Daredevils lost to Lions by 22 runs in Champions league T20
Durban: Delhi Daredevils on Thursday lost to Highveld Lions by 22 runs in the first semi-final of the Champions League Twenty20.
With Daredevils’ defeat, the challenge of IPL teams in this edition ended on a disappointing note.
On a bouncy Kingsmead pitch, Highveld Lions got a decent 139 for five which was par for the course and then restricted Daredevils to only 117 for nine.
Virender Sehwag lasted only one delivery as he decided to loft the Sohail Tanveer straightaway but only managed to offer rival skipper Alviro Peterson an easy catch.
Warner, playing his first match of the tournament started with couple of boundaries off Dirk Nannes – a flick and then a pull in-front of square.
Pietersen then got his first boundary off Tanveer with another pull-shot.
The fifth over turned out to be a productive one for Daredevils as Pietersen and Warner got three boundaries off Nannes. While KP smacked one past Warner, the Aussie opener hit couple of boundaries through off-side cordon.
The bounce in the pitch also helped left-arm spinner Negi who got one to rear up awkwardly on Dwayne Pretorius as he lobbed an easy catch for stand-in skipper Ross Taylor.
However Bodi and McKenzie stepped up the ante in the back 10 as they got 77 runs. Interestingly, Bodi has a contract with Delhi Daredevils in Indian Premier League.
In the end, Jayawardene’s decision to opt out didn’t help Daredevils’ cause in the end.
