Indian Premier League 2015 - 52nd Match
(Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Hyderabad )
RCB surge after Gayle, Kohli ace six-over chase
| SRH | vs | RCB |
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| 135/3 (11) | 83/4 (5.5) | |
| RCB won by 6 wickets (D/L method) | ||
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| Photo © BCCI |
Rain has followed Royal Challengers Bangalore wherever they have gone this season. It denied them the opportunity to defend 200 against Rajasthan Royals. It reduced two of their games to 10-over slugfests. Against Sunrisers Hyderabad it showed up in spurts, first causing a curtailment to 11 overs a side, and resurfacing to reduce their task to scoring 81 in six overs.
It's hard to tell if it's easier to score 136 from 11 overs or 81 from six. In any event, Royal Challengers had Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. Two of them fired. Gayle gave them the explosive start they needed, and Kohli batted through the six overs to finish the job. It came down to 12 off 4 balls, and Kohli took his side over the line with a couple of stunning placements - opening his bat-face to steer two Bhuvneshwar Kumar yorkers through a tightly packed off-side ring - and a fortuitous winning six - David Warner caught the ball at long-off but stepped on the boundary cushions while doing so.
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| Photo © BCCI |
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