DD vs RR IPL 2011 match, Live Score

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THIS AFTERNOON at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur in the seventh match of the Indian Premier League 2011, Delhi Daredevils (DD) captain Virender Sehwag won the toss and decided to bat first against Rajasthan Royals (RR).

Delhi captain Sehwag has made one change in the playing XI from the last match, Shahbaz Nadeem came in the playing XI in place of Umesh Yadav. Rajasthan captain Shane Warne has made two changes. Shaun Tait and Ajinkiya Rahane came in for injured Jacob Oram and Stuart Binny.

Both the Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Delhi Daredevils (DD) are playing their second match in the IPL 2011. After a heart breaking defeat at the hands of Mumbai,  Delhi Daredevils team landed in Jaipur with the hopes of debut win, whereas Rajasthan Royals came back after an away victory over Deccan Chargers in their bag.

In the Indian Premier League, Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals have met seven times so far. Delhi team has won four matches and Rajasthan team has won three matches, including first semi final match in the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008.

Here are the playing XI of Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals in the seventh match of the IPL 2011:

Rajasthan Royals (RR): Amit Paunikar, Abhishek Raut, Rahul Dravid, Ross Taylor, Ajinkya Rahane, Johan Botha, Ashok Menaria, Shane Warne (capt), Amit Singh,  Shaun Tait, Siddharth Trivedi.

Delhi Daredevils (DD): Virender Sehwag (capt), David Warner, Aaron Finch, Unmukt Chand, Naman Ojha (wk), Venugopal Rao, Irfan Pathan, RE van der Merwe, Morne Morkel, Shahbaz Nadeem, Ashok Dinda.

The live action of the second match of IPL 2011, between DD vs RR started at 4: 00 PM and all details regarding the match will be available  Here.

DD to take on RR in IPL 2011 match in Jaipur today

IN THE seventh match of the Indian Premier League 2011 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Tuesday April 12, host Rajasthan Royals will play against Delhi Daredevils. Today's match will be the second match for both the Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Delhi Daredevils (DD) in the IPL 2011.
In the opening match, Rajasthan Royals defeated Deccan Chargers by eight wickets with seven balls remaining. Delhi Daredevils started their campaign of IPL 4 with a humiliating defeat against Mumbai Indians by eight wickets. The entire team was all out for 95 runs just in 17.4 overs.
In the absence of Rajasthan Royals retained player Shane Watson, who is playing ODI series against Bangladesh, Ross Taylor will take the command to destruct DD's bowling attack. In the last match, Johan Botha played a brilliant knock against Chargers and scored 67 runs. Siddharth Trivedi and the captain himself can put pressure on opposition's batting in the IPL 4.
In the first match Delhi Daredevils' batsmen had no clue about Lasith Malinga yorkers. In the IPL 2011, DD batting line-up is mainly depending on captain Virender Sehwag and David Warner. All rounder Irfan Pathan and pacer Morne Morkel can also play key role for their team.
The seventh match of the IPL 4, between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Delhi Daredevils (DD) in the IPL 2011, will start from 4:00 PM, and live telecast of this match can be watched on SET Max.

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Has the strategy of a completely new team gone wrong for the old franchises?

KOLKATA KNIGHT Riders, Kings XI Punjab, Delhi Daredevils, Deccan Chargers – a common thing amongst all of them is that they went for a complete revamp of their teams for the fourth season of the IPL.

Even though the teams were given the option to retain 4 players these franchises felt the need to have a completely new playing XI. Barring their captain Virender Sehwag the Delhi Daredevils have a completely new team. KKR, Kings XI Punjab and Deccan Chargers are also starting afresh.

But has this strategy backfired? All four of them lost their opening games. KKR still managed to give the Chennai Super Kings some fight but the other games were completely one sided. Could this complete revamp strategy be a reason for that?

For starters, these teams did not retain certain key players and then lost them to the other franchises during the auction thereby weakening their teams. Not retaining Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, and Rohit Sharma may prove costly for them as the tournament goes on.

According to Navjot Sidhu or Sherry as he is fondly called by the IPL hosts, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have done the smart thing by retaining key players thereby keeping the nucleus of the team intact. The initial results have also been in their favour, with Chennai beating KKR and Mumbai bowling out the Delhi Daredevils for a modest total of 95.

As per experts, for any new side, players take some time to get used to each other. The captain also needs some time to understand each of his players, their strengths and weaknesses and build his strategies accordingly. Three years of playing together and then not even a week to adjust to the new situation does have an impact on the performance of the teams.

However, its still early days in the tournament. Let's hope that the players of these franchises adjust quickly to the new scenario and live up to the faith that their owners have shown in them.

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Proteas shows early form in IPL 2011

Deccan chargers leading bowler Dale Steyn is in form , took 2/18 in limited four overs game vs Rajasthan Royals. Johan Botha, played for Rajasthan Royals  performed well  in the opening match of Indian Premier League.Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne made the inspired decision to use Johan Botha. Johan Botha hit unbeaten  score 67 off just 47 balls to set up comfortable win over Deccan Chargers.

Ryan McLaren who plays from Kings XI Punjab from 9/4 against Sahara Pune Warriors. He batted through out the innings and remained unbeaten on 51 off 43 balls with 6 boundaries and a six. Alfonso Thomas also had an opening spell of 2/8 in 2 overs for the Warriors, whereas Wayne Parnell also did well by 1/20 in four overs.AB de Villiers, another protea hit 5 sixes in an unbeaten innings of 54 off 40 balls for  Bangalore Royal Challengers  to fetch victory against Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

Jacques Kallis also took two wickets  for Kolkata Knight Riders ,along with an innings of 54 off 42 balls.In the same match Albie Morkel hit a six and a four in the last over.

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IPL 2011: KKR vs DC match in Kolkata

IN THE sixth match of the IPL 2011, Gautam Gambhir-led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will play against Kumar Sangakkara's team Deccan Chargers (DC) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata this evening. Both KKR and DC are playing their second match in the IPL 4 for their first victory.
In the inaugural match of the IPL 2011, Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders lost against Chennai Super Kings by two runs, and on Saturday, Deccan Chargers was defeated by Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets in a one-sided encounter at Hyderabad.
KKR captain Gautam Gambhir should come for batting at either at the opening spot or at first down, and Yusuf Pathan should play at the number three position. Jacques Kallis is playing his best cricket.

In the bowling department Laxmipathy Balaji and Iqbal Abdulla are KKR's best available options. Kolkata Knight Riders will have to improve their fielding and catching.
In the Deccan Chargers, captain Kumar Sangakkara and JP Dumini can destroy any bowling attack, and Shikhar Dhawan is also a very promising batsman. In the bowling department Dale Steyn will be a handful. Amit Mishra and Ishant Sharma are also very useful bowlers for the Chargers. In the last match against RR, Pragyan Ojha was quite expensive.
Sixth match of the IPL 2011 between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Deccan Chargers (DC) will start at 8:00 PM, and will telecasted live on the SET Max channel.

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Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2011 match in Hyderabad

IN THE second match of the Indian Premier League 2011, Rajasthan Royals will play against Deccan Chargers at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad, on Saturday evening. Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Deccan Chargers (DC) are the winners of IPL season first and second respectively.
This year former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara is leading the completely new-look Chargers. Earlier, he was the captain of Kings XI Punjab, which is now being led by former Deccan Chargers captain Adam Glichrist. Rajasthan Royals management has retained its coach cum captain Shane Warne for the top job.
After their inaugural crown of IPL in 2008, Rajasthan Royals have not performed well in the last two editions. During the IPL auction this year RR management brought in some useful international cricketers such as Rahul Dravid, Shaun Tait, Ross Taylor, Jacob Oram, and Johan Botha, and retained Shane Warne and all-rounder Shane Watson.
Deccan Chargers, who won the IPL 2009 and finished fourth in 2010, has some big players such as Sangakkara, Kevin Pietersen, Dale Steyn, Cameron White, JP Duminy. Meanwhile, Kevin Pietersen and Cameron White are not with the team due to injury and international commitments respectively.

In last year's IPL, two Chargers spinners Pragyan Ojha and Amit Mishra, were the two highest wicket-takers.
The second match of the IPL 4, between Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals, will start from 4:00 PM, and viewers can watch live telecast of this match on SET Max.

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Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals today at 4pm IST Time

Inaugural Indian Premier League T20 Champions, Rajasthan Royals, will kick start their IPL 2011 campaign against Deccan Chargers in the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad today at 4Pm IST.Both sides have met with each other on six occasions in the past three seasons, Rajasthan  Royals winning five of six encounters.

Deccan Chargers led Kumar Sangakkara, who was the caption of Sri Lanka, is in good form and would hope players like JP Duminy and Michael Lumb help the side start its campaign on a winning note. Two of their star players Kevin Pietersen and Cameron White already ruled out of the tournament.But they have strong bowling line up including Ishant Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha  with Dale Steyn leading up in their attack.

Whereas with Rajasthan Royals Ross Taylor and Rahul Dravid are the only established batsman, as Paul Collingwood will miss the tournament due to an injury, Shane Watson is expected to join after Aussie’s Bangladesh tour.However Jacob Oram comes in as replacement. Shaun Tait , Johan Botha, Oram will handle the bowling department along the skipper Warne and young Siddharth Trivedi .

Let us see who wins their First Battle in IPL 2011 this time around.

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