IPL: All round Daredevils beat Mumbai Indians

Mumbai: Delhi Daredevils churned out a dominating performance to crush Mumbai Indians by seven wickets and jump to the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede Stadium here Monday.

Opting to field first, Daredevils riding on a disciplined performance by its bowlers packed up the famed Mumbai Indians batting for 92 runs in 19.2 overs.

Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeen (2-16), Morne Morkel (2-22), Ajit Agarkar (2-27) and Umesh Yadav (2-11) bagged two wickets each while left-arm pacer Irfan Pathan (1-12) got one. Nadeem was also adjudged as Man of the Match.

Daredevils easily chased down the target of 93 runs with 31 balls to spare after skipper Virender Sehwag top scored with 32.

For Mumbai Indians, who were without Sachin Tendulkar and their pace spearhead Lasith Malinga, it was their worst performance this season, as they were bowled out for their lowest total of the season. Tendulkar is yet to recover from his finger injury while Malinga missed the match with a back injury.

Barring Rohit Sharma (29) and skipper Harbhajan Singh (33) none of their batsmen could get to double figures before being all out in 19.2 overs. Harbhajan's 22-ball knock had five fours and a six.

While chasing, Daredevils never looked in a hurry. Sehwag and Naman Ojha (13) gave Daredevils a stable start with their 34-run stand. Sehwag hit two fours and a six in his 36-ball innings.

Mahela Jayawardene (17 not out) and Ross Taylor (11 not out) took the team home safely without much damage. For Mumbai Indians, Rudra Pratap Singh bagged two for 24 while left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha got one for 19.

Mumbai Indians slipped from the third position to fourth with four points from five matches while Daredevils jumped to the top with six points from four matches.



Mumbai Indians:

Richard Levi b Nadeem 1
Davvy Jacobs b Nadeem 0
Rohit Sharma c Taylor b Agarkar 29
Ambati Rayudu run out (Sehwag/Ojha) 4
Kieron Pollard c Taylor b Yadav 1
Dinesh Karthik c Pietersen b Yadav 3
Harbhajan Singh c Ojha b Morkel 33
Clint McKay Yadav b Pathan 8
Rudra Pratap Singh b Morkel 0
Pragyan Ojha b Agarkar 3
Munaf Patel not out 1

Extras: (lb 5, w 3, nb 1) 9

Total: (all out in 19.2 overs) 92

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Jacobs, 1.5 overs), 2-5 (Levi, 3.1), 3-30 (Rayudu, 7.1), 4-38 (Pollard, 8.3), 5-41 (Sharma, 9.3), 6-44 (Karthik, 10.2), 7-78 (McKay, 14.5), 8-80 (Singh, 15.5), 9-89 (Harbhajan, 17.5)

Bowling:

Irfan Pathan 4-1-12-1
Shahbaz Nadeem 4-0-16-2
Morne Morkel 4-1-22-2
Ajit Agarkar 3.2-0-27-2
Umesh Yadav 4-0-10-2

Delhi Daredevils:

Naman Ojha c Harbhajan b Rudra Pratap 13
Virender Sehwag c Levi b Ojha 32
Kevin Pietersen c Jacobs b Singh 9
Mahela Jayawardene not out 17
Ross Taylor not out 11

Extras: (lb 5, w 6) 11
Total: (for three wickets in 14.5 overs) 93

Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Ojha, 5.1 overs), 2-52 (Pietersen, 7.6), 3-74 (Sehwag, 12.1)

Bowling:

Munaf Patel 3-1-15-0
Rudra Pratap Singh 4-0-24-2
Clint McKay 3-0-24-0
Pragyan Ojha 4-0-19-1
Kieron Pollard 0.5-0-6-0

Toss: Delhi Daredevils, who chose to field

Result: Daredevils won by seven wickets

Umpires: Billy Bowden (New Zealand) and S.K.Tarapore

TV umpire: V.A. Kulkarni

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka) (IANS)