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29 March 2024

IPL 7 UAE: Yuvraj, Kohli guide Royal Challengers Bangalore to easy win

Virat Kohli of India bats during the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 semi final between India and South Africa at Sher-e-Bangla Mirpur Stadium on April 4, 2014 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (GETTY)

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Yuvraj Singh slammed an unbeaten half century while Virat Kohli gave him company blasting a 38-ball 49 not out as Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Daredevils by eight wickets in the second match of the IPL at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

Chasing 146 to win, Bangalore lost their first wicket early but from then on it was only Bangalore all the way.

Parthiv Patel gave the perfect start scoring 37 from 28 balls including five boundaries and a six.

Kohli was lucky to get two chances in the same over but after that it was just raining sixes from him and Yuvraj as they overhauled the target in 16.4 overs.

Earlier, Bangalore bowlers did a splendid job but JP Duminy and Ross Taylor shared an unbeaten century partnership as Delhi Daredevils achieved 145 for four in 20 overs.

JP Duminy scored 67 from 48 balls while Taylor hit a 39-ball 43 including four boundaries.

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE

A superb six from Yuvraj takes him to 40s. Both of them have added 70 runs for the third wicket. RCB 132-2 in 16 overs.

Three sixes; two from Kohli and one from Yuvraj, as the duo look to be in a hurry to finish off the match. RCB 124-2 in 15 overs

Yuvraj smashes a six off the last ball off Neesham and Bangalore are inching towards victory. RCB 104-2 in 14 overs.

Kohli has all the luck in the world. Twice in the same over he survives. Bangalore now need 57 off 42 balls. RCB 89-2 in 13 overs.

Yuvraj slowly is finding his ground. Gets a fine pull to a boundary off Neesham. RCB 86-2 in 12 overs.

Yuvraj and Kohli look steady. Bangalore are easily the favourites at this moment. RCB 79-2 in 11 overs.

Yuvraj Singh did get a boundary pulling a bouncer but he still is way away from his prime form. He has to stick around and spend as much time as possible. RCB 69-2 in 10 overs.

Sharma strikes in his first over as Patel who was looking good is bowled. RCB 62-2 in 8.5 overs.

Parthiv Patel b Sharma 37 (28b 5x4 1x6)

Bangalore in command as they need only 87 runs from 72 balls. RCB 60-1 in 8 overs.

A quiet over from Duminy with only five runs coming off it. The partnership reaches 49 from 31 balls. RCB 55-1 in 7 overs.

Patel reaches 34 from his 22 balls as Bangalore reach a superb 50-1 in 6 overs as umpires calls for strategic timeout.

Bangalore going strong with Patel and Kohli scoring a boundary each. RCB 37-1 in 5 overs.

Maddison departs early. He made a positive start but could not stick around. RCB 6-1 in 1.5 overs.

Nick Maddinson c Karthik b Mohammed Shami 4 (6b 1x4 0x6)

Maddinson gets a boundary as RCB 5-0 in 1 over.

DELHI DAREDEVILS INNINGS

Duminy gets going slamming a six and a boundary. DD 115-4 in 18 overs.

A big six from Duminy gets the runs moving. DD 93-4 in 16 overs.

At the Delhi dug-out not many happy faces. Understandable as the score is not very pleasing one. DD 82-4 in 15 overs.

Yuvraj does well bowling his first over conceding only five runs. Delhi have only six overs left with a run rate of just over five. DD 79-4 in 14 overs.

Taylor gets his first boundary as Delhi score 74-4 in 13 overs.

Chahal is confusing the batsmen not giving them any room to free their arms. Just 15 runs from his three overs. DD 63-4 in 12 overs.

Duminy is going steady at 18 but Delhi need more runs at the moment or else it's certainly going to be a low scoring match. DD 58-4 in 11 overs.

Half way through the innings, Delhi are 49-4 in 10 overs.

Aaron has given only 9 runs from his three overs. Will Kohli finish off his spell straight? Delhi's run rate is very poor at the moment. DD 40-4 in 9 overs.

Bangalore bowlers proving to be tough here. The wicket also seem to be helping them in a big way. DD 36-4 in 8 overs.

Chahal bags a wicket off his first ball. He removes a well settled Murali Vijay as Delhi further slip into trouble. DD 35-4 in 7.1 overs.

Murali Vijay b Chahal 18 (20b 1x4 1x6)

Another fine over from Aaron. He's got the pace to keep the batsmen quiet. DD 35-3 in 7 overs.

A big over finally arrives for Delhi. Two boundaries meant 13 runs comes of the over. DD 30-3 in 6 overs.

A maiden wicket over for Aaron. It's important for Delhi these to carry on from here and give Delhi some challenging total. DD 17-3 in 5 overs

Serious trouble for Delhi as they lose another. Tiwary throws away his wicket for a poor ball from Aaron. DD 17-3 in 4.1 overs.

Manoj Tiwary c Patel b Aaron 1 (3b 0x4 0x6)

Manoj Tiwary is in the middle. Delhi need a partnership here. DD 17-2 in 4 overs.

That's another big wicket for Bangalore. Delhi in trouble here as their skipper Karthik departs. DD 16-2 in 3.3 overs.

Dinesh Karthik c Patel b Morkel 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)

Agarwal does not time it well and is gone easily offering a simple catch to Kohli. DD 15-1 in 3 overs.

Mayank Agarwal c Kohli b Starc 6 (10b 0x4 0x6)

Morkel also bowls a fine over giving away only three runs. DD 7-0 in 2 overs.

A fine start from Starc. He did bowl a few widish deliveries but none of them were expensive. DD 4-0 in 1 over.

Murali Vijay and Mayank Agarwal open for Delhi, MItchell Starc bowls for RCB.

Playing XI

DD:
Murali Vijay, Mayank Agarwal, Dinesh Karthik, JP Duminy, Ross Taylor, Manoj Tiwary, Jimmy Neesham, Wayne Parnell, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rahul Sharma, Mohammed Shami.

RCB: Parthiv Patel, Nic Maddinson, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, AB de Villiers, Albie Morkel, Sachin Rana, Ashok Dinda, Mitchell Starc, Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Aaron

It's confirmed Gayle is not in the playing XI. It's still not clear what has kept out. Probably it's related to fitness issues. Delhi should be happy with the news.

It looks like Chris Gayle is not playing today. Or did Kohli miss his name during the toss.

Virat Kohli wins the toss and opts to bowl first. Even Karthik agreed he would have bowled first on this wicket.

PREVIEW


Royal Challengers Bangalore’s skipper Virat Kohli will look to carry on the good work as his team meets Delhi Daredevils in the second match of the seventh Indian Premier League at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in UAE.

Kohli who is in the running for the Indian team’s top post after MS Dhoni, will be looking to guide his team to the title and show his captaincy skills.

There is no clear favourites in this match since both the teams have met each other 11 times with both winning five each and with one tied match.

Delhi will miss the services of Kevin Pietersen after he was ruled out of a finger injury he had sustained during fielding drills with Surrey at The Oval last month. Pietersen was bought by Delhi for USD 1.5 million.

Vice-captain Dinesh Karthik will lead the team and is confident he can make a flying start in the UAE.