The Delhi Daredevils secured a semifinal place in the Indian Premier League on Sunday with a comfortable 14-run victory over the Rajasthan Royals in Bloemfontein. Kings XI Punjab also stayed in the running for a semifinal spot with a thrilling one-run victory over the Deccan Chargers. Delhi's win takes it to the top of the IPL standings with 18 points from 12 matches. Delhi posted 150-3 in Bloemfontein, led by A.B de Villiers' unbeaten 79 and shared a solid 87-run stand for the third wicket with Tillakaratne Dilshan (33 off 41 balls) having lost openers Gautam Gambhir (8) and Virender Sehwag (2) cheaply. De Villiers, who smashed eight boundaries and a six in 55 balls, contributed 48 runs from 21 balls in an unbeaten fourth wicket stand with Dinesh Karthik (23 off 11 balls). Pace bowler Munaf Patel gave away 25 runs in his penultimate over. In reply, Rajasthan never threatened the Delhi total and was restricted to 136-9 from its 20 overs. In the earlier match in Johannesburg, captain Yuvraj Singh bagged his second hat trick of the series while Irfan Pathan bowled a brilliant last over to steer Punjab to win. Singh removed Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds and Venugopal Rao for his hat trick. Then needing 11 runs to win from the final over after Punjab had scored 134-7, Pathan bowled Rohit Sharma for 42 with a slower ball. Pathan then caught Rudra Singh off his own bowling, leaving Deccan needing four runs off the last ball. Ryan Harris Harris could only manage only two. Scores: Delhi 150-3 in 20 overs (AB de Villiers 79 not out, T. Dilshan 33; D. Karthik 23 not out; M. Patel 2-39). Rajasthan 136-9 in 20 overs (J. Botha 37, R. Jadeja 24, M. Patel 23 not out; A. Mishra 3-33, A. Salvi 2-19, F. Maharoof 2-27). Punjab 134-7 (K. Sangakkara 56, Y. Singh 20; RP Singh 3-26). Deccan 133-8 in 20 overs (R. Sharma 42, H. Gibbs 26, A. Symonds 25, A. Gilchrist 23; Y. Singh 3-13, R. Powar 2-11). – AgenciesToday's Match 1730 Chennai Super Kings vs. Kolkata Knight Riders __
