Deccan Opt to Bat as Search Maiden Win in IPL-5

New Delhi: Deccan Chargers skipper Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and opted to bat against Delhi Daredevils in their IPL 5 match at Ferozeshah Kotla in New Delhi.

Veer Pratap Singh, a pace bowler, comes into the playing 11, as does Parthiv Patel in place of Anand Rajan and Tanmay Mishra respectively.

On the other hand, Virender Sehwag, is looking cool in his shades, and says he would have fielded first anyway. No change to the Delhi side, so their overseas spinner Roelof van der Merwe continues to stay out.

Teams

Delhi Daredevils Naman Ojha (wk), Virendra Sehwag (captain), Kevin Pietersen, Mahela Jayawardene, Ross Taylor, Irfan Pathan, Yogesh Nagar, Ajit Agarkar, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav, S Nadeem

Deccan Chargers Bharat Chipli, Shikhar Dhawan, Parthiv Patel, Daniel Christian, Kumar Sangakkara (captain & wk), JP Duminy, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Ankit Sharma, Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Veer Pratap Singh

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