Karachi: The Delhi Daredevil’s skipper Virender Sehwag scored his 5th successive half century yesterday in the match against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur, leading his team to consecutive 4th victory, 8th overall, helping Delhi strengthen their hold on the No. 1 position.
Viru scored 73 off just 38 at a strike rate of 192.10 with 12 fours and one huge six, he has looked in sublime touch all through the tournament scoring 445 runs in 10 matches at a staggering average of exactly 49.44 second to Rajasthan’s Rahane.
Sehwag has got great support by his team mates notably the all new Daredevil Kevin Pieterson and AB de Villiers. He is been looking in a brilliant form with a boiling confidence that rarely been the case in the previous tournaments, his team one more win in six remaining games will assure a place in the playoffs..
On the highlight, the 87 runs innings against Pune Warriors on 24th April and 73 against Mumbai were the most remarkable innings by him played so far in the IPL season 5.
His excellent run takes him to the top of the list of best batsmen in IPL 2012 and he is considerably one of the key contenders of getting player of the tournament award.