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De Villiers powers Daredevils to victory

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ANCHOR: A.B. de Villiers guided Delhi Daredevils to victory over Mumbai Indians on Friday, with an unbeaten half century.

East London: A.B. de Villiers’ half-century powered Delhi Daredevils to a seven-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Friday.

Chasing 117 for victory, Delhi knocked off the required runs with seven balls to spare with de Villiers unbeaten on 50.

David Warner and Gautam Gambhir started off well, knocking the ball well. But Warner 21 (30 balls) suddenly seemed to have lost his cool as he shimmied down the track to J.P. Duminy, missed the flight and Pinal Shah did the rest behind the stumps.

Gambhir 19 (23 balls) soon followed his opening partner to the pavilion after giving Harbhajan Singh the charge but finding Luke Ronchi instead.

The slow bowlers — Duminy and Harbhajan — put the brakes on Delhi and what looked like an easy win was turning out to be a difficult one. But one over from Sachin Tendulkar changed all that as de Villiers hit him for three fours and a six over mid-wicket and Delhi was firmly back on track.

De Villiers and Dilshan (19) added 61 runs off 52 balls.

With such a small total to defend, Mumbai Indians needed some quick wickets to put Daredevils under pressure, but it was never to be so as it notched up its sixth win from eight matches. — PTI

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