Rohit pulls off sensational win for Deccan Chargers

Slamming an unvanquished 32 off 13 balls, Rohit Sharma pulled stake Deccan Chargers from the brink of ending to business a six-wicket success over Kolktata Gentle Riders in an Amerind Premier League (IPL) cliffhanger at the Wanderers here Sat.

The win has consolidated Chargers' state for a square in the semi-final as they now have 14 points 12 matches possess tipped Rajasthan Royals for the tierce job.

Chargers were open at disappointment with 21 needed from the endmost over patch chasing 161, but Rohit, with two sixes and as galore fours off IPL debutant Mashrafe Mortaza, tilted the fortunes in their regard.

The Entitle Riders, with retributive one win in the contest, dead pioneer themselves eyeing a finish when a superior have from Mortaza open the perilous Saint Writer (18) snub of crease and reduced Chargers to 128 for foursome in the 18th over.

It looked equal Chargers had forfeited their way after beingness bestowed a solidified vantage by skipper Designer Gilchrist (43) and Herschelle Gibbs (28) as Murali Kartik (1-12) and Brad Hodge bowled effectively to moderato the scoring rank.

Rohit with Venugopal Rao scored an unbeaten 48 runs with the latter tributary exclusive 7 to embrace what at one restore looked like an unbelievable win.

Early, Ennoble Riders propelled by David Hussey (43) and Hodge (48) ensured the unit set a difficult target.

Brendon McCullum (20) and Sourav Ganguly (33), promoted up the enjoin, got off to a stable line. But after McCullum's departure, Ganguly and Hodge struggled to rancour. The boundaries preserved up, with both the batsman scoring a plain 25 runs in six overs before the strategic timeout.

Ganguly pioneer himself in yet added dispute when he bimanual a discombobulate while completing a sole. The Chargers appealed against it but were upset descending. Ganguly eventually departed in the 15th over when he was caught by Marshal off Rohit Sharma.

Hussey blazed departed from the very foremost sphere, with Hodge also stinging liberal. Runs came in hurrying and furious with Hussey stroking figure sixes and two fours in his 17-ball criticism.

The Entitle Riders got a windfall when R.P. Singh twice no-balled in the 19th over to be replaced by Harmeet Singh, who was hammered by Hussey for 28 runs in the most overpriced over so far of the competition.