IPL News: Royal Challengers Banglore beat Delhi Daredevils by 5 wickets. In the 45th match of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2018), Royal Challengers Banglore beat Delhi Daredevils by 5 wickets. Chasing 182, Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers made sure that the run chase was never an uphill task. Both made the fifties and took the team home safely.
The win makes sure that RCB stays alive in the tournament but this does not change the position of RCB on the VIVO IPL points table. Trent Boult came to the attack and went straight through Mandeep’s defence. He was dismissed for 13.
Sarfaraz Khan was the new man in. Harshal Patel came to bowl the 18th over. There was a huge appeal for LBW against Sarfaraz and it was turned down. Sarfaraz hit him for a four, inching closer to victory.
Sarfaraz tried to scoop but was caught by Prithvi Shaw. He made 11 runs. By the end of 18 overs, RCB needed 10 runs to win. Boult tried to bowl a wide one but De Villiers hit that for a huge six. RCB won the match by 5 wickets.
Here are a few things to know about the Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils (RCB vs DD) match to be played at Ferozshah Kotla ground in New Delhi, the two teams’ players who could prove handy, and who has said what before the clash:Pant now needs to be consistent, will soon play for India, says Ganguly:
Heaping praise on youngster Rishabh Pant who smacked an unbeaten 128 off 63 balls, the highest score by an Indian in T20s, for Delhi Daredevils against Sunrisers Hyderabad, former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Friday said he now needs to be consistent to make India cut. Wicketkeeper-batsman Pant is not part of any of the senior India teams that will tour England and play a one-off Test against Afghanistan. “I think he has a future but having said that consistency is important,” Ganguly told reporters on the sidelines of a promotional event. “It’s not just one-off. I was reading about Ishan Kishan where he got 21-ball 62 in Kolkata…but when you pick someone for the country you look at consistency. How many times does he keep doing that?”
Never seen shots like the ones Pant played, says Vengsarkar:
Being one of the greatest exponents of ‘Bombay School of Batsmanship’, which is a hallmark of purists, former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar was amazed at young Rishabh Pant’s unconventional strokeplay during his 63-ball-128 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL encounter yesterday. Pant hit some unorthodox lap shot in the last over bowled by India’s pace spearhead Bhuvneshwar Kumar, scooping the ball over third-man for couple of sixers. “I saw him (Pant) yesterday. He played superbly. Some of the shots were innovative and I have never seen those shots before. He played extremely well yesterday,” Vengsarkar praised Pant.
Kohli’s hunger for improvement pleases Kirsten:
Virat Kohli’s insatiable hunger for improvement is a certain characteristic of a great player, says Gary Kirsten, who had coached the Indian captain during his successful three-year stint with the national team. Kirsten, who coached India from 2008-11, is once again working with Kohli as assistant coach of the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
“He is a great player. He continues to improve and get better. I enjoy working with him because he continually wants to learn about the game and all the great players do that,” Kirsten told PTI. The former Proteas opener also backed Kohli’s decision of playing county cricket to get used to the conditions ahead of the England tour. “It is good for him to prepare (for the England tour), for any player preparation is good,” he said.
You will do well if you have strong characters, says Kohli:
A dejected RCB captain Virat Kohli said that his team “deserved to lose” its do-or-die IPL game against Sunrisers Hyderabad as players didn’t show the kind of strong character that is crucial to winning crunch games. “We were not good enough and not up to the mark. We deserve to lose this game. We didn’t show enough application. The kind of shots we played were not on at that stage. This has been the story of our season,” Kohli said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
Love playing alongside Virat, says AB De Villiers:
South African batting great and Royal Challengers player Ab De Villiers heaped praises on India skipper Virat Kohli terming him as a “great guy and a great captain”. Asked about his equation with Kohli, AB De Villiers replied: “Fantastic. He’s (Virat) a great guy and I love playing with him. He’s become a great captain and an even better friend. So it’s been great.
He’s always been an inspirational character and we have a few leaders in the team that carry the guys in the tough time. We just want to look ahead and try to get better.” De Villiers is the brand ambassador of Mont Blanc pens was here to launch its Le Petit Price collection. “No I am batting very well. I am very very happy. Rashid got me out previously. We haven’t played a lot against each other but he bowled well and he’s a very good bowler. I have a lot of respect for him,” added De Villiers. He admitted that Royal Challengers Bangalore, who are on the sixth spot, haven’t played well and need to focus on the next games.
Here’s how DD and RCB compare head to head in IPL matches played between them so far overall:
Matches played: 21Delhi Daredevils won: 6Royal Challengers Bangalore won: 14No Result: 1
Matches played: 8Delhi Daredevils won: 2Royal Challengers Bangalore won: 7
Source: Business Standard
