Sehwag returns; DD beat Hyderabad

DD made one change to their playing eleven – Mithun Manhas made way for Virender Sehwag (who was leading the team).

DC made no changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Adam Gilchrist, DC’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 56, and lost a wicket.

David Warner, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. Nine balls into the match, he was caught by Venugopal Rao. Needless to say, Chaminda Vaas was in seventh heaven.

DD scored 50 off 5.5 overs (36 balls). DC had conceded four extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 29 balls. While Gautam Gambhir was unbea‘ten’, Tillakaratne Dilshan’s contribution to the partnership was 37. Extras’ contribution to it was three.

Dilshan, whose 18-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Thirty balls after Warner’s dismissal, he was caught by Dwaraka Ravi Teja. Andrew Symonds broke the 50-run stand.

Gambhir, whose 25-ball innings included a six, eventually scored 19. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Rao. Pragyan Ojha broke the 23-run stand.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. DD had scored 81 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While A B de Villiers was batting on 16, Sehwag hadn’t opened his account.

DD scored 100 off 13.3 overs (82 balls). DC had conceded five extras at that point.

Sehwag, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 11. Twenty-four balls after Gambhir’s dismissal, he was caught by Symonds. Vaas broke the 23-run stand.

De Villiers, whose (Smi)thirty-six-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually scored 44. Nineteen balls later, he was caught by Ravi Teja. Dwayne broke the 27-run stand.

Dinesh Karthik, whose 23-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes, scored 44. He was unbeaten.

Rajat Bhatia, the player of the match, faced a ball, failing to get off the mark. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Shoaib Ahmed. Ojha broke the one-run stand.

DD scored 150 off 19 overs (116 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave DC no reason to be in seventh heaven.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 19. Amit Mishra, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Eleven balls after Bhatia’s dismissal, Gilchrist ran him out.

Pradeep Sangwan, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

DC eventually conceded a dozen extras. DD scored 173 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Ahmed, who bowled an over, conceded 24. He was unbeaten, as was Rudra Pratap Singh, who bowled four overs, conceding 26.

Symonds, who bowled three overs, conceded 19. He picked up a wicket, as did Smith, who bowled four overs, conceding 25.

Vaas and Ojha bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 52, the latter conceded 26.

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 50, and lost a couple of wickets.

Tirumalasetti Suman had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored three. Seventeen balls into the chase, he was caught by Ashish Nehra. Pradeep Sangwan broke the 33-run stand.

Although his innings included a boundary, Rohit Sharma had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored half-a-dozen. Nine balls later, he was caught by Warner. Needless to say, Sangwan was in seventh heaven.

DC scored 50 off 5.5 overs (35 balls). DD had conceded three extras at that point.

Gilchrist’s half-century – which included five boundaries and three sixes – came off 24 balls.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. DC had scored 83 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Gilchrist was batting on 63, Ravi Teja had scored eight.

DC scored 100 off 12.1 overs (73 balls). DD had conceded four extras at that point.

Gilchrist, whose 33-ball innings included the aforementioned number of boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 64. Thirty-nine balls after Sharma’s dismissal, Sangwan broke the 46-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 27 balls. While Ravi Teja was unbea‘ten’, Symonds’ contribution to the partnership was 38. Extras’ contribution to it was four.

Ravi Teja, whose 34-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 27. Thirty-seven balls later, he was caught by Bhatia. Dirk Nannes broke the 63-run partnership.

DC scored 150 off 17.1 overs (103 balls). DD had conceded eight extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Symonds, whose 22-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 41. A couple of balls after Ravi Teja’s dismissal, Bhatia broke the one-run stand.

Rao, who faced three balls, scored a run. Five balls later, he was caught by Karthik. Nehra broke the four-run stand.

Vaas, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, was unbea‘ten’.

The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Singh, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball after Rao’s dismissal, Nehra ran him out.

Ojha, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Five balls later, Bhatia broke the six-run stand.

The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Ahmed, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught by de Villiers off the bowling of Bhatia.

DC, who were bundled out for 161 off 19.4 overs, lost by a dozen runs.

Dilshan bowled two overs, conceding eight. He was wicketless, as was Mishra, who bowled three overs, conceding 39.

Nehra and Nannes bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 47, the latter conceded 31.

Sangwan bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 18, picking up three wickets.

Bhatia bowled 2.4 overs, conceding 15. He picked up four scalps.

As a result of this match, DD qualified for the play-offs.