Kohli, Unadkat steer RCB to a thrilling win against DD

rcbviratkohlipunchesthroughtheoff-sideNew Delhi: Some brilliant performances from Irfan Pathan, Ben Rohrer and Unmukt Chand went in vain as Delhi Daredevils fell four runs short off the target in a nail-biting contest against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Feroze Shah Kotla Stadium on Friday.


Earlier, riding on superb innings from Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers, RCB reached a stiff total of 183 runs in their 20 overs. Kohli scored 99 runs whereas De Villiers played a superb cameo of 32 runs off just 17 balls. Later, it was Jaydev Unadkat who did the most of the damage to DD as he ended up picking five wickets.


Chasing the target of 184 was never going to be easy but Mahela Jayawardene and Virender Sehwag started off well until they were reduced to 1/25 in the third over as Unadkat bowled out Jayawardene. But Sehwag and Chand kept the score board ticking. But very soon DD got two huge blows as Unadkat got rid of Sehwag and Moises Henriques took the wicket of David Warner. Sehwag and Warner contributed 18 and four runs to their team's total.



However Unmukt Chand and Ben Rohrer put up a great fight as they kept the run-rate in check and added 58 runs for the fourth wicket. Unadkat again came hard on Daredevils and Rohrer departed after scoring 32 runs whereas Chand scored 41 runs. Irfan Pathan and Morne Morkel did put up a fight in the last few overs as they scored 23 and 19 runs respectively. But Delhi Daredevils had a bad day as ended up scoring 179 runs in their 20 overs.



Earlier in the match, RCB had a terrible start as they lost the wicket of Chris Gayle quite early and Chetashwar Pujara was sent back to pavilion after scoring 17 runs. But Captain Kohli came as a saviour for RCB as he went on to score 99. Kohli got two lives during his batting – once when Sehwag dropped his catch in the initial part of his innings and second when Morne Morkel over-stepped the line when he was caught cleanly.


Henriques and Kohli gave the much needed momentum to the RCB innings in the mid-overs as they added 57 runs. Henriques got out after scoring 26 runs off 22 balls.
De Villiers once again went onto score 32 runs off the 17 balls the he faced. Kohli did the maximum damage to Daredevils as he scored 56 runs on 18 balls that he faced in the last five overs. DD were smacked for 77 runs in their last four overs and Umesh Yadav ended up at the receiving end and ended up with the figures of 0/65.
RCB ended up with 183 runs in their 20 overs.

By ISN

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