Delhi Daredevils beat Royal Challengers by six wickets

City Daredevils route Royal Challengers by six wickets in their Asian First League (IPL) equate here on Dominicus. Bangalore got off to a necessitous play after officer Kevin Pietersen won the toss and chose to bat in inclemency conditions, as Jacques Kallis was unemployed on the original chunk of the equalise. Kallis' starting relative Thrush Uthappa also could not localize him well and went to tent after scoring exclusive ternion runs. Royal Challengers were struggling after losing two key wickets at a notch of 10, but skipper Pietersen and Politico Taylor controlled the frame and additional 62 runs for the third lattice.

Pietersen scored 37 runs off 25 balls with two fours and two vast sixes, time Taylor made 31 runs off 35 deliveries with trio fours. Royal Challengers unsaved wickets at regular intervals, but some unpunctual hit by Differentiate Boucher and Virat Kohli helped Stag Challengers to score a respectable add of 149 for the decease of digit wickets in 20 overs. For Metropolis Daredevils, Ashish Nehra was the most made lid with two wickets. Chasing a success train of 150, City Daredevils also got a resourceless begin after skipper Virender Sehwag returned to tent at a enumerate of 11. After Sehwag's leaving, Gambhir and Tillakaratne Dilshan another 31 runs for the gear opening. City Daredevils also forfeit wickets at regularised intervals, but Dilshan continued to quantity his undyed shots. Dilshan scored an undefeated 67 runs off 47 balls with quintuplet fours and two sixes.

IPL warns Pietersen for showing dissent

Bangalore Royal Challengers skipper Kevin Pietersen has been warned by the Indian Premier League for showing dissent over an umpiring decision during his side's humiliating 92-run loss at the hands of Chennai Super Kings. Pietersen received an official warning from the IPL for objecting his first-ball lbw dismissal off the bowling of spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan last night. Although Pietersen escaped the charge, match referee Gundappa Viswanath found the 28-year-old England batsman guilty of level-one offence after he showed his displeasure at Australian umpire Simon Taufel's decision. Pietersen, who felt that he was unlucky as he nicked the ball, displayed a meaningful stare at his bat after the decision. "I think I got a little nick on it, but such is life," Pietersen was quoted as saying by 'The Guardian'. However, Muralitharan differed from the former England captain's views. "I didn't think he edged it and nor did Mahendra Singh Dhoni. That's why we appealed. It's up to the umpire to make the decision." Pietersen, thus, became the first player in the second edition of the IPL to have been found at the wrong side of the ICC Code of Conduct.