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Sehwag guides Daredevils to a six-wicket win over Royals

Sehwag’s 34-ball 75 helped Daredevils achieve the target of 142 in 17.1 overs by losing four wickets at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera here Monday. For the Royals it was their second loss on the trot.

Daredevils’ bowlers did well to restrict Rajasthan Royals to 141 for six in 20 overs, after skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss.

While chasing, Gambhir (9) departed early but Sehwag tore apart the Royals bowling attack with his powerful stroke-play on both sides of the wicket. Sehwag hit five sixes and eight fours during his stay and was also adjudged as the Man of the Match.

Dinesh Karthik (23 not out) and Mithun Manhas (11 not out) saw the Daredevils home with their 28-run partnership for the fifth wicket.

For Royals, 2008 champions, Dimitri Mascarenhas was the most successful bowler and he picked up two for 31.

Earlier in the day, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, who had joined the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), scored an impressive unbeaten 53 off 45 balls as Royals posted a competitive total on board.

Abhishek and Paras Dogra (29) with their 60-run stand for the fifth wicket bailed out the Royals from a precarious 50 for four.

Scoreboard: Delhi Daredevils vs. Rajasthan Royals, IPL Text

Ahmedabad, March 15 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard of the match between Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera here Monday.

Rajasthan Royals:

Swapnil Asnodkar c Dilshan b Nannes 5

Graeme Smith c Sehwag b Sangwan 18

Naman Ojha b Mishra 24

Yusuf Pathan c de Villiers b Maharoof 0

Abhishek Jhunjhunwala not out 53

Paras Dogra run out (Gambhir/Mishra) 29

Dimitri Mascarenhas run out (Mishra/�Karthik) 3

Amit Uniyal not out 4

Extras (w 5) 5

Total (for six wickets in 20 overs) 141

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Asnodkar, 1.2 overs), 2-45 (Ojha, 4.5), 3-46

(Pathan, 5.5), 4-50 (Smith, 8.1), 5-110 (Dogra, 16.2), 6-115

(Mascarenhas, 17.1)

Bowling:

Farveez Maharoof 4-0-32-1

Dirk Nannes 4-0-27-1

Amit Mishra 4-0-34-1

Pradeep Sangwan 4-0-20-1

Sarabjit Ladda 4-0-28-0

Delhi Daredevils

Gautam Gambhir c Smith b Mascarenhas 9

Virender Sehwag c Smith b Patel 75

Tillekaratne Dilshan c Ojha b Mascarenhas 0

AB de Villiers c sub (FY Fazal) b Warne 15

Dinesh Karthik not out 23

Mithun Manhas not out 11

Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 5) 9

Total (for four wickets in 17.1 overs) 142

Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Gambhir, 3.3 overs), 2-42 (Dilshan, 3.4), 3-99

(Sehwag, 9.6), 4-114 (de Villiers, 12.3)

Bowling:

Dimitri Mascarenhas 4-0-31-2

Shaun Tait 4-0-26-0

Munaf Patel 3-0-32-1

Amit Uniyal 2-0-25-0

Shane Warne 4-0-22-1

Abhishek Jhunjhunwala 0.1-0-2-0

Toss: Delhi Daredevils, who chose to field

Results: Delhi Daredevils won by six wickets

Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Daredevils)

Umpires: Brian Jerling (South Africa) and Rudi Koertzen (South Africa)

TV umpire: Russel Tiffin (Zimbabwe)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)