Daredevils end Royal Challengers winning streak
Delhi Daredevils snapped the four-match winning run of Royal Challengers Bangalore, beating the home side by 17 runs in Indian Premier League here Thursday.
Delhi Darevevils posted a challenging 183 for five after being put to bat with middle order batsman Kedar Jadhav scoring an unbeaten 50 runs off 29 balls. AB de Villiers contributed 45.
Royal Challengers made a good start through Manish Pande (39) and Jacques Kallis (27) but suddenly lost quick wickets and finished at 166 for nine in 20 overs. Amit Mishra (2-23) and Andrew McDonald (2-42) did the damage with the ball.
Pande and Kallis shared a 71-run stand in 9.1 overs, but then the Challengers suddenly lost the plot as wickets tumbled one after the other. They were reduced to 137 for eight. Virat Kohli struck an unbeaten 38 and tried to resurrect the innings but found no support from the other end.
Table toppers Royal Challengers lost their second game in six outings while Daredevils scored their third win from six matches.
Earlier, Daredevils began on an explosive note with a flurry of fours and sixes in the first three overs to take the score to 44 runs.
Opener David Warner (33 off 14 balls) was dismissed in the fourth over, caught by Vinay Kumar near the ropes off pacer Dale Steyn.
Virendar Shewag (12) then got out to a brilliant catch by Virat Kholi in the very first ball of medium pacer Vinay Kumar, who has been in a startling form.
But Delhi continued to take their chances and rattled up 64 runs for the loss of two wickets in the first six overs.
AB De Villiers and skipper Dinesh Karthik kept the scoreboard moving with smart running between the wickets and occasional big shots.
The home team got a break when Karthik got out in a dramatic fashion as De Villiers shot hit the stumps at non-strikers end after brushing Steyn's hands.
The explosive opening by Warner and Shewag unsettled Challengers so much that their fielding and throws to the wickets were sloppy run out chances were missed.
De Villiers and Jadhav put up 31 runs for the fourth wicket before the former was run out brilliantly by Eion Morgan with a direct straight throw to the stumps.
Andrew McDonald (18) and Jadhav steered the innings in the slog overs.
Source : dhangout.com
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