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A light drizzle delayed the start, but Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir kicked off proceedings at the Feroz Shah Kotla with a blistering start for Delhi Daredevils. After 8.1 overs, the team had piled up 94 for 1 before rain played spoilsport and halted an ominous-looking Sehwag, who was batting on 47 off 19 balls

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Magical Mishra bowls Delhi to victory

Shoaib leads Delhi drubbing

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Watson seals tense win for Rajasthan

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IPL Features

The best IPL team, and the most effective hitter

The Numbers Games crunches figures from the tournament

Twenty-four from the Twenty20

Sambit Bal: A couple dozen thoughts on the revolutionary IPL

The lull after the storm

Sriram Veera analyses why totals have come down in the IPL

Twenty20 is cricket too

Peter Roebuck: The IPL has provided its own dramas

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Records
Highest totals	Most runs
Highest strike rates	Most wickets
Best economy rates	Most dismissals
Most catches	Highest partnership by runs

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About Team
Owner: GMR Holdings Franchise fee: $84 million Most expensive player: Virender Sehwag - $833,750

Virender Sehwag, brand ambassador Akshay Kumar, Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Asif promote the Delhi Daredevils, New Delhi, March 31, 2008 © AFP

Results

37th match: Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers at Delhi - May 15, 2008
Delhi Daredevils won by 12 runs. Delhi Daredevils 194/4 (20/20 ov); Deccan Chargers 182/9 (20/20 ov)

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35th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils at Kolkata - May 13, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 23 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 133/6 (20/20 ov); Delhi Daredevils 110 (17.5/20 ov)

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33rd match: Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils at Jaipur - May 11, 2008
Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets (with 5 balls remaining). Delhi Daredevils 156/7 (20/20 ov); Rajasthan Royals 159/7 (19.1/20 ov)

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28th match: Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings at Delhi - May 8, 2008
Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wickets (with 0 balls remaining). Delhi Daredevils 187/5 (20/20 ov); Chennai Super Kings 188/6 (20/20 ov)

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23rd match: Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils at Mumbai - May 4, 2008
Mumbai Indians won by 29 runs. Mumbai Indians 162/8 (20/20 ov); Delhi Daredevils 133 (18.5/20 ov)

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20th match: Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils at Chennai - May 2, 2008
Delhi Daredevils won by 8 wickets (with 6 balls remaining). Chennai Super Kings 169/6 (20/20 ov); Delhi Daredevils 172/2 (19/20 ov)

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17th match: Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Delhi - Apr 30, 2008
Delhi Daredevils won by 10 runs. Delhi Daredevils 191/5 (20/20 ov); Bangalore Royal Challengers 181/5 (20/20 ov)

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13th match: Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils at Mohali - Apr 27, 2008
Kings XI Punjab won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining). Delhi Daredevils 158/8 (20/20 ov); Kings XI Punjab 162/6 (19.3/20 ov)

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7th match: Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils at Hyderabad (Decc) - Apr 22, 2008
Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets (with 42 balls remaining). Deccan Chargers 142/8 (20/20 ov); Delhi Daredevils 143/1 (13/20 ov)

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3rd match: Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals at Delhi - Apr 19, 2008
Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets (with 29 balls remaining). Rajasthan Royals 129/8 (20/20 ov); Delhi Daredevils 132/1 (15.1/20 ov)

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Fixtures
Sat 17 May	40th match	Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Mon 19 May	43rd match	Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Thu 22 May	47th match	Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Sat 24 May	50th match	Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

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Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
Bangalore	10	2	8	4	-1.577	1410/195.4	1644/187.1
Chennai	10	6	4	12	-0.203	1725/197.0	1659/185.1
Deccan Chargers	10	2	8	4	-0.380	1589/190.0	1632/186.4
Delhi Daredevils	10	5	5	10	+0.331	1576/187.1	1607/198.4
Kings XI Punjab	9	6	3	12	+0.458	1496/172.2	1465/178.1
Kolkata	10	5	5	10	-0.014	1471/195.0	1339/177.1
Mumbai Indians	9	5	4	10	+0.658	1267/153.1	1307/171.4
Rajasthan Royals	10	8	2	16	+0.876	1558/184.4	1439/190.2

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Home Ground

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Established in 1883, the Feroz Shah Kotla - run by the politicised Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) - is undergoing its latest facelift - one that began over two years ago. Work has progressed so slowly that the last one-dayer of the 2004-05 India-Pakistan series was nearly played at another venue. Only a last-gasp push to complete the construction - as well as political presure - resulted in a game here, amid unfinished pillars shooting into the sky and stands where construction work was concealed under tarpaulin. But the smallish ground has witnessed a number of feats, most notably Anil Kumble's 10 in an innings against Pakistan. The Kotla staged its first Test in the 1948-49 season when the mighty West Indies under John Goddard took on India for a five Test series... More

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