New Delhi: Delhi Daredevils played a wicked game against Cape Cobras to emerge winners by 30 runs at the FerozeshahKotla in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Cobras already in the last four of the tournament will now play their semifinal against Trinidad & Tobago in Hyderabad while NSW Blues will clash against Victorian Bushrangers in the first semifinal on Thursday
For Devils, Talismanic left-hand pacer Dirk Nannes (3-19) was the pick of the bowlers. He got the early breakthrough and made the meagre total of 114-6 appear huge for the opposition. He was ably supported by Amit Mishra (2-19), Tillakaratne Dilshan (2-16) and youngster Yogesh Nagar (2-9).
Earlier, at seemed the Daredevils had put up another disappointing performance when they could only barely go past 100.
The condition of Bengal cricketer Avik Chowdhury, who met with a serious road accident on Sunday afternoon. has improved marginally. Doctors however pointed out that he still remains critical and they can issue a more definitive verdict only after another 48 hours.
The condition of Bengal cricketer Avik Chowdhury, who met with a serious road accident on Sunday afternoon. has improved marginally. Doctors however pointed out that he still remains critical and they can issue a more definitive verdict only after another 48 hours.
“The oozing from the lungs has stopped and that is a positive sign,” informed Brig (Dr) SB Purkayastha, CEO of the private hospital where Avik is admitted. “His blond pressure too has stabilized. We can say that clinically his condition has improved marginally, lf his condition improves over the next 24 hours, an MRI of his spinal cord needs to be done.
The hospital where he is admitted doesn't have the facility so he has to be moved in an ambulance. It has been learnt that the Cricket Association of Bengal is trying to rope in specialists from Delhi and Chennai so that Avik gets thy best possible diagnosis and treatment. Chennai based spine specialist Dr Rajsekhar as well as SP
Mandal and Shankar Acharya, HODs of neurology and surgery departments of the Delhi-based Gangaram Hospital, have also been contacted.
“The oozing from the lungs has stopped and that is a positive sign,” informed Brig (Dr) SB Purkayastha, CEO of the private hospital where Avik is admitted. “His blond pressure too has stabilized. We can say that clinically his condition has improved marginally, lf his condition improves over the next 24 hours, an MRI of his spinal cord needs to be done.
The hospital where he is admitted doesn't have the facility so he has to be moved in an ambulance. It has been learnt that the Cricket Association of Bengal is trying to rope in specialists from Delhi and Chennai so that Avik gets thy best possible diagnosis and treatment. Chennai based spine specialist Dr Rajsekhar as well as SP
Mandal and Shankar Acharya, HODs of neurology and surgery departments of the Delhi-based Gangaram Hospital, have also been contacted.
The west Indians Complete Group Engagements In Style
Hyderabad: With their place in the last Four of the Champions League Twenty20
secure, Trinidad and Tobago threw caution to the winds and the sparse crowd at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium got their money's worth of power hitting while the West Indian outfit cruised to an imposing 213 or four and laid low the Eagles' challenge my 24 runs. In a calculated assault that res breathtaking as it was brutal - at least one shot gnarl screamed past umpire Amish ships s head-T&T posted by far the best total of the tournament, eclipsing Cape Cobras’ 193 for four against Otago Volts at the same venue and restricted the Eagles to 189 for five.
Dillon du Preez would want to forget his last over and the 19th of the innings in a hurry with which the Trinidadians Carted him for 27 runs as Navin Stewart (33 no, 11b, 3x4, 3x6) continued the trend set by the top order.
William Perkins and Adrian Barath were like a house on tare and even when the former fell for 35 (25b, 3x4, 3x6) the latter realized 76 runs for the second wicket with Lendl Simmons in just 29 deliveries. Playing his first match of the tournament, Barath raced along to 63 (41b, 4x4, 4x6) and with Simmons (40, 25b, 6x4, 1x6) playing an equally deft hand, the stage was set for Kieron Pollard to rub it in. He cracked 23 (13b, 1x4, 2x6) and even though he succumbed in the 18th over, his team did not waste the frenetic start - they were 147 for two in 15 overs-and added 66 more runs in the last five overs.
Having started the match with a run- rate of 1.107, the Eagles needed a Vega big win if they were to pip New South Wales to the other semifinal spot from this league, which in the event was not to be.
The Eagles, though, were not the ones to go down without a fight. Riley Roussouw rocketed to 44 (19b, 5x4, 3x6) skipper Boeta Dippenaar (33, 19b, 4x4, 1x6) realized 58 for the fourth wicket along with Dillon du Preez but the task was imposing as it was impossible on the day Eagles needed 73 runs from the last five overs but with Pollard striking, crucial blows rto snuff out the Eagles. Having toppers League A, Trinidad & Tobago play the second-placed team in League B air either Cobras or Bushrangers in the second semifinal on October 22.
Hyderabad: With their place in the last Four of the Champions League Twenty20
secure, Trinidad and Tobago threw caution to the winds and the sparse crowd at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium got their money's worth of power hitting while the West Indian outfit cruised to an imposing 213 or four and laid low the Eagles' challenge my 24 runs. In a calculated assault that res breathtaking as it was brutal - at least one shot gnarl screamed past umpire Amish ships s head-T&T posted by far the best total of the tournament, eclipsing Cape Cobras’ 193 for four against Otago Volts at the same venue and restricted the Eagles to 189 for five.
Dillon du Preez would want to forget his last over and the 19th of the innings in a hurry with which the Trinidadians Carted him for 27 runs as Navin Stewart (33 no, 11b, 3x4, 3x6) continued the trend set by the top order.
William Perkins and Adrian Barath were like a house on tare and even when the former fell for 35 (25b, 3x4, 3x6) the latter realized 76 runs for the second wicket with Lendl Simmons in just 29 deliveries. Playing his first match of the tournament, Barath raced along to 63 (41b, 4x4, 4x6) and with Simmons (40, 25b, 6x4, 1x6) playing an equally deft hand, the stage was set for Kieron Pollard to rub it in. He cracked 23 (13b, 1x4, 2x6) and even though he succumbed in the 18th over, his team did not waste the frenetic start - they were 147 for two in 15 overs-and added 66 more runs in the last five overs.
Having started the match with a run- rate of 1.107, the Eagles needed a Vega big win if they were to pip New South Wales to the other semifinal spot from this league, which in the event was not to be.
The Eagles, though, were not the ones to go down without a fight. Riley Roussouw rocketed to 44 (19b, 5x4, 3x6) skipper Boeta Dippenaar (33, 19b, 4x4, 1x6) realized 58 for the fourth wicket along with Dillon du Preez but the task was imposing as it was impossible on the day Eagles needed 73 runs from the last five overs but with Pollard striking, crucial blows rto snuff out the Eagles. Having toppers League A, Trinidad & Tobago play the second-placed team in League B air either Cobras or Bushrangers in the second semifinal on October 22.
Hyderabad: With their place in the last Four of the Champions League Twenty20
secure, Trinidad and Tobago threw caution to the winds and the sparse crowd at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium got their money's worth of power hitting while the West Indian outfit cruised to an imposing 213 or four and laid low the Eagles' challenge my 24 runs.
secure, Trinidad and Tobago threw caution to the winds and the sparse crowd at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium got their money's worth of power hitting while the West Indian outfit cruised to an imposing 213 or four and laid low the Eagles' challenge my 24 runs.
Bangalore: The darling of fans, Ross Taylor, once again lived up to the expectations with a hurricane knock laced with massive hits in RCB'S final match in the Champions League T20, as they knocked out Delhi Daredevils.
Despite his man of the match exploits against Daredevils on Saturday the Kiwi was sad that his team crashed out. “we are disappointed that we couldn't make it to the next stage. It is a funny thing that if we had two points, we would have progressed. But that's the way cricket goes. It is a bit sad that none of the IPL teams is in the semifinals,'' said the right-handed batsman.
However, the New Zealand batting mainstay was sure that the crowd enjoyed his pyrotechnics to the core.
“In New Zealand, cricket is a small game and you don't have much support from the public. But here it's amazing and you feel at home. I hope we have presented them a good Diwali gift by winning the matched Taylor said.
The middle-order batsman also praised South African spinner Roelof van der Merwe and Former India captain Anil Kumble for their deeds in the winning cause, particularly Merwe for dismissing dangerman 0 Vireder Sehwag.
Daredevils skipper Gautam Gambhir, however, felt that apart from the slowmen, Taylor too contributed in a big way in the lop-sided contest.
''He (Taylor) took the game away from us. The way Anil and van der Merwe bowled, we couldn't put up a good total. We were going good but they bowled really well to restrict us on a good pitch. I thought 138 was not even par for the course,” quipped the India opener.
Gambhir also admitted that the team badly missed the services Daniel Vettori and dazzling top-order batsman AB de Villiers
Despite his man of the match exploits against Daredevils on Saturday the Kiwi was sad that his team crashed out. “we are disappointed that we couldn't make it to the next stage. It is a funny thing that if we had two points, we would have progressed. But that's the way cricket goes. It is a bit sad that none of the IPL teams is in the semifinals,'' said the right-handed batsman.
However, the New Zealand batting mainstay was sure that the crowd enjoyed his pyrotechnics to the core.
“In New Zealand, cricket is a small game and you don't have much support from the public. But here it's amazing and you feel at home. I hope we have presented them a good Diwali gift by winning the matched Taylor said.
The middle-order batsman also praised South African spinner Roelof van der Merwe and Former India captain Anil Kumble for their deeds in the winning cause, particularly Merwe for dismissing dangerman 0 Vireder Sehwag.
Daredevils skipper Gautam Gambhir, however, felt that apart from the slowmen, Taylor too contributed in a big way in the lop-sided contest.
''He (Taylor) took the game away from us. The way Anil and van der Merwe bowled, we couldn't put up a good total. We were going good but they bowled really well to restrict us on a good pitch. I thought 138 was not even par for the course,” quipped the India opener.
Gambhir also admitted that the team badly missed the services Daniel Vettori and dazzling top-order batsman AB de Villiers
As All Three Indian Teams Tumble Out, Champions League loses 1ts Sheen
New Delhi: With the three IPL teams - Deccan Chargers, RCB and Delhi Daredevils - getting knocked out in the Champions League, the event has lost a lot of zing and popularity stakes. Critics are now also questioning the standard of the lucrative IPL which is part of the Indian domestic calendar Has the Champions League exposed IPL in some ways? One of the main reasons for the flop show of IPL teams, according to some players and officials of IPL teams, is the fact that while many foreign teams are playing like cohesive units because they spend a lot of time together, the IPL will teams didn't have the advantage of being together for sufficient time.
“In an IPLteam, players hardly get time to get used to their teammates so team bonding is difficult. For the Champions League, many key members of
the three teams were busy at- tending national duty and were not available till one or two days before the matches started,'' a Daredevils player told.
“To play as team, you have to develop an understanding of what the team exactly needs from you and how one can perform as a team. If we are not spending enough time together, then it's a problem.
“In the IPL it doesn't show because all the teams are more or less at the same level, but that's not the case in the Champions leaguers the player added.
That also explains to some ex- tent why the IPL teams were looking less than prepared for CL. Several top players did not get enough time to plan and prepare for the T20 event.
Daredevils were also undone by injuries to key men like Vettori and AB deVillers. Meanwhile, RCB'S bowling was week while Decent depended too much on a few Individuals, like skipper Adam Gilchrist and Symonds.
Another reason was that some leading lights of IPL teams opted to play for teams from their own country, thus weakening the to IPL units.
New Delhi: With the three IPL teams - Deccan Chargers, RCB and Delhi Daredevils - getting knocked out in the Champions League, the event has lost a lot of zing and popularity stakes. Critics are now also questioning the standard of the lucrative IPL which is part of the Indian domestic calendar Has the Champions League exposed IPL in some ways? One of the main reasons for the flop show of IPL teams, according to some players and officials of IPL teams, is the fact that while many foreign teams are playing like cohesive units because they spend a lot of time together, the IPL will teams didn't have the advantage of being together for sufficient time.
“In an IPLteam, players hardly get time to get used to their teammates so team bonding is difficult. For the Champions League, many key members of
the three teams were busy at- tending national duty and were not available till one or two days before the matches started,'' a Daredevils player told.
“To play as team, you have to develop an understanding of what the team exactly needs from you and how one can perform as a team. If we are not spending enough time together, then it's a problem.
“In the IPL it doesn't show because all the teams are more or less at the same level, but that's not the case in the Champions leaguers the player added.
That also explains to some ex- tent why the IPL teams were looking less than prepared for CL. Several top players did not get enough time to plan and prepare for the T20 event.
Daredevils were also undone by injuries to key men like Vettori and AB deVillers. Meanwhile, RCB'S bowling was week while Decent depended too much on a few Individuals, like skipper Adam Gilchrist and Symonds.
Another reason was that some leading lights of IPL teams opted to play for teams from their own country, thus weakening the to IPL units.
Hyderabad: New South Wales Blues packed too many guns for Somerset Sabres in the first match of the Sunday double header
At 44 for five inside 10 overs after the Blues put the opposition ins there was only one way the match was headed at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium after Stuart Clark scythed through the top order, and though the Australian outfit lost four wickets, they finished the match at 112 for four with 49 deliveries to spare
The Somerset top order-Craig Kieswetter, skipper Justin Langer, Arul Suppiah, James Hildreth and Peter Trego -came and went as they pleased and but for the 37-run partnership between Zander de Bruyn (23m 32b, 2x4) and Omari Banks for the sixth wicket, Somerset would have had a lot less than their eventual 111 for seven.
At 44 for five inside 10 overs after the Blues put the opposition ins there was only one way the match was headed at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium after Stuart Clark scythed through the top order, and though the Australian outfit lost four wickets, they finished the match at 112 for four with 49 deliveries to spare
The Somerset top order-Craig Kieswetter, skipper Justin Langer, Arul Suppiah, James Hildreth and Peter Trego -came and went as they pleased and but for the 37-run partnership between Zander de Bruyn (23m 32b, 2x4) and Omari Banks for the sixth wicket, Somerset would have had a lot less than their eventual 111 for seven.
