The Delhi Daredevils get set to take on the Rajasthan Royals
in the first Indian Premier League semifinal this coming Friday in Mumbai.
Both these sides have performed admirably in the group stages and the onus will
be on Shane Warne and Virender Sehwag as they aim to be the first team to qualify
for the semifinals of the inaugural Indian Premier League.
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The Delhi Daredevils narrowly qualified to the semifinals thanks to a last
ball mix up by the Mumbai Indians. Ironically, it is their semi-final
opponents who saw them through by winning their match with Mumbai Indians. Delhi
won seven on their fourteen matches while having one match abandoned due to
rain. The Daredevils come into this clash on the back of a win against Mumbai
and will be secretly confident on turning the tables over the Royals this time
around. Much of Delhi's performance this time around will revolve around the
likes of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. The Delhi duo have been brilliant
all summer and are undoubtedly the in from opening pair of the Indian Premier League.
Other notable performers in the batting line up include Dinesh Karthik
and Sekhar Dhawan both of whom have done very well thus yet. However, it might
just be their bowling which holds all the cards in the face of some strong hitting
by Yusuf Pathan and Greame Smith. Glenn McGrath and Yo Mahesh are in fine fittle
and with young leg spinner Amit Mishra coming into this own in recent matches,
expect Delhi to fight the Royals to the wire in the first semifinal this coming
Friday.
The Rajasthan Royals on the other hand come into this clash on the back of
a rare loss against the Kings XI Punjab outfit last time around. Chasing
a mammoth 221, the Royals fell 41 runs short and Shane Warne will be hoping
that the bowlers can improve their performance this time around. Rajasthan Royals
have undoubtedly been the star outfit of the tournament with eleven wins from
fourteen and have star performers left and right. The likes of Yusuf Pathan
and Shane Watson have evolved into exciting stroke makers through out the course
of the tournament and with Sohail tanvir leading the pack with twenty one wickets
from nine matches, the Royals will go into this match as firm favourites to
win against Delhi Daredevils. The Royals have won one and lost one in meetings
with the Delhi Daredevils so far in the IPL and will be aiming to take a lead
over their rivals with a semifinal win this coming Friday 30th May 2008 in the
Dr Y Patel stadium in Mumbai.
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