DURBAN: AB de Villiers won the battle of the master blasters against Matthew Hayden to give Delhi Daredevils a nine-run win over Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League (IPL) thriller on Thursday.

South African De Villiers rode his luck to finish unbeaten on 105 as Delhi made 189-5 in their 20 overs and Australian Hayden hit 57 as he triggered a heroic run chase that ended at 180-9 after a late collapse at Kingsmead. Victory maintained the 100 per cent record of Delhi while Chennai suffered their second loss in three matches.

Delhi team-mate Paul Collingwood of England branded the De Villiers innings "perfect" and recently retired Test batsman Hayden called it a "magnificent, patient and methodical" stand. Daredevils lost their openers inside the first two overs and needed a hero.

De Villiers gradually subdued his opponents and hit six sixes and five fours in a 54-ball masterclass. He did have a moment of luck after reaching 50 when compatriot Albie Morkel was guilty of sloppy fielding at the boundary to drop a simple opportunity of sending De Villiers packing.

Hayden made a quickfire 57 in a reply that was on track until former England skipper Andrew Flintoff was caught by substitute David Warner to leave Chennai on 156-5 and two last-over run-outs settled the outcome.

On Wednesday, Adam Gilchrist blasted 71 off 45 balls as the Deccan Chargers recorded a 24-run win over the Bangalore Royal Challengers.

Opening batsman and captain Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma (52) propelled the Deccan team to 184-6. The Challengers could score only 160-8 despite a classy 48 off 27 balls by Rahul Dravid, who became the tournament's top scorer, and 50 off 30 balls by Virat Kohli.

Deccan, who finished bottom of the table in 2008, kept a perfect record in the 2009 edition and became the first team to win two matches -- equalling their total haul in 14 matches last year.

Gilchrist slammed six fours and five sixes. He and Sharma put on 61 off 36 balls for the third wicket. Sharma also hit five sixes, including three in an over from Anil Kumble, as well as a four in his 30-ball innings.