Delhi captain Virender Sehwag destroyed Hyderabad bowling attack to seal an emphatic victory for Delhi Daredevils. Delhi defeated Hyderabad by 9 wickets in a one sided match with 7 overs to spare at Uppal stadium in Hyderabad. Shikhar Dhawan once again played good supporting role to decimate Hyderabad in just 13 overs. This is a clinical and brutal knock from Delhi captain. Hyderabad’s fall from grace is unbelievable.
Hyderabad didn’t learn any lesson from Kolkata match. Once again they selected accumulators and recommendation candidates. What can one expect from a team like this one? It is waste to write about their management. Glenn McGrath- Mohammad Asif troubled Hyderabad Deccan chargers with their accurate bowling. Except Rohit Sharma, no one looked comfortable at crease.
Despite losing Gautam Gambhir early, Delhi never looked uncomfortable in chasing this small target. Delhi along with Chennai and Kolkata are looking as hot favourites to win inaugural IPL T20 tournament. Toss: Hyderabad won the toss and chooses to bat first on the flat batting surface.
IPL T20 Cricket match scorecard:
Hyderabad Deccan Chargers: 142/5 in 20 overs.
Delhi Daredevils: 143/1 in 13 overs.
Match Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets.
Man of the match: Virender Sehwag (first by an Indian player).
IPL T20 Cricket Records:
1. Sehwag scored highest runs in a single over. He hit 30 runs (3 sixers and 3 fours) in Symond’s over. He broke the Rohit sharma’s record who earlier scored 26 runs in Maharoof’s over.
2. Virender Sehwag is the first man to win the Man of the match award in Indian Premier League.
3. Virender Sehwag missed the fastest century in Indian premier League by 6 runs. He scored 94 runs in 41 balls. Captain’s knock.
4. Delhi Daredevils won both their matches by 9 wickets. World class bowling attack is their big strength.
Highlights of Hyderabad Innings:
1. Glenn McGrath bowled first over maiden. Is it really Twenty20 cricket?
2. Mohammad Asif took the crucial wicket of Adam Gilchrist in his first over. Genuine bowlers can succeed in any form of cricket. He also took Laxman’s wicket. Laxman is becoming a big burden for Hyderabad team as he is not an ideal T20 player.
3. Now it is Symonds Vs McGrath. Symonds hit 2 successive fours in McGrath’s bowling. Can Symonds save Deccan Chargers?
4. Painful innings of Venugopala Rao finally ended. He scored 14 runs in 22 balls.
5. Maharoof took the crucial wicket of Andrew Symonds with a beauty.
6. Hyderabad is in deep trouble. Poor selection of players. They didn’t learn any lessons from Kolkata match. Hyderabad is the most over rated team in IPL.
7. Shahid Afridi disappointed Hyderabad crowds. He scored just 2 runs in 7 balls. Rohit Sharma is waging a lone battle. Hyderabad is now 60/5. Deep trouble.
8. Congrats to Rohit Sharma who scored 66 runs in 36 balls with 6 fours and 4 sixers. He created new IPL record by scoring 26 runs in a single over of Maharoof.
9. Why did you select Arjun Yadav? He came at no. 8. Management has no belief in this “Recommendation” candidate. But still they are playing him. Why? Only God will save Hyderabad IPL.
10. Hyderabad scored 52 runs in the last 3 overs. Thank to Rohit Sharma’s cameo knock.
Highlights of Delhi innings:
1. Delhi opening pair Gautam Gambhir and Sehwag started well by scoring 14 runs in RP Singh’s over.
2. Pragyan Ojha dropped Sehwag on 13. Costly mistake. He dropped match.
3. RP Singh took the crucial wicket of in-form Gautam Gambhir. Sharp bounce back from RP Singh.
4. Sehwag and Shikhar Dhawan are going strong in cool and composed manner. Hyderabad needs a couple of wickets. Cricketers like Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Robin Uthappa, Ravinder Jadeja and Shikhar Dhawan are future hopes of Indian Cricket.
5. Delhi crossed 50 runs in 6.1 overs. Hyderabad is in deep trouble on home ground. From strong favourites to weak team – what a transition? Weak captain and worst selection.
6. Virender Sehwag scored 30 runs in Andrew Symonds over – 3 fours and 3 sixers. Delhi won this match by 9 wickets in just 13 overs.
Hyderabad Deccan Chargers Squad: VVS Laxman, Adam Gilchrist, Venugopala Rao, Andrew Symonds, Rohit Sharma, Shahid Afridi, Arjun Yadav, Sanjay Bangar, RP Singh, Chaminda Vaas and Pragyan Ojha.
Delhi Daredevils Squad: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan, Shoaib Malik, Dinesh Karthik, Manoj Tiwary, Rajat Bhatia, Glenn McGrath, Mahesh, Maharoof and Mohammad Asif.
Things I can’t able to understand:
1. Why Hyderabad is selecting an accumulator like Venugopala Rao? It is almost a suicidal decision. Laxman and Venugopala Rao are spoiling the tempo of Hyderabad innings in the initial overs and are wasting crucial power plays with their dogged play. Bad captaincy and worst team selection.
2. Hyderabad can do well without VVS Laxman, Arjun Yadav and Venugopala Rao. But is it possible?
Hyderabad will need to do massive changes to their squad. They don’t have depth in the bowling to defend small totals. They should discard players like Arjun Yadav, VVS Laxman (!?) and Venugopala Rao and bring in talented young players like Ravi Teja to change their fortunes.
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