De Gea, who has yet to win a full cap, is likely to miss out on the main event and go to the London Olympics instead with Del Bosque still to name almost a dozen players from Chelsea, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao who have matches left to play this season.
Chelsea’s Juan Mata and Fernando Torres will find out whether they are selected after the Champions League final on May 19, Barca and Bilbao players after the King’s Cup final on May 25, which is sure to include goalkeeper Victor Valdes.
The world and defending European champions will name their final 23-man list on May 27.
Isco and Ignacio Monreal of Malaga, Benat of Real Betis, Javi Garcia of Benfica and three players from Europa League winners Atletico Madrid were among the unfamiliar faces in the squad.
“Obviously it will be a little painful for some, but we preferred this system of discards,” Del Bosque told a news conference at Spain’s training ground outside Madrid.
“We aren’t only thinking of the Euro 2012, but of the future and this call up is like a reward. In September we start qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil and we will need alternatives.
“Obviously we are worried there could be an emotional hangover for some players,” he added, alluding to the lack of preparation time after the finals for some stalwarts of the team.
“We aren’t doing a pre-season, rather extra-time on the season we have just finished. Our obligation is to adapt to the circumstances.”
With talismanic centre-back Carles Puyol ruled out with a knee injury and striker David Villa still not back in action after breaking his leg last December, the newcomers in defence and up front have the best options to secure a finals place.
Del Bosque gave little away on Villa’s recovery, who could return to play for Barca in the Cup final.
“He is a special case. We will decide on the 27th,” he said. “He is recovering and he could make Poland and Ukraine. We value his efforts and his desire to be here.”

With the victory, Daredevils became the first team to qualify for the play-off stage of the IPL 5.
Jayawardene hit eight boundaries in his 49 balls innings as he added unbeaten 45 runs with the Irfan Pathan (19 not out) to take the hosts over the target with an over to spare.
Pathan hit three boundaries in his rapid 10-ball knock.
Piyush Chawla dismissed Naman Ojha (34) in the fourteenth over to break the 58-run fifth wicket partnership between Ojha and Mahela Jayawardene and reduced Delhi to 95/5 in 13.6 overs.
Ojha hit two sixes and three boundaries in his quick 29-ball innings.
Chasing 137-run target, Delhi lost four top-order batsmen inside six overs to start the run chase nervously.
Pacer Parvinder Awana struck twice in the sixth over to dismiss Ross Taylor (0) and Venugopal Rao (7). Awana’s effort rocked Delhi run chase as he reduced Daredevils to 37/4 in 5.4 overs.
Awana also struck with the very first ball to dismiss Delhi skipper Virender Sehwag (8) in the fourth over as the hosts were reduced to 28/2 in 3.1 overs.
Praveen Kumar gave Punjab early breakthrough in the third over when he dismissed David Warner (14).
Earlier, Umesh Yadav (3-21) and Varun Aaron (2-19) helped Delhi restrict Punjab to 136/8.
Electing to bat, Punjab lost wickets at regular intervals and managed to set a modest 137-run target for the strong Delhi batting line-up.
Skipper David Hussey remained unbeaten on 40 off 35 balls, which included a six and five boundaries, for Punjab but failed to stitch meaningful partnerships in the innings.
Praveen Kumar (8) got run out in the penultimate over as the visitors were reduced to 126/8 in 18.1 overs.
Pacer Umesh Yadav dismissed Piyush Chawla (10) in the eighteenth over to break the blossoming 29-run partnership between Hussey and Chawla.
Spinner Pawan Negi dismissed young Gurkeerat Singh (8) in the thirteenth over as Punjab lost wickets at regular intervals.
Azhar Mahmood became second victim of Yadav in the twelfth over as Punjab lost half-the-side for just 80 runs.
After a terrible mix-up with skipper David Hussey, Punjab batsman David Miller (4) got run out in the tenth over to add more agony to their team. Miller’s wicket reduced Kings XI to 63/4 in 9.4 overs.
Yadav got rid of Nitin Saini (15) in the eighth over soon after teammate Varun Aaron stuck twice in two overs to reduce Punjab to 54/3 in 7.2 overs. Saini hit two fours in his run-a-ball innings.
Aaron dismissed in-form Punjab batsman Mandeep Singh (21) in the sixth over to dent the Punjab run charge.
Mandeep smashed five boundaries in his quick-fire 12-ball knock before Aaron got better of him.
Punjab lost Shaun Marsh (13) early in the fourth over when pacer Aaron struck with his very first ball and reduced Punjab to 24/1 in 3.1 overs. Marsh hit three boundaries in his 15-ball slow innings.
Earlier, Punjab skipper David Hussey won the toss and decided to bat against Delhi.
“It (toss) does not matter, we would have chosen to bowl anyway. Ross Taylor and Pawan Negi in, Roelf van der Merwe and Yogesh Nagar are out for us,” said Delhi skipper Virender Sehwag after losing the toss.
Punjab have made two changes in the side as they included David Miller and Harmeet Singh in place of Ryan Harris and Siddharth Chitnis.

Mumbai Indians meet Kolkata tomorrow’s night match
Mumbai, May 15: Second placed Mumbai Indians and  Kolkata Knight Riders will take on each other once again at Wankhede stadium in the IPL 5 match tomorrow night in what looks on card a highly absorbing tie.
In their previous encounter at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Mumbai Indians defeated Knight Riders by 27 runs and would like to continue their winning form after last night’s win over Royal Challengers,Bangalore.
Kolkata Knight Riders, on the other hand, are on a two  match losing streak as they lost two matches on the trot at their home ground, first to Mumbai and in last evening’s last ball thriller against Chennai Super kngs.
For Mumbai, Rohit Sharma and Herschelle Gibbs, who played their first game this season against Knight Riders set up Mumbai Indians victory  with a 167-run stand that helped end Kolkata Knight Riders’unbeaten run of seven games. Rohit’s century was his maiden IPL ton,and Gibbs settled in quickly despite having watched the bulk of the season from the dugout.
Knight Riders’ bowling line-up slipped up against Mumbai  last time around. Batsmen were given a generous dose of short-pitched deliveries together with width that gave them several opportunities to open up. Both Rohit and Gibbs displayed a ruthlessness that ensured Knight Riders were made to pay. In their last night encounter, KKR bowled well against Chennai and Captain Gambhir will be hoping that his bowlers would perform better than last night on a pitch that provides assistance to bowlers. Mumbai Bowlers inconsistency will be hurting captain Harbhajan Singh but would expect a better performance at home tomorrow.
With semifinal slot still up for grabs, both the teams  will try to out do each other. A high octane clash is on cards both on and off the field with lot of celebrity guests expected to cheer for team of their choice.

Suresh Raina (8) got run out in the thirteenth over as Chennai start to wobble in their run chase.
Mystery spinner Sunil Narine struck twice in the tenth over to end the Hussey-Vijay juggernaut. Narine double-strike helped Kolkata reduce Chennai to 97/2 in 9.4 overs from 97/0 in 9.1 overs.
Hussey and Vijay lead the Super Kings run chase with flurry of boundaries. Hussey whacked four huge maximums and four boundaries in his quick-fire 39-ball knock and raced to his fifty in just 35 balls.
Whereas, Vijay hit a six and five boundaries in his 24-ball whirlwind innings.
Sent in to bat, Gautam Gambhir (62) and Brendon McCullum (37) put on 99-run opening stand to help Kolkata post 158/6 against Chennai.
A run out in the twelfth over turned the tide of the match as Kolkata lost five wickets in next seven overs and with it the momentum of the run charge.
In the end, late charge by Debabrata Das (19 not out off 10 balls) make sure that the hosts set a competitive target for the defending champions. Das hit a six and two fours in his late blast.
Pacer Ben Hilfenhaus struck in the final over to dismiss Laxmi Ratan Shukla (9) and continued the Chennai fightback.
Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Manoj Tiwary (12) in the eighteenth over soon after Ravichandran Ashwin got rid of Yusuf Pathan (11) in the previous over.
Kolkata lost Jacques Kallis (4), Gambhir and McCullum quickly after a brilliant start.
Shadab Jakati dismissed Kallis in the fifteenth over soon after taking the important wicket of Gambhir in his previous over to reduce Kolkata to 111/3 in 14.4 overs.
Gambhir smashed three huge sixes and six boundaries in his quick-fire 43-ball innings.
Skipper Gambhir raced to his half-century in just 31 balls and added 99 runs for the opening wicket with McCullum to give the hosts a brilliant start before McCullum was run out in the twelfth over.

Rayudu made a solid 54-ball-81 while Pollard slammed a hard hitting 52, studded with three sixes and five boundaries.
With 13 required off the last five balls, Pollard smashed Chris Gayle for a six and followed it by a couple of boundaries to reach his fifty and secure a thrilling win for his side.
After Mayan Agarwal’s sizzling show steered RCB to a challenging total, Mumbai Indians got off to a disastrous start as they lost both openers Sachin Tendulkar and Herschelle Gibbs (2) respectively in the first two overs with just 4 runs on board.
Tendulkar was caught by Virat Kohli on the very first ball he faced off Zaheer Khan. In the second over, Gibbs was sent back following a brilliant piece of fielding by KP Appanna.
Vinay Kumar then caught and bowled Rohit Sharma to leave Mumbai reeling at 19/3.
After brief lull, Muttiah Muralitharan struck in his very first over to send back Dinesh Karthik dealing fourth jolt to the visitors.
Karthik scored 16 before being caught near boundary rope by HarshalPatel.
Harshalf Patel gave Mumbai fifth blow in the form of Dwayne Smith just after the visitors crossed 50-mark.
Earlier, a gritty knock by Tilakaratne Dilshan after early wickets and late charge by Mayank Agarwal powered Royal Challengers Bangalore to a challenging 171/6.
Mayank Agarwal produced a blistering 30-ball 64 and smashed Munaf Patel for 24 runs in the innings’ last over, which included two sixes and as many fours.
In all, he hit six fours and four sixes after the hosts lost most of their big guns, including Chris Gayle and A B de Villiers cheaply.
Mayank came out to bat when RCB were precariously placed, having lost four wickets with less than 100 on the board.

At the start however, Munaf did not disappoint captain Harbhajan Singh who hoped to get early wickets by exploiting a slightly greenish pitch, as he struck two crucial blows for Mumbai Indians, dismissing Gayle for just six and running out host captain Virat Kohli for three.
In his first over Lasith Malinga almost had Saurabh Tiwary caught at deep extra cover but fortunately for the batsman, the ball landed safely between two fielders.
Tiwary helped Bangalore recover from a poor start before being dismissed for 21. Suddenly, the hosts were in trouble at 47 for three by the seventh over.
After losing three wickets, Dilshan and AB de Villiers were involved in a 40-run partnership in 29 balls before Kieron Pollard removed the South African wicketkeeper-batsman for 14.
RCB posted their 100 in the 15th over. Agarwal cut loose in the 16th over and hammered 11 of the 15 runs conceded by RP Singh. Agarwal hammered a length ball to deep backward point for a four and then lofted one over long-off for a maximum.
However, RP put an end to the 46-run stand for the fifth wicket by bowling out the Sri Lankan opener for 47 (50 balls 4×4 and 6×1) in the 17th over.

Young Gurkeerat played a gem of an innings with 241.66 strike-rate as he smashed a six and four boundaries in his 12-ball 29 whirlwind knock.  Hussey played a captain’s knock as he whacked five sixes and four fours in his 35-ball blitzkrieg.
Chasing a massive 191-run target, Punjab were in trouble when they lost two wickets in the Dale Steyn’s seventeenth over as they were reduced to 149/6 in 16.4 overs.
Steyn struck twice in an over to dismiss Piyush Chawla (8) and Siddharth Chitnis (11) to put Deccan on top for a while but it turned out to be in vain.
Punjab lost Azhar Mahmood (31) after he revive their run chase with Hussey in the middle overs.
Leg-spinner Amit Mishra struck in the thirteenth over to dismiss Mahmood. Mahmood hit a six and two boundaries in his 20-ball rapid knock and added 44 runs for the fourth wicket with Hussey.
Punjab lost three top-order batsmen inside eight overs against Deccan.
Manpreet Gony got rid of in-form Punjab batsman Mandeep Singh (28) in the eighth over to reduce the hosts to 56/3 in 7.2 overs. Mandeep hit five boundaries in his quick-fire 20 balls innings.
Punjab lost Shaun Marsh (11) and Nitin Saini (3) inside five overs as they started their run chase on the wrong foot.
Electing to bat, Shikhar Dhawan (71) and Cameron White (67 not out) shared quick 96-run stand to help Deccan Chargers post 190/4 against Kings XI Punjab.
Dhawan continued his good run in this season as he smashed three huge sixes and four boundaries in his quick-fire 50 balls innings. Praveen Kumar dismissed Dhawan in the seventeenth over to halt the Dhawan-White juggernaut.
White hit a six and eight boundaries in his whirlwind 41-ball knock as he also added 44 runs for the fourth wicket with Dan Christian (24) to push the score further. Christian smacked two sixes and a four in his 10-ball blitzkrieg.
Dhawan and White resurrected Deccan innings after early blows. Dhawan raced to his fifty in just 36 balls, which included two sixes and three boundaries, to lead the Deccan run charge. Dhawan and White take Chargers’ score to 100 in 12 overs.
Deccan lost Kumar Sangakkara (1) and Parthiv Patel (19) in successive overs after a good start.
Parvinder Awana dismissed Sangakkara in the seventh over to reduce Deccan to 49/2 soon after Azhar Mahmood got better of Patel in the previous over.
Shikhar Dhawan and Patel started Deccan innings aggressively as they added 47 runs for the opening wicket in six overs.
Earlier, Deccan skipper Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and decided to bat against Punjab.
“I think it (Mohali) is one of the best wickets in India. Dale Steyn is back after a sore foot. We have Manpreet Gony and Jhunjhunwala coming in,” said Sangakkara after winning the toss.
“We would have batted first as well. David Miller misses out for Ryan Harris, bit of pace upfront. Gurkeerat comes in as well,” David Hussey said.

Little-known Chandila claimed his four wickets for just 13 runs from four overs as he single-handedly demolished Pune, who were already out of play-offs contention. The Haryana off-spinner needed just 17 balls to grab his four wickets.
Chandila, who was playing in only his second match of the IPL, was though not getting prodigious turn from the Sawai Man Singh Stadium pitch and the batsmen were also partly to be blamed for their poor shots.
With the win, Rajasthan remained in contention for a play-offs spot with 14 points from 14 matches. Set to score a challenging 171 for a win, the match was as good as over for Pune by the fifth over when they were down four wickets for just 26 with their top-four failing to reach double digit.
Captain Sourav Ganguly, who was embroiled in a controversy over his place in the team, scored two while Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa and Anustup Majumdar made one, six and nine respectively.
Steven Smith top-scored with 37 while Callum Fergusson and Angelo Mathews made identical 23. Smith and Mathews shared 39 runs from four overs for the sixth wicket to give a semblance of a fight before the former was out in the 15th over. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3), Mathews and Rahul Sharma (0) were out in the space of 11 balls with the latter two falling in the 18th over.
, both victims of Watson as Pune could only score 125 for nine in the end.
Other than Chandila, Watson and Johan Botha bagged two wickets each while pacer Shaun Tait took one wicket to complete the humiliation of Pune.
Pune made a disastrous beginning in their run chase with two wickets falling in the very first over bowled by Chandila.
Struggling Jesse Ryder (1) was out in the fifth ball of the innings. The New Zealnader failed to connect the delivery properly and he skied it to Watson at the mid-on region. He faced two balls.
In the next ball, Ganguly was stumped-out for a four-ball two as the former India skipper once again failed with the bat. He stepped forward and looked to nudge a harmless-looking ball but it hit his pad, bounced to the wicketkeeper Sreevats Goswami who quickly took off the bails before the batsman, who was off-balanced, could reach the crease.
In the first ball of his second over, third of the innings, Chandila again combined with Goswami to stumped-out Robin Uthappa (6) to complete his hat-trick.
Uthappa stepped forward looking to drive the delivery through the off-side only to be beaten and Goswami removed the bails before the batsman could take his back foot to the crease.
Pune’s woes continued while Chandila grabbed his fourth wicket by dismissing Majumdar caught and bowled. Majumdar played a tentative shot to a length ball but it hit high on his bat and looped back to Chandila to take four wickets from 17 balls.
Earlier, Watson and Ajinkya Rahane struck half centuries as Rajasthan scored a challenging 170 for four.
The highlight of Rajasthan innings after choosing to bat first was the 94-run stand for the second wicket between Watson (58) and opener Rahane (61) after captain Rahul Dravid (21) departed early.
Watson threatened to take Rajasthan to a much bigger total with a flurry of boundaries in his 31-ball knock before he was out in the 15th over. He hit six fours and four sixes in his innings.
Rahane, on the other hand, was less adventurous and more intent to preserve his wicket before being out in the final over. He hit seven fours in his 47-ball knock.
Rajasthan were 126 for two at the end of 15th over but they lost way towards the end as they could add just 44 runs in last five overs with Brad Hodge (14) out in 19th over.
For Pune, Ashish Nehra was the most successful bowler with figures of three for 23 while Angelo Mathews got one wicket for 29 runs.
Rajasthan, who need to win all of their remaining matches to keep their hopes of making it to the play-offs alive, began on a sedate note with captain Dravid and Rahane not taking too many risks. Not many boundaries came in the first powerplay.
Dravid was the first one to go in the fifth over with Pune wicketkeeper Robin Uthappa effecting a superb catch. Dravid wanted to launch an Ashish Nehra delivery but got an outside edge and Uthappa dived to his right to take a low one-handed catch.

The win snapped Knight Riders’ six-match winning streak and perched Mumbai Indians to third position in the table with 16 points, one less than second-placed Kolkata.
Sharma entertained the packed Eden crowd with his 60-ball 109-run knock, studded with 17 boundaries including five sixes, while Gibbs made his Mumbai Indians debut in style with an unbeaten 66. The duo shared an unconquered 167-run second-wicket partnership to propel Mumbai Indians to 182 for one after winning the toss.
The total proved too much for Kolkata, who managed to score 155 for four, built around Jacques Kallis’ superb 79 and Yusuf Pathan’s unbeaten 40.
Sharma’s maiden IPL century was the season’s fourth century while his partnership with Gibbs was second only to David Warner and Naman Ojha’s 189-run stand for Delhi Daredevils against Deccan Chargers.
The Knight Riders never really looked comfortable chasing the stiff total with their in-form skipper Gautam Gambhir dismissed in the first over.
The left-hander, who got a reprieve in the first delivery he faced, saw his middle stump shattered by a Munaf Patel ball when he tried to make room but missed the line.
The hosts soon lost Manvinder Bisla (1) to be reduced to two for three in the second over. Manoj Tiwary (27) and Kallis looked to repair the damage but when their 57-run stand was broken, it dented their chase further.
The South African veteran stood tall in the Knight Riders chase and found a fine ally in Yusuf Pathan but it was not enough against the imposing target.
Kallis and Pathan creamed Ojha for one six each as they collected 15 runs from the 12th over and another 13 runs in the next over off Dwayne Smith.
Just when the Knight Riders looked to take charge, Malinga did a fine job by bowling tight and pushed the required run-rate close to 14.
Earlier, Mumbai Indians recovered brilliantly after the early loss of Tendulkar with Sharma in murderous mood while Gibbs played a good support role.
Tendulkar had a forgettable outing after being dismissed by Shakib Al Hasan in the very second ball he faced. He was beaten by the spin as he had his back-foot in air to be stumped in the third over of the innings.
But the mighty blow hardly affected the Mumbai Indians with Gibbs and Sharma taking charge of the proceedings.
In the very next over, Sharma pulled Lee for a six over square leg and followed it up with a boundary with a fine slice through third man.
Sharma smacked Shakib for 14 runs with two boundaries and a six over midwicket, something that set the tone for the evening.
It was raining boundaries and sixes as the sizzling Sharma dominated the Knight Riders bowlers at ease with an array of copybook strokes.
Sharma notched up his half-century in 29 balls and lofted Rajat Bhatia over his head to take Mumbai Indians past the 100-mark in 12 overs.
Gibbs, who had begun with smashing three boundaries of Lee, played a perfect fiddle and was happy giving the strikes to Sharma.

Defending champions Chennai Super Kings notched up their third win on home turf and their seventh in 13 matches to remain in contention for a berth in the knock out playoffs in the IPL-5 T20 cricket championship before a huge home crowd at the M A Chidambaram stadium here today.

After Michael Hussey fell in the 11th over, the other Super Kings opener M Vijay, who posted the team’s 100 lifting Delhi pacer Varun Aron for a six over extra cover, batted with aplomb.
Thirteen runs away, Suresh Raina lifted star pacer Morni Morkel for a six and then took the Super Kings seven runs nearer to victory.And as Morkel completed his quota of four overs the Super Kings at 113 for 1 off 15 overs, were just a run away fromb victory. They won with 4.4 overs to spare.
Vijay remained not out on 48 off 40 balls with five fours  and one six and Suresh Raina on 28 off 20 balls with two fours and a six.
The Daredevils, however. remained on top of the table with 18 points just a point above Kolkata Knight Riders.
The Super Kings were left with two more league games, both away, against Kolkata and Punjab in the race to make it to the knock out phase.
It was a meagre score that the Daredevils were defending against heavy odds.
Their star pacer and the top wicket taker in this edition of IPL, Lasith Malinga, as expected to emulate Super Kings pacer Bin Hilfenhaus did to undermine their batting.
But as The Super Kings openers Aussie left hander Michael Hussey racing to good score with four fours and a six and Vijay 15 off 13 with two fours,put the Super Kings on path to victory in the first six overs. Morni Morkel gave away 20 runs in two oves and the other star pacer Varun Aaron unable to get any prchase from the wicket, bled 17 in two overs.
The Super Kings posted their 50 in the seventh over as the Delhi bowlers were struggling for a breakthrough.
The end was nearing for the Daredevils as the Super Kings pushed their score to 63 without loss after eight overs. Left arm pacer Irfan Pathan who came on to bowl the ninth over gave away seven runs including a boundary to Vijay.
The Super Kings were 70 without losing any wicket as the home fans were cheering  wildly for the team.
Ten overs remaining, the Super Kings were then 39 runs away from a win. But they lost their first wicket when Irfan coming on for his second over, bowled one leaving Hussey’s bat. The cut went straight to point for Jayawardane to complete the catch.Hussey scored 38 off 32 balls(five fours, one six).

Chennai lost Suresh Raina (23) and Murali Vijay (0) early against Rajasthan.  Pankaj Singh dismissed Raina in the sixth overs to give Rajastha a crucial break. Raina smashed five boundaries in his quick 17-ball innings.

Chennai lost opener Vijay for nought in the very first over against Rajasthan.  Pacer Shane Watson bowled four dot balls to Vijay before the fifth one hit the off-stump as he provided Royals a much needed early breakthrough.
Electing to bowl, Ben Hilfinhaus (2-8) led a discipline Chennai attack to help Super Kings restrict Rajasthan Royals to 126/6.  Rajasthan Royals lost three top-order batsmen inside nine overs as they failed to create any momentum amidst rain interruptions.
Brad Hodge (33) and Stuart Binny (27) tried to resurrect the Rajasthan innings but failed to built substantial partnerships in their innings.
Hodge hit a six and couple of fours in his 28-ball innings, whereas Binny smashed a six and three boundaries in his quick-fire 18 balls knock.
Chennai pacer Yo Mahesh supported impressive Hilfenhaus perfectly as he took 2 wickets for 21 runs in his four overs. Spinners Ravindra Jadeja (1-21) and Ravichandran Ashwin (1-13) also took a wicket each for Chennai.
Yo Mahesh struck in the ninth over to dismiss Ajinkya Rahane (17) and reduce hosts Royals to 40/3 in 8.4 overs.
The match was marred with rain interruptions.
Ben Hilfenhaus dismissed Shane Watson (5) and Rahul Dravid (4) to give Chennai early breakthroughs against Rajasthan.
Hilfenhaus gave the visitors early breakthrough as he dismissed Dravid in the second over to reduce the Royals to 6/1 in 1.5 overs.
The important IPL clash was stopped for almost 50 minutes by light drizzle soon after Chennai pacer Albie Morkel bowled the first ball of the match.
Earlier, Chennai skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to field against Rajasthan.
“With the rain around we chose to field as we want to have a better idea of the target,” Dhoni said after winning the toss.
Chennai have left out S Badrinath and Faf du Plessis, who are not well. Michael Hussey and S Anirudha will replace them in the playing eleven.
Rajasthan have made just one change in their playing eleven from last game, bringing in Brad Hodge in place of Owais Shah.

Dashing Aussie opener David Warner’s quickfire 109 from 54 balls propelled the Delhi Daredevils (DD) to the top of the points table as they thrashed the Deccan Chargers by nine wickets in a crucial tie of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here today.

Warner and keeper-batsman Naman Ojha (64) was involved in a record second wicket stand for the visitors (189 off 100) to smash the Chargers all over the park as Delhi chased down the victory target of 188-runs in just 16.4 overs.
Warner powered Daredevils past100 runs in just nine overs to set the tone for Delhi. Warner, who smashed seven fours and three sixes in his quick-fire fifty, added unbeaten 100 runs stand with Naman Ojha in just 55 balls to put Delhi on top. Ojha hammered four huge sixes and a four.
After smashing 84 with the bat, Deccan Chargers’ Shikhar Dhawan struck in the first over to remove Virender Sehwag and give Delhi a huge blow.
Sehwag started off the innings with a boundary on the first delivery and he looked for another one, went for a slog over long-on, got an outside edge and Cameron White took a marvelous catch. Interestingly, the pair who steered Chargers to the mammoth total, was involved in Sehwag’s dismissal.
Earlier, Cameron White and Shikhar Dhawan each hammered a brisk half-century to take the home side to a formidable total of 187 for 4.
Dhawan scorched to 84 off 49 balls with his dashing innings that included nine boundaries and five sixes while White was equally as effective as he bludgeoned his way to 65 off 40 deliveries as the pair put on 126 runs for the third wicket off just 11.4 overs.
Dhawan’s flamboyant knock finally came to an end when the batsman got run-out as he went for the second run. He smacked nine fours and five sixes in his 84 runs knock.
Meanwhile, White continued his good run in the tournament by scoring another half century in just 33 balls with the help of six fours and a six.
Delhi pacer Varun Aaron ended White’s scintillating knock in the last over of the innings when keeper Naman Ojha took high running catch at the square-leg region.
JP Duminy hit two fours in a row on the last two deliveries to take Chargers to 187 in the stipulated 20 overs.
Earlier, Deccan skipper Sangakkara won the toss and opted to bat against Delhi in the 55th match of the tournament.
The Daredevils made two changes to their side, bringing in Andre Russell, who gets his first game and Venugopal Rao in place of Ross Taylor, out with a niggle and Umesh Yadav.
For Deccan Chargers, JP Duminy came back into the playing XI in place of Rusty Theron, while Manpreet Gony and TP Sudhindra are also being included.

‘If someone has to change their game, it should be Kallis or me. We don’t want (Brendon) McCullum or Yusuf Pathan to change their game. It’s our responsibility because we are the experienced guys,’ Gambhir said at the post-match press conference after his side trounced Delhi by six wickets here last night.
‘You don’t want them to stop playing their natural game. The guys like me and Kallis need to change the game and that is what responsibility and experience is all about,’ he added.
Yesterday’s win against the Virender Sehwag-led DD side not only helped the KKR to dethrone the hosts from the top of the table but also have given them 17 points and are almost assured of a place in the knock-out stage.
Meanwhile, the left-handed opener said his team is playing in the IPL not just to compete but win games.
‘For me, every game is tough and important. When I go on to the field, I just want to win the match. It’s not about competing in the IPL, it’s about winning every time.
I always look to win matches because you don’t want to go back to the dressing room on a losing note. You want to go happy and for that feeling to come, you have to win matches,’ he said.
‘We have some quality players in the dressing room. Someone like Kallis, who is such a legend of the game.
Brendon McCullum and Brett Lee are also there. When you have such players, you don’t need to motivate them. They all are thorough professionals. One thing important for us is that we need to play well as a unit,’ the southpaw added.
The Delhi lad attributed his aggressive approach to batting as the success mantra for KKR.
‘I’ve been hitting the ball well this season. You need to be aggressive in your approach. You have to pass on that body language among teammates which is very important. As I mentioned before, you don’t go there to compete but to win matches. For that to achieve, you need to be aggressive,’ said the opener.
With four more games remaining before the play-offs, the former India vice-captain also warned his side against any sign of complacency.
‘We still have a long distance to cover with four more games remaining before the play-offs. We need to guard against complacency. I am keeping my fingers crossed, just trying to give our best in every match,’ he said.
‘Till the time, I am leading the Knight Riders or whatever team I’m going to lead (in the future), there will be no complacency. For me, every game is as important as the first game or the finals. That’s what KKR is all about,’ he added.
For Gambhir, the form of Kiwi import McCullum augurs well for Kolkata.
‘He has always been in form. In India, there is a problem, if someone gets a fifty he is in the form, if someone does not get a fifty, he is out of the form. How he’s batting and hitting the ball is more important to me.
It was all about contributions. Even in the last game, he got 40-odd runs and we got 100-run partnership, that’s more important rather than individual scores. He has always been a key player for us,’ he said.
Asked about the incident involving Daredevils’ batsman Mahela Jayawardene, who survived a confident caught behind appeal after which he had a heated exchange with Gambhir only for Ross Taylor to intervene and separate the two, the skipper said, ‘These things keep happening. It was just a normal conversation, nothing serious.

‘When Kevin was there, he was performing really well for the Daredevils in the middle-order but now some other batsman needs to put his hand up and perform at his best,’ Pathan said at the post match press conference last night.

Pietersen, who returned to England as they prepare for a home series against the West Indies, had scored 305 runs from eight innings at an average of 61 with a strike rate of 147.34.
Pathan also hoped that struggling Kiwi batsman Ross Taylor would soon regain his touch in the twenty20 tournament.
‘We have some wonderful players in the middle order like Ross Taylor. Once he starts firing, you know he is a player to watch out for. He can hit the ball long way. We have no doubt with every match he plays, he is getting better,’ he said.
‘Kevin has done a good job for us but at the same time, it’s an opportunity for others to take his place,’ he added.
Pathan said the loss of both the openers in quick succession and failure of the bowling unit led to team’s defeat at the hands of KKR.
‘We did not put enough runs on the board. We could have scored 160-plus but that wasn’t the case today. We lost Virender Sehwag and David Warner around the same time and that put us on backfoot,’ he said.
‘As a bowling unit, we always try to get better with each passing game. We did not perform well and need to bowl better in matches ahead,’ he added.
Pathan refused to blame the long break between Daredevils’ two matches for defeat at the home turf.
‘I don’t think so, we have prepared really well. Last couple of days, our preparation has been wonderful. The guys have been working hard. No matter if we win or loss, we will be consistent with our intensity.
There was nothing because of the break because sometimes breaks are a good thing. We can’t blame the break, it’s very simple we just didn’t play well,’ he said.
‘We had some good days in this IPL and we will make sure that from next game we keep that momentum going,’ said Irfan, whose 22-ball 36 guided the home side to cross the 150-mark.
The Baroda player admitted that the team wanted to win against KKR more than anything else.
‘We wanted to win this game the most because we might play KKR again in the tournament. So, we had the chance and we wanted to win it particularly more than any other game. Two quick wickets and no one actually was able to get to a big score,’ he added.
Talking about team’s fielding, he said, ‘We keep a check on it. We know it’s a long tournament and once we are into the qualifying round it will all depend on one match.’ ‘So we want to make sure we keep ourselves under pressure to maintain the same intensity. When you don’t win, lot of things come out of it. Losing is never a positive thing. There is no issue of complacency as we want to make sure we win all our matches,’ he added.
On dropping a simple catch of his brother Yusuf at mid-off, he said, ‘God it has happened the second or third time now. Just before that, I got a Karbonn Kamal catch and the next catch I dropped was really the easiest of the lot,’ he said.
‘I have already had a chat about the catch with David Warner but I am sure some more players are going to tease me about it,’ he added.

After leading his side to the top of the points table with a facile win over Delhi Daredevils (DD), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Gautam Gambhir said he, along with veteran Protea all-rounder Jacques Kallis, will have to take the onus of steering the team to play-off stage.

‘If someone has to change their game, it should be Kallis or me. We don’t want (Brendon) McCullum or Yusuf Pathan to change their game. It’s our responsibility because we are the experienced guys,’ Gambhir said at the post-match press conference after his side trounced Delhi by six wickets here last night.
‘You don’t want them to stop playing their natural game. The guys like me and Kallis need to change the game and that is what responsibility and experience is all about,’ he added.
Yesterday’s win against the Virender Sehwag-led DD side not only helped the KKR to dethrone the hosts from the top of the table but also have given them 17 points and are almost assured of a place in the knock-out stage.
Meanwhile, the left-handed opener said his team is playing in the IPL not just to compete but win games.
‘For me, every game is tough and important. When I go on to the field, I just want to win the match. It’s not about competing in the IPL, it’s about winning every time.
I always look to win matches because you don’t want to go back to the dressing room on a losing note. You want to go happy and for that feeling to come, you have to win matches,’ he said.
‘We have some quality players in the dressing room.
Someone like Kallis, who is such a legend of the game.
Brendon McCullum and Brett Lee are also there. When you have such players, you don’t need to motivate them. They all are thorough professionals. One thing important for us is that we need to play well as a unit,’ the southpaw added.
The Delhi lad attributed his aggressive approach to batting as the success mantra for KKR.
‘I’ve been hitting the ball well this season. You need to be aggressive in your approach. You have to pass on that body language among teammates which is very important. As I mentioned before, you don’t go there to compete but to win matches. For that to achieve, you need to be aggressive,’ said the opener.
With four more games remaining before the play-offs, the former India vice-captain also warned his side against any sign of complacency.
‘We still have a long distance to cover with four more games remaining before the play-offs. We need to guard against complacency. I am keeping my fingers crossed, just trying to give our best in every match,’ he said.
‘Till the time, I am leading the Knight Riders or whatever team I’m going to lead (in the future), there will be no complacency. For me, every game is as important as the first game or the finals. That’s what KKR is all about,’ he added.
For Gambhir, the form of Kiwi import McCullum augurs well for Kolkata.
‘He has always been in form. In India, there is a problem, if someone gets a fifty he is in the form, if someone does not get a fifty, he is out of the form. How he’s batting and hitting the ball is more important to me.
It was all about contributions. Even in the last game, he got 40-odd runs and we got 100-run partnership, that’s more important rather than individual scores. He has always been a key player for us,’ he said.
Asked about the incident involving Daredevils’ batsman Mahela Jayawardene, who survived a confident caught behind appeal after which he had a heated exchange with Gambhir only for Ross Taylor to intervene and separate the two, the skipper said, ‘These things keep happening. It was just a normal conversation, nothing serious.

Australian all-rounder Shane Watson hit a blistering unbeaten 90 as Rajasthan Royals thrashed Pune Warriors by seven wickets in a thoroughly one-sided IPL contest to keep their hopes of qualifying for the knock-out stage alive.

The loss was Pune’s eighth in 12 matches and thus ended any theoretical chance whatsoever of making it to the knock-out stages. Royals now have 12 points and the convincing win have got them upto fourth place with a healthy net run rate of +0.265.
It was the same old story of batting failure for Ganguly and his men. The only change in the script being that Warriors skipper Sourav Ganguly opted to bat first but his team could muster only 125 for six which was certainly not enough to compete.
In reply, Watson sent the Pune bowlers on a leather hunt as his knock came off only 51 balls laced with 10 fours and four sixes. He added 56 runs with Ashok Menaria (18) for the third wicket and Royals won with 22 balls to spare.
Watson feasted on the freebies provided by Warriors’ 36-year-old long-time India discard Murali Kartik as he was hit for three fours and two sixes. The Aussie all-rounder signed off with a boundary.
Opting to bat first, Pune Warriors’ batting woes continued as they could manage only 125 for six in their stipulated 20 overs.
Almost all the Warriors batsmen found the going tough as Team Rajasthan bowlers kept a tight leash on the home team batsmen.
Barring IPL debutant Anustup Majumdar who scored a quickfire 30, all the other batsmen found it hard to accelerate the pace of scoring on a pitch where strokmaking seemed difficult. Even Pune’s best batsman Steve Smith struggled managing only 18 off 22 balls.
The testimony to that was only five boundaries and two sixes being hit in the entire Pune innings. Shaun Tait turned out to be the most successful bowler grabbing three for 13.
Skipper Sourav Ganguly’s wretched form with the bat continued as he struggled to get his timing right. With his opening partner Michael Clarke also not in his element, the Warriors failed to utilise the Powerplay overs.
The only confident stroke that Ganguly hit was a square cut off Johan Botha’s delivery during his innings of 14. He consumed 18 deliveries in the process.
After Tait dropped him in the deep fine leg region as he went for a mistimed hook-shot off Shane Watson’s bowling, the former Aussie international made amends as he bowled a perfect bouncer to get rid of the former India captain as Ankeet Chavan took a well-judged catch.
Clarke was then done in by Stuart Binny’s gentle inswinger that looked like hitting the leg-stump. Clarke score 16 off 18 balls. At 35 for two in the seventh over, Majumdar (30, 20 balls, 2×6, 1×4) joined hands with an out-of-form Robin Uthappa (13, 19 balls).
The pair added 42 runs for the third wicket but strangely enough it was Anustup who started taking on the Pune bowlers rather than million-dollar man Uthappa who was content taking singles.
In the 11th over, Anustup hit left-arm spinner Chavan for two sixes in the deep mid-wicket region. Showing good temperament, he then hit an inside-out shot over extra-cover off Botha but the offie got his revenge as he yorked the Bengal lad.
Uthappa’s horrible run continued as he edged one off Tait to glovesman Dishant Yagnik behind the stumps.

David Hussey, Praveen Kumar and Parvinder Awana claimed two wickets each for Punjab while Daniel Harris reamied top scorer for Hyderabad.
Parvinder Awna removed Parthiv Patel (17) after Praveen Kumar scalped Shikhar Dhawan (8) to spoil Deccan Chargers’ start after Kings XI Punjab set 171.
Patel’s dismissal reduced Chargers to 31/2 in five overs. Daniel Harris, though steadied the innings, David Hussey got him and Cameron White in the 11 th over to derail Chargers’ chase.  In the next over, Praveen Kumar struck again to dismiss skipper Kumar Sangakkara, giving total control to Punjab.
Earlier, Mandeep Singh smashed a strokeful 48-ball 75 as Kings XI Punjab posted a challenging 170 against Deccan Chargers in their Indian Premier League match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Mandeep blasted eight fours and three sixes to set the foundation for a big score for the Kings XI. The right-handed batsman stitched 55 runs for the opening wicket, before adding 39 and 33 runs with Hussey and Azhar Mahmood respectively.
The 20-year-old opener started the proceedings for Punjab on a cautious note before blasting two fours and a six in the second over off Veer Pratap Singh.
Other opener Shaun Marsh also picked up three boundaries spread over two overs off Rusty Theron before being dismissed by part-time spinner Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan deceived Marsh on the flight as the ball deflected off the pads onto the stumps.
Ashish Reddy then dismissed Nitin Saini in his first over to reduce Punjab to 58-2 in 7.4 overs. However, Mandeep hit the last ball over wide long-on.
Amit Mishra was then introduced into the attack but skipper David Hussey sent him sailing over extra over only in his second ball. Mandeep too ensured that runs keep coming thick and fast and brought up his fifty with a lofty inside out shot off Daniel Harris over cover.
Veer then got rid of Hussey when he had him caught at long-off. But Mandeep was unperturbed and blasted successive fours off Mishra through the midwicket area to bring up the hundred for Punjab.
In the 15th over, Mandeep took Veer to the cleaners. He first slammed a six over fine-leg and then one ball later, scooped one over the bowler’s head.
Ashish finally got rid of the opener when he had his off-stump pegged back in the next over while he was looking for a big slog.
Azhar Mahmood then clubbed a couple of fours before falling prey to a big mix-up in the 17th over. However, new man David Miller provided the late charge, smashing three fours and a six in his 18-ball cameo to swell the total.

Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza and her Aussie partner Anastasia Rodionova suffered an upset first round exit from the Madrid Open, a premier WTA event, after losing to Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Shuai Zhang.

The sixth seed Indo-Australian combination lost 3-6 2-6 to German-Chinese combination in the opening round of the euro 3,755,140 clay court event.
Sania was defending 250 points here and for that she needed to reach at least the quarter-finals.
Sania and Rodionova lost the match under an hour as they failed to convert five breakpoints and lost their serve six times in the match.

India eked out a hard-fought 2-1 victory over China in their last pool match to enter the semifinals of the seventh junior men’s Asia Cup hockey tournament on Monday.

Naveen Antil (19th min) and Amit Rohidas (57th) scored the goals for India, while the Chinese lone reply came through winger Yu Xin in the 45th minute.
Having registered two wins and a draw, India collected seven points to move into the last four stage.
India needed to score a victory against China to top the pool but the Chinese packed their defence well as they did not let the Indians yield any generous leeway.
The Chinese even threatened to pull off a draw and the Indian defence had to stretch themselves in the second half to keep their rival forwards at bay.
India took a long time to settle down. It was winger Antil who tapped in a melee to give India the much needed goal in the 19th minute.
There were many chances to go up subsequently but the forwards in Malak Singh, Akashdeep Singh and Satbir Singh were wayward inside the circle.
After the teams changed sides with the scorecard reading 1-0 in India’s favour, China scored the equaliser 15 minutes into the second half when Yu Xin connected a Zhang Zhixuan’s hit in from the top of D much against the run of play.
Indians attacked relentlessly, opening the wings and tightening the midfield, but chances were wasted due to poor finish inside the circle.
India’s penalty corner battery too was unimpressive. But vice-captain Rohidas managed to sent in a grounder off the fifth chance they got, much to the relief of their camp.
The Chinese pressed hard in the last ten minutes stretching the Indian defence manned by Amit and Sukhmanjit Singh.
Sushant Tirkey, the Indian goalie also came up with good saves to keep the lead intact.
“It’s a do or die situation for the Chinese. They have nothing to lose. Since we did not put much goals, they pressed hard. This has resulted in a tense match. Had we only did well in the circle, utilising our chances, things would have been different,” said India coach Baljit Singh Saini.
“A 4-1 score would have been ideal, but it’s a lesson for our forwards for the future. They have to be sharper and productive inside the circle,” he added.
Saini though admitted that China were a strong side. “At the same time, we have to look at the fact that the Chinese played superbly against Pakistan too. They are a good side. Sometimes, you play well still lose a point or two, and today we collected full points, this is what matters in the end,” he said.
India will next face either Pakistan or Sri Lanka in the semifinals.

Kolkata Knight Riders’ Australian pacer Brett Lee said his IPL skipper Gautam Gambhir is one of the most brilliant captains he has played under as the Indian backs up good leadership with strong personal performances.

“Gambhir is just brilliant. He is a born leader and it comes naturally to him. Besides he backs it up with strong performances and has been leading our flock really well,” Lee said on the sidelines of the launch of a music academy for underprivileged and autistic kids.
Lee had similar words of praise for his national captain Michael Clarke and said that it won’t be too long before Australia regains the number one spot after a roller-coaster transition phase.
“With Michael Clarke around, it has all been going really well for Australia. He has himself performed exceptionally well and the team is going from strength to strength under him,” said Lee, who retired from Tests in 2010 but continues to be a part of Australia’s ODI and Twenty20 set-up.
“The recent Test series against the West Indies was a good sign and we should be there (at the top) pretty soon,” he said.
Speaking about other issues in Australian cricket, especially about the speculation over the future of former captain Ricky Ponting, Lee said, “Ricky has been an absolute legend of the game.”
“He deserves to go only when he feels that the time is right,” he added.

Smith was adjudged man-of-the-match for his stunning innings.
Needing 16 runs in the final over to clinch victory, Smith hit Ben Hilfenhaus for a six and two consecutive boundaries in the final three balls to win the match for Mumbai, leaving the bowler and Chennai team stunned.

Mumbai started the chase on a disastrous note losing J Franklin for just one run, who was caught by Vijay at mid-on of Hilfenhaus in third over.
Sachin Tendulkar, on the other hand, looked in great touch and continued to punish CSK bowlers especially A Morkel. The master-blaster hit Morkel for three fours in the fourth over and conceded 20 runs in first two overs.
Rohit Sharma and Tendulkar then steadied the ship for Mumbai as they raced to 50 runs in just seven overs.
Sharma joined the party and scored 10 runs off D Bravo’s first over with two smashing boundaries.
Sharma got a lifeline on 31, when he tried to blast ball over cover but it touched a thick outside edge of bat and went to Ashwin who was standing at third man. He lunged for the ball at the last minute but it dropped just short.
Tendulkar scored his first half century of this season’s IPL in 11th over off just 32 balls, with a boundary off Morkel. He played an entertaining knock and struck the ball with the middle of the bat.
Sharma, who looked patchy with bat, played an able partner to Tendulkar apart from clobbering bowlers to all over the ground.
After 13 overs, both the teams had an identical score of 106.
Sharma completed his half-century in 15th over.
Mumbai were crazing towards victory with Tendulkar and Sharma at the crease. The match turned on its head when Ashwin picked up in form Tendulkar brilliantly who was caught by du Plessis in one hand at covers for 74.
With this, an entertaining 126-run partnership came to an end but it put Mumbai well in course towards victory.
Dinesh Karthik smashed Bravo for two boundaries in the 17th over before being clean bowled for 11 runs in the final ball as he moved a long way across his stumps to flick a full ball behind square.
Mumbai lost wickets in quick succession as R Jadeja sent Ambati Rayadu in 18th over mouting pressure on the hosts. Chennai got a chance to claw back into the game.
Jadeja dealt a hugh blow to the Mumbai hopes when he clean bowled Sharma for 60 runs to bring a twist in the game and put his team back into winning position.
Another Mumbai batsman to fall under pressure was Robin Peterson who ran himself out for a duck in the 19th over, with du Plessis hitting the stumps.
However, drama didn’t come to an end in the 19th over.

The match took a twist in the final over when Hilfenhaus came to bowl the last over. He first cleaned up Lasith Malinga and put his team on the victory track but Smith pulled off the match for his team in style hitting the bowler for 14 runs in the final three balls and stunned Chennai.

Chasing 182-run target, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost three wickets in quick succession against Deccan Chargers in their Indian Premier League clash on Sunday.
Leg-spinner Amit Mishra struck twice in the fourteenth over to rock the Bangalore chase. Mishra dismissed Asad Pathan (4) and Virat Kohli (9) to reduce RCB to 106/3 in 13.5 overs.
Bangalore lost Chris Gayle (26) after he put on 91-run opening stand with Tillakaratne Dilshan to lead the run chase.  Anand Rajan struck in the eleventh over to give Deccan a crucial breakthrough.
Dilshan smashed two sixes and seven boundaries as he raced to his fifty in just 29 balls. RCB openers scored team fifty in 6.4 overs.
Late charge by Shikhar Dhawan (73 not out) and Cameron White (45) helped Chargers post 181/2 against Royal Challengers.  Dhawan added quick-fire 82-run stand for the second wicket with White to help Deccan set an imposing 182-run target for the hosts Bangalore. Dhawan hit a six and ten boundaries in his 52-ball quick-fire innings.
Deccan lost White in the final over to newcomer Parameswaran but after he played a whirlwind knock of 45 off just 24 balls. He smashed three sixes and two fours in his innings.
Skipper Kumar Sangakkara (10 not out) too came to the party as he hit a six and a four in his short stay on the crease.
Chargers lost opener Daniel Harris (47) after he added 86-run opening partnership with Dhawan.
Dhawan continued his good form with the bat as he raced to his fifty in just 39 balls, which include eight boundaries, to lead the Chargers run charge.
Sent in to bat, Deccan openers gave Chargers a good start before Harris got run out in the twelfth over. Harris hit four huge sixes and two boundaries in his quick 41-ball innings.
Earlier, Bangalore stand-in skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to field against the bottom-placed Deccan.