Delhi Daredevils, chasing 170, romped home by eight wickets and an over to spare to clinch a crucial win .Virender Sehwag (71) and Gautam Gambhir (50) 115-run partnership to set up the win for Delhi.

Viru and Gambhir took only 4.5 overs to reach 50 on the board and reached 100 in the ninth over with Sehwag also completing his half-century off 24 deliveries.

Chennai had earlier made 169-6 after captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had won the toss and elected to bat. S. Vidyut’s entertaining 37-ball 54 and Albie Morkel 28 off just 16 ball helped settign a modest target.

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Gautam Gambir thrashed 86 off 54 balls to help Delhi post 5 for 191 off its 20 overs.Royal Challengers won the toss and put the Daredevils into bat first, despite lossing Sehwag early in the innings, Gambhir and Shikhar Dhawan (50) put on 98 for the second wicket and set a target of 191

Jacques Kallis (54, 44 balls, 6 x 4, 1×6), Rahul Dravid (38) and Mark Boucher 31offered some resistance to reduce the margin. but Bangalore never looked like chasing 191. The start was terrible for the Royal Challengers as they lost too many wickets at the top.

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Daredevils struggled at the start of their innings, losing captain Virender Sehwag and Shikhar Dhawan with only 12 runs on the board. Dare Devils lost wickets at regular interval and were at 88-5 the Daredevils looked to be in dire straits, but Manoj Tiwary rescued the situation with 39 from 34 balls.

Kings Punjab also started there innings nervously loosing  two wickets in first two overs. But they recovered from the early hiccups with the help of Simon Katich’s knock of 75 runs and Yuvraj Singh’s unbeaten 40.

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Any hopes of saving a low target was dashed by Virender Sehwag his firey 41-ball 94 gave Delhi a emphatic nine-wicket win over the Deccan Chargers in Hyderabad.

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Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag feels that the pressure would be on Deccan Chargers when the two teams clash in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match here Tuesday.

Sehwag, whose team defeated Rajasthan Royals by nine wickets in its first match Saturday, said the host team led by V.V.S. Laxman would be under psychological pressure as they lost their first match against Kolkata Knight Riders Sunday.

“The pressure is on them. They are playing at home and have lost one match while we won our first match. We have good confidence in ourselves and will take that confidence into the match and try to play well,” he told reporters after the practice session under lights at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at Uppal.

Sehwag feels that it was a good track to bat on and said the big hitters would have a key role to play. Upbeat over the victory in the first match, he claimed that his team was well prepared.

“Batting first or second doesn’t matter. If there is dew then that could be a factor,” he said, but cautioned his bowlers that they would be tested if Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds and Laxman play full 20 overs.

Sehwag also pointed out that the hosts lack quality bowlers while his team bowled and fielded well in the first match. He, however, said it was the performance on the day which counts. “The team which plays well on the day wins the match,” he said.

Stating that there would be changes in the team, the Delhi Ranji captain said Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik would be available for the match. “Malik is arriving tonight (Monday). We have to see where we can fit him in the team,” he said.

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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.

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Sehwag along with Ganbhir will open for delhi and can expect a flying straight and followed by a inexperienced middle order of – Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Karthik, Manoj Tiwary, Dhawan, Mithun Manhas or Rajat Bhatia

McGrath and Daniel Vettori, will lead the bowling attack Delhi will be without Pakistanis Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Asif,

AB de Villiers and Graeme Smith Pakistani trio of Younis Khan, Kamran Akmal and Sohail Tanvir, and allrounder Dimitri Mascarenhas, wont be available for jaipur. Again a poor bidding strategy. So desperate they choose 38 yr old Darren Lehmann.

Jaipur chances depend on allrounders Pathan and Watson. The seriously need a batsmen to anchor the innings

Delhi may win this encounter because of there aggressive batsmen, wily bowlers and athletic fielders,

Delhi (probable) 1 Virender Sehwag (capt), 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Shikhar Dhawan, 4 Manoj Tiwary, 5 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7 Rajat Bhatia, 8 Daniel Vettori, 9 Brett Geeves, 10 Glenn McGrath, 11 Pradeep Sangwan.

Rajasthan Shane Watson, Taruwar Kohli, Mohammad Kaif, Darren Lehmann, Niraj Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Mahesh Rawat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja , Shane Warne, Pankaj Singh, Munaf Patel

Prediction – Delhi Dare Devils will the match comfortable

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