Daredevils to play for pride in last League match.OUT OF contention for the semi- finals of the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 tournament, pride is all the Delhi Daredevils will be playing for as they take on Cape Cobras The Nashua Cape Cobras is the name used by the combined Western Province and Boland first class cricket teams in South Africa when they play in the SuperSport Series. Their home venues are Newlands, Cape Town and Boland Park, Paarl. in an inconsequential League match at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium here on Monday. Delhi have been in indifferent form in the Champions League and their campaign came to an end after their eight- wicket thrashing at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bangalore on Saturday. Their opponents -- Cape Cobras -- have qualified for the semi- finals but Gautam Gambhir's boys will be keen to give the home fans something to cheer about. The batting of the Daredevils has failed miserably and they made it thus far only on the basis of net run rate. Apart from Virender Sehwag Virender Sehwag pronunciation (born 20 October, 1978, in Delhi) also known as "Veeru" is an Indian cricketer (batsman) and member of the Indian national cricket team since 1999 , the star- studded Delhi bating bate 1 tr.v. bat·ed, bat·ing, bates 1. To lessen the force or intensity of; moderate: "To his dying day he bated his breath a little when he told the story" line up, including Gambhir, Tillakaratne Dilshan Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan (born 14 October, 1976 in Kalutara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. Known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan prior to his conversion from Islam to Buddhism,[1] and Owais Shah Owais Alam Shah (born 22 October 1978 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan) is a cricketer who plays for Middlesex and has appeared for England in a number of One-Day Internationals and two Test matches. , have not made any worthwhile contributions. The Daredevils have missed the services of Daniel Vettori, AB de Villiers and Paul Collingwood and it has shown in their performances. For Cape Cobras, things couldn't have been better as they now get a chance to warm up for the semi- finals without the pressure of winning. Copyright 2009 India Today Group. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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