Delhi: It was almost a cakewalk for the Delhi Daredevils as they registered a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over the Rajasthan Royals in the third game of the inaugural IPL tourney at the Feroz shah kotla stadium here on Saturday.
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. After Virender Sehwag was dismissed early, the duo flayed the Rajasthan bowling to finish the game in only 15.1 overs.
Gambhir making the most of his rich form, slammed seven boundaries and one six in his 46-ball knock. Dhawan too displayed his stroke making ability to plunder eight fours.
In what was a lackluster bowling show by Rajasthan, even skipper and spin wizard Shane Warne failed to make an impact, finishing with 0-16 in his two overs.
Earlier, Delhi displayed sharpness and discipline in the field to restrict the Rajasthan Royals to 129-8 in the allotted 20 overs.
Some lusty blows by Dinesh Salunke (29 not out) in the end of the innings helped Rajasthan to post a a somewhat fighting total after Delhi had pushed them to 93-7 at one stage.
Farveez Maharoof (2-11) and local boy Rajat Bhatia (2-17) bowled superbly in the middle overs, not allowing Rajasthan to get any sort of momentum in their innings.
Glenn Mcgrath stuck in his second over to send back Taruwar Kohli (seven) and with that the Rajasthan team dug a hole for themselves as regular wickets pushed them back. Yusuf Pathan (10) and Shane Watson (21) were run out and Darren Lehmann (one) and Mohammad Kaif (nine) took the long walk back soon. The Rajasthan Royals slumped to 57-5 in the 11th over.
Under-19 recruit Ravindra Jadeja battled hard as he attempted to recover the Rajasthan innings but the experienced Daniel Vettori scalped him for 29.
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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. After Virender Sehwag was dismissed early, the duo flayed the Rajasthan bowling to finish the game in only 15.1 overs.
Gambhir making the most of his rich form, slammed seven boundaries and one six in his 46-ball knock. Dhawan too displayed his stroke making ability to plunder eight fours.
In what was a lackluster bowling show by Rajasthan, even skipper and spin wizard Shane Warne failed to make an impact, finishing with 0-16 in his two overs.
Earlier, Delhi displayed sharpness and discipline in the field to restrict the Rajasthan Royals to 129-8 in the allotted 20 overs.
Some lusty blows by Dinesh Salunke (29 not out) in the end of the innings helped Rajasthan to post a a somewhat fighting total after Delhi had pushed them to 93-7 at one stage.
Farveez Maharoof (2-11) and local boy Rajat Bhatia (2-17) bowled superbly in the middle overs, not allowing Rajasthan to get any sort of momentum in their innings.
Glenn Mcgrath stuck in his second over to send back Taruwar Kohli (seven) and with that the Rajasthan team dug a hole for themselves as regular wickets pushed them back. Yusuf Pathan (10) and Shane Watson (21) were run out and Darren Lehmann (one) and Mohammad Kaif (nine) took the long walk back soon. The Rajasthan Royals slumped to 57-5 in the 11th over.
Under-19 recruit Ravindra Jadeja battled hard as he attempted to recover the Rajasthan innings but the experienced Daniel Vettori scalped him for 29.
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