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RESULT • 40th Match • IPL • T20 • Delhi

224/4

(20 ov, T:225) 220/8

DC won by 4 runs

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126

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SE Stars won by 8 wickets (with 159 balls remaining)

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Daredevils vs RCB, 2nd match at Sharjah, IPL, Apr 17 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT

2nd match (N), Sharjah, April 17, 2014, Pepsi Indian Premier League

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Delhi Daredevils

145/4

Royal Challengers Bangalore

(16.4/20 ov, T:146) 146/2

RCB won by 8 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match

Yuzvendra Chahal

, RCB

1/18

Cricinfo's MVP

Jean-Paul Duminy

, DC

93.18 ptsImpact List

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That's this game done and dusted. Tomorrow is a double header, so join us at 4 pm as the caravan continues gathering momentum. This is Alagappan Muthu, happy to type my last word tonight

Yuzvendra Chahal is Man of the Match "Its my second match in the IPL, I played one for Mumbai. I got confidence seeing the first ball turn. It is great to have the support of the captain Kohli, choosing me as the spinner over a player like Murali in the squad"

"That's what I was telling Yuvi in the middle, if those were mis-hits they wouldn't have gone to hand" Virat Kohli says. "It was a 170-plus track and to hold them down to 145 was big. Chahal did extremely well, Varun as well and Mitch too. [Yuvraj]He's won us two world cups, he's a proven match-winner and it's important to back a player like that."

"Didn't bat well enough though Taylor and Duminy had a great partnership," says Dinesh Karthik, the stand-in captain for Delhi. "They batted well, kept playing their shots, came off, bad fielding. It looks like that when the opponent is hammering you. It's the first game of the season and we're getting used to who performs which role and it's important for us to learn and come back in the next game. Duminy absorbed the pressure brilliantly and hit some lusty blows at the end"

"About 90% runs of Yuvi came off bad deliveries today. I missed those sweet cover drives and classy late cuts off good deliveries that find the boundary more often than not." Those might not be too far off, Sahil

9.45 pm Kohli jumps on Yuvi as they walk back to the pavilion savouring a job well done. Their bowlers set things up by blasting out the Delhi top order. They stuck in there when Duminy and Taylor were building that partnership and in the chase Yuvraj Singh found form with 52 off 29. He was treated to some terrible bowling and he took complete advantage

16.4

Nadeem to Kohli, 1 run

races down the track and lofts it down towards long-on. Falls short of Vijay who was diving forward. They pick up the runs needed to pick up the victory and a very comprehensive one at that

16.3

Nadeem to Yuvraj, 1 run

flighted on off stump, he lunges forward to block and picks up a single square on the off side

16.3

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Nadeem to Yuvraj, (no ball) FOUR runs

that's a full toss over the waist and he has pulled it over short find leg to take him to his fifty on Bangalore debut

16.2

Nadeem to Yuvraj, SIX runs

terrible line from Nadeem. On the pads and he's swept him miles into the boundary behind square leg. Yuvi against this kind of spin is no contest at all.

16.1

Nadeem to Kohli, 1 run

low full toss to start his spell and Kohli drives to long-on

sree: "Karthik has a lot to learn as captain. When you have Kohli and Yuvi batting with 58 needed off 45 balls, you go for wickets, not for economy. economy doesn't work on these guys!"

end of over 168 runs

RCB: 132/2CRR: 8.25 • RRR: 3.50

Yuvraj Singh41 (26b 2x4 4x6)

Virat Kohli47 (36b 2x4 3x6)

Mohammed Shami 4-0-30-1

Rahul Sharma 3-0-33-1

15.6

Shami to Yuvraj, SIX runs

long-on watches it clear his head and thud into the advertising boards. Pitches it up in his arc and Yuvi's big back lift comes down in a thunderous swing

15.5

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Shami to Yuvraj, no run

another slower bouncer and though Yuvi goes through with the shot this time he has trouble connecting

15.4

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Shami to Yuvraj, no run

spears it in on middle and he was looking to clip to midwicket. Gets a leading edge to point. Squared Yuvi up there. Shami's been brilliant today

15.3

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Shami to Yuvraj, no run

slower short ball and he's deceived Yuvi. Set up for the pull shot and then realises it was not coming on and just lets it through to the keeper

15.2

Shami to Kohli, 1 run

overpitched outside off, Kohli's flashing blade gives work for the sweeper

15.1

Shami to Yuvraj, 1 run

slower ball outside off, Yuvi waits for it and thumps it to deep cover

Jude: "In the space of 2 overs RR came down from 8.1 to 4.4. Remarkable effort and game lost the balance well behind" Prompts Shami to come back into the attack

end of over 1520 runs

RCB: 124/2CRR: 8.26 • RRR: 4.40

Yuvraj Singh34 (21b 2x4 3x6)

Virat Kohli46 (35b 2x4 3x6)

Rahul Sharma 3-0-33-1

James Neesham 2-0-22-0

Harshal: "@Salman. Maybe, but even when Kohli's not in good nick, he's still going at better than a run a ball."

14.6

Sharma to Yuvraj, 1 run

short again but this was just a touch quicker and Yuvi pulls to long-on. That is now the strategic time out

14.5

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Sharma to Yuvraj, no run

backs away to the flatter ball outside off and chops it to cover

14.4

Sharma to Yuvraj, SIX runs

drags it short as he fears Yuvi's trip down the track. But it was such a long hop that he has time to pull it to the long leg boundary

14.3

Sharma to Kohli, 1 run

stays back as he knows this will be flatter and clips it to deep midwicket

14.2

Sharma to Kohli, SIX runs

this one is hit with the turn and he's raises the fifty partnership with a glorious shot over extra cover. Didn't get to the pitch as much as the last ball and had to sort of reach for it, but his timing was still top-notch

14.1

Sharma to Kohli, SIX runs

and he's sent packing over long-on. Races down and gets to the pitch. Doesn't bother about how it's going to turn and just launches it into the night sky

Rahul Sharma's back

end of over 1415 runs

RCB: 104/2CRR: 7.42 • RRR: 7.00

Yuvraj Singh27 (18b 2x4 2x6)

Virat Kohli33 (32b 2x4 1x6)

James Neesham 2-0-22-0

Wayne Parnell 3-0-19-0

13.6

Neesham to Yuvraj, SIX runs

fullish and outside leg stump and Yuvi's helped it on its way. Lands among the Bangalore players in the dug out and he has a big smile on his face while punching gloves with his captain

13.5

Neesham to Kohli, 1 run

full on off stump, Kohli drills it down to long-on

Salman1508: "Is Kohli trying to be Yuvi here? "

13.4

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Neesham to Kohli, no run

outside edge off the slower ball outside off. Tries to steer it down to third man but it bounces short of the keeper

Win Probability

RCB 100%

DCRCB

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