Delhi Daredevils 179 for 6 (Sehwag 119, Ishant 2-16) beat Deccan chargers 175 for 5 (Duminy 55, Sangakkara 44, Agarkar 2-29) by four wickets
It's tough being Sachin Tendulkar. In the IPL, it's tougher being Virender Sehwag. After having watched his bowlers take wickets off no-balls and his fielders drop sitters, the Delhi Daredevils captain took his frustration out on the Deccan Chargers with a blistering century, his first in Twenty20s. The assault bettered his masterpiece against Kochi Tuskers Kerala, and stunned Deccan in to offering him two chances. Sehwag drowned them in a flood of boundaries that took the bite out of a challenging total, unmindful the complete lack of support from his team-mates. The next highest score was James Hopes' 17.
Delhi's bowlers had been profligate in letting Deccan surge to 175, and their top order, barring Sehwag, had let the pressure get to them. Aaron Finch, Naman Ojha and Venugopal Rao had combusted as Sehwag watched bemused from the other end. From 25 for 3 in the sixth over, only Sehwag could have taken Delhi home, and he did it in some style, moving from 8 off 13 to 119 off 56, and almost putting Deccan out of the race for the play-offs.
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