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Written by Admin
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
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Deccan finally won a match after losing 5 in a row by beating Dhoni’s team - The Chennai Super kings by 7 wickets. This was the 3rd consecutive defeat for the Indian skipper Dhoni - after a 4 win a row performance. The slip in form seems to be mainly due to the foreign players leaving for international dutty. Such results from the teams at the top will help the likes of Mumbai Indians, Deccan and Bangalore who can now hope to qualify for the semi finals of IPL. Stand-in skipper Adam Gilchrist led the team well and set an example after making a quick half century. Deccan Chargers won the toss and choose the bowl first, this proved to be the right decision as the bowlers struck early to get 4 top order wickets for less than 50. This ensured a low total would be set for the chase. Only Suresh Raina played well with a top score of 32 runs. The hosts set the Chargers a victory target of 145 from their 20 overs.
Chasing 145, Deccan started well with their two hard hitting batsmen Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs. They put on a quick partnership before Gibbs was dismissed for 24 runs. Gilchrist continued his good form and went on to make 54 runs in 36 balls. Scott Styris made an unbeaten 36 with Shahid Afridi chipping in with a quick fire 20.
After the much needed away win, the Deccan Chargers now have now 4 points and are at 6th place while Chennai have 8 points at 4th place.
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