IPL 2013: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils - As it happened...

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Zee Media Bureau Updates by Suyash Srivastava Follow Suyash Srivastava here on twitter: @Syu4u» SCORECARD» | HIGHLIGHTS» REPORT» Meet the 24 centurions of IPL» POINTS TABLE» I SCHEDULE» ==================================================================================== DD: SUPER OVER Ravi Rampaul will bowl for RCB, and DD have come up with a surprise as well! Warner and Rohrer will open! And guess what! Rampaul strikes! Warner hits the first ball straight to Gayle at point! One gone! Another surprise! Pathan comes in to bat! Rampaul follows it with a short one and Pathan pulls that towards deep square leg for a boundary! Twelve to needed off 4. Rampaul bowls an excellent Yorker, no runs scored! 12 from 3. The next ball is a fuller one and Pathan flicks that high over deep square leg for a SIX! Fantastic shot! 6 needed from 2. Pathan manages a single off the fifth ball, 5 needed from 1 now. Rohrer to face his first ball of the over. And guess what! The last ball is a Yorker length ball, Rohrer misses and the OFF-STUMP HAS BEEN UPROOTED! RCB have managed to win this one in style! RCB: SUPER OVER SURPRISE! It’s is Umesh Yadav and not Morne Morkel who will bowl the super over and AB, Gayle will open for RCB. The first ball is pitched full and Gayle manages a single at long on. The second ball is a full-toss and AB manages a single at deep midwicket. Gayle smashes the next ball towards long off for a single. The fourth is a superb Yorker by Umesh, no runs scored. The fifth ball is in slot for AB, and he spanks that over deep square leg for a SIX! Umesh ends the over with a short ball and AB pulls that for another SIX over midwicket this time. So AB ends it in style. RCB have scored 15/0. Over 20 || Score 152/7 Pathan to bowl the final over, 12 needed from 6. And Rampaul makes this chase interesting. He gets some room off the first ball and he clobbers that over deep cover for a SIX! The entire RCB dugout is up on their feet. 6 needed from 5. Two singles taken from the next two balls, 4 from 3. Rampaul hits the next ball straight down the ground for a couple, 2 needed from 2 now. And Pathan gets some swing back, right when his team required them the most, the fifth ball swung away and Rampaul couldn’t make a contact, 2 needed from 1 now. RCB have already played a draw where they lost the match in a Super Over, they wouldn’t want to play another one. And guess what! After playing some terrific shots, Rampaul cannot make contact off the last two balls and the match is a draw! That means RCB will once again have a to wait for a Super Over Result! Ravi Rampaul 12* (7b), Vinay Kumar 1* (b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 141/7 Yadav into his final over. Syed Mohammad is the new batsman. And he pulls the third ball straight to the man at deep midwicket! The pressure was building and Kohli had to take his chances. Umesh offers some width, Kohli plays a cut shot that goes straight to Mahela at covers! THAT COULD BE THE MATCH! Ravi Rampaul is the new batsman. Five runs and two wickets for Umesh! Big over this! V Kohli c Jayawardene b Yadav 65 (50b) J Syed Mohammad c Warner b Yadav 1 (2b) ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 136/5 Morkel to bowl his final over. And Arun Karthik was almost run-out in that over. He nudged it on the off side and wanted a quick single, was sent back by Kohli. And guess what! Karthik is finally run-out off the last ball! Karthik played that towards wide of long, both the batsmen first thought it was a boundary and then ran two after Pathan chased and pulled the ball inside the boundary and a brilliant throw dismissed Karthilk who was reluctant for a third run. Kohli doesn’t like that. Six runs from the over. KB Arun Karthik run out 5 (5b) ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 130/4 Nadeem to bowl his final over, McDonald is the new batsman. And McDonald charges down the wicket off the second ball and hits it straight to Nadeem! Just one from the over. Last two overs have produced just four runs for RCB. AB McDonald c & b Nadeem 0 (2b) ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 129/3 Umesh Yadav to bowl his third over. AB hit the last ball to Morkel at mid off and ran for a quick single, but Morne fired a direct hit and AB is OUT! That has been an entertaining innings once again. Three from the over. AB de Villiers run out 39 (32b) ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 126/2 Nehra to bowl his final over. The second ball is a short one and Kohli smashes that towards deep midwicket for a boundary! Top shot that! Eight from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 118/2 Pathan brought back into the attack. Pathan banged one wayward short ball, and Kohli pulled that o fine leg for a boundary which also brought his fifty off just 32 balls! Thirteen runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 105/2 Nadeem into his third over. Just two runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 103/2 Morkel has been brought back into the attack, right move. AB played a cut shot that went past point for a boundary! Seven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 96/2 Nadeem to continue. Virat again finds some room off the first ball and he cuts it as the ball rushes past third man for a boundary! The fourth ball was short and Virat spanks that through deep midwicket for a boundary! Twelve runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 84/2 Yadav to continue. Umesh banged a short ball and Kohli is quick to pull that towards deep square leg for a boundary! Ten runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 74/2 Shahbaz Nadeem comes into the attack. Four runs came off the first five balls and the over was proving to be a good once before Virat Kohli shimmied down and launched the ball straight down the ground for a SIX! Ten runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 64/2 Pathan to continue. Kohli found some width off the second ball and he bludgeoned that past point for a boundary! Irfan went too full off the last ball and AB played another magnificent drive for a boundary through covers. Ten runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 54/2 Umesh Yadav brought into the attack. Six from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 48/2 Irfan Pathan brought into the attack. There was an AB special for you in that over where he stood and handsomely drove a length ball past covers for a boundary! Five runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 43/2 Nehra into his third over. The third bal is a short of length ball, Virat gets some room and he guides that to third man for a boundary! The last ball is full and wide again, AB slashes, and slashes hard as the ball travels all the way over deep backward point for a SIX! Eleven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 32/2 Morkel to continue. The second ball is a short one and Gayle spanks that over deep backward point for a SIX! Morkel bowls slightly fuller and Gayle hits that straight to third man! BIG BIG BLOW FOR RCB! AB de Villiers is the new batsman. Twelve runs from the over. CH Gayle c Yadav b Morkel 13 (9b) ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 20/1 Nehra to continue. The second ball is a full one and Rahul lifts that over extra cover for a boundary! Nehra follows it with a full and wide ball, Rahul smashes that over point another boundary! But Nehra has the last laugh as he bangs a short one and Rahul hits that straight to Mahela at mid on. Ten runs from the over. KL Rahul c Jayawardene b Nehra 12 (12b) ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 10/0 Morne Morkel to bowl from the other end. It was a quite over for the first five balls and then Gayle launched the last ball, a fuller delivery over long on for a SIX! Eight runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 2/0 Chris Gayle and Lokesh Rahul to open for RCB, Nehra will bowl the first over. Gayle gets off the mark with a single off the first ball with which he completes 2000 runs in Indian Premier League! There he a huge appeal for lbw as Rahul is struck on the pads, Nehra appeals for some good 10-15 seconds but the umpire isn’t interested. That looked plumb! Just two runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 20 || Score 152/5 RP Singh will once again bowl the final over. The second ball is a fuller one and Pathan smashes that to wide of long on for a boundary! The fourth ball is a half-volley and this time Pathan clobbers that over long on for a SIX! Superb hitting from Pathan! Fifteen runs from the over. Irfan Pathan 29* (16b), Kedar Jadhav 19* (8b) ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 122/5 Vinay Kumar into his final over. Two runs came off the first four balls and then Kumar fired a Yorker that got a bottom edge off Jadhav’s bat and ran past fine leg for a boundary! Jadhav smashed the last ball straight which deflected from Kumar’s feet and hit the stumps at the non-striker’s end. Mahela is run-out! ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 116/4 RP Singh into his third over. He bowled a full-toss outside the off-stump, Mahela worked it towards third-man where a misfield from Vinay Kumar produced another boundary! Eleven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 105/4 Vinay Kumar brought back into the attack. Kedar Jadhav gets an edge off the first ball that runs past third man for a boundary! Eleven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 94/4 Unadkat to continue. He begins with a short ball and Rohrer hits that straight to Virat Kohli at deep midwicket! Three runs from the over. BJ Rohrer c Kohli b Unadkat 14 (14b) ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 91/3 RP Singh brought back into the attack. Rohrer charges down the wicket off the third ball and pulls it for a boundary at deep square leg! Seven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 84/3 Mohammad to continue. Eight runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 76/3 Unadkat to continue. Juneja tries to clear mid on off a short ball, fails and Vinay Kumar takes an easy catch. Juneja is OUT! Four runs from the over. MC Juneja c Vinay Kumar b Unadkat 17 (16b) ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 72/2 Syed Mohammad brought into the attack. Five runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 67/2 Unadkat to continue. Good over from Unadkat, just four runs from it. ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 63/2 McDonald into his second over. The second ball has width on offer and Juneja plays that over point for a boundary! The fifth is over pitched and Juneja flicks that towards midwicket for another boundary! Eleven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 52/2 Vinay Kumar to bowl his second over. Three runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 49/2 McDonald has been brought into the attack. And he strikes first ball, Sehwag is OUT! It was length ball on the pads, and Sehwag hit it straight to Kohli at midwicket! So after a good start, the openers are gone within the span of four balls. Six runs and a wicket for Kumar. V Sehwag c Kohli b McDonald 25 (23b) ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 43/1 Vinay Kumar comes into the attack. And after conceding one run off the first three balls, VINAY KUMAR TAKES A BRILLIANT CATCH off his own bowling to dismiss David Warner! The ball was hit with extreme power and Vinay Kumar has pulled off a stunner for his side which is also a big breakthrough! Just one and a big wicket for Kumar. DA Warner c & b Vinay Kumar 15 (13b) ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 42/0 Rampaul has been asked to bowl a third over as the openers are going berserk! Sehwag smashed the second ball towards covers where the ball fell just short of AB at covers. There was also a free-hit for Warner which produced just a single for the Daredevils. The fourth ball was a good bouncer from Rampaul that deflected from Warner’s helmet and went to third man for a boundary! The umpire feels there was some bat involved. Eight runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 34/0 Unadkat has been brought into the attack. Sehwag had seen enough and he smacks the second ball over mid on for a boundary! Sehwag then played a super shot off the backfoot to beat Kohli at point for his second boundary of the over! And make it three from the over for Sehwag! It wasn’t a bad ball but Sehwag played a late cut, very well timed that runs past third man for another boundary! Thirteen from the over, these two are dealing in boundaries! ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 21/0 Rampaul to continue. Five runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 16/0 RP Singh to bowl the second over. The second ball was bowled on the leg side and Sehwag easily cleared the man at short fine leg for a boundary! There was a run-out chance in the over when Sehwag worked the ball towards short third man and Warner wanted a single, he went for the run, Sehwag wasn’t interested and a misfield by Mayank Agarwal made sure then run. RP Singh pitched one full and wide and Warner drove that through covers for a boundary! The next ball has more width on offer and Warner plays an even better shop to score his second boundary of the over! Fifteen runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 1/0 Rampaul to bowl the first over, Warner and Sehwag will open the innings for Daredevils. After facing three dot balls, Warner got off the mark with a single at short fine leg. Sehwag defended the fifth ball for no run and couldn’t capitalize on the last one which was short and wide. Just one from the over. ==================================================================================== TOSS: Virat Kohli has won the toss and he has decided to bowl first. After losing four matches in a row, Delhi Daredevils face another stern test as they take on Royal Challengers Bangalore on their home ground in Bengaluru. The Delhi Daredevils are the only team to have lost all their matches this year and nothing has worked for them so far. After missing the first three games, Sehwag made a comeback in the last match but could not do much with the bat. The team management would want the top-order which includes Warner, Mahela and Sehwag to click as a unit. Bangalore on the other have had a great IPL so far as they have won three out of their five matches and they are only behind the Mumbai Indians in the ranking table from the top. A win against the Daredevils will take then on the top and the Kohli-led side would be keen to do so. The top order has done well for RCB and with AB de Villiers getting back his mojo, they would want to score a mammoth total if they bat first.