De Villers stars in yet another Delhi Victory

Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals - Match 50 - OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein

Delhi added another victory to their kitty by beating Rajasthan Royals in the match 50 of the DLF IPL 2. Choosing to bat first, Delhi lost their openers early, a sight which has become common for the Daredevils and it was once again left to the duo of DeVilliers and Dilshan to bring Delhi back and track and help Delhi to a respectable total. DeVilliers made a brilliant unbeaten 79 from 55 balls while Dilshan contributed 33 from 41 balls. The partnership of Dilshan and DeVillers was a risk free partnership which depended more on ones and twos rather than the boundaries. Once Dilshan got out, Karthik and DeVilliers went into full throttle and helped Delhi post a total of 150 on the board. Karthik contributed 23 from 11 balls.

Rajasthan made a complete mess of their chase when they lost 3 wickets for just 24 runs at the end of the powerplay. Nehra bowled brilliantly conceding just 8 runs from his 3 overs and also picking up the wicket of Quiney. Only J Botha(37 from 31 balls) and R Jadeja(24 from 18 balls) looked to score some runs. Once the wickets of Botha and Jadeja fell it was curtains for Royals. Munaf Patel made an entertaining 23from 10 balls at the end of Rajasthan innings, but it came a little too late as Rajasthan conceded a 14 run victory to Delhi Daredevils.

Toss
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and choose to bat.

Brief scores
Delhi Daredevils - 150/3 in 20 overs(AB deVillers - 79*, T Dilshan - 33, M Patel - 2/39, J Botha - 1/23)
Rajasthan Royals - 136/9 in 20 overs(J Botha - 37, R Jadeja - 24, A Mishra - 3/33, A Salvi - 2/19)

Result
Delhi Daredevils won by 14 runs.