Match 46 Facts & Scorecard: Viru breaks Charger’s Back

Virender Sehwag, the marauder played the best inning of IPL and led his team to surprising victory against Deccan Chargers, considering losing 3 early wickets in the high chase.

Match Facts

Match 46
Venue: Hyderabad
Captains: Sehwag (DD), Sangakkara (DC)
Toss: DD
Result: DD def DC by 4 wkts
MOM: Sehwag
6s: 11 (DC 4, DD 7)
4s: 35 (DC 18, DD 17)
100: 119 by Sehwag
50s: 55 by Duminy
50-plus partnerships: 71 4th wkt Duminy and Christian (DC)
61 4th wkt Sehwag and Birth (DD)
67 5th wkt Sehwag and Irfan Pathan (DD)

Records

Sehwag resigstered his first IPL and Twenty20 century.
Sehwag’s century is the fourth of 2011 IPL and 16th overall in IPL.
DD and DC registered one win each in 2011.

Deccan Chargers innings (20 overs maximum)

Dhawan c Salvi b Agarkar 29 runs 18 balls 5 4s
Ravi Teja c Ojha b Salvi 2 runs 9 balls
Sangakkara c Sehwag b Hopes 44 runs 36 balls 8 4s
Duminy run out 55 runs 31 balls 2 4s 4 6s
Christian not out 27 runs 22 balls 2 4s
Chipli c Finch b Agarkar 1 run 2 balls
Ishan Malhotra not out 7 runs 4 balls 1 four
Extras (lb 4, w 4, nb 2) 10
Total (20 overs) 175/5

Fall of wickets

1-19 (Ravi Teja, 2.5 ov), 2-58 (Dhawan, 8.5 ov), 3-87 (Sangakkara, 11.6 ov), 4-158 (Duminy, 17.3 ov), 5-161 (Chipli, 18.2 ov)

Bowling

Morkel 4 ov 37/0
Irfan Pathan 3 ov 18/0
Salvi 4 ov 26/1
Agarkar 4 ov 29/2
Hopes 3 ov 29/1
Venugopal Rao 1 ov 12/0
Nagar 1 ov 20/0

Delhi Daredevils innings (target: 176 runs from 20 overs)

Finch c Christian b Steyn 0
Sehwag c Sangakkara b Steyn 119 runs 56 balls 13 4s 6 6s
Naman Ojha c Sangakkara b Sharma 7 runs 10 balls 1 four
Venugopal Rao c Duminy b Sharma 3 runs 11 balls
Birt b Christian 4 runs 8 balls
Pathan st Sangakkara b Mishra 12 runs 15 balls 1 four
Hopes not out 17 runs 10 balls 2 4s
Nagar not out 7 runs 3 balls 1 six
Extras (lb 1, w 8, nb 1) 10
Total (19 overs) 179/6

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Finch, 0.2 ov), 2-15 (Ojha, 3.2 ov), 3-25 (Venugopal Rao, 5.4 ov), 4-86 (Birt, 10.2 ov), 5-153 (Sehwag, 16.2 ov), 6-168 (Pathan, 17.5 ov)

Bowling

Steyn 4 ov 24/2
Ishant Sharma 4 ov 16/2
Christian 4 ov 31/1
Malhotra 1 ov 23/0
Mishra 4 ov 53/1
Chipli 1 ov 20/0
Duminy 1 ov 11/0