Match 36 Facts & Scorecard: DD finally win again, Kochi Tuskers almost out

Sehwag led from the front with responsibility and led DD to the much awaited win, and Kochi Tuskers joined Pune Warriors at the bottom.

Match Facts

Match 36
Venue: Kochi
Captains: Sehwag (DD), Mahela (KTK)
Toss: DD
Result: DD def KTK by 38 runs
MOM: Sehwag
3wkts or more: 2 (DD)
6s: 10 (DD 7, KTK 3)
4s: 21 (DD 12, KTK 9)
50s: 80 by Sehwag
50-plus partnerships: 56 4th wicket Sehwag and Nagar (DD)

Match Facts

Sehwag received his first MOM of 2011 IPL, overall 5th in IPL.
Sehwag is 2nd highest scorer in IPL 2011, just 6 runs behind Kohli.
DD has scored maximum 51 sixes in IPL 4 so far.

Delhi Daredevils innings (20 overs maximum)

Warner b Sreesanth 3 runs 7 balls
Sehwag c Hodge b Vinay Kumar 80 runs 47 balls 8 4s 5 6s
Naman Ojha lbw b Sreesanth 0
Venugopal Rao lbw b Jadeja 1 run
Nagar run out 22 runs 30 balls 1 four
Birt c Vinay Kumar b Powar 20 runs 13 balls 2 4s 1 six
Irfan Pathan run out 13 runs 7 balls 1 four 1 six
van der Merwe not out 2 runs 4 balls
Extras (lb 8, w 6, nb 2) 16
Total (20 overs) 157/7

Fall of wickets

1-4 (Warner, 1.1 ov), 2-4 (Ojha, 1.4 ov), 3-35 (Venugopal Rao, 6.2 ov), 4-91 (Nagar, 14.4 ov), 5-132 (Sehwag, 17.5 ov), 6-145 (Birt, 18.4 ov), 7-157 (Pathan, 19.6 ov)

Bowling

RP Singh 4 ov 29/0
Sreesanth 4 ov 1 maiden 10/2
Jadeja 4 ov 27/1
Vinay Kumar 4 ov 41/1
Akhil 2 ov 22/0
Powar 2 ov 20/1

Kochi Tuskers Kerala innings (target: 158 runs from 20 overs)

B McCullum b Pathan 7 runs 7 balls 1 four
Klinger c van der Merwe b Morkel 2 runs 6 balls
Parthiv Patel b Pathan 1 run 3 balls
Jayawardene c Sehwag b Agarkar 18 runs 28 balls 2 4s
Hodge c Ojha b Morkel 27 runs 25 balls 3 4s
Jadeja c van der Merwe b Agarkar 31 runs 22 balls 3 4s 1 six
Akhil c Ojha b Morkel 13 runs 9 balls 1 six
Vinay Kumar c Yadav b van der Merwe 11 runs 9 balls 1 four
Powar b van der Merwe 0
Sreesanth b van der Merwe 0
RP Singh not out 1 run 1 ball
Extras (b 2, lb 1, w 5) 8
Total (18.5 overs) 119

Fall of wickets

1-10 (Klinger, 1.6 ov), 2-15 (McCullum, 2.1 ov), 3-28 (Patel, 4.3 ov), 4-50 (Jayawardene, 9.4 ov), 5-77 (Hodge, 13.1 ov), 6-93 (Akhil, 15.2 ov), 7-118 (Jadeja, 17.6 ov), 8-118 (Powar, 18.1 ov), 9-118 (Sreesanth, 18.3 ov), 10-119 (Vinay Kumar, 18.5 ov)

Bowling

Irfan Pathan 4 ov 27/2
M Morkel 4 ov 18/3
Yadav 3 ov 28/0
Agarkar 4 ov 23/2
van der Merwe 3.5 ov 20/3