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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Kohli hits half-century in Bangalore win

Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Virat Kohli plays a shot during a IPL Twenty20 compare in between Delhi Daredevils as well as Royal Challengers Bangalore during a Feroz Shah Kotla track in New Delhi. Kohli crushed a sprightly half-century to assistance Royal Challengers Bangalore post a three-wicket feat over Delhi Daredevils in an Indian Premier League compare upon Tuesday.
©AFP – Manan Vatsyayana

NEW DELHI (AFP) – Virat Kohli crushed a sprightly half-century to assistance Royal Challengers Bangalore post a three-wicket feat over Delhi Daredevils in an Indian Premier League compare upon Tuesday.

He strike dual sixes as well as 8 fours in his 38-ball 56 as Bangalore surpassed Delhi’s sum of 160-6 with 3 balls to gangling for their third win in 7 matches of a Twenty20 tournament.

Bangalore indispensable twenty-two runs to win in a final 3 overs, though skipper Daniel Vettori (18 not out) as well as Syed Mohammad (13 not out) hold their haughtiness underneath vigour to see their group home.

It was Delhi’s fourth better in 6 matches.

Kohli looked in glorious hold from a beginning, enormous 4 bounds in an over from seamer Irfan Pathan prior to completing his half-century off only 31 balls.

He put upon 82 for a second wicket with West Indies opener Chris Gayle after a first-ball exclusion of Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan. Gayle, who strike a century in a prior match, scored a 14-ball 26.

Delhi fought behind when they discharged Gayle, South African AB de Villiers (five) as well as Kohli in a space of thirteen runs to revoke Bangalore to 96-4. Kohli fell in a 10th over, bowled by South African paceman Morne Morkel.

Morkel afterwards private Saurabh Tiwary (18) as well as Abhimanyu Mithun in a same over to finish with 3-25 off 4 overs.

Australian James Hopes progressing strike a 43-ball 54 with a assistance of 7 fours as Delhi reached a rival sum during a Ferozeshah Kotla ground.

Put in to bat, Delhi suffered a identical tiwn blow when they mislaid openers David Warner (seven) as well as skipper Virender Sehwag (25) in a space of 10 runs. Australian Warner was bowled by paceman Zaheer Khan whilst Sehwag was run out.

Hopes as well as Venugopal Rao steadied a innings with a 47-run mount for a fourth wicket. Rao strike a single 6 as well as dual fours in his 21-ball twenty-four prior to being bowled by New Zealand left-arm spinner Vettori.

Brief scores:

Delhi Daredevils 160-6 in twenty overs (J. Hopes 54, V. Sehwag 25, V. Rao 24; A. Mithun 2-37) mislaid to Royal Challengers Bangalore 161-7 in 19.3 overs (V. Kohli 56, C. Gayle 26; M. Morkel 3-25) by 3 wickets.

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