwag at is usual destructive best. Sehwag and Gambhir opened the innings and got the first wicket partnership of 115 runs. This partnership was the one which took the match away from Chennai Super Kings and they also tasted the defeat for the first time in the Indian Premier League. Sehwag smashed the ball to all corners and got on to score 71 runs in just 41 balls which included 7 fours and 4 sixes.Gambhir also scored fifty and scored 50 of 37 balls.The remaining work was done by AB de Villiers and Shikhar Dhawan who took Delhi Daredevils to a superb win over the so called undefeatable Super Kings.

Today’s Scorecard – Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils – 20th Match

The most entertaining match of the DLF – Indian Premier League was believed to be todays encounter between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils. Both the teams have outstanding players and it is said to be the best game of the tournament. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and decided to bat first.They started well and scored 65 runs in 8.1 overs for the loss of 2 wickets.Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan scored a half century and in a process of speeding the run rate he was out for 54. Dhoni was the key man for Chennai Super Kings but he was kept silent in the 14 and 15 th over by some excellent bowling by McGrath and Yo Mahesh. He was eventually out for 32 in 18th over when the team score was 137. Chennai Super Kings could not capitalize on the start and were limited to 169 in 20 overs thanks to Badrinath who hit a huge six on the last bowl of the innings.

Today’s Scorecard – Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils – 20th Match

The 20th match of DLF – IPL is between the two very strong teams and it is expected to be a thriller to watch Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi DareDevils. Chennai Super Kings are undefeated in the tournament and Delhi DareDevils are also on a high after winning the previous match.

Chennai Super Kings probables: 1 Parthiv Patel, 2 Stephen Fleming, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt/wk), 5 S Badrinath, 6 Albie Morkel, 7, S Vidyut, 8 Joginder Sharma, 9 Muttiah Muralitharan, 10 Manpreet Gony, 11 Makhaya Ntini.

Delhi Daredevils probables: 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Virender Sehwag (capt), 3 Shikhar Dhawan, 4 Shoaib Malik, 5 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 6 Manoj Tiwary, 7 Rajat Bhatia, 8 Farveez Maharoof, 9 Mohammad Asif, 10 Yo Mahesh, 11 Glenn McGrath.

Match details are –

Date – May 2, 2008 20th Match
Venue – M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
20:00 India time.

Update : Chennai Super Kings won the toss and decided to bat first

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

In the 19th match Of DLF – IPL, Kings XI defeated Deccan Chargers convincingly by 7 wickets. Chasing the target of 165, Kings XI started well and scored 41 runs in 6 overs for the first wicket partnership. Sarwan was the one to get out and that too very unfortunately as the straight drive touched the hands of Bangar and cliped the bails off. Kumara Sangakkara was the next to go  for mere 3 runs and the score was 45/2 in 6.5 overs. Yuvraj Singh came to the center and played awesome shots. He just scored 14 runs before being dismissed by Zoysa. Even when the wickets were falling on the other hand, one man was holding the innings together. He was Shaun Marsh who scored 84 runs. Mahela Jaywardene also played a responsible innings and played some of his trademark shots in covers. Both these players had a very good partnership and it was the batting of this duo which took the match from Deccan Chargers.

Scorecard – Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab – 19th Match

In the 19th match of DLF – IPL Deccan Chargers took Kings XI at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Kings XI won the toss and decided to filed first.Laxman was at his very best and played some elegant shots. But Gilly (Gilchrist) could not capitalise on the start and was out for only 6. Then the next to go was the very explosive batsman Gibbs for only 7. Deccan Chargers kept loosing wickets on the other end but Laxman played a captain’s knock of 48 before being dismissed by Chawla. The middle order failed miserably with Afridi, Rao, Zoysa and Bangar all back to pavilion when the team score was 98. But Rohit Sharma was the man who again played the prestige saving innings for Deccan Chargers. He scored 76 runs in 42 balls.He played the shots with much elegance and totally entertained the crowd. It was his heroic efforts which took the score to 164  in 20 overs. 17 runs were scored in the 19th over of the match.

Scorecard – Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab – 19th Match