IPL8 – listless batting dooms Chennai Super Kings – Delhi Daredevils win by 6 wickets

#IPL8 #DDvCSK #ShreyasIyer #ZaheerKhan It was listless batting that let down the table toppers Chennai Super Kings in their encounter at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur, as reported in zeenews.india.com dated 12 May 2015.

CSK won the toss and elected to bat and Faf du Plessis top scored with 27 runs while M S Dhoni could manage only 27 runs. Others like Dwayne Bravo, Pawan Negi and Ravindra Jadeja failed to reach double figures. There were only three sixes hit by a side known for hard hitting. Obviously, it was one of the most pathetic shows by CSK.
Anyway, for the Delhi Daredevils, Zaheer Khan was the demolisher – he took 2 for 9 runs in his 4 overs – his victims were the prized scalps of Brendon McCullum and M S Dhoni.
It was a well-disciplined bowling show by DD and it all began with the first over being a maiden bowled by Shahbaz Nadeem.
Chasing the small target of 120, DD began precariously – they lost two quick wickets of opener Quinton de Kock (3) and Captain Jean-Paul Duminy (6) cheaply and were 24 for 2. However, Shreyas Iyer with 70 not out and Yuvraj Singh (32) ensured a win for DD with hopes of a playoff berth not being ruled out.

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#IPL8 #DDvsMI #ShreyasIyer #Duminy It was a sterling performance for Delhi opener Shreyas Iyer who managed to post a 56-ball 83 (7x4, 5x6). He, along with his skipper J P Duminy helped his team to post a formidable score of 190 in front of the visiting Mumbai Indians at Feroze Shah Kotla grounds in Delhi. Yuvraj Singh gave another flop show – he scored only 2 runs.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 24 April 2015.

J P Duminy remained unbeaten with 78 off 50 balls by hitting three fours and six sixes.
Their combined strength paved the way for Delhi Daredevils to register their third victory of the season by beating Mumbai Indians by 37 runs.
Imran Tahir captured 3 wickets for 22 runs and Shreyas Iyer was declared the Man of the Match.
Mumbai Indians had won the toss and sent in the home team to bat first but had not expected to see the way runs kept coming. Faced with a stiff target, Mumbai Indians did not really get off to a rollicking start. By the 11th over they were down to 82 for 4. Once Rohit Sharma fell with the score at 131, others followed in quick succession. Even Harbhajan Singh, a savior at times, did not click.
With this win, DD moves up the points table to No 4 while MI languishes at the bottom of the rung.

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