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2nd Innings

19 runs came off the first over, Sehwag is on rampage, he struck three 4′s and one huge six off the bowling of Pollock. Gambhir could have been out, there was a missed runout chance Uthappa missed the stumps by a fraction.

Nehra cleaned up Sehwag its a huge blow, Sehwag moved to the off side and missed the ball, his leg stump is uprooted, what a delivery.

Nehra is pumped up, he is in good form. He has gained some pace. 10 runs came off his first over Gambhir struck a cracking drive off his last ball.

Pollock is redeeming himself he has bowled 5 dot balls so far in his second over, pressure is building up on Dhawan, He hits a six on the last ball and its 35/1 after 3 overs.

Delhi will try to get the most out of the first six overs . Three runs came from Nehra’s second over its hard to score of him he is quick and is also moving the ball.

Nel coming in to ball, the first one is struck for a four, the second one is hit for a SIX, down on one knee Gambhir slices it above the fielder on deep square leg, and Nel can’t believe it. Gambhir is gone, Nel took revenge huge blow for DDD poor shot from Gambhir he failed to clear the field. DDD is in trouble now.

Its 67/2 after 7 overs, Tiwary and Dhawan are batting nicely, 11 runs came off Nels last over. The field restrictions are over and boundaries will be hard to come by. Kulkarni finished his second over he has only given 11 runs. Its 72/2 after 8 overs. 94 runs are required from 65 balls, Jayasuriya is bowling, DDD will have to up the tempo a little bit, they will have to take their chances against Jayasuriya. After 10 overs it is 88 /2.

Dhawan is gone trying to hit a six on Mid off, Dilshan is the new man in, he is gone , bowled by Smith, its two in a row for Smith he is on Hatrick. Its 90/4 after 11 overs.

DDD are in a hole right now, Mumbai is on top it will be hard for them to come back from this position the RR is climbing up its 9.8 at the moment.

8 runs were required off the last over, comfortably achieved by Mahroof and Karthik.

Karthik played the innings of his life scoring 56 off 32 balls and Mahroof scoring 20 off 13 balls, in the end DDD clinched a thriller and kept their hopes alive, it was a must win situation for them now MI and Chennai will have to win their remaining matches if they have to qualify for the Semis.

Pollock and Nel proved to be too expensive giving away 33 and 31 runs respectively in three overs.

Delhi held their nerves and their local players kept them in the hunt, they survived an earlier scare when Smith took two wickets in two balls and sent Dilshan and Dhawan back to the pavilion.

Tiwary and Karthik gave their team a stand of 41 runs and kept their chances alive.

Delhi has 15 points, and they have moved up on the points table but they have no more games left, Chennai has one game left and they have 14 points they will have to win the match or Mumbai which has two games left will have to lose both games only then Chennai can qualify.