De Villiers’ quickfire unbeaten 89 turns the match for Challengers
Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman AB de Villiers plays a shot during the IPL 7 Match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru (Photo: PTI)
Bengaluru: The 19th over was a battle between two South Africans, both proven match-winners trying to gain full points for their respective teams. In the end, AB de Villiers had the last laugh, as he slammed the lethal Dale Steyn all over the park. Needing 28-runs off the last 12 balls, de Villiers took 24 of the penultimate over to set up Royal Challengers Bangalore’s four-wicket win over Sunrisers at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Sunday night.
What was turning out to be a horror night for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, was given the much-needed flip by de Villiers’ unbeaten 89 (41b, 4x6, 6x8). Looking to overhaul Hyderabad’s competitive total of 155 for 6, RCB’s chase was off to an ominous start, as opener Parthiv Patel (3) attempting to drive Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (2/16) had his stumps shaken.
Earlier, winning the toss, Kohli, made the right call, deciding to chase. His bowlers led by the Mitchell Starc (2/21) began well with a tight line and length.
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad: A. Finch c Patel b Starc 13, S. Dhawan c de Villiers b Aaron 37, K.L. Rahul c Gayle b Dinda 6, D. Warner b Starc 61, D. Sammy c Starc b Harshal 8, N. Ojha c Starc b Aaron 15, Irfan Pathan (not out) 4, Karn Sharma (not out) 1. Extras (lb3, w6, nb1) 10. Total (for six wickets in 20 overs) 155.
FoW: 1-20, 2-29, 3-91, 4-115, 5-149, 6-150.
Bowling: Starc 4-0-21-2, Dinda 4-0-39-1, Aaron 4-0-33-2, Harshal 4-0-29-1, Chahal 4-0-30-0.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: C. Gayle c Sammy b K. Sharma 27, P. Patel b Kumar 3, V. Kohli c Ojha b Kumar 0, R. Rossouw lbw b K. Sharma 14, AB de Villiers (not out) 89, Y. Singh c sub (M. Henriques) b K. Sharma 14, M. Starc (run out) 6, H. Patel (not out) 1. Extras (lb1, w 4) 5. Total (for six wickets in 19.5 overs) 158. FoW: 1-5, 2-6, 3-38, 4-59, 5-95, 6-152.
Bowling: D. Steyn 4-0-39-0, B. Kumar 4-0-16-2, I. Sharma 3-0-35-0, K. Sharma 4-0-17-3,I. Pathan-2.5-0-25,D. Sammy2-0-25-0.
( Source : dc )
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