Tuesday, May 19, 2009

delhi dare devils vs royal challengers bangalore:nehra strikes early for DD

Delhi Daredevils skipper Virender Sehwag elected to bat against the Bangalore Royal Challengers at the Wanderers here on Tuesday.


Delhi rested Dirk Nannes, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Amit Mishra. Andrew McDonald, Yogesh Nagar and Daniel Vettori came into the playing eleven.


The Bangalore outfit has to beat Delhi to stay in contention for the semi-finals. Anil Kumble's team has 12 points and hence, needs to prevail both against Delhi and the Deccan Chargers on Thursday.Delhi, on the other hand, are secure and are sitting on the top of the league table with 18 points and have already qualified for the semi-finals.The resurgent Royal Challengers Bangalore continued their disciplined show with the ball as they restricted table-toppers Delhi Daredevils to 134-7 at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Tuesday. After electing to bat first, Delhi were jolted in the first over as Praveen Kumar removed two wickets. Bangalore, who have to win this game to stay in contention for a semi-final berth, never allowed the Daredevils to recover with Dinesh Karthik's 31 being the top score. Praveen Kumar took three while skipper Anil Kumble took two wickets in the innings.

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