Following are the statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League`s semi-final match between Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers here.

• Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist (85 off 35 balls) registered the fastest IPL fifty. With his 17-ball half-century, Gilchrist surpassed the 21-ball 50s registered by Yusuf Pathan (2008) and Brendon McCullum (2009).
• Gilchrist`s 17-ball half-century is the fifth fastest in Twenty20.
• Gilchrist is the first player to make 900 runs in the IPL, aggregating 931 in 29 innings at an average of 33.25, including one hundred and six fifties.
• Gilchrist received his fourth Man of the Match award in the IPL. 
• Delhi Daredevils opener Gautam Gambhir posted his second IPL duck in the match. For David Warner, it was his first in the IPL.
• The duo`s dismissal for ducks was the fifth instance of both the openers getting out without scoring in the IPL.
• Abraham de Villiers was the leading run-getter for Delhi in the IPL 2009 — 465 at an average of 51.66 in 15 matches.
• Herschelle Gibbs became the first batsman to register four ducks in the IPL 2009.
• For Delhi, Nehra is the leading wicket-taker with 19 wickets.
• Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored for Delhi with a 65 off 51 balls. The Sri Lankan had top-scored for the team in the last year`s semi-final against Rajasthan Royals as well with 33 in a total of 87.
• Delhi Daredevils have lost two successive semi-finals – both by huge margins – by 105 runs to Rajasthan Royals last year and by six wickets to Deccan Chargers in the IPL 2009.
• Delhi Daredevils have won 10 and lost five out of 15 they played in the second edition of the IPL.
• Dilshan (65 off 51 balls) recorded his fourth IPL fifty. The innings is his second best in the IPL – his highest being an unbeaten 67 off 47 balls against Bangalore at Port Elizabeth.
• Dilshan completed his 400 runs in the IPL 2009, aggregating 418 (ave.41.80) in 14 games.
• Ryan Harris, with two wickets – Gautam Gambhir and David Warner – in his first over, produced his best IPL performance (3/27), eclipsing the 2 for 20 against Kolkata Knight Riders at Johannesburg on May 16, 2009.
• Virender Sehwag, in the course of his 39 off 31 balls, Sehwag has completed his 600 runs in the IPL, aggregating 604 at an average of 27.45, including four fifties in 25 matches.
• Deccan Chargers, with their six-wicket triumph, have posted their first victory in five games against Delhi Daredevils.
• Deccan Chargers have now won eight and lost seven out of 15 played in the second edition of the IPL.

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Its Semi-Final time and Delhi play Deccan Chargers in the first semi-final in Centurion this evening, while Chennai will take on Bangalore Royal Challengers in the second semi-final on Saturday night.

Delhi’s opening duo hasn’t been at its best, but that hasn’t stopped them from looking a formidable unit right through the tournament. If the star of the middle-order has been AB de Villiers, there have been two silent performers in the team who have always chipped in with useful performances at the right time to take Delhi out of trouble.

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Dinesh Karthik are not the biggest stars of the Delhi team; they are not used to too much stardom at the national level either. While Karthik is still coming to terms with the fact that he is not in the T20 World Cup team, Dilshan is finally relishing the opportunity to bat up the order, which he doesn’t always get while playing for Sri Lanka.

In a tournament of many ups and downs, Delhi have looked the safest bet by a long stretch, but there’s a thin line between confidence and complacency that they will need to be wary of. Sachin Tendulkar agreed that the Daredevils had looked the most impressive in the tournament, but felt the best team on the day would win. “Delhi has looked the best side, without doubt. But in this format, it’s a case of having one bad day and the pressure is on you. Instead of hitting sixes, the ball might be caught at long-off. But the good thing for Delhi is that they have done well, and done well consistently,” he said.

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Delhi daredevils all rounder Rajat Bhatia is on a high after his match-winning spell against Deccan Chargers, which worked wonders for him last night, was his ability to bowl good yorkers and slower ones.

Terming Wednesday night’s spell of 4/15 as the second best day of his cricketing career, the 29-year-old said he enjoyed the confidence of skipper Virender Sehwag and knew he could turn the match with just one good over.

“I had full confidence in the captain, that he thought that I was capable of bowling in this situation was a bonus. I know that in a Twenty20 game one over can change the match. I was confident that I can do it for my team,” Bhatia said.

“I could not get runs but I bowled well. It was just another day for me where I wanted to bowl good yorkers and slower ones and it worked. At this level we have to learn to turn things around at such stages,” he was quoted as saying in the IPL’s official website.

With Deccan needing 25 runs off the last three overs with six wickets in hand, Bhatia picked up Andrew Symonds and then Dwayne Smith in one over to turn the match in Delhi’s favour.

He later took two more wickets of Pragyan Ojha and Shoaib Maqsusi to end up with superb figures of 4 for 15 in 2.4 overs

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