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Date – Apr 26, 2009

Result: Delhi won by 6 wkts

Bangalore Royal Challengers
Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to bat first. But the decision proved to be disastrous as they lost two wickets for just 10 runs on board. Then Pietersen and Taylor took the score to 72 in almost 9 overs. When things looked in control, Vettori struck and got Pietersen wicket. Soon Taylor was also sent back to pavilion and the score was 78/4 in 11 overs. Kohli and Boucher then steadied the innings and took the score past 100. Royal Challengers then saw a quick fall of wickets to get a total score of 149 in alloted 20 overs.

Delhi Daredevils Innings
The fireworks from Tillekeratne Dilshan (67 runs in 47 balls, 5×4, 2×6) helped Delhi Daredevils beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in the Indian Premier League match in Port Elizabeth on Sunday.After loosing initial wicket of Sehwag, Delhi Daredevils got back on track and won the match. After this win, they now share the number 1 spot with Deccan Chargers

Fall of wickets
Bangalore Royal Challengers
1-0 (Kallis, 0.1 ov), 2-10 (Uthappa, 1.2 ov), 3-72 (Pietersen, 9.3 ov), 4-78 (Taylor, 10.6 ov), 5-139 (Boucher, 18.6 ov), 6-139 (Kohli, 19.1 ov), 7-145 (Vinay Kumar, 19.3 ov)

Delhi Daredevils
V Sehwag (11-1, 1.4), G Gambhir (42-2, 5.4), AB de Villiers (84-3, 13.1), D Karthik (106-4, 15.4)

Man of the match: T Dilshan

Category: IPL Bangalore Royal Challengers, IPL Delhi DareDevils