IPL semifinals-1

Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils.. 

Head-to-head record

Delhi have the clear advantage, having beaten Deccan on both occasions in this tournament. In their first clash, they easily chased down 149 with six wickets and eight balls to spare. In their next encounter, Deccan made a hash of their run-chase, falling 12 runs short. The first game between them was at Centurion, the venue of the semi-final. Since Delhi won both times in 2008 as well, it means Deccan have never beaten their semi-final opponents in four tries.

Expect a good game of cricket..
After a long tournament where there has been more individual brilliance from both the sides than a team performance, these two face each other in the semi-finals of IPL2..

Batsmen-

Deccan rely heavily on Gilly and Gibbs..
Delhi rely on AB and Dilshan..

Rohit Sharma has single handedly won a few matches for the Deccan., probably the only Indian to shine with the bat for them this season..
Delhi's "Indians" haven't had a good tournament thus far.. Gambhir and Viru have failed time and again, only to show glimpses of form in a dead rubber against MI..

The pure batsmen have to do more to put their team to safety in terms of runs scored.. Evenly matched !!

All rounders
Deccan have Symonds on their side who is a threat on any day, but Delhi's Rajat Bhatia is wily and has performed for Delhi back home in the Ranji Trophy too.. Rajat is a utility player while Symmo comes with Intl player tag. 

Bowlers
RP from the Deccan has made sure that his good show earns him a national call.. The purple cap holder has much to prove against Delhi, nothing to show for till now..
Nehra, similar to RP, wanted to prove a point and has done it successfully.. But,hey, not against Delhi though !!

Pragyan Ojha has been decent with his performances.
Dirk Nannes has performed so well that Glenn McGrath hasn't got a game yet..

Delhi bowling attack is far more potent than Deccan Chargers..

Overall picture:
Viru,Gauti,AB,Dilshan,Karthik make up the batting.. Nannes,Mishra,Nehra and Sangwan the bowling.. Rajath Bhatia the all rounder.. Bringing Vettori back will be a wise move...

Gilly,Gibbs,Rohit to bat, Symmo the all rounder, Ojha,RP the bowlers !! High dependence on 6 players..
Bring back Styris !

Delhi with current form and good bowling attack should win the game.. But the names Gilly,Gibbs,Symmo is huge and if all of them or atleast one fire today God save DD !!