Nixon powers Delhi to victory

---

Delhi Giants 167 for 7 (Nixon 43, Streak 3-23) beat Ahmedabad Rockets 154 for 9 (Sodhi 51*, Aziz 48, Sudhindra 3-33) by 13 runs
Paul Nixon's 24-ball 43 proved the difference between the Delhi Giants and the Ahmedabad Rockets after he powered Delhi from 89 for 3 to a match-winning total. Reetinder Sodhi and Parvez Aziz threatened briefly in the chase but Delhi had enough firepower with the ball to arrest their momentum.
The game swung around in the 13th over with Nixon's entry. His start was typical: a reverse-sweep, a shot he deployed repeatedly during his stay. He used it against S Sriram to get a six and then slog-swept S Kalia over midwicket boundary. Jason Gillespie's full delivery was hit over deep midwicket, followed by another one over long-on.
For Ahmedabad, Aziz, the the 20-year old left-hand batsman from Assam, kept the fight going with boundaries; his best shot was a monster hit to the cow corner off the left-arm spinner Ali Murtaza. But Aziz was cleaned up by JP Yadav, 95 runs short of the target.
Dhaka Warriors bow to
Chennai Superstars
Chennai Superstars 148 for 4 (Arnold 42*, Rafique 2-23) beat Dhaka Warriors 142 (Aftab 30, Vignesh 2-25) by six wickets
G Vignesh and Ian Harvey starred in a comfortable six-wicket win for the Chennai Superstars. Set a target of 143 by Dhaka Warriors, both threatened to end the chase in a blink. They rattled up the team fifty in 2.5 overs, but the tempo slowed as both fell with the score on 61. Russel Arnold, the former Sri Lanka batsman, steadied the innings with Hemanth Kumar to ease Chennai home with two overs to spare.
Harvey started the assault with a charge down the pitch on the third ball of the innings against Manjural Islam. Tapash Baishya was pulled, cut, and lofted for three boundaries in the second over. The score read 26 after two overs when Vignesh joined in the carnage. He hit Manjural for four fours, the wagon-wheel swinging from point to square leg. The match seemed headed for an early finish before Mohammad Rafique terminated Vignesh's blitz with an arm ball. Dhaka then swooped in with two more quick wickets, including Harvey's. However, Arnold showed his experience to guide his team to the target.
Dhaka would have wished they had someone with Arnold's experience to lend their innings some solidity. They were sitting pretty at 78 for 1 from nine overs, with Aftab Ahmed and Nazimuddin moving along at a fair clip. Aftab, in particular, looked in fine nick, hitting Nantie Hayward for three fours in an over. — Cricinfo