Delhi, Deccan easy winners
A blistering performance by Delhi Daredevils skipper Virender Sehwag and superb bowling by Pawan Negi helped the team to have yet another win against Rajasthan Royals at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Tuesday.
Sehwag blasted 73 off 38 balls chasing a mere score 147.
On the other side, Kevin Pietersen (36) for whom this was the last IPL match of this season helped along with Sehwag to have a win.
Earlier, Pawan Negi (4/18) showed some superb bowling of his career by keeping Royal under huge pressure. He sent top order batsmen Rahul Dravid (57), Ajinkya Rahane (42), Shane Watson (8) back to pavilion.
In Cuttack on Tuesday, for the second time, and against the same opponents, everything fell in place for Deccan Chargers. The Hyderabad side bested Pune Warriors by 13 runs to gain their second win of IPL-V, indicating that a team on the verge of elimination can still throw a spanner in the works of other, relatively higher placed, outfits.
The victory was set up by a massive 157-run third-wicket partnership between skipper Kumar Sangakkara (82) and Cameron White (74), after the former elected to bat. The highest alliance of IPL-V took the designated 'home' team to 186-4 in 20 overs, after they had lost both openers within the Powerplay, as the last 14 overs yielded runs at almost 11-an-over.
SCORES IN BRIEF
RAJASTHAN ROYALS: 141 for 6 (Dravid 57, Negi 4-18)
DELHI DAREDEVILS: 144 for 4 (Sehwag 73)
Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets.
Man-of-the-match: Pawan Negi.
DECCAN CHARGERS: 186 for 4 (Sangakkara 82, White 74)
PUNE WARRIORS: 173 for 5 (Smith 47 not out, Ganguly 45)
Result: Deccan Chargers won by 13 runs.
Man-of-the-match: Kumar Sangakkara.
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