Indian Premier League 2016 - 56th Match
(Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Raipur)
Kohli fifty books No. 2 spot for RCB
| DD | vs | RCB |
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| 138/8 (20) | 139/4 (18.1) | |
| RCB won by 6 wickets | ||
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| Photo © BCCI |
It seemed a little like grandstanding when Virat Kohli said he "loved" that Royal Challengers Bangalore had to win four out of four matches to quality for the playoffs. That was two weeks ago, when his team was placed sixth and he had recorded his first single-digit score of the season. Since then the lowest Kohli has been dismissed for is 109 and Royal Challengers have racked up the back-to-back wins they needed. Their six-wicket dismantling of Delhi Daredevils on Sunday took them up to second place on the points table, a qualifier at home and a second shot at a place in the IPL final.
Raipur provided the toughest batting conditions yet for Royal Challengers this season. The pitch had extra bounce, and the boundaries were long enough that top edges and mis-hits didn't simply skip away. Their bowlers made use of both and strangled Daredevils to 138 for 8. That Quinton de Kock contributed 60 of those runs exemplifies the lack of application from the rest of the Daredevils batsmen.
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| Photo © BCCI |
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