Tillakaratne Dilshan struck a match-winning unbeaten 67 to help Delhi Daredevils beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets and register its third consecutive victory in the Indian Premier League on Sunday. Dilshan’s 47-ball knock, studded with five boundaries and two sixes, took Daredevils home after some initial hiccups. Earlier, skipper Kevin Pietersen and Mark...
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Royal Challengers Vs Delhi Daredevils: RC will have a tough time against Delhi
High on confidence after two successive victories, Delhi Daredevils will strive to continue with the winning momentum while a struggling Royal Challengers Bangalore will try to recapture the lost sheen they started with when the two teams lock horns in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday. The Delhi team, by virtue of...
Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab: Sehwag destroys Punjab
Virender Sehwag blasted 38 from just 16 deliveries to help the Delhi Daredevils ease to a 10 wicket Duckworth-Lewis victory over the Kings XI Punjab in a rain-affected Indian Premier League clash in Cape Town. Daniel Vettori (3/15) sent down a miserly spell of bowling earlier to help reduce Punjab to 104 for seven...
Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab: Rain delays start, Daredevils wins toss, chose to field
The toss for the third match of the second edition of the Indian Premier League between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab was delayed by 30 minutes due to rain at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday. The match is about to start after the toss with Delhi Daredevils winning the toss and opting...
Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab: A Clash between the equals
It’s tempting to say that every T20 match is a clash among equals. Both Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab had lost in semifinals last year. Each losing match hurts, but losing in the semifinals probably hurts more because you are not counted among the elites who make the finals despite being better than...
Former players suggest Sehwag should continue to open
Just after Virender Sehwag said that he would like to play as a middle order batsman again, former Indian Test stars have their suggestions and opinions and have given an unanimous thumbs down to his idea. Former players Sandeep Patil, Nayan Mongia and Ajit Wadekar strongly believe that Sehwag should continue to open the...
Delhi Daredevil’s captain Sehwag hopes to win IPL
Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag on Saturday said he was hopeful that his team would put up a good show in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in South Africa. “It would have been wonderful if the Indian Premier League (IPL) had been held in India. There would have been problems...
I belong to Middle order says Sehwag
Despite his success as an opener, Virender Sehwag has said he still belongs to the middle order and would love to bat there if he got the chance. Sehwag said he had asked the team management to push him down the order when he felt he was out of form but had been told...
Gambir turning to be Next Indian Wall
Gautam Gambhir’s match-saving 137 in the second Test against New Zealand on Monday earned him rich accolades from stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag who likened the belligerent left-hander to Rahul Dravid and dubbed him the “second wall” of Indian cricket. Otherwise an aggressive batsman, Gambhir batted for nearly 11 hours over three days to bail...
Crowe criticizes Sehwag
Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe said India’s performance in the on-going second Test in Napier is a far cry from their attempt at becoming the world’s number one team. He has criticised stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag for his poor leadership. Crowe claimed regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni – who is out with a...
