Sehwag shines; DD beat Hyderabad

DC made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Cameron White and Pragyan Ojha made way for Jean-Paul Duminy and Ishan Malhotra.

DD made three (Fin)changes to their playing eleven – David Warner, Roelof van der Merwe and Umesh Yadav made way for Aaron, James Hopes and Aavishkar Salvi.

On winning the toss, Virender Sehwag, DD’s skipper and the player of the match, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 43, and lost a wicket.

Dwaraka Ravi Teja, who faced nine balls, scored just two. Seventeen balls into the match, he was caught by Naman Ojha. Salvi broke the 19-run stand.

DC scored 50 off eight overs (48 balls). DD had conceded three extras at that point.

Shikhar Dhawan, whose 18-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 29. Half-a-dozen balls after Ravi Teja’s dismissal, he was caught by Salvi. Ajit Agarkar broke the 39-run stand.

Kumar Sangakkara, DC’s skipper, scored 44 off 36 balls, which included eight boundaries. Nineteen balls later, he was caught by Sehwag. James Hopes broke the 29-run stand.

DC scored 100 off 13.4 overs (82 balls). DD had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 29 balls. While Duminy’s contribution to the partnership was 32, Daniel Christian’s contribution to it was 16. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was five.

DC scored 150 off 17.1 overs (105 balls). DD had conceded 10 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Duminy’s half-century – which included two boundaries and four sixes – came off 30 balls.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 71. Duminy eventually scored 55 off 31 balls. Thirty-five balls after Sangakkara’s dismissal, Agarkar and Naman ran him out.

Christian, whose 22-ball innings included two boundaries, scored 27. He was unbeaten.

Bharat Chipli, who faced two balls, scored a run. Five balls later, he was caught by Finch. Agarkar broke the three-run stand.

Malhotra, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored seven. He was unbeaten.

DC scored 175 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Yogesh Nagar and Venugopal Rao bowled a wicketless over apiece. While the former conceded 20, the latter conceded 12.

Irfan Pathan bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 18.

Morne Morkel bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 37.

Hopes bowled three overs, conceding 29. He picked up a wicket, as was Salvi, who bowled four overs, conceding 26.

Agarkar bowled four overs, conceded 29. He picked up two scalps.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 29, and lost three wickets.

DD’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Finch, who faced two balls, didn’t open his account. Two balls into the chase, he was caught by Christian off the bowling of Dale Steyn.

Although his 10-ball innings included a boundary, Naman had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 18 balls later, he was caught by Sangakkara. Ishant Sharma broke the 15-run stand.

Rao, who faced 11 balls, scored just three. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Duminy. Sharma broke the 10-run stand.

DD scored 50 off 7.4 overs (47 balls). DC had conceded eight extras at that point.

Sehwag’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and three sixes – came off 27 balls.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 22 balls. While Sehwag’s contribution to the partnership was 48, Travis Birt’s contribution to it was two. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Birt, who faced eight balls, scored just four. Twenty-eight balls after Rao’s dismissal, Christian broke the 61-run partnership.

DD scored 100 off 11.4 overs (71 balls). DC had conceded eight extras at that point.

Sehwag’s ton – which included 12 boundaries and four sixes – came off 48 balls.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 24 balls. While Sehwag’s contribution to the partnership was 42, Pathan’s contribution to it was eight. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

DD scored 150 off 15.3 overs (94 balls). DC had conceded nine extras at that point.

Sehwag, whose 56-ball innings included 13 boundaries and half-a-dozen boundaries, eventually scored 119. Thirty-six balls after Birt’s dismissal, he was caught by Sangakkara. Steyn broke the 67-run partnership.

Pathan, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored 12. Nine balls later, he was stumped by Sangakkara. Amit Mishra broke the 15-run stand.

Hopes, whose innings included two boundaries, scored 17. He was unbea‘ten’.

Although his three-ball innings included a six, Nagar had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten.

DC eventually scored 10 extras. DD, who scored 179 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 19 overs, won by four wickets with an over to spare.

Malhotra, Chipli and Duminy bowled a wicketless over apiece. They conceded 23, 20, and 11, respectively.

Mishra and Christian bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 53, the latter conceded 31.

Steyn and Sharma bowled four overs each, picking up two scalps apiece. While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 16.