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Delhi Daredevils beat Kings XI Punjab to qualify for playoffs: IPL 2012
Category: Cricket News,IPL,IPL Delhi DareDevils,IPL Kings XI Punjab,IPL Match ResultsSri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene hit a calculated unbeaten half-century as Delhi Daredevils thrashed Kings XI Punjab by five wickets to qualify for the knockout stage of the Indian Premier League, on Tuesday. With the five-wicket win on Tuesday, Delhi maintain their supremacy in the points table.
Courtesy Jayawardene’s unbeaten 56 off 49 balls, Daredevils managed to reach the target of 137 with an over to spare as they consolidated their position at the top of the table with 20 points and two matches left.
Delhi pace duo of Umesh Yadav (3/21) and Varun Aaron (2/19) had shared five wickets between to restrict Kings XI Punjab to manageable 136 for eight.
Barring skipper David Hussey (40 not out), it was a combination of poor shot selection and some disciplined effort by the hosts that enabled them to keep the score under check.
Jayawardene played authentic cricketing shots like cover drives, late cut, pull-shots and was well supported by Naman Ojha (34) and Irfan Pathan (19) after Parvinder Awana’s hostile first spell had reduced Delhi to 37 for four.
However, it was the 18th over from Awana where Pathan hit three boundaries to seal the issue. But it wouldn’t have been possible without Jayawardene who showed that matches can be won playing proper cricket shots.
This was after the Daredevils top-order failed once again as both Virender Sehwag (9) and David Warner (14) promised a lot of fireworks as 21 runs came off the first two overs.
Then Warner played a rank bad shot to be caught at gully by Azhar Mahmood off Praveen Kumar’s bowling.
Sehwag, who was dropped by Davis Hussey at mid-on off Praveen’s bowling however was gone in the very next over bowled by Parvinder Awana.
Awana, who bowled one of the best first spells of this edition with figures of 3-0-7-3 ran through the top-order. He bowled a fast and fuller delivery to Sehwag which hit his pads then clipped the off-bails.
Venugopal Rao (7) played away from his body to be caught behind while Ross Taylor (0) got a beauty that pitched on the middle-stump and moved a shade and was declared caught behind.
At 37 for four, Jayawardene and Ojha (34) joined hands resurrect the innings.
While the Lankan captain played the second fiddle, Ojha started taking on the bowlers as Awana was finished with his spell. He hit leggie Piyush Chawla for two straight sixes and then a couple of boundaries off Harmeet Singh to ease the pressure.
The duo added 58 runs for the fifth wicket when Chawla dismissed Ojha with a rank long hop which he failed to clear the fielder at deep mic-wicket.
In the Punjab innings, there were no significant partnership as Hussey was the only batsmen trying to take the attack back to the opposition camp but he needed to be complemented from the other side which unfortunately didn’t happen.
Speed merchants Yadav (3/21) and Aaron (2/19) shared the bulk of the spoils.
Shaun Marsh (13, 3×4) hit three boundaries in the region between cover and extra cover off part-time off-spinner Venugopal Rao who only managed to bowl half-trackers.
He survived a confident leg-before appeal off Morne Morkel’s bowling but was gone in the very next over bowled by Aaron.
The India international angled one into Marsh who tried to play it off his hips only for Naman Ojha to take a good catch down leg-side.
Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Post Match Presentation IPL 2012
Category: IPL,IPL 2012 News,IPL Delhi DareDevils,IPL Kings XI Punjab,IPL Match ResultsYadav: I just let the captain know what field I want. Morne and Irfan support me really well. I have fun in this format because sometimes you do well and sometimes you get hit. The ball was swinging well today and I’m just trying to put together some consistent performances.
Umesh Yadav is the Man of the Match.
Hussey: I think we were right in the game until the last three overs. Full credit to Irfan and Mahela for how they played. Awana has probably been the find of the tournament for us as far as our bowling goes and he has shown why he really is a future talent for Indian cricket.
Sehwag: There was some movement on the track and our bowlers took early wicket. That’s why we restricted Punjab to a score below 140. We were expecting Mahela to play until the end, he took his time and played beautifully and Ojha supported him well. I just tell my fast bowlers to bowl quick and enjoy how they bowl.
Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils Scorecard IPL 2012
Category: Cricket Scorecards,Indian Premier League Scorecards,IPL,IPL Delhi DareDevils,IPL Kings XI PunjabIndian Premier League 2012
Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab – 64th Match
Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, 15 May 2012
Toss - Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to Bat.
Result – Delhi Daredevils beat Kings XI Punjab by 5 wickets.
| Kings XI Punjab Innings Innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Mandeep Singh | c V Sehwag b V Aaron | 21 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 175.00 | |
| Shaun Marsh | c N Ojha b V Aaron | 13 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 86.66 | |
| Nitin Saini (wk) | c V Sehwag b U Yadav | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| David Hussey (c) | Not Out | 40 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 114.28 | |
| David Miller | run out (Pawan Negi) | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| Azhar Mahmood | c I Pathan b U Yadav | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 128.57 | |
| Gurkeerat Singh | st N Ojha b Pawan Negi | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 160.00 | |
| Piyush Chawla | c N Ojha b U Yadav | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 71.43 | |
| Praveen Kumar | run out (V Aaron) | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 160.00 | |
| Parvinder Awana | Not Out | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Harmeet Singh | |||||||
| Extras | (b 0,lb 3,w 1, nb 0) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets; 20 overs) | 136 | (6.80 runs per over) | ||||
Fall of wickets (Kings XI Punjab Innings):
1-24 (Marsh, 3.1 ov), 2-43 (Mandeep Singh, 5.3 ov), 3-54 (Saini, 7.2 ov), 4-63 (Miller, 9.4 ov), 5-80 (Azhar Mahmood, 11.5 ov), 6-88 (Gurkeerat Singh, 12.5 ov), 7-117 (Chawla, 17.1 ov), 8-126 (Kumar, 18.1 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Irfan Pathan | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6.00 | |
| Venugopal Rao | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13.00 | |
| Morne Morkel | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 8.00 | |
| Varun Aaron | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4.80 | |
| Pawan Negi | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 8.00 | |
| Umesh Yadav | 4 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5.25 | (w 1) |
| Delhi Daredevils Innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| David Warner | c A Mahmood b P Kumar | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 175.00 | |
| Virender Sehwag (c) | b Awana | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 88.89 | |
| Venugopal Rao | c N Saini b Awana | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Not Out | 56 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 114.29 | |
| Ross Taylor | c N Saini b Awana | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Naman Ojha (wk) | c M Singh b P Chawla | 34 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 117.24 | |
| Irfan Pathan | Not Out | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 190.00 | |
| Pawan Negi | |||||||
| Morne Morkel | |||||||
| Varun Aaron | |||||||
| Umesh Yadav | |||||||
| Extras | (b 0,lb 1,w 1, nb 0) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 19 overs) | 140 | (7.37 runs per over) | ||||
Fall of wickets (Delhi Daredevils):
1-21 (Warner, 2.1 ov), 2-28 (Sehwag, 3.1 ov), 3-37 (Venugopal Rao, 5.2 ov), 4-37 (Taylor, 5.4 ov), 5-95 (Ojha, 13.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Praveen Kumar | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7.00 | |
| Azhar Mahmood | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8.50 | (w 1) |
| Parvinder Awana | 4 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 5.50 | |
| Piyush Chawla | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 8.20 | |
| Harmeet Singh | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7.30 |
Teams:
Delhi Daredevils (Playing XI): David Warner, Virender Sehwag(c), Mahela Jayawardene, Ross Taylor, Naman Ojha(w), Venugopal Rao, Irfan Pathan, Pawan Negi, Morne Morkel, Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav
Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Nitin Saini(w), Mandeep Singh, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey(c), Azhar Mahmood, David Miller, Gurkeerat Singh, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Parvinder Awana, Harmeet Singh
Kings XI Punjab Vs Delhi Daredevils Live Scores IPL 2012
Category: Indian Premier League Scorecards,IPL,IPL Delhi DareDevils,IPL Kings XI PunjabToss: Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and elected to bat
Teams:
Delhi Daredevils (Playing XI): David Warner, Virender Sehwag(c), Mahela Jayawardene, Ross Taylor, Naman Ojha(w), Venugopal Rao, Irfan Pathan, Pawan Negi, Morne Morkel, Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav
Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Nitin Saini(w), Mandeep Singh, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey(c), Azhar Mahmood, David Miller, Gurkeerat Singh, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Parvinder Awana, Harmeet Singh
David Hussey: When a team is playing without fear, we play more freely. We have some good guys coming up. Mandeep and Gurkeerat are the players to watch out for. Delhi are a great time and we have to do the basics correctly. We will bat first. It looks like a good wicket. Miller replaces Harris and Harmeet Singh replaces Chitnis comes in.Sehwag: I am not worried about winning and losing. Ross Taylor is back into the side. The toss does not matter much. Ross Taylor replaces van der Merwe. Negi replaces Nagar. We hope to deliver.
IPL 2012: Kings XI Punjab elects to bat against Delhi Daredevils
Category: Cricket News,IPL,IPL 2012 News,IPL Delhi DareDevils,IPL Kings XI PunjabToss: Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and elected to bat
David Hussey: When a team is playing without fear, we play more freely. We have some good guys coming up. Mandeep and Gurkeerat are the players to watch out for. Delhi are a great time and we have to do the basics correctly. We will bat first. It looks like a good wicket. Miller replaces Harris and Harmeet Singh replaces Chitnis comes in.
Sehwag: I am not worried about winning and losing. Ross Taylor is back into the side. The toss does not matter much. Ross Taylor replaces van der Merwe. Negi replaces Nagar. We hope to deliver.
IPL sting: BCCI Suspended five uncapped players involved in betting activities
Category: Cricket News,IPL,IPL 2012 NewsThe main headline today is that BCCI has provisionally suspended the five uncapped Indian players (Mohnish Mishra, TP Sudhindra, Shalabh Srivastava, Abhinav Bali and Amit Yadav) allegedly involved in illegal betting activities as claimed in a sting operation by a Hindi news channel on Monday.
Mishra is playing for Pune Warriors India, Sudhindra is with Deccan Chargers, Srivastava has played two seasons for Kings XI Punjab, Yadav is also in the Punjab’s roster for IPL 5 and Bali is a first-class cricketer from Delhi Daredevils.
Srivastava told CNN-IBN
“We respect the decision taken by [the] Governing Council [and] will participate in the inquiry set up by [the] BCCI.”