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Friday, April 24, 2009

Delhi beat Chennai by 9 runs in exciting finish

Delhi Daredevils emerged victorious in an exciting high-scoring contest when they defeated Chennai Super Kings by nine runs here at Kingsmead on Thursday.Chasing a tough target of 190 runs, Chennai began with a positive note by scoring 57 runs from just 5.2 overs and gave a tough fight to Delhi but gave up the match in the end with just ten runs away after losing nine wickets for 180 runs.Their main scorers were Matthew Hayden, who hit 57 off just 27 balls with five fours and three sixes and Suresh Raina, who made 41 off 27 balls with fours and one six.No other batsman could make any significant contribution before the accurate bowling and tight fielding from Delhi as Pradeep Sangwan claimed three wickets for 28 runs and Daniel Vettori got two for 29 while Ashish Nehra took one wicket.

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