Virender Sehwag and Dinesh Karthik blazed half-centuries as the Delhi Daredevils powered to a 50-run win over Wayamba XI in the Airtel CL T20.

The Delhi Daredevils needed victory in Delhi to stay in the competition, and Sehwag set the tone with a superb 66 from 42 deliveries at the top of the order.

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Karthik slammed Ajantha Mendis for three consecutive sixes en route to a similarly destructive 61 from 41 deliveries in a formidable 170 for five.

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Fast bowler Dirk Nannes then claimed four wickets, and Glenn McGrath rolled back the years to pick up two as the Daredevils cruised to victory.

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New South Wales Blues and the Sussex Sharks had struggled to put bat to ball on the same surface a few hours earlier, but Sehwag showed little discomfort as he drove fast bowler Isuru Udana for a straight four for his first runs.

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Tillakaratne Dilshan opened alongside Sehwag, but the International Cricket Council's Twenty20 player made only 10 - and captain Gautam Gambhir also departed cheaply, undone by one that stayed low.

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Sehwag, however, dominated a third-wicket stand with Karthik - the opener racing to his half-century off 32 deliveries before being run out.

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Karthik found good support in Owais Shah - and the wicketkeeper-batsman ruined Mendis' figures by slamming 23 off his last over.

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Nannes, who shared the new ball with fellow left-armer Ashish Nehra, then secured the early breakthroughs - bowling Mahela Udawatte and Michael Vandort in his first two overs.

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McGrath, a replacement for the injured Paul Collingwood, then took two wickets in his second over to leave Sri Lanka's Wayamba in deep trouble on 36 for five in the eighth over.

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Mahela Jayawardene fought a lone battle and had made 53 when Nannes returned to claim his scalp, on the way to figures of four for 24.

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Teams:

Delhi Daredevils: G Gambhir*, V Sehwag, TM Dilshan, KD Karthik†, MK Tiwary, OA Shah, R Bhatia, A Mishra, DP Nannes, A Nehra, GD McGrath.

Wayamba: MG Vandort, ML Udawatte, J Mubarak*, DPMD Jayawardene, HGJM Kulatunga, KS Lokuarachchi, MF Maharoof, RSSS de Zoysa†, BAW Mendis, I Udana, UWMBCA Welegedara.

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