Adam Gilchrist the Deccan Chargers leading from the front took his team into the Finals with an outstanding knock of 85 from just 35 balls. Loosing to the Bangalore Royal Challengers the last night and haven't won any match against the Delhi Daredevils in both the IPL 1st and the 2nd Edition the Deccan Chargers needed to play sensibly. Having won the toss it seemed as if Adam Gilchrist would choose to bat first and put up a challenging total for the Delhi Daredevils but that was not the case. Instead he chose to field first and probably had some plans of restricting the opposition to a defendable total.
Having chosen to field first the Deccan Chargers needed to get to a great bowling start which they did get and the Delhi Daredevils lost their openers in the first over that was bowled by Ryan Harris and the Delhi Daredevils were down to 0/2 in the first over. Having lost both their openers the Daredevils needed a good partnership to take them to a good score and which they did get in the form of Virender Sehwag and Tilakaratne Dilshan. Both the batsmen took the Delhi Daredevils to a score of 82 in their first 10 overs and were looking dangerous. As soon as they teams got to the field to continue the innings after the Strategic Time Out it was all the way the Deccan Chargers game. The Delhi Daredevils being the only team in the IPL 2 having never lost a wicket in the 11th over was taken a back when they lost their captain Virender Sehwag of the bowling of Andrew Symmonds.
Keepin in mind and track the strong batting order of the Daredevils it still seemed quite possible that they could charge to a massive total of somewhere around 170 plus with Dilshan still at the crease and leading from the front. However the Deccan Chargers kept their calm and managed to restrict the Delhi Daredevils to 153/8 off their 20 overs. Provided their was a instance when the Deccan Chargers dropped a couple of catches once again in this match and one being of the dangerous Dilshan it was in the end a very good job done by the team as a whole.
The match being not just an ordinary one but the Semi-Finals the Chargers not only needed a good start by both Adam Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs but also needed to play sensibly since they had lost their previous match to the Delhi Daredevils at the point when they were just about to win it. From here on it was all a one man show and the one man was Adam Gilchrist the Deccan Charger captain and he went on to score a massive 85 of just 35 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes. As Nannes got the ball and started the proceedings for the Daredevils he was thrashed by Gilchrist all over the ground for 5 consecutive boundaries in the very first over of the innings. Although it was not required for Herschelle Gibbs to take any risk since Gilchrist was already looking dangerous at the other end Gibbs ended up getting out in the second over off the bowling of Ashish Nehra for a duck. For the first time in the IPL 2 Gilchrist happened to make and interesting move and got Azhar Bilakhia at the crease instead of Suman at the loss of their first wicket.
With Azhar giving all the support to his captain stayed for a long time at the crease and on the other end Adam Gilchrist just was unstoppable and banged each and every bowler all around the ground and went on to score the fastest 50 of the IPL ever of just 17 balls. He hit consecutive 3 sixes off the bowling of Virender Sehwag and hit him for a massive 25 runs in just 1 over. After scoring just 10 runs off 20 balls and giving a handsome support to his captain Azhar had to depart when he came down the track off the bowling of Amit Mishra and got stumped. However it did not matter much for the Deccan Chargers as they were already a way ahead of the Daredevils in all aspects. When it just seemed that the Chargers would steal away the match from the Daredevils in just 13 to 14 overs Adam Gilchrist got out off the last ball of the 10th over just before the Strategic Time Out. What a knock it was and the captain leading from the front now there was no one stopping the Deccan Chargers from charging into the Finals with a lot of batting and overs left and a very few more runs to get. The Chargers were a 102/3 off their 10 overs.
Just after the Strategic Time Out when it seemed as if the Deccan Chargers would slow down since they had lost the wicket of the dangerous Adam Gilchrist it was not the case and Andrew Symmonds went on to hit 2 boundaries in the 11th over and seemed in no mood to drag it long. After hitting some good shots and 1 being out of the boundary line Andrew Symmonds got out in the 14th over. He scored 24 off 15 balls with 2 boundaries and a six. It was now on Rohit Sharma and Suman to take the Chargers home with a wonderful never forgetting victory. Although the Chargers had two set batsmen at the crease and the Deccan Chargers were eyeing that victory somewhere in the 15th over at the maximum both the batsmen stayed at the crease for a longer period than expected but played really sensibly and cautiously to take their team into the Finals. The Deccan Chargers acheived their target in 17.4 overs with just 4 wickets down and thrashed the Delhi Daredevils out of the tournament.
The Deccan Chargers now take on the winners of the 2nd Semi-Finals on Sunday (24-05-2009).
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
Chargers loose but Charge into the Semi-Finals
On Thursday (21-05-2009) the Deccan Chargers lost yet another match but still made it to the Semi-Finals due to their outstanding NRR (Net Run Rate). This time it was none other than the Bangalore Royal Challengers that out witted the Deccan Chargers. An outstanding performance by the young Indian Manish Pandey who scored a brilliant 114 off 73 balls with 10 fours and 4 sixes and remained unbeaten. Thanks to RP Singh who dropped his catch when he was on just on 2. With this outstanding performance Manish Pandey charged and took the Bangalore Royal Challengers to a high score of 170out of their alloted 20 overs.
Needing a 171 to win the match and march into the Semi-Finals with a win the Deccan Chargers started their innings with the usual pair of Adam Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs. As Gilchrist got out early for just 15 Herschelle Gibbs kept his momentum going and scored a brilliant 60 off 43 balls with 3 boundaries and 4 sixes however could not take the Chargers home with a victory. On one end if there was a brilliant performance by Gibbs then on the other end the others did not perform very well and as expected and Andrew Symmonds, Rohit Sharma, Venugopal Rao and Suman could together score only 50 runs.
With loosing all the way from the time Herschelle Gibbs got out the Deccan Chargers could manage 158 with the loss of 6 wickets out of their alloted 20 overs and lost the match by 12 runs. However it did not matter much for the Chargers as they got into the Semi-Finals with their better Net Run Rate than the Kings XI Punjab.
Needing a 171 to win the match and march into the Semi-Finals with a win the Deccan Chargers started their innings with the usual pair of Adam Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs. As Gilchrist got out early for just 15 Herschelle Gibbs kept his momentum going and scored a brilliant 60 off 43 balls with 3 boundaries and 4 sixes however could not take the Chargers home with a victory. On one end if there was a brilliant performance by Gibbs then on the other end the others did not perform very well and as expected and Andrew Symmonds, Rohit Sharma, Venugopal Rao and Suman could together score only 50 runs.
With loosing all the way from the time Herschelle Gibbs got out the Deccan Chargers could manage 158 with the loss of 6 wickets out of their alloted 20 overs and lost the match by 12 runs. However it did not matter much for the Chargers as they got into the Semi-Finals with their better Net Run Rate than the Kings XI Punjab.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Chargers left starving for 1 run
In the most disappointing match of the tournament the Deccan Chargers lost to the Kings XI Punjab on Sunday (17-05-2009). After their poor performance with the bowl but a classic show by Rohit Sharma with the bat on Saturday against the Kolkata Knight Riders the Deccan Chargers went in to play against the Kings XI Punjab without any rest for the players. Although it seemed as if the players might be stressed and tired the bowlers did a better job than their previous match and restricted the Kings XI Punjab to 134/7 in 20 overs after the Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist winning the toss elected to field first. RP Singh picket up 3 wickets to move up the order for claiming the Purple Cap with total 19 wickets in the tournament. Andrew Symmonds, Venugopal Rao and Pragyan Ojha being the best with the ball were just given 2 overs each to bowl. Kumar Sangakkara was the pick of the batsmen for the Kings XI Punjab, he scored 56 off 43 balls with 4 boundaries and 1 six.
However after a good start with the ball the Deccan Chargers needed to get to a good start considering the fact the ball might turn in the later part of the match. As always Adam Gilchrist went onto hit some big shots and the Chargers were 30/0 in 3 overs. When it just seemed at the end of the 3rd over Adam Gilchrist was on fire, Yuvraj Singh made the change in bowling and took the risk of introducing a spinner (Ramesh Powar) in the 5th over with fielding restrictions still on. A change that could have costed the Kings XI Punjab turned out to be a match turner in the initial stage. Adam Gilchrist tried to hit over the top by coming down the wicket but was completely deceived by the spin and was stumped by the wicket keeper. With Just a 104 runs to get off 94 balls for victory and Herschelle Gibbs and Suman at the crease it seemed quite easy but that was not the end and Suman lost his wicket on the very first ball he faced, looking to drive a flighted delivery Suman lost completely on the spin and was bowled by Ramesh Powar. With 2 wickets in 2 balls the Deccan Chargers seemed to be in trouble and pressure but with Andrew Symmonds coming to the crease and hitting a 4 of the first delivery he faced it eased out the pressure for the Chargers.
Both Gibbs and Symmonds played sensibly to take the Chargers to a good score at the end of 10th over and the Chargers were 65/2. Though the score was less it seemed as if the Chargers will be home comfortably but that never happened. Gibbs got out on the last ball of the 12th over off Yuvraj bowling and soon on the first 2 balls of the 14th over Yuvraj claimed the wickets of Symmonds and Venugopal Rao and became the first bowler to claim 2 hat-tricks in the IPL in the same season. With the Chargers down to 81/5 in the 14th over the responsibility was once again on Rohit Sharma to take them to victory and as expected Rohit Sharma tried his best and hit Wilkin Mota for 18 runs in the 18th over. With the Chargers needing anonther 26 runs to win in the last 2 overs and Ravi Teja on strike, he had to give his best to bring Rohit Sharma on strike and while trying to do so Ravi Teja got run out and lost his wicket off Brett Lee's bowling. However, Rohit Sharma was back on strike and he hit a 4 and a 6 off Brett Lee and stealed a single off the last ball to keep the strike in the last over when the Chargers needed just 11 runs to win. It seemed as if the Chargers had taken away the match since the 11 runs were not very difficult to get seeing the performance of Rohit Sharma the previous night against Kolkata Knight Riders, who scored a massive 26 runs of the last over to take the Chargers to a stunning victory.
As Irfan Pathan came onto bowl in the last over Rohit Sharma scored 6 runs off the first 2 balls. Now needing 5 to win from 4 balls seemed quite possible and with a wide on the 3rd ball and needing 4 off 4 balls was never a tough task is what everyone would have thought but on the 3rd ball that was re-bowled due to a wide proved to be unlucky for the Chargers and Rohit Sharma missed a slow ball completely and the ball hit the stumps leaving the Chargers with a target of 4 runs to get to win in 3 balls. The new batsmen RP Singh on strike tried to score but couldn't on the first ball he faced and the target to still 4 off 2 balls made RP Singh try for a big one with no options left and he got a top edge and Pathan took the catch off his own bowling to leave the Deccan Chargers starving for the last 4 runs they needed to win the match. Though the next batsmen in was Jaskaran Singh he was not on strike since by the time catch was taken Ryan Harris had crossed the pitch and was now on strike. With 4 runs to get to victory and 3 to tie the match the Deccan Chargers needed a huge shot which Ryan Harris did try but could manage only 2 off the last ball leaving the Chargers with a loss by just a mere 1 run. What a disappointing and bad time for the Deccan Chargers team, management as well the fans.
Considering the fact Deccan Chargers would have won the match they would have moved up the points table to the 1st position above the Delhi Daredevils and also into the Semis. The Deccan Chargers who are still down with 14 points at the 3rd position now need to win their final match against the Bangalore Royal Challengers on Thursday to make their place into the Semi-Finals.
However after a good start with the ball the Deccan Chargers needed to get to a good start considering the fact the ball might turn in the later part of the match. As always Adam Gilchrist went onto hit some big shots and the Chargers were 30/0 in 3 overs. When it just seemed at the end of the 3rd over Adam Gilchrist was on fire, Yuvraj Singh made the change in bowling and took the risk of introducing a spinner (Ramesh Powar) in the 5th over with fielding restrictions still on. A change that could have costed the Kings XI Punjab turned out to be a match turner in the initial stage. Adam Gilchrist tried to hit over the top by coming down the wicket but was completely deceived by the spin and was stumped by the wicket keeper. With Just a 104 runs to get off 94 balls for victory and Herschelle Gibbs and Suman at the crease it seemed quite easy but that was not the end and Suman lost his wicket on the very first ball he faced, looking to drive a flighted delivery Suman lost completely on the spin and was bowled by Ramesh Powar. With 2 wickets in 2 balls the Deccan Chargers seemed to be in trouble and pressure but with Andrew Symmonds coming to the crease and hitting a 4 of the first delivery he faced it eased out the pressure for the Chargers.
Both Gibbs and Symmonds played sensibly to take the Chargers to a good score at the end of 10th over and the Chargers were 65/2. Though the score was less it seemed as if the Chargers will be home comfortably but that never happened. Gibbs got out on the last ball of the 12th over off Yuvraj bowling and soon on the first 2 balls of the 14th over Yuvraj claimed the wickets of Symmonds and Venugopal Rao and became the first bowler to claim 2 hat-tricks in the IPL in the same season. With the Chargers down to 81/5 in the 14th over the responsibility was once again on Rohit Sharma to take them to victory and as expected Rohit Sharma tried his best and hit Wilkin Mota for 18 runs in the 18th over. With the Chargers needing anonther 26 runs to win in the last 2 overs and Ravi Teja on strike, he had to give his best to bring Rohit Sharma on strike and while trying to do so Ravi Teja got run out and lost his wicket off Brett Lee's bowling. However, Rohit Sharma was back on strike and he hit a 4 and a 6 off Brett Lee and stealed a single off the last ball to keep the strike in the last over when the Chargers needed just 11 runs to win. It seemed as if the Chargers had taken away the match since the 11 runs were not very difficult to get seeing the performance of Rohit Sharma the previous night against Kolkata Knight Riders, who scored a massive 26 runs of the last over to take the Chargers to a stunning victory.
As Irfan Pathan came onto bowl in the last over Rohit Sharma scored 6 runs off the first 2 balls. Now needing 5 to win from 4 balls seemed quite possible and with a wide on the 3rd ball and needing 4 off 4 balls was never a tough task is what everyone would have thought but on the 3rd ball that was re-bowled due to a wide proved to be unlucky for the Chargers and Rohit Sharma missed a slow ball completely and the ball hit the stumps leaving the Chargers with a target of 4 runs to get to win in 3 balls. The new batsmen RP Singh on strike tried to score but couldn't on the first ball he faced and the target to still 4 off 2 balls made RP Singh try for a big one with no options left and he got a top edge and Pathan took the catch off his own bowling to leave the Deccan Chargers starving for the last 4 runs they needed to win the match. Though the next batsmen in was Jaskaran Singh he was not on strike since by the time catch was taken Ryan Harris had crossed the pitch and was now on strike. With 4 runs to get to victory and 3 to tie the match the Deccan Chargers needed a huge shot which Ryan Harris did try but could manage only 2 off the last ball leaving the Chargers with a loss by just a mere 1 run. What a disappointing and bad time for the Deccan Chargers team, management as well the fans.
Considering the fact Deccan Chargers would have won the match they would have moved up the points table to the 1st position above the Delhi Daredevils and also into the Semis. The Deccan Chargers who are still down with 14 points at the 3rd position now need to win their final match against the Bangalore Royal Challengers on Thursday to make their place into the Semi-Finals.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Deccan Chargers post a dramatic Win !!
In a dramatic and exciiting match Deccan Chargers recorded their 7th victory in the IPL 2 against Kolkata Knight Riders and moved up to the 3rd position with 14 points. With 3 more matches to play the Deccan Chargers went onto the field on Saturday (16-05-2009) against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Having won the toss the Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist put the opposition into bat. Kolkata Knight Riders were off to a slow start with the Deccan Chargers being on top in the match. The Deccan Chargers managed to restrict the Kolkata Knight Riders to 50/1 in the first 10 overs by claiming the wicket of the most dangerous Brendon McCullum. It was after the strategy break that the game started to turn towards the Kolkata Knight Riders way and they managed to score most of the runs. The Kolkata Knight Riders put up a target of 161 for the Deccan Chargers. Deccan Chargers lost their way with the bowling when the Kolkata Knight Riders scored a massive 42 runs of the last 2 overs, the 19th over being the most expensive of the innings. Brad Hodge and David Hussey managed to host a huge score individually. Where Brad Hodge could manage 48 off 41 balls with 5 boundaries David Hussey was the pick of the batsmen who scored 43 off just 17 balls with 2 boundaries and 4 sixes. Just as the previous match the Deccan Chargers lost their way with their bowling in the last overs.
Down with their bowling the Deccan Chargers needed to fire from the start. With Adam Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs opening the batting for the Chargers the openers needed to put up a huge score on the board for the middle order to take them to victory. Adam Gilchrist was on fire and just when he was beginning to look dangerous for the Kolkata Knight Riders got out in the 10th over just before the Strategic Time out, he scored 43 off 31 balls with 5 boundaries and 2 sixes. However, the Deccan Chargers were 71/1 at the end of 10 overs and were looking good. Herschelle Gibbs was then joined by Tirumalsetti Suman who put up a good show. It was in the 13th over Herschelle Gibbs lost his wicket 28 and the Chargers were down to 85/2. Suman was then joined by Andrew Symmonds and both continued to play some exciting shots until Suman got run out while returning for second run on a call made by Andrew Symmonds, he scored 31 off 24 balls with 3 boundaries and 1 six.
Rohit Sharma who has not been in the best of his form since the last 2 to 3 matches joined Andrew Symmonds. With 44 runs needed for victory in 21 balls the Deccan Chargers were once again under pressure but not long when Andrew Symmonds scored a six and Rohit Sharma a boundary of Ajit Agarkar's bowling in the 17th over. Needing 34 runs to win off 18 balls it seemed quite possible for the Deccan Chargers with Andrew Symmonds and Rohit Sharma at the crease but it didn't seem like the celebrations were easy for the Chargers, Andrew Symmonds was run out by a direct hit Mashrafe Mortaza off his own bowling on the 1st ball of the 18th over when he was called for a run by Rohit Sharma and was made to run to the danger end. Annoyed by the decision to take run Andrew Symmonds had to depart for just 18. Rohit Sharma now had to make up for the blunder of getting Symmonds run out and also for his poor performance in the past games. The 18th and 19th over seemed as the Deccan Chargers were on their way to gifting another game as the last one against the Delhi Daredevils, the Chargers now needed 21 runs off the last over to win the match.
Mashrafe Mortaza was given the responsibility to restrict the Deccan Chargers so that the Kolkata Knight Riders could record their 2nd victory in the IPL 2, however Rohit Sharma did not allow that to happen. Rohit Sharma pulled the first ball bowled to midwicket for a four, the Chargers were really lucky to get a no-ball also as there were only 3 fielders within the ring. Needing 16 off 6 balls it now seemed the Chargers could get home but Rohit was reduced to just 1 run on the second ball which brought Venugopal Rao on strike. However Venu got a thick outside edge that landed on the bounce to the third man and he managed to get a single and get Rohit Sharma back on strike. The Chargers now needing 14 off 4 balls were in desperate need of some big shots and that is when Rohit Sharma heaved away over midwicket for a massive six (115 meters, the second longest of the tournament) bringging down the target to 8 runs off 3 balls. The bowler was under pressure and this is the time when you tend to make mistakes, Mashrafe Mortaza bowling a wide reducing the target for the Chargers by 1 more run. The Chargers now needing 7 off 3 balls were still under pressure, the 4th ball was swatted down to long-on for 2 runs. Venugopal Rao made it look very easy by running very well, when it seemed that the Chargers might have to settle down just for 1 run. With 5 to get off 2 balls, Rohit Sharma made room and carts the ball wide of a diving cover to beat long-off to the boundary and leaving the Deccan Chargers to get just 1 run of the last ball for victory.
It could not have got better than this, when it just seemed that the match might move into more exciting phase of the super over, Rohit Sharma pulled the last ball well over the fine leg boundary to hit a six and steal the match away from the Kolkata Knight Riders. As it just seemed that the Kolkata Knight Riders were on their way to victory Rohit Sharma spoiled their party plans by scoring 32 off 13 balls with 3 boundaries and 2 sixes and went on to clinch the Man of the Match title as well. With the Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings already making there way to the Semi-Finals, the Deccan Chargers would now be looking forward to record their victory on Sunday against the Kings XI Punjab and make their way to the Semis also.
Down with their bowling the Deccan Chargers needed to fire from the start. With Adam Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs opening the batting for the Chargers the openers needed to put up a huge score on the board for the middle order to take them to victory. Adam Gilchrist was on fire and just when he was beginning to look dangerous for the Kolkata Knight Riders got out in the 10th over just before the Strategic Time out, he scored 43 off 31 balls with 5 boundaries and 2 sixes. However, the Deccan Chargers were 71/1 at the end of 10 overs and were looking good. Herschelle Gibbs was then joined by Tirumalsetti Suman who put up a good show. It was in the 13th over Herschelle Gibbs lost his wicket 28 and the Chargers were down to 85/2. Suman was then joined by Andrew Symmonds and both continued to play some exciting shots until Suman got run out while returning for second run on a call made by Andrew Symmonds, he scored 31 off 24 balls with 3 boundaries and 1 six.
Rohit Sharma who has not been in the best of his form since the last 2 to 3 matches joined Andrew Symmonds. With 44 runs needed for victory in 21 balls the Deccan Chargers were once again under pressure but not long when Andrew Symmonds scored a six and Rohit Sharma a boundary of Ajit Agarkar's bowling in the 17th over. Needing 34 runs to win off 18 balls it seemed quite possible for the Deccan Chargers with Andrew Symmonds and Rohit Sharma at the crease but it didn't seem like the celebrations were easy for the Chargers, Andrew Symmonds was run out by a direct hit Mashrafe Mortaza off his own bowling on the 1st ball of the 18th over when he was called for a run by Rohit Sharma and was made to run to the danger end. Annoyed by the decision to take run Andrew Symmonds had to depart for just 18. Rohit Sharma now had to make up for the blunder of getting Symmonds run out and also for his poor performance in the past games. The 18th and 19th over seemed as the Deccan Chargers were on their way to gifting another game as the last one against the Delhi Daredevils, the Chargers now needed 21 runs off the last over to win the match.
Mashrafe Mortaza was given the responsibility to restrict the Deccan Chargers so that the Kolkata Knight Riders could record their 2nd victory in the IPL 2, however Rohit Sharma did not allow that to happen. Rohit Sharma pulled the first ball bowled to midwicket for a four, the Chargers were really lucky to get a no-ball also as there were only 3 fielders within the ring. Needing 16 off 6 balls it now seemed the Chargers could get home but Rohit was reduced to just 1 run on the second ball which brought Venugopal Rao on strike. However Venu got a thick outside edge that landed on the bounce to the third man and he managed to get a single and get Rohit Sharma back on strike. The Chargers now needing 14 off 4 balls were in desperate need of some big shots and that is when Rohit Sharma heaved away over midwicket for a massive six (115 meters, the second longest of the tournament) bringging down the target to 8 runs off 3 balls. The bowler was under pressure and this is the time when you tend to make mistakes, Mashrafe Mortaza bowling a wide reducing the target for the Chargers by 1 more run. The Chargers now needing 7 off 3 balls were still under pressure, the 4th ball was swatted down to long-on for 2 runs. Venugopal Rao made it look very easy by running very well, when it seemed that the Chargers might have to settle down just for 1 run. With 5 to get off 2 balls, Rohit Sharma made room and carts the ball wide of a diving cover to beat long-off to the boundary and leaving the Deccan Chargers to get just 1 run of the last ball for victory.
It could not have got better than this, when it just seemed that the match might move into more exciting phase of the super over, Rohit Sharma pulled the last ball well over the fine leg boundary to hit a six and steal the match away from the Kolkata Knight Riders. As it just seemed that the Kolkata Knight Riders were on their way to victory Rohit Sharma spoiled their party plans by scoring 32 off 13 balls with 3 boundaries and 2 sixes and went on to clinch the Man of the Match title as well. With the Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings already making there way to the Semi-Finals, the Deccan Chargers would now be looking forward to record their victory on Sunday against the Kings XI Punjab and make their way to the Semis also.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Deccan Chargers Fail Again
In a dramatic match on 13th May, 2009 between the Deccan Chargers and the Delhi Daredevils, the Chargers gifted the game away to the Daredevils. It may be called as a poor performance but I surely believe it was yet another day which was not in favor of the Chargers.
Luck turned its face away from the Chargers when they were bowling. With 3 dropped catches from the best fielders (Andrew Symmonds, Rohit Sharma and Venugopal Rao). If that was not enough the 6th and the 20th overs turned out to be the most expensive for the Chargers, 23 & 24 runs being scored off the 6th and the 20th over respectively was a matter of worry for the Chargers. Moreover the best in class bowlers being the one's to be hit was the most horrifying for any Chargers supporter (Chaminda Vaas & Shoaib Maqsusi) and the Daredevils went on to score a pinching 173/7 from their 20 overs.
The Chargers started of with a bang with Adam Gilchrist not allowing the Daredevils bowlers to settle down and the Chargers were 30/0 at the end of 2 overs. Though the Chargers skipper played sensibly he lost 2 partners on the other end (Suman & Rohit Sharma) who could not even reach their double digit figures. Rohit Sharma disappointing once again with his poor performance with the bat. The skipper then joined by Ravi Teja was given a handful support until when Adam Gilchrist was really unlucky to get an inside edge on to the stumps and was bowled by Sangwan. It seemed to slow down for the Chargers but Andrew Symmonds kept his form intact and continued to thrash the Daredevils bowlers all around the stadium. At a moment when it seemed the Chargers would be home with a stunning victory the luck again started turning away its face and Teja was caught for a mistimed pull shot to fine leg and the Chargers were 149/4 in 17 overs. With Andrew Symmonds & Dwayne Smith at the crease a target of 25 runs of just 18 balls would never had seemed impossible but as mentioned the Gods of luck turned away their face from the Chargers and Andrew Symmonds was clean bowled by a low full toss that brushed his pads and castled his stumps. It was from here that the Chargers completely lost their way and gifted a winning match to the Daredevils with Dwayne Smith, Venugopal Rao (known as one of the biggest hitters of the ball) scoring just 1 run each. Chaminda Vaas tried to pull some runs and remained unbeaten on 10 off 6 balls with 1 boundary but lost partners as the tail (RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha and Shoaib Maqsusi) were back into the pavillion without scoring a single run and the Chargers ended with a score of 161/10.
Although it was a very disappointing and unlucky loss for the Chargers Adam Gilchrist went on to clinch the award for the most sixes but at the end of the day what matters the most is a win. Well I am really sure that the upcoming matches for the Deccan Chargers against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab are gonna be tough ones seeing the past performances of each of these teams but I am sure Deccan Chargers will strike back and will make its place into the Semi-Finals quite easily.
Luck turned its face away from the Chargers when they were bowling. With 3 dropped catches from the best fielders (Andrew Symmonds, Rohit Sharma and Venugopal Rao). If that was not enough the 6th and the 20th overs turned out to be the most expensive for the Chargers, 23 & 24 runs being scored off the 6th and the 20th over respectively was a matter of worry for the Chargers. Moreover the best in class bowlers being the one's to be hit was the most horrifying for any Chargers supporter (Chaminda Vaas & Shoaib Maqsusi) and the Daredevils went on to score a pinching 173/7 from their 20 overs.
The Chargers started of with a bang with Adam Gilchrist not allowing the Daredevils bowlers to settle down and the Chargers were 30/0 at the end of 2 overs. Though the Chargers skipper played sensibly he lost 2 partners on the other end (Suman & Rohit Sharma) who could not even reach their double digit figures. Rohit Sharma disappointing once again with his poor performance with the bat. The skipper then joined by Ravi Teja was given a handful support until when Adam Gilchrist was really unlucky to get an inside edge on to the stumps and was bowled by Sangwan. It seemed to slow down for the Chargers but Andrew Symmonds kept his form intact and continued to thrash the Daredevils bowlers all around the stadium. At a moment when it seemed the Chargers would be home with a stunning victory the luck again started turning away its face and Teja was caught for a mistimed pull shot to fine leg and the Chargers were 149/4 in 17 overs. With Andrew Symmonds & Dwayne Smith at the crease a target of 25 runs of just 18 balls would never had seemed impossible but as mentioned the Gods of luck turned away their face from the Chargers and Andrew Symmonds was clean bowled by a low full toss that brushed his pads and castled his stumps. It was from here that the Chargers completely lost their way and gifted a winning match to the Daredevils with Dwayne Smith, Venugopal Rao (known as one of the biggest hitters of the ball) scoring just 1 run each. Chaminda Vaas tried to pull some runs and remained unbeaten on 10 off 6 balls with 1 boundary but lost partners as the tail (RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha and Shoaib Maqsusi) were back into the pavillion without scoring a single run and the Chargers ended with a score of 161/10.
Although it was a very disappointing and unlucky loss for the Chargers Adam Gilchrist went on to clinch the award for the most sixes but at the end of the day what matters the most is a win. Well I am really sure that the upcoming matches for the Deccan Chargers against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab are gonna be tough ones seeing the past performances of each of these teams but I am sure Deccan Chargers will strike back and will make its place into the Semi-Finals quite easily.
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