RCB vs DD - M21 Report & Stats: IPL 2013

Match Report:

Royal Challengers Bangalore got entangled in yet another super over, but this time they came out on top ahead of the Delhi Daredevils at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

Chasing DD's 153, RCB seemed to be cruising to victory before a late order collapse and a brilliant fight back by DD meant that DD tied the match. The match was decided in the super over.

Virat Kohli presenting sapling to Mahela Jayawardene during toss of match 21 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Royal Challengers Bangalore and The Delhi Daredevils held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on the 16th April 2013

In the super over, batting first, RCB managed to score 15 runs after AB de Villiers smashed sixes off the last two deliveries bowled by Umesh Yadav. Chasing 16 runs for victory, DD lost David Warner first ball, however Irfan Pathan carried on hitting a boundary and a huge six over fine leg. Needing 5 runs off the final ball, Ben Rohrer lost his off-stump bowled by Ravi Rampaul to give RCB a thrilling victory.

Chasing 153, KL Rahul (12) got RCB rolling, hitting consecutive boundaries off Ashish Nehra. The Delhi bowler who was earlier denied a leg before appeal had Rahul caught by Mahela Jayawardene. Morkel then got the important wicket of Chris Gayle (13) caught at third man after Gayle had deposited the previous delivery into the stands. AB de Villiers got off the mark with a six over point off Nehra.

De Villiers and Virat Kohli knit together 103 runs for the third wicket. RCB reached the 100 mark in just 11.4 overs. Kohli brought up his fifty with a boundary down to fine leg as RCB neared the target. De Villiers (39) was run out by Morkel in the 16th over and Andrew McDonald (0) was caught and bowled by Nadeem two balls later. Irfan Pathan's run out to get rid of Arun Karthik (5) and the wicket of Syed Mohammad (1) brought DD back in the game. Kohli (65) was then caught by Jaywardene off Umesh Yadav as RCB started choking. Needing 12 runs off the last over, Ravi Rampaul hit a six to reduce it to 2 runs off the final ball. Rampaul and R Vinay Kumar scampered for a bye to tie the match and take it to the super over.

Earlier RCB won the toss and put DD in. The visiting openers, Virender Sehwag and David Warner, started positively. After a first over maiden they hit three boundaries off RP Singh's second over. Sehwag continued the assault as he then smashed Jaydev Unadkat for three boundaries in the fourth over. Vinay Kumar got the breakthrough taking a stunning catch off his own bowling to dismiss Warner (15). Sehwag (25) was shown the door the next over as he chipped McDonald to Kohli at short mid-wicket. At the halfway stage DD were at 67 for 2.

Unadkat then had Juneja (17) caught at long off to give RCB their third wicket. He struck again this time removing Ben Rohrer (14) caught at deep mid-wicket. Jayewardene (28) was run out in a freak fashion as the ball ricocheted off Vinay Kumar's boot onto the stumps. Kadar Jadhav (29*) hit Ravi Rampul for a boundary and a six in the 19th over. Pathan (19*) also dealt a few lusty hits in the final over taking 15 runs off it to help the team finish at 152 for 5.

Man-of-the-Match: Virat Kohli 

Brief Scores: Delhi Daredevils 152 for 5 (Kedar Jadav 29*, Jaydev Unadkat 2-24) tied Royal Challengers Bangalore 152 for 7 (Viral Kohli 65, Umesh Yadav 2-22). 

AB de Villiers wins the Yes Bank Super Sixes award during match 21 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Royal Challengers Bangalore and The Delhi Daredevils held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on the 16th April 2013

Stats Highlights:

2: Number of batsmen to aggregate 5000 runs in Twenty20 cricket. Chris Gayle emulated Brad Hodge. Gayle also completed 2000 runs in IPL, joining the ranks with Suresh Raina, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis.

4: Number of tied matches in IPL – second this year. Interestingly Royal Challengers Bangalore are involved in both the instances.

7: Consecutive matches Delhi Daredevils have played without registering a win in IPL – their last two in 2012 and all five in 2013.

100: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s win-percentage at home this year – four out of four.

103: Runs added by Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers- highest third wicket partnership for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL. The previous record was of 91 between Tillakaratne Dilshan and AB de Villiers against Mumbai Indians also at Bengaluru in 2011.

Ravi Rampaul wins the Star Plus award during match 21 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Royal Challengers Bangalore and The Delhi Daredevils held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on the 16th April 2013

Presentation:

Virat Kohli: "Fourth last-ball finish for us, our time had to come in the Super Over i guess, but we should have won with an over to spare. Great comeback by DD and great hits by AB to get us back into the game. We needed 26 off 28 when AB got run out and I didnt get strike after that. I would have been really angry if we had lost today. Ravi bowled a great over to pull us back. It was a brilliant effort by the bowlers."

Mahela Jayawardene: "We are getting there. Four overs to go we were not in, couple of crucial wickets, we came back. In the super over, the first three-four balls were alright. That shows the character of the team, the guys are fighting, we need to handle those crucial situations better."

Virat Kohli was man of the match during match 21 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Royal Challengers Bangalore and The Delhi Daredevils held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on the 16th April 2013

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