Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore - Royal Challengers Bangalore clobber a 21-run win - Live Score and Update
Royal Challengers Bangalore 215/1 v Delhi Daredevils 194/9 - Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 21 runs
On Thursday, fans at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi witnessed a ruthless clobbering coming off the bat of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221, who smashed an innings of 128 runs to help his side bolster an amazing total of 215 runs while batting first in the 67th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), against the number-one team in the tournament Delhi Daredevils.
After posting an intimidating total, the side won the match by 21 runs and now are in a position to secure a place in the play-offs, depending on the outcome of their final league match.
Earlier, after winning the toss, Delhi chose to field first and after having grabbed their first wicket with 11 runs on the board, things went awry for them as they failed to leave an impression, getting clobbered by Gayle out of town, without threatening the batsmen.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737, the captain of RCB, provided excellent support to Gayle and stayed unbeaten on an innings of 73 runs as he watched the left-hand batsman punish the bowlers without a hint of remorse.
After being humiliated in the field, Delhi, who had opted to rest regular skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739, needed a solid batting performance in order to chase down the massive total.
It was just not their day, as they failed to get off to an impressive start, losing their first wicket with 17 runs on the board as the hard-hitting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 perished after scoring only 15 runs.
U Chand and Y Venugopal Rao then tried to launch a befitting run chase, but this partnership also met its ultimate demise in the fifth over on the wicket of Chand, who found his way back to the pavilion after scoring an innings of 18 runs.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Venugopal-Rao-c2752, who met his doom after smashing 36 runs.
Delhi were keeping a steady run rate, but were losing wickets just too quickly to cause RCB any troubles. It was a 55-run knock from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780’s innings, which was still not enough to save the team from a shocking defeat as it faltered on 194 runs.
Gayle was the obvious Player of the Match for his staggering batting performance.
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