04.19.08
Daredevils Win
Delhi Daredevils have won their first game of the IPL T20 tournament when they beat Rajasthan Royals comprehensively by 9 wickets. The Rajasthan Royals didn’t match the Daredevils in any department. Other than the toss nothing went their way. The Royals kept loosing wickets at regular intervals and were never able to comeback from there on.
Glenn McGrath was as miserly as ever but the stand out bowler was Farveez Maharoof who gave away just 11 for 2 off his 4 overs. Rajat Bhatia, the local lad, was also impressive giving away just 17 in 4 overs and also picking up a couple of wickets.
With the bat, Gautam Gambhir was at his best and joined forces with Shikar Dawan after Sehwag fell after hitting three consecutive boundaries off Shane Watson and was out off the fourth ball. The match was not as cracking as the others were, but was good overall to see Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath back in action.
