No Roach as Chargers crash out
Published:Thursday | April 22, 2010 | 7:00 PM
West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach surprisingly played no part as his Deccan Chargers slumped out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) today with a disappointing 38-run loss to Chennai Super Kings.
The 21-year-old speedster, one of the highly sought-after players prior to the start of the cash-rich tournament, was omitted from final eleven.
Roach has not had the best of entries into the IPL and last played almost three weeks ago when his four overs went for 48 runs as the Chargers went down to Chris Gayle’s Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens.
There was no room in the Deccan side either for Roach’s West Indies teammate Dwayne Smith who has also played just two matches.
On the field, Man-of-the-Match left-arm seamer Doug Bollinger snatched four for 13 to restrict the Chargers to 104 all out off 19.2 overs, in response to Chennai’s 142 for seven off 20 overs.
The tournament concludes in Mumbai with the third placed playoff between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday and the finals between Mumbai and Chennai on Sunday.