In the Match No: 28, it was Delhi DareDevils vs Chennai Super Kings and this was expected to be a thriller. The expectations were met and Delhi Daredevils started with a flying runrate and scored 50 in just 5.4 overs for the loss of 2 wickets. The batsmen who got out were Sehwag for 23 and AB de Villiers for a duck. But after that there was no looking back and it was Gambhir who took the centerstage and hammered all bowlers. He scored 80 runs in just 49 balls and provided the much needed thrust.Due to this wonderful innings he became the highest run getter in the Indian Premier League and will thus wear the orange cap. On the other end S Dhawan also played a splendid innings and got on to score 59 runs. Gambhir and Dhawan were out one after the other and it thus reduced the scoring rate but still the damage was done and the total score for Chennai Super Kings to chase is 188 in 20 overs
Today - Match 28 - Scorecard - Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings

Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings are going to be a thrilling encounter as Delhi Daredevils are at the 3rd place in the points table and Chennai Super Kings are at the 4th place in that table. Dehli Dare devils have played 6 matches and won 4 matches where as Chennai Super Kings have played 7 matches and won 4 matches. There will be a tough competition today.

The probables for today are

Delhi Daredevils (probable): 1) Gautam Gambhir 2) Virender Sehwag (c) 3) AB de Villiers 4) Shikhar Dhawan 5) Dinesh Karthik (wk) 6) Manoj Tiwary 7) Shoaib Malik 8 ) Yo Mahesh 9) Mithun Manhas 10) Mohammad Asif 11)Glenn McGrath

Chennai Super Kings (probable): 1) Parthiv Patel 2) Stephen Fleming 3) Suresh Raina 4) Arun Karthik 5) Abhinav Mukund 6) MS Dhoni (c)(wk) 7) Albie Morkel 8 ) Joginder Sharma 9) Sudeep Tyagi 10) Muttiah Muralitharan 11) Makhaya Ntini

Match Details :

Date - May 8, 2008 28th Match
Venue - Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

16:00 India time.

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Today was a match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils in the DLF - IPL. This was the 23 match of the league. Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to bowl first. They were given a target of 162 and Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag opened the batting for Delhi Daredevils and took the score to 3 before Gautam Gambhir was out. He was followed by Shikhar Dhawan when the team’s score was just 4. The score of the team was 133 in 18.5 overs. Sanath Jayasuriya was the top scorer for Mumbai Indians and thus helped the team to win the match

Match Notes Are :

• Mumbai Indians innings
• Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (36 balls), Extras 2
• Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (77 balls), Extras 7
• 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (DJ Thornely 24, RV Uthappa 21, Ex 5)
• Mumbai Indians: 150 runs in 18.5 overs (117 balls), Extras 10
• Innings Break: Mumbai Indians - 162/8 in 20.0 overs (RR Raje 6, A Nehra 0)

• Delhi Daredevils innings
• Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (49 balls), Extras 1
• Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 12.5 overs (78 balls), Extras 2

Today - Match 23 - Scorecard - Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils

In the match number 23 of DLF - IPL, Delhi Daredevils played against Mumbai Indians.Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to field first.Mumbai Indians got on to a flying start and Jayasurya-Yogesh duo scored 46 runs. But then both these were out in the same over and Mumbai Indians were 50/2 in 6 overs. It lead to a decrease in the run rate but Dominic Thornley and Robin Utthapa took the charge and played some exquisite shots and took the score to 102 on which Uthappa got out. Dominic Thornley was the next to go and the score was 109/4 in 13.3 overs.Mumbai Indians lost some quick wickets and thus threw away the good start. After 16 overs they were 118/6 and it looked like they might not reach the 150 mark. But Pollock scored 22 runs of 19th over and thus Mumbai Indians scored 162 runs in 20 overs

Today - Match 23 - Scorecard - Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils

Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils is going to be a one sided affair if we consider the history of the matches in IPL. But in cricket you can not rely merely on history. It only depends on which team played superior game on that particular day. So we hope that Mumbai Indians would challenge the mighty Daredevils and we spectators would see a thrilling match this Sunday.

Mumbai Indians (probable) 1 Ajinkya Rahane, 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dwayne Bravo, 5 Shaun Pollock, 6 Abhishek Nayar, 7 Pinal Shah (wk), 8 Musavir Khote, 9 Dilhara Fernando, 10 Ashish Nehra, 11 Dhawal Kulkarni.

Delhi Daredevils (probable) 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Shikhar Dhawan, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Dinesh Karthik, 7 Rajat Bhatia, 8 Yo Mahesh, 9 Glenn McGrath, 10 Pradeep Sangwan, 11 Mohammad Asif.

Match Details

Date - May 4, 2008 23rd Match
Venue - Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
16:00 India time.
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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

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Royal Challengers Bangalore lost yet again in the DLF- Indian Premier League. Replying to the target of 192 set by Delhi DareDevils, Royal Challengers started poorly and lost the first wicket in the very first over. Praveen Kumar was the one to get out to Glen McGrath. Then Taylor and Wassim Jaffer took the score to 46 before Taylor got out. Jaffer soon followed and Royal Challengers were reeling at 48/3. Captain Rahul Dravid came to the center and played responsibly. He scored 38 runs in 30 balls, his personal best so far in the tournament. But in order to increase the run rate he mistimed a shot and scooped the ball straight up in air. Captain was caught by captain - Virender Sehwag and the score of Royal Challengers was 135/4 in 15.3 overs.It was Boucher and Kallis on whose shoulders lied the responsibility to take the team to victory. Kallis scored the half century by hitting Asif for a straight four.In the second last over Kallis got bowled on 54 by Vettori. In the last over Royal Challengers needed 30 runs and they were able to score 20.So Delhi DareDevils Won the match by 10 runs

 DLF-Maximum Sixes award - Shikhar Dhawan

Man of the Match - Glen McGrath for 4 wickets

Scorecard - Delhi Daredevils vs Bangalore Royal Challengers - 17th Match

Bangalore Royal Challenger won the toss today in the 17 match of DLF- IPL but things didn’t went the way they wished and Delhi Daredevils scored at a super run rate. They lost the first wicket at 51 in form of Sehwag who scored 24 runs of just 12 balls. Gautam Gambhir on the other end played some phenomenal shots and got on to score 86 runs in just 54 balls. Shikar Dhawan also scored 50 and the duo took the score past 151. Dhawan was then caught out brilliantly one handed by Rahul Dravid. But till then most of the damage was done. Delhi Daredevils scored at more than 10 runs per over in almost the entire innings. In the last few overs they lost some quick wickets but still they managed to score a total of 191 runs in 20 overs.

Scorecard - Delhi Daredevils vs Bangalore Royal Challengers - 17th Match