LONDON: Andy Flower revealed Thursday he had had been in discussions about the possibility of succeeding Gary Kirsten as coach of India before committing his future to England. Former England boss, and Flower's fellow Zimbabwean, Duncan Fletcher was appointed to take over from former South Africa batsman Kirsten last week. That ended the speculation surrounding Flower, with the England and Wales Cricket Board announcing he'd renewed his contract after two successful years in charge that have seen England lift the 2010 World T20 title and back the Ashes series in Australia. Sehwag ton flattens Deccan Virender Sehwag destroyed Deccan Chargers with a blistering 119 to engineer Delhi Daredevils' four-wicket victory in the Indian Premier League Thursday. The Delhi captain, dropped twice, smashed 13 fours and six sixes in his 56-ball knock as his team chased down the 176-run victory target with one over to spare. Useful knocks by J.P. Duminy (55) and skipper Kumar Sangakkara (44) had earlier powered Deccan Chargers to a decent 175-5 but the day belonged to Sehwag. Their fourth victory in 10 matches put Delhi on seventh place with eight points, ahead of Deccan who have six. In Hyderabad, Brad Hodge's late burst made all the difference as Kochi Tuskers Kerala kept its playoff prospects alive with a 17-run victory against Kolkata Knight Riders. Kochi lost Brendon McCullum in the second over before Mahela Jayawardene's 55 helped the home side to 156-5. Kolkata seemed to be cruising to win with openers Eoin Morgan (66) and Jacques Kallis (45) on song but Kochi's Raiphi Gomez had other ideas. Brief scores: Kochi Tuskers Kerala 156-5 in 20 overs (M. Jayawardene 55, B. Hodge 35 not out, M. Klinger 29; J. Unadkat 2-25) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 139-7 in 20 overs (E. Morgan 66, J. Kallis 45; R. Gomez 2-14, V. Kumar 2-28) by 17 runs. Deccan Chargers 175-5 in 20 overs (Duminy 55, Sangakkara 44, S. Dhawan 29, D. Christian 27 not out; Agarkar 2-29) lost to Delhi Daredevils 179-6 in 19 overs (Sehwag 119; Sharma 2-16, Steyn 2-24) by 4 wkts.
