Delhi Daredevils scored an emphatic nine-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals at Feroz shah kotla stadium here on Saturday. In a one sided match Delhi bowlers and fielders displayed sharpness and discipline in the field (two runouts) to restrict the Rajasthan Royals to 129-8 in 20 overs.
Farveez Maharoof (2-11) and local boy Rajat Bhatia (2-17) bowled superbly in the middle overs. Mc grath was sharp as usual and ended up with 1 wicket . Mahroof concided just 11 runs in his 4 overs. Ravindra Jadeja (29) and Dinesh Salunkhe (26 not out) helped Rajasthan Royals to cross 100 mark
Chasing a modest 129, Gautam Gambhir (58 not out) and Shikhar Dhawan (52 not out) put up an unbroken 112-run stand to take Delhi home. Virender Sehwag fell cheaply for 12 after hitting Watson for 3 consecutive fours viru edge the fourth ball to rip away his off-stump. Rajasthan Royals bowling was trashed apart including there star bowler, shane warne who conceded 16 runs in his 2 overs with no wicket
A boring match with neither entertainment nor cricket, much to the disappointment of 40,000 crowd
Rajasthan Royals: T. Kohli c Manhas b McGrath 7, Y. Pathan (run out) 10, S. Watson (run out) 21, M. Kaif c Geeves b Bhatia 9, D. Lehmann lbw b Maharoof 1, R. Jadeja b Vettori 29, M. Rawat b Bhatia 2, D. Salunkhe (not out) 26, S. Warne b Maharoof 14, S. Trivedi (not out) 3; Extras: (b-1, lb-3, w-3) 7; Total: (for eight wkts in 20 overs) 129.
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-27, 3-41, 4-47, 5-57, 6-71, 7-93, 8-110.
Delhi Daredevils bowling: McGrath 4-1-21-1, Geeves 4-0-41-0, Maharoof 4-0-11-2, Bhatia 4-0-17-2, Vettori 4-0-35-1.
Delhi: V. Sehwag b Watson 12, G. Gambhir (not out) 58, S. Dhawan (not out) 52, Extras (w-10) 10, Total (for one wkt in 15.1 overs) 132.
Fall of wicket: 1-20.
Rajasthan Royals bowling: Munaf 3-0-25-0, Watson 4-0-31-1, Trivedi 3-0-32-0, Warne 2-0-16-0, Yusuf 2.1-0-17-0, Salunkhe 1-0-11-0.