Delhi Daredevils 151/6 (20/20 ov)
Rajasthan Royals 152/4 (18.3/20 ov)
| Did not bat M Morkel, S Nadeem, AB Dinda |
| Fall of wickets1-5 (Sehwag, 0.3 ov), 2-29 (Finch, 4.5 ov), 3-36 (Chand, 7.1 ov), 4-36 (Ojha, 7.3 ov), |
| Delhi Daredevils innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
 | DA Warner | c Raut b Singh | 54 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 122.72 | |
| 17.4 Warner departs. Done in by the slower one. Warner went for the big slog-heave over midwicket but top-edged it. fine innings. Delhi were staring down the abyss but Warner has rescued them along with Venu 119/5 | ||||||||
| V Sehwag* | c Dravid b Tait | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 | |
| 0.3 Tait has his revenge. The very next ball. Sehwag is quick to turn and walk away from the scene. It was a short of length delivery outside off and it came in a touch, nothing alarming but just a bit. Sehwag tried to create room by hopping up and went for his slash. Edge and Dravid pouches it at first slip. 5/1 | ||||||||
| AJ Finch | c Botha b Tait | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 78.57 | |
| 4.5 Wicket no 2. Simple. The bouncer on the off stump line and Finch is late on it. The ball climbed on him and he can only manage to lob a simple catch to mid-on. 29/2 | ||||||||
| U Chand | c Dravid b Warne | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| 7.1 Dravid takes another one and Warne strike first delivery. Ooh la la! It was the leg break from the leg line, the batsman went for the cut. Cramped for room. The ball flies off the edge and bounds off the keeper's gloves and Rahul reacts very quickly to pouch that. 36/3 | ||||||||
| NV Ojha' | c Tait b Warne | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 7.3 Delhi are self destructing in style. Such Masochism. Naman Ojha rushes down the track to deposit Warnie over long-off but is beaten in flight and by the dip. The leading edge takes the ball to backward point. Shane roars. 36/4 | ||||||||
| Y Venugopal Rao | c Warne b Trivedi | 60 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 150.00 | |
| 18.6 tries to heave this slower one but can't clear Shane warne at deepish midwicket. Fine responsible knock from Venu who has pulled Delhi out of trouble. 139/6 | ||||||||
| IK Pathan | not out | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 150.00 | ||
| RE van der Merwe | not out | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | ||
| Extras | (lb 4, w 3, nb 2) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 20 overs) | 151 | (7.55 runs per over) |
| Did not bat M Morkel, S Nadeem, AB Dinda |
| Fall of wickets1-5 (Sehwag, 0.3 ov), 2-29 (Finch, 4.5 ov), 3-36 (Chand, 7.1 ov), 4-36 (Ojha, 7.3 ov), 5-119 (Warner, 17.4 ov), 6-139 (Venugopal Rao, 18.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SW Tait | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 10.00 | (1nb) | |
| 0.3 to Sehwag, Tait has his revenge. The very next ball. Sehwag is quick to turn and walk away from the scene. It was a short of length delivery outside off and it came in a touch, nothing alarming but just a bit. Sehwag tried to create room by hopping up and went for his slash. Edge and Dravid pouches it at first slip. 5/1 4.5 to Finch, Wicket no 2. Simple. The bouncer on the off stump line and Finch is late on it. The ball climbed on him and he can only manage to lob a simple catch to mid-on. 29/2 | ||||||||
| A Singh | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 4.50 | (1w) | |
| 17.4 to Warner, Warner departs. Done in by the slower one. Warner went for the big slog-heave over midwicket but top-edged it. fine innings. Delhi were staring down the abyss but Warner has rescued them along with Venu 119/5 | ||||||||
| J Botha | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 9.00 | |||
| SK Trivedi | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 9.00 | (2w) | |
| 18.6 to Venugopal Rao, tries to heave this slower one but can't clear Shane warne at deepish midwicket. Fine responsible knock from Venu who has pulled Delhi out of trouble. 139/6 | ||||||||
| SK Warne | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4.25 | ||
| 7.1 to Chand, Dravid takes another one and Warne strike first delivery. Ooh la la! It was the leg break from the leg line, the batsman went for the cut. Cramped for room. The ball flies off the edge and bounds off the keeper's gloves and Rahul reacts very quickly to pouch that. 36/3 7.3 to Ojha, Delhi are self destructing in style. Such Masochism. Naman Ojha rushes down the track to deposit Warnie over long-off but is beaten in flight and by the dip. The leading edge takes the ball to backward point. Shane roars. 36/4 |
| Rajasthan Royals innings (target: 152 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| AG Paunikar' | b Dinda | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| 2.6 Clatter! The middle stump has been knocked out. It was full and sliding in towards middle and Amit Paunikar played all around it. Ugly shot and he pays for it. 26/1 | ||||||||
| R Dravid | c 'Ojha b van der Merwe | 38 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 122.58 | |
| 7.3 it drifted in towards middle stump, Rahul backed away outside leg but it turned and that got Rahul thinking, doubting and he perished, trying to stab it. Edge and gone. 61/2 | ||||||||
| J Botha | not out | 39 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 121.87 | ||
| AL Menaria | c Sehwag b Pathan | 22 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 146.66 | |
| 10.5 Pouched! It was a short of length delivery outside off and Menaria punched it on the up but straight to Sehwag at short extra cover 92/3 | ||||||||
| AM Rahane | b Morkel | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 105.88 | |
| 15.1 Knocked over! Rahane looked a bit scratchy today and is now gone. He went for an ugly across-the-line hoick and completely missed the full-length delivery. 121/4 | ||||||||
| LRPL Taylor | not out | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 180.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 2) | 12 |
