Hyderabad, April 23:

A clinical performance from the Delhi Daredevils, beginning with some miserly bowling and capped by Virender Sehwag’s blistering 41-ball 94, produced an early finish in Hyderabad, the Deccan Chargers losing by nine wickets with seven overs to spare in the Indian Premier League.

For the second game running, the bowlers and the top order did the job for Delhi. Sehwag had fallen after a cameo against the Rajasthan Royals but he took full toll of the Deccan bowlers, smashing 30 off one Andrew Symonds over to help his team to another resounding win.

The win, though, was set up by Delhi’s bowlers and followed another unimpressive show by the Deccan batsmen. Rohit Sharma’s dazzling 66 had helped them recover from a shambolic start to post 142-8, but the score was well short of being competitive.