IPL-4 (21st May): Daredevils finish last after washout

By Team Bellevision
Bellevision Media Network

New Delhi, 21 May 2011: Delhi Daredevils ended the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League at the bottom of the points table as their last league match against Pune Warriors was washed out, forcing them to split points, here on Saturday. Both teams had nine points each but the Daredevils, with four wins and nine defeats, finished at the bottom of the table owing to their poor run rate. The Warriors, with equal number of wins as Delhi, had to be content with a ninth-placed finish.

 

Daredevils, who decided to bat first after winning the toss, were 56 for three in 10.1 overs when rain stopped play at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium. With both teams already out of contention for a place in the play-offs, the match was of no consequence, but despite the lack of significance, people turned up in large numbers to witness what was supposed to be the final opportunity for both teams to end an otherwise mediocre campaign on a winning note.

 

When the rain halted for a brief while, there was a glimmer of hope as the ground staff swung into action to allow resumption of play at the earliest, using the super soakers and by mopping. But, as it turned out, the packed weekend crowd went back disappointed as it rained heavily, leaving the match referee with no option but to call off the match.

 

 

 

After a quite first two overs, skipper David Warner decided to cut loose hitting Alfonso Thomas for a four and a six. As Thomas bowled a fuller one, Warner smashed it over mid-off to break the shackles. If that was not enough, the left-hander then smoked one over square leg for the maximum.

 

He then lofted James Falukner over wide long-on for another six. But Warner’s pyrotechnics was short-lived as James Falukner cleaned him up with one of his better deliveries. Warner’s wicket was a big blow for the Daredevils as he was the batsman who was looking in good nick. The Australian scored 19 off 10 balls with the help of a boundary and two sixes. Shrikanth Mundhe then had Naman Ojha caught by Sharma to land Delhi another body blow.

 

Matthew Wade crawled to 11 off 20 balls before Mitchell Marsh uprooted his off-stump to leave the Daredevils reeling at 47 for three in the ninth over. Ingram, with he help of a boundary, was batting on 13 off 12 balls, while Venugopal Rao was yet to open is account when rain interrupted. Falukner, Mundhe and Marsh picked a wicket each for the Warriors.

 

Match Summary

Indian Premier League 2011 Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors, 68th match Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, May 21, 2011

Match Information Umpires: Sanjay Hazare (Ind) & Rod Tucker (Aus) Third Umpire: Russell Tiffin (Zim) Match Referee: Andy Pycroft (Zim) Toss: Delhi Daredevils (Elected to bat) Match Status: No Result

Batting: Delhi Daredevils Innings

Batsmen Delhi Daredevils (56/3 in 10.1 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Naman Ojha (wk) c R Sharma b S Mundhe 8 19 1 0 42.11 David Warner b J Faulkner 19 10 1 2 190.00 Matthew Wade b M Marsh 11 20 0 0 55.00 Colin Ingram not out 13 12 1 0 108.33 Venugopal Rao not out 0 1 0 0 0.00 James Hopes (c)             Yogesh Nagar             Irfan Pathan             Varun Aaron             Ashok Dinda             Umesh Yadav             Extras: b - 0, w - 1, nb - 1, lb - 3 5   Total:(56 for 3 in 10.1 overs) 56 Run Rate: 5.51

Fall Of Wickets

1/24 (David Warner, 3.4 ov.), 2/32 (Naman Ojha, 5.5 ov.), 3/47 (Matthew Wade, 8.6 ov.)

Bowling: Pune Warriors

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Alfonso Thomas 3 0 15 0 0 0 5.0 James Faulkner 2 1 9 1 0 0 4.5 Shrikant Mundhe 1 0 6 1 0 1 6.0 Mitchell Marsh 2.1 0 11 1 0 0 5.1 Rahul Sharma 1 0 4 0 0 0 4.0 Yuvraj Singh 1 0 8 0 1 0 8.0