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Daredevils vs RCB, 26th match at Delhi, , Apr 26 2015 - Match Result

RESULT
26th match (N), Delhi, April 26, 2015, Pepsi Indian Premier League

RCB won by 10 wickets (with 57 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
2/24
varun-aaron
Cricinfo's MVP
58.52 ptsImpact List
mitchell-starc
Match centre 
Scores: Chandan Duorah | Comms: Deivarayan Muthu
Scorecard summary
Delhi Daredevils 95/10(18.2 overs)
2/18 (3.2)
Royal Challengers Bangalore 99/0(10.3 overs)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
PLAYERTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
RCB58.52--03/203.0858.52
RCB56.7362(40)62.9556.73--0
RCB49.56--02/242.7949.56
RCB45.96--02/182.4845.96
DC44.2233(29)40.6344.22--0

That is that for tonight. Hope you had a great weekend. Do tune in tomorrow as well. Until then, this is Deivarayan Muthu signing off early on the behalf of Chandan Duorah.

Aaron, Man of the Match: It really came together today. I was bowling well in patches before. We have been planning to get wickets early. That happened today. The body has been good after surgery. I tried to bowl faster and it came out well.

Kohli: He [Gayle] is pretty cool on the outside but pretty intense on the inside. I am more expressive, so that balances it out and that's why we open. I think we have the right combination now. We wanted to give Varun a chance. He steamed in and got wickets. This is the most balanced combination we are playing. Starc and Aaron is not a bad combination but you need an experienced guy. The way Mitch picks up wickets with his swinging yorkers, it is morale boosting. The last game we had a timely win. Momentum is hard to get. When you get it you shouldn't lose it.

Duminy: We were outplayed in every department. Lot of lessons to be learnt out of the game. They took wickets at regular intervals and we could not build a partnership. We have a few days off and we need to regroup and pick it up again.

10:40pm Kohli pumps his fist and there comes his typical celebratory jive with Gayle. Yuvraj congratulates Gayle. Thumping win for Royal Challengers. After Starc and Aaron routed Daredevils for 95, Gayle and Kohli got RCB off to a breezy start and wolfed down the slim target with 57 balls to spare.

Varad: "All bowlers from RCB had economy rate below 6 except one but all bowlers of DD have economy rate above 6 except one...!!!"

Ashish: "Just realised that Kohli's strike rate is same as Gayle's...!!!"

10.3
4
Coulter-Nile to Kohli, FOUR runs

Kohli seals it with a four, RCB win by 10 wickets! Length outside off, Kohli shovel-drives it between the bowler and Gayle

10.2
4
Coulter-Nile to Kohli, FOUR runs

full and wide outside off, Kohli simply throws his bat at it after backing away. The thick outside edge runs away past slip to the third-man boundary

10.1
1
Coulter-Nile to Gayle, 1 run

dug in shortish and on middle, Gayle lifts it over the bowler's head. Not middled. Duminy moves across to his left from mid-on but the ball evades his reach

end of over 103 runs
RCB: 90/0CRR: 9.00 RRR: 0.60
Virat Kohli27 (21b 4x4)
Chris Gayle61 (39b 6x4 4x6)
Angelo Mathews 1-0-3-0
Amit Mishra 2-0-25-0
9.6
Angelo Mathews to Kohli, no run

back of a length and outside off, Kohli camps on the back foot and and whisks it to short-midwicket off an inside edge

9.5
1
Angelo Mathews to Gayle, 1 run

dug in short and on middle and leg, Gayle is cramped for room. Mishit pull over backward square leg. Tahir runs across to his right from deep midwicket and cuts it off

9.4
Angelo Mathews to Gayle, no run

bumper from Mathews. Gayle wound up for a big hit before letting it fly to the keeper

9.3
Angelo Mathews to Gayle, no run

shortish and outside off, Gayle looks to pull and drags it to mid-on off the inner part of the bat

9.2
1
Angelo Mathews to Kohli, 1 run

back of a length and on off, punched down to long-on

9.1
1
Angelo Mathews to Gayle, 1 run

shortish and outside off, he rocks back and pulls it in the air. Duminy gets both his hands onto the ball at short midwicket, but it bursts through. Difficult chance, for the ball was travelling fast

Vikram Varun: "With Gayle blazing, no one notices that Kohli has control % of 100."

end of over 914 runs
RCB: 87/0CRR: 9.66 RRR: 0.81
Virat Kohli26 (19b 4x4)
Chris Gayle59 (35b 6x4 4x6)
Amit Mishra 2-0-25-0
Imran Tahir 2-0-20-0

Some respite for DD. Time out.

8.6
Mishra to Kohli, no run

looks like a googly, shortish length. Kohli seeks to punch and gets an inside edge to short midwicket

8.5
4
Mishra to Kohli, FOUR runs

half-tracker on middle, Kohli rocks back and pulls it to the deep midwicket boundary. Iyer dives across his right in the deep but can only parry it away to the boundary

8.4
1
Mishra to Gayle, 1 run

flatter and on middle, Gayle clears his front leg and shovel-whips it to long-on, on the bounce

8.3
1
Mishra to Kohli, 1 run

slid through on middle, Kohli goes on the back foot and punches it down to long-on

8.2
1
Mishra to Gayle, 1 run

pushed through on the pads, swept away behind square towards long leg

8.1
6
Mishra to Gayle, SIX runs

Boom! Launched into the second tier. Tossed up and full on middle, Gayle clears his front leg and annihilates a six over the bowler's head

8.1
1w
Mishra to Gayle, 1 wide

sliding down leg, wide

end of over 812 runs
RCB: 73/0CRR: 9.12 RRR: 1.91
Chris Gayle51 (32b 6x4 3x6)
Virat Kohli21 (16b 3x4)
Imran Tahir 2-0-20-0
Amit Mishra 1-0-11-0
7.6
1
Tahir to Gayle, 1 run

straighter and quicker, driven down to long-off

7.5
Tahir to Gayle, no run

Tahir goes up for a big lbw appeal. The umpire says no. This was the googly from Tahir, Gayle does not connect with the attempted sweep and takes it on the pad. It may have pitched outside leg

7.4
Tahir to Gayle, no run

Gayle looks to flick it away, nearly lobbed it back to the bowler off a leading edge

7.3
6
Tahir to Gayle, SIX runs

fifty for Gayle and he gets there in style. This was fuller and outside off, Gayle smashes a slog-sweep and sends it over midwicket

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
CH Gayle
62 runs (40)
6 fours4 sixes
Productive shot
off drive
17 runs
1 four2 sixes
Control
69%
V Kohli
35 runs (23)
6 fours0 six
Productive shot
pull
9 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
96%
Best performances - bowlers
MA Starc
O
4
M
0
R
20
W
3
ECO
5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
3W
LEGOFF
LHB
D Wiese
O
3.2
M
0
R
18
W
2
ECO
5.4
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Match details
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
TossRoyal Challengers Bangalore, elected to field first
Series
Season2015
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20
Match days26 April 2015 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsRoyal Challengers Bangalore 2, Delhi Daredevils 0
Win Probability
RCB 100%
DCRCB
100%50%100%DC InningsRCB Innings

Over 11 • RCB 99/0

RCB won by 10 wickets (with 57 balls remaining)
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