Royal Challengers Bangalore clinch Super Over to beat Delhi Daredevils after dramatic slip up
Royal Challengers Bangalore clinch Super Over to beat Delhi Daredevils after dramatic slip up
Royal Challengers Bangalore stumbled from 129 for one in 15.5 overs to 152 for seven in 20 overs to tie the match against Delhi Daredevils and send the match into a Super Over finish.
Written by Jaideep Vaidya Published: Apr 16, 2013, 11:33 PM (IST) Edited: Apr 16, 2013, 11:33 PM (IST)
The Daredevils have thus their slipped to their fifth straight defeat in the tournament and continue to languish at the bottom of the table. Bangalore, meanwhile move to the top of the table with eight points, having played two games more than second-placed Mumbai Indians.
Batting first in the Super Over after tieing their match earlier chasing 153, AB de Villiers hit two sixes off the last two balls of the Super Over, after the first four had yielded just three runs, to set Delhi Daredevils 16 runs to win the Super Over and match.
Delhi unexpectedly opened with David Warner and Ben Rohrer. The Australian took strike to Ravi Rampaul and tried to smash a short and wide delivery past point, only for the ball to go straight to Chris Gayle. It wasn’t Virender Sehwag who came to join Rohrer in the middle, but the pinch-hitter Irfan Pathan, since the Delhi dasher hadn’t taken the field during the last few overs of RCB’s chase. Pathan justified the selection by carting Rampaul for a four and six to deep mid-wicket to make it six to win off two balls. The penultimate delivery was hit straight to square-leg for a single as Rohrer took strike to face the last ball, with five to get. Rampaul bowled the Australian to send the M Chinnaswamy Stadium into delirium.
Earlier, Bangalore stumbled from 129 for two in 15.5 overs to 152 for seven in 20 overs to tie the match against Delhi and send the match into a Super Over finish.
Gayle hit Morne Morkel for two massive sixes to get the Royal Challengers off to a flier, but the South African had the last laugh. In the fourth over of the chase, with fellow opener Lokesh Rahul falling just three balls earlier, Gayle tried to cut Morkel over third man for another maximum. However, Gayle did not get enough wood on leather as the ball sailed straight into the hands of Umesh Yadav stationed at the rope.
Bangalore were down to 26 for two and the Daredevils were charged up, eager to notch their first win of the tournament. However, Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli and his equally swashbuckling batting partner, AB de Villiers, were in no mood for mercy as they launched a right assault on the Delhi bowlers, carting them to all parts of the ground.
When they swung, they swung hard. When they slashed, they slashed harder. The way the duo were finding the gaps and clearing the fence by yards, Delhi found themselves slipping further and further away. The duo brought up their 100-run partnership in no time, and were coasting along at 129 for two in the 16th over when disaster struck.
De Villiers pushed for a quick single to mid-off, where Morkel swiftly picked the ball up and flung the ball bullseye on the stumps with his South African counterpart yards short. 129 for three in 16; 23 to win from 24 balls. Still RCB’s game, right?
What followed was something worse than a nightmare for the home team. Andrew McDonald gave a simple return catch to Shahbaz Nadeem, before Arun Karthik ran himself out going for an unnecessary third run. RCB slipped to 136 for five in 18, but with Kohli still there and 17 to get off the last two overs, the odds were still slightly in Bangalore’s favour.
Syed Mohammed then slogged straight to long on to make it 138 for six. Then, the last pin fell. Kohli tried to smash Umesh Yadav past cover, but his counterpart Jayawardene intervened to take a stunning catch. Delhi were jubiliant as they thought they had snatched a win. However, Rampaul stepped in and spanked Irfan Pathan over extra cover for six to make it seven to win in five balls.
RCB managed to get just six and ensured they play their second Super Over of the tournament.
Brief Scores: Delhi Daredevils 152 for 5 in 20 overs (Kedar Jadhav 29*, Mahela Jayawardene 28; Jaydev Unadkat 2 for 24) tied with Royal Challengers Bangalore 152 for 7 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 65, AB de VIlliers 39; Umesh Yadav 2 for 22). RCB win Super Over.
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