Centurion: Deccan Chargers’ Rohit Sharma hit a quickfire unbeaten 85 in a practice game at the SuperSport Park on Tuesday. He led his team Rohit XI to a comfortable win over Styris XI as the Chargers played their second successive practice game ahead of the DLF- Indian Premier League which begins on April 18.
Batting first, Rohit XI piled 180 for five in their allotted 20 overs. Rohit Sharma hit eight fours and five sixes in his 44-ball knock. He was well-supported by West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Smith, who chipped in with 36 (two four, one six).
Styris waged a lone battle with a 28 that was not sufficient to guide his team through.
Scores: Rohit XI 180 for five in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 85 not out, Dwayne Smith 36, Shoaib 22 not out, Chamara Silva 21, Chaminda Vaas two for 19, Pragyan Ojha one for 17, Harmeet Singh one for 31) bt Styris XI 134 in 20 overs (Scot Styris 28, Adam Gilchrist 20, Arjun Yadav 20, Y Venugopala Rao 20, Chamara Silva three for 11, RP two for 18, P Vijaykumar two for 25 2, Dwyane Smith one for 37).

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Cape Town: Deccan Chargers management organised a surprise birthday party for Dwayne Smith on his 25th birthday on Sunday.The whole team got together as the West Indian all-rounder looked happy and dazed by the surprise gala. The bash went on till the next day where the team thrashed South African T20 champions Nashua Titans.

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Cape Town: Skipper Adam Gilchrist has backed his Deccan Chargers teammate Andrew Symonds to perform well in the DLF Indian Premier League and use it as a platform for the Ashes. Gilchrist said that with a fine performance at the DLF IPL the aggressive all-rounder can force his way into Australia’s squad for the upcoming Ashes series. “Symos” has been picked in Australia’s one-day squad for the upcoming series against Pakistan and also features in the list of probables for the Twenty20 World Cup. The former Australian opening batsman Gilchrist believes that explosive batsman’s Test career is not over either. “If he can get back to form and prove his worth then hopefully he can get back into the Australian team”, Gilchrist said. Gilchrist and Symonds flew to South Africa this week to prepare for the second edition of DLF Indian Premier League where they take on Kolkata Knight Riders on April 19. “He is a valuable player”, he added.

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NEW DELHI: Deccan Chargers’ Rudra Pratap Singh – or, simply RP, as he is known – will look to take a leaf out of his Uttar Pradesh State-mate Suresh Raina’s book and use the DLF IPL tournament as the platform to relaunch his international career. Of course, he has another wonderful example in Shane Watson.

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