Brilliant bowling by Rajat Bhatia towards the end helped Delhi Daredevils snatch a 12-run victory against Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League here today.
Bhatia's (4/15) medium pace first bowled Andrew Symonds (41), who was going great guns, and then knocked Dwayne Smith's stumps (1) to bring Delhi back into the game after they looked down and out following Adam Gilchrist's hurricane 33-ball 64.
It was a match that swung one way to the other after Delhi posted a competitive 173 for four following wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik's breezy 44 and excellent batting by Tillakaratne Dilshan (37) and AB de Villiers (44).
In reply, Gilchrist made the most of two dropped chances to play a captain's knock that saw balls flying over the ropes at regular intervals.
Gilchrist, who was dropped by Amit Mishra and then AB de Villiers on 28, cut, drove and punched his way to 50 in just 24 balls.
However, just as in other matches in the tournament, the strategy break proved to be the Chargers' undoing.
Left-arm pacer Pradeep Sangwan (3/18), who had earlier accounted for Tirumalsetti Suman (3) and Rohit Sharma (6), came back to dislodge Gilchrist's stumps.
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