Published: Apr 17, 2016, 09:41 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 17, 2016, 09:46 PM (IST)
A magnificent display from AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli has rocketed Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to 191 for 5 in their 20 overs against Delhi Daredevils (DD) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bengaluru. RCB lost Chris Gayle in the very first over for a duck, but Kohli and de Villiers put on 107 runs in just 65 deliveries and that put RCB in the driver’s seat. De Villiers smashed nine fours and a six and he was eventually dismissed for 33-ball 55. Kohli however carried on his good form and took the bowlers apart along with Shane Watson, who came into bat at No. 4. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils, IPL 2016, Match 11 at Bengaluru
Watson and Kohli put on 63 for the third wicket that took RCB close to the 200-run mark but some quick loss of wickets ensured that RCB fell just short. Zaheer Khan got the early breakthrough, but he struggled in the overs after that. He went for 50 runs in his four overs and the batsmen looked in no trouble whatsoever after the initial stages. Zaheer looked to rotate his bowlers, but he could not get the desired results out of them as they were belted out of the park with ease. LIVE Cricket Updates Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Delhi Daredevils (DD) IPL 2016 Match 11 at Bengaluru
Sarfaraz Khan could not emulate his heroics from the previous match as he was run out for just 1.Kohli’s innings finally came to an end when he was caught in deep of Mohammed Shami. RCB however failed to reach the 200-run mark and will feel that they have fallen about 20 runs short in this match. Kedar Jadhav and David Wiese were the two unbeaten batsmen for RCB, but they failed to take RCB past 200 as the bowlers started to pull things back a little bit.
Earlier, DD had won the toss and elected to bowl first. Shami made a return to the team in place of all-rounder Jayant Yadav. For RCB, they roped in David Wiese in place of Adam Milne and Sreenath Aravind replaces Stuart Binny in the side.
Brief Scores:
Royal Challengers Bangalore 191 for 5 (Virat Kohli 79, AB de Villiers 55; Mohammed Shami 2 for 34, Carlos Brathwaite 1 for 18) vs Delhi Daredevils
(Pramod Ananth is a reporter at CricketCountry. He has represented Karnataka table tennis under-15, and is a hardcore supporter of Liverpool FC. His Twitter handle is @pramz)
