Victory takes Daredevils top of IPL

EAST LONDON, South Africa, (Reuters) – The Delhi  Daredevils surged to the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL)  after crushing the Mumbai Indians by seven wickets yesterday.

Delhi’s sixth win in eight matches moved them one point  clear of the Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals.  Mumbai are second from bottom in the table and in danger of  missing out on the semi-finals.

After skittling Mumbai for 116, the Daredevils scored 118  for three with seven balls to spare.
Delhi’s victory was built around a third-wicket stand of 61  between AB de Villiers and Tillakaratne Dilshan (17).
De Villiers hit an unbeaten 50 off 38 balls, the South  African’s second half-century of the tournament standing  alongside one century.

Delhi also received a solid start thanks to a first-wicket  partnership of 42 between David Warner (21) and Gautam Gambhir  (19).

Warner fell to off-spinner JP Duminy, who returned the  economical figures of one for 15 off four overs.
After winning the toss and electing to bat Mumbai slipped to  3
3 for four following two run-outs and a wicket apiece for  left-arm swing bowler Dirk Nannes and seamer Rajat Bhatia.
West Indies all rounder Dwayne Bravo and left-handed Indian  batsman Abhishek Nayar (18) then shared a fifth-wicket stand of  57 before the former was caught behind off Nannes for 35.

Bravo’s dismissal sparked a collapse as Mumbai lost six  wickets for 26 runs.
Bhatia returned career-best Twenty20 figures of three for  15.

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