IPL 7 T20 RCB vs SRH: AB de Villiers fires in thrilling win

A whirlwind unbeaten half century from AB de Villiers (89) steered Royal Challengers Bangalore to a thrilling four-wicket win with one ball to spare in Match 24 of IPL 7 against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.

SRH put into bat made 155-6  with David Warner making a top score of 61 off 49 balls with four boundaries and three sixes.

Dhawan contributed a breezy 37 off 36 balls with four boundaries.

Chasing 156, Gayle smashed three sixes and two boundaries in his 19-ball cameo of 27 to give RCB the ideal start.

But their innings failed to gather momentum and slumped to 95-6 in the 15th over.

Karn Sharma put the brakes claiming three for 17 while Kumar bowled excellently at the death to finish withtwo for 16.

This was before AB de Villiers collared the Hyderabad bowlers, including Steyn who went for 24 in the 19th over.

The South African clobbered eight sixes and six boundaries in his spectacular 41-ball unbeaten 89 to steer Bangalore to victory.

BANGALORE INNINGS

AB de Villiers hit the winning run smashing a boundary off Pathan as Bangalore win with a ball to spare.

Starc is run out giving the strike AB de Villiers. RCB 152-6 in 19.1 overs.

Mitchell Starc run out 5 (8b 0x4 0x6)

Starc is run out giving the strike AB de Villiers. RCB 152-6 in 19.1 overs.

Mitchell Starc run out 5 (8b 0x4 0x6)

Steyn goes for 24 in the penultimate with AB de Villiers clobbering three sixes and a boundary. RCB 12-5 in 19 overs

AB de Villiers picks up a couple of boundaries off Kumar, the second with a reverse flick. RCB 128-5 in 18 overs need 28 from 12 balls.

Bangalore are 119-5 in 17 needing 37 from 18 balls.

Sammy goes for 19 with AB de Villiers slamming a couple of sixes and a boundary. RCB 116-5 in 16 overs.

Yuvraj departs sweeping Karn to the backward square leg. RCB 97-5 in 14.3 overs.

Yuvraj Singh c sub (Moises Henriques) b Karn Sharma 14 (16b 1x4 1x6)

HYDERABAD INNINGS

Starc removes Warner yorking him with a beauty. SRH 150-6 in 19.4 overs.

David Warner b Starc 61 (49b 4x4 3x6)

Ojha departs after hammering a six off Aaron. SRH 149-5 in 19 overs.

Naman Ojha c Starc b Aaron 15 (11b 1x4 1x6)

Warner clobbers a couple of sixes of Dinda to complete his half century. SRH 140-4 in 18 overs.

Sammy perishes after blasting a six off Patel holing out to Starc. SRH 115-4 in 16 overs.

Darren Sammy c Starc b HV Patel 8 (8b 0x4 1x6)

Warner slams Chahal into the sightscreen for a maximum as SRH look to up the ante. SRJ 106-3 in 15 overs.

Dhawan perishes miscuing a pull to AB de Villiers off Aaron. SRH 91-3 in 13 overs.

Shikhar Dhawan c de Villiers b Aaron 37 (36b 4x4 0x6)

Dhawan is getting back into his element stepping out and smashing Chahal back over his head for a boundary. SRH 81-2 in 11 overs.

Warner sends Aaron crashing through extra cover for a boundary. SRH 72-2 in 10 overs.

Dhawan plays a sizzling shot cracking Aaron past backward point for a delightful boundary.

Warner whips Patel off his pads for another boundary. SRH 59-2 in 8 overs.

Dhawan plays a top shot pulling Patel to the midwicket fence as SRH reach 47-2 in the Batting Powerplay. SRH 47-2 in 6 overs.

Warner is off the mark with a beautiful cover drive off Aaron. SRH 38-2 in 5 overs.

Dinda strikes with Rahul slashes a wide delivery to lone slip Gayle. SRH 29-2 in 4 overs.

Lokesh Rahul c Gayle b Dinda 6 (6b 1x4 0x6)

Rahul shows his aggressive intent hooking a bouncer from Dinda over backward square leg for a one-bounce boundary.

Starc draws first blood as Finch is surprised by a snorter only fending it to the keeper. SRH 20-1 in 2.5 overs.

Aaron Finch c Parthiv Patel b Starc 13 (8b 1x4 1x6)

Dhawan flicks Starc for his first boundary.

Finch hits the first boundary of the innings pulling Dinda past Yuvraj to midwicket and then launches him over extra cover for a six. SRH 15-0 in 2 overs.

Kohli has won the toss and opted to chase.

PLAYING XI

Bangalore: Chris Gayle, Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuvraj Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Mitchell Starc, Ashok Dinda, Varun Aaron,
Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel

Hyderabad: Aaron Finch, Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, David Warner, Darren Sammy, Naman Ojha, Irfan Pathan, Karn Sharma, Dale Steyn, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma

Royal Challengers Bangalore will play their first home game of IPL 7 when they host the Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 24 at Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.

Both teams have two wins from five matches, with contrasting performance.

RCB started with a bang before losing their way in the next three outings, while SRH bounced back after two defeats.

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