Daredevils beat Super Kings by 8 wickets

New Delhi : Delhi Daredevils put an end to the ChennaiSuper Kings victory wagon as they beat them by eight wickets in theirIPL match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

ChennaiSuper Kings, who had a hundred per cent winning record in thetournament, were outdone by the Daredevils in all departments. However,they did not gift away the win and took the game till the end.

Delhi Daredevils openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir slammed half-centuries and gave a blazing start to their side.

Thein-form Sehwag's romance with the MAC Stadium continued, as this iswhere he hit his second triple hundred against South Africa. Hecompleted his fifty in no time and put Chennai under tremendouspressure and the bowlers felt the heat of his bat. He was unanimouslyadjudged as Man of the Match. Joginder Sharma finally struck and sentthe dangerman back in the hut for 71 runs. But till then he had donehis job to perfection.

His opening partner Gautam Gambhircontinued with his form and hit a 37-ball fifty. He has now become thetop scorer of the DLF Indian Premier League. Manpreet Gony, the highestwicket taker of the tournament, clean bowled the exhausted Gambhir.

AB de Villiers (26) and Shikhar Dhawan (19), at the end, happily took their side home.

Earlier,Chennai started off well after winning the toss but loss of S Viduytand MS Dhoni shifted the fulcrum and brought Delhi back in the game.Delhi bowlers came back hard and restricted Super Kings for anattainable total of 169 runs in 20 overs.

Chennai Super Kingscould not capitalize on the start given by the openers Stephen Flemingand Parthiv Patel. Sivaramakrishnan Viduyt (54) was a revelation as hehit an electrifying half-century before McGrath claimed his wicket.Mohd Asif got rid of Chennai skipper MS Dhoni, who went after scoring32 runs.

While V Yo Mahesh bowled Fleming (13) out, ParthivPatel (21) was deceived by Delhi captain Virender Sehwag and was caughtby Mahesh at short third man region. Albie Morkel (28) and S Badrinathchipped some crucial runs towards the end of their innings.
-NDTV.COM

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