Delhi Daredevils captain Zaheer Khan made all the right moves, winning the toss, opting to chase and even knocking over Chris Gayle for a duck BCCI
But Royal Challengers Bangalore have an intimidating line-up of top-class players and AB de Villiers came out swinging. He made 55 off 33 balls, his second fifty in a row BCCI
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Virat Kohli matched him shot for shot, striking 79 off 48 to keep his team in sight of a total above 200 BCCI
Carlos Brathwaite broke the 107-run second-wicket partnership when he had de Villiers caught at long-on off a low full toss BCCI
Shane Watson made sure the pressure remained on the Daredevils with his 33 off 19 balls BCCI
The bowlers were up for the challenge though. Mohammed Shami cramped the Royal Challengers lower order with short deliveries at the body. He finished with 2 for 34 BCCI
Chris Morris backed Shami up, conceding just 12 runs in the 18th and 20th overs to keep Royal Challengers to 191 for 5 BCCI
A colourful crowd was thoroughly entertained by the Royal Challengers batsmen but there was more to come BCCI
A superb catch by Watson and David Wiese got rid of Shreyas Iyer for a duck BCCI
But Quinton de Kock pushed on, striking seven fours in the Powerplay to keep up with a required run-rate near 10 BCCI
Karun Nair, who was part of the opposition on his home ground tonight, came out at No. 4 and produced an excellent 54 off 42 balls BCCI
As the de Kock-Nair partnership grew to 137 off 76 balls, Royal Challengers bowlers and fielders began to buckle BCCI
Wiese, playing his first game of the season, gave away 49 runs in four overs BCCI
His South Africa team-mate, de Kock, made 108 off 51 balls - before falling to Watson - and helped Daredevils secure their second successive win BCCI
