DC vs DD Result - Delhi won by 12 runs in a thriller against Deccan

In a thrilling 43rd match of 2009 IPL, title favorite Delhi Daredevils beat Deccan Chargers by 12 runs and maintained their top spot in points table with 16 points in the only match of Wednesday, 13th May, 2009 at Durban. DD made 173/7 in 20 overs and DC made 161 all out in 19.4 overs.

Delhi Daredevils batting first started slowly in spite the return of their captain Virendar Sehwag due to wickets at regular interval but Dilshan's 37 runs and AB de Villiers 44 runs put them on tack and in the end Dinesh Karthik played a crucial inning of 23 balls 44 runs, as they scored 64 runs in last 5 overs to take the score to 173/7 in 20 overs.

In reply, Deccan Chargers got a good stsrt made 30 runs in 2 overs as Gilchrist in good form scored 64 off 33 balls with 5 fours and 5 sixes. In the end Ravi Teja and Andrew Symmonds scored 41 off 22 balls took the team to 25 needed in 18 balls with 6 wickets in hand. But 7 wickets in 3 overs restricted them to 161 all out in 19.4 overs as Bhatia took 4 wickets for 15 runs.

Match Summary:

Delhi Daredevils - 173/7 in 20 overs.

Deccan Chargers - 161 all out in 19.4 overs.

Toss - Deccan Chargers, who chose to bowl first.

Man of the Match - Rajat Bhatia (Delhi Daredevils)

Result - Delhi Daredevils won by 12 runs.