Royal Challengers v Sunrisers, IPL, Bangalore
De Villiers assault blinds Sunrisers
Put in to bat, Sunrisers Hyderabad were struck an early blow when Aaron Finch was caught behind off Mitchell Starc•BCCI
But Shikhar Dhawan patiently kept on the scoreboard ticking in the company of David Warner•BCCI
The thrust came from Warner, who completed his third half-century in four games to lift Sunrisers to 155•BCCI
Chris Gayle tore into Ishant Sharma in customary fashion, taking 16 of the bowler's first over. But he holed out in the deep against legspinner Karn Sharma for a 19-ball 27•BCCI
That wasn't the end though as de Villiers smashed Dale Steyn for 24 runs in the penultimate over that included an outrageous ramp shot. Fittingly, he hit the winning runs to end up unbeaten on 89 off just 41 balls•BCCI
Ashok Dinda had KL Rahul caught at slip soon after to reduce Sunrisers to 29 for 2 in four overs•BCCI
Warner was the more aggressive of the two in a 62-run partnership for the third wicket•BCCI
Mitchell Starc, who bowled an excellent last over, was the most successful bowler with 2 for 21•BCCI
Karn struck two more times to dismiss Rilee Rossouw and Yuvraj Singh and pushed the required rate in the last five overs close to 12 •BCCI
In the 13th over, Dhawan was caught in the deep for a 36-ball 37 as he looked to force the pace•BCCI
Bhuvneshwar Kumar had Royal Challengers Bangalore immediately on the back foot as he removed Parthiv Patel and Virat Kohli in his first over•BCCI
But AB de Villiers took 19 runs off the 16th over to bring Royal Challengers back. He reached his half-century, off 23 balls, with a six over midwicket•BCCI