finishes in style, punched that good length ball over the straight boundary for a six!
Chargers vs Daredevils, 55th match at Hyderabad, IPL, May 10 2012 - Match Result
Daredevils won by 9 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)
Presentation:
Virender Sehwag: We knew we had the batting line-up to chase the target, it was going to be a difficult chase but Warner was brilliant. I was trying to hit it over long-on but failed to read the spin. Warner took the opportunity well. I like to see the ball and hit it, for me it is simple cricket, does not matter whichever format it is.
Kumar Sangakkara: He not only hit it hard, but very well too, he took it away from us. It was a tough pitch for us, to change from the previous wicket to this one. You do get pumped up sometimes, you need to keep calm and not let too much adrenaline through, which may not help sometimes.
Dave Warner is the man of the match.
Warner: It is a great feeling, we are at the top of the points table and credit to the bowlers as well for the way they have bowled in this tournament. We knew that it was going to move around and we tried to take that away from them by going after the bowling very early. I have not lifted any weights in the gym for the last 12 months!
Delhi have gone back to the top of the points table, by winning with 20 balls to spare. They were chasing 188 for a win. Not 120. Bow to Warner and don't forget Ojha. The two were masterful in their chase, even given that the Chargers bowling was probably one of the poorest in the competition without either Dale Steyn or Rusty Theron. Why they went in with no overseas bowler in their line-up, we will probably never know!
short one and that has been hit over mid-off for a four, did not seem to get the middle of the bat but still goes over
pushed to the leg side, to short mid-wicket
shorter one, pulled away to short mid-wicket
A bit of a farcical Strategic Time-out here. But it gives my aching fingers a break too, so not too bad it is after all!
six more, that is a short again and that has been spanked for the seventh time over the square-leg boundary by Warner!
cut away for a couple of runs to third-man
six and century! What a way to get to your first 100 this season, second in the IPL and fifth in T20 cricket! In fact, it was a short ball, and Warner pulls it over the square-leg field for a six, immediately knows it is going!
outside the off stump, tapped away for a single
shorter one, tried to pull it, but kept low and is able to get it away for a single to the leg side
from round the wicket, quicker from the bowler, tried to pull it away, misses, and there was a loud appeal, but pitched outside the leg stump
outside the off stump, short of length, pushed to the off side and that is a rare dot ball.
Second highest all-time stand this!
round the wicket, angling in, tapped away to fine-leg for a single
pitched right up to the bat, driven to wide long-on and that has gone to the fence! What a shot off a good delivery, misfielded a tad but that is how it is with Deccan!
inside edge and it does not rush away to the fence, the fielder runs towards the ball to stop it from going to the fence. It was outside the off stump and he was going for a cut
on his pads, slower, played it to the off side and this time they get no run
short ball and that has been sent on its way to deep square-leg for a six, a century beckons for Warner here and he is getting there in a hurry!
outside the off stump, tapped away for a single to bring up the 150-run stand off only 84 balls!
short of length, on the back foot, punched to the off side for a single
flatter, quicker and spins away a little, beats the bat
pitched up and driven over the in-field for a six! It was a googly but that was very easily read by the batsman
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | |
Toss | Deccan Chargers, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2012 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.25, Interval 17.25-17.45, Second Session 17.45-19.10 |
Match days | 10 May 2012 - daynight (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Delhi Daredevils 2, Deccan Chargers 0 |
Over 17 • DC 193/1
Daredevils won by 9 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)