Deccan beat Delhi in 1st semifinal of 2009 IPL - Gilchrist hit fastest 50 of IPL

The worst team of 2008 IPL Deccan Chargers enters the final of 2009 IPL, as they beat Delhi Daredevils in the 1st semi-final by 6 wickets as captain Gichrist hit fastest half century of IPL in just 17 balls on Friday, May 22nd.


Delhi Daredevils lost 2 wickets without a run on the board and then Seheag and Dilshan then rebuilt the inning with a 85 runs partnership contributed 39 runs and 65 runs respectively. Ryan Harris and RP Singh took 2 wickets each.



Adam Gilchrist the lead from the front hit 5 ours in the 1st over of the inning and never allowed Delhi bowlers to bounce back in his innig of 85 runs off 35 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes to take his team in the final of IPL2 on Sunday, May 24th.



Match Summary:

Delhi Daredevils - 153/8 in 20 overs.

Delhi Daredivils - 154/4 in 20 overs.

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First IPL Semi Final - Delhi Daredevils (DD) Vs Deccan Chargers (DC) - IPL 2009 57th Match

After 56 interesting & entertaining matches, Indian Premier League (IPL) 2009 finally reaches the first semi final between Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers at SuperSport Park starting from 16.30 local time (SA), [14.30 GMT, 8.00PM IST.]

Delhi Daredevils are consistent from match 1 and are only the team in IPL 2009 not to have lost two matches in a row. Delhi has beaten each team in the IPL 2009 at least once. Delhi Daredevils are very happy to see that Sehwag and Gambhir finding form at just the right time and make the Delhi team even more dangerous. AB de Villiers, Tillakratne Dlishan and Dinesh Karthik all are delivering with the bat in middle overs. Delhi Daredevils bowling is also on top led by Ashish Nehra and Dirk Nannes while Amit Mishra, Daniel Vettori and Rajat Bhatia are bowling brilliantly in middle overs.

Deccan Chargers are also having good IPL till now. They have won some matches with efforts of Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds and Young Rohit Sharma who is also performing well in bowling too. R.P Singh is the leading wicket taker in this IPL 2009 till now and well supported by Pragyan Ojha in middle overs.

Delhi Daredevils Playing 11 for Today Match

Gautam Gambhir, David Warner, Tillakaratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers, Virender Sehwag(C), Dinesh Karthik(WK), Rajat Bhatia, Amit Mishra, Pradeep Sangwan, Ashish Nehra, Dirk Nannes

Deccan Chargers Playing 11 for Today Match

Adam Gilchrist (C/WK), Heschell Gibbs, Tirumalsetti Suman, Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, Venugopal Rao, Ravi Teja, Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, Chaminda Vaas, Shoaib Ahmed.

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Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers Match Photos, Pics, Image Highlights - Rajat Bhatia Photo

Delhi Daredevils Rajat Bhatia was the star of the match with a timely 4 wickets haul for just 15 runs in 2.4 overs.

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Delhi Daredevils beat Deccan Chargers by 12 runs in a thrilling match - Bhatia took 4 wick

Match Summary:


Rajat Bhatia took 4 wickets for 15 runs to set a thrilling win for Delhi Daredevils against Deccan Chargers in the 43rd game of 2009 IPL on Wednesday, 13th May 2009 at Durban.



Delhi batted first and scored 173/7 in 20 overs thanks to last over hitting by Dinesh Karthik who hit 23 runs in the final over and scored 44 runs off 23 balls to set a competetive target.


In reply, Deccan made 30 runs in just 2 overs as Gilchrist scored 33 balls 64 runs and Symonds contributed 22 balls 41 runs before they collapsed to 161 runs all out in 19.4 overs as they lost 7 wickets for 12 runs in 17 balls.

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