Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Delhi Daredevils, IPL 2014, Scorecard, Report
A dynamic innings from Yuvraj Singh saw Bangalore beat Delhi by 16 runs in the latest Indian Premier League match.
The veteran left-hander smashed nine sixes as he made 68 from 29 balls to lift the Royal Challengers to 186-4 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
In their reply, the visiting Daredevils could only make 170-7 with skipper Kevin Pietersen contributing 33.
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RCB’s innings was meandering at 95-3 before Yuvraj set things alight with his second blistering innings in a row.
After making 83 against Rajasthan on Sunday, he smashed the opposition bowling to all parts with three consecutive maximums off Imran Tahir and four in a row off Laxmi Shukla’s final over, which went for 27.
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | |
| Chris Gayle | b Rahul Shukla | 22 | 23 | 95.65 | 1 | 2 |
| Parthiv Patel | c Dinesh Karthik b Mohammed Shami | 29 | 28 | 103.57 | 4 | 0 |
| Virat Kohli | run out (Rahul Shukla) | 10 | 11 | 90.90 | 0 | 0 |
| AB de Villiers | b Siddarth Kaul | 33 | 17 | 194.11 | 4 | 1 |
| Yuvraj Singh | NOT OUT | 68 | 29 | 234.48 | 1 | 9 |
| Sachin Rana | NOT OUT | 15 | 14 | 107.14 | 1 | 0 |
| EXTRAS | (nb 2, w 3, lb 4) | 9 | ||||
| BOWLER | O | M | R | W | ECON | DOTS |
| JP Duminy | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | 10 |
| Mohammed Shami | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 | 10 |
| Siddarth Kaul | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 9.25 | 11 |
| Rahul Shukla | 4 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 10.25 | 9 |
| Imran Tahir | 4 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 12.00 | 5 |
Delhi's reply started in the worst possible fashion as openers Murali Vijay and Quinton de Kock went in the opening two overs.
Mayank Agarwal and Pietersen put on 63 for the third wicket but the Indian went for 31 and the former England batsman was deceived by young leggie Yuzvendra Chahal in the 12th over, stumped after hitting two fours and a six in his 29-ball innings.
Dinesh Karthik contributed just one before becoming Muttiah Muralitharan's second victim, but Delhi's top scorer in the tournament, JP Duminy, kept his side in contention.
The South African hit three sixes in making 48 from 30, but after he was clean bowled by Mitchell Starc, his side needed 40 from 14 balls and that proved too much.
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | |
| Murali Vijay | lbw Muttiah Muralitharan | 1 | 3 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinton de Kock | b Mitchell Starc | 6 | 6 | 100.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Mayank Agarwal | c Sachin Rana b Abu Nechim | 31 | 25 | 124.00 | 2 | 2 |
| Kevin Pietersen | st Parthiv Patel b Yuzvendra Chahal | 33 | 29 | 113.79 | 2 | 1 |
| JP Duminy | b Mitchell Starc | 48 | 30 | 160.00 | 3 | 3 |
| Dinesh Karthik | c Yuzvendra Chahal b Muttiah Muralitharan | 1 | 2 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Kedar Jadhav | run out (Parthiv Patel) | 37 | 20 | 185.00 | 3 | 2 |
| Rahul Shukla | NOT OUT | 2 | 6 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammed Shami | NOT OUT | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 |
| EXTRAS | (nb 2, w 2, b 4, lb 2) | 10 | ||||
| BOWLER | O | M | R | W | ECON | DOTS |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 6.25 | 8 |
| Mitchell Starc | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6.50 | 10 |
| Abu Nechim | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 10.00 | 5 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 11.25 | 7 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7.00 | 7 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore are now in a three-way tie for the fourth and final play-off position with four wins, but Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad have a game in hand.
Delhi Daredevils are at the foot of the table with just two wins from 10 and are facing the wooden spoon for the second year in a row.
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