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After Iyer was dismissed, Pant stitched together a 65-run partnership with Rahul Tewatia and was sending the bowlers on a leather hunt
Few costly overs in the death helped Delhi post a competitive target
Pant was very well en route to his IPL hundred but was dismissed a slower Corey Anderson delivery
The RCB bowling department was on-point yet again but lost their plot towards the end
For the hosts, Yuzvendra Chahal finished with figures of 2/22, while Anderson, Washington and Umesh Yadav picked up a wicket each.22:03
Daredevils.21:57 IST: Welcome to Royal Challengers Bangalore's chase.21:44 IST: Delhi Daredevils 174/5 (Shreyas Iyer 52, Rishabh Pant 85) in
Pant goes inside out and smokes Woakes over the cover for a much-needed maximum
The left-handed batsman waits, stands tall and slams the ball on the up for a maximum
Pant is in his elements today
and Pant rolls his wrist over the ball, guiding the ball towards the fine-leg area
the fielder at mid-off narrowly as it goes for a boundary
Delhi will not mind it as far as it adds to their tally of boundaries
The left-handed batsman goes hard at the ball but manages to get a thick edge as the ball rolls away for a boundary.21:22 IST: SIX and SIX!
Pant is taking the attack to the opposition
Consecutive maximum off Chahal
First, he goes straight down the ground
Second, he reverse-sweeps the ball with brute power as the ball crosses the boundary ropes with ease
bounce as the ball takes the top-edge of the bat and Siraj takes a good diving catch
Kolhi is elated.21:15 IST: Delhi Daredevils 103/3 (Rishabh Pant 35*, Glenn Maxwell 3*) in 15 overs.21:08 IST: Glenn Maxwell is the new man
Iyer, looking to slice the ball, miscues and sends the ball straight to short third-man
Iyer will not be pleased with himself
RCB bowlers have struck again as they have broken a dangerous looking partnership
Washington, around the wicket, bowls wide and full but it does not trouble Iyer
The right-handed batsman reaches for it and slogs it over mid-wicket for a maximum
into the deep mid-wicket stand
The ball travelled miles into the crowd
What a way to start the over
Siraj goes full and is dispatched
Iyer, deep in the crease, clears his front-foot and lifts the ball over cover for a beautiful boundary
Both the batsmen are currently dealing in singles and doubles
the boundary straight down the ground
Pant, on strikes, smashes the ball powerfully past the man at mid-off
This eases the pressure.20:48 IST: Delhi Daredevils 58/2 (Shreyas Iyer 30*, Rishabh Pant 17*) in 10 overs vs Royal Challengers
Iyer flicks Umesh over mid-wicket for a boundary at the cow corner region
and provides width to Iyer, who quickly gets on the back-foot and cuts it beautifully through point for a boundary
Top shot from the right-handed batsman
Brave shot from Pant as he takes Sundar on and reverse-sweeps him past the man at backward point
Pant, the new batsman in, announces his arrival with a boundary
Pant reads the length delivery early, leans back and punches the ball with power through the cover to get off the mark.20:27 IST: OUT! Jason
Roy goes back in his crease to pull the ball but gets done in by the lack of bounce
RCB bowlers have been on point till now
for the first boundary of the innings towards the fine-leg boundary
The first boundary comes in the fifth over
The spinner pitches the ball around middle and leg, gets a lot of turn and beats the willow of Jason Roy, who was looking to work the ball
around, misses but does well to get back in the crease
A huge appeal for stumping, the on-field umpires goes up
The replay shows that the batsman had his foot planted before the bails were taken off
in.20:09 IST: OUT!! Short delivery from Umesh Yadav, Gautam Gambhir looking to pull the ball, miscues and the fielder at short mid-wicket
takes a comfortable catch
Gambhir's struggle to middle the ball in this match comes to an end
tall and plays the ball straight down the ground
the ball closely and lets it go
Vohra, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Corey Anderson, Washington Sundar, Chris Woakes, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj,
It's easier to chase in Bangalore
Toss is not in our control
Bowling is something we need to work on
Have conceded 200 runs twice in the tournament
Our batting needs to click as well
There could be rain around
When these things happen, it usually rains in Bangalore
Outfield already wet, could get worse as we go along
Understanding what we need to do in the second half would be helpful
Manan Vohra comes in for Sarfraz Khan
That's the trend in the IPL
3-4 teams start strong and then one team rises
That's the beauty of the IPL
You have teams in a similar position in different stages of the tournament
against Delhi Daredevils.19:15 IST: We are minutes away from the toss, stay tuned.19:00 IST: Hello and welcome to the live blog of the match
between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils straight from M Chinnaswamy Stadium.However, the main cause of concern for the
Bengaluru franchise has been the death bowling as the side has leaked too many runs in the death overs
On the other hand, Delhi too had a poor start to their IPL 2018 campaign after losing their first two games against KXIP and RR
The Gautam Gambhir-led side got their first win against MI.For Delhi, only Rishabh Pant and Jason Roy have looked good so far with the
willow and captain Gautam Gambhir is still to find his form back
In the bowling department, young leggie Rahul Tewatia has scalped six wickets from four games with an economy of 7.13
Pacer Trent Boult also has the same number of wickets but has been slightly expensive
The Bangalore side will, however, be the favorites in Saturday's clash as the hosts enjoy a 12-6 head-to-head record against Delhi
Daredevils.Squads:Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Brendon McCullum, Chris Woakes, Colin
de Grandhomme, Moeen Ali, Quinton de Kock, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Manan Vohra, Kulwant Khejroliya, Aniket Choudhary, Navdeep Saini,
Murugan Ashwin, Mandeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Siraj, Parthiv Patel, Aniruddha Joshi, Pavan Deshpande, Tim Southee,
Corey AndersonDelhi Daredevils: Shreyas Iyer, Chris Morris, Rishabh Pant, Glenn Maxwell, Gautam Gambhir (captain), Jason Roy, Colin Munro,
Mohammed Shami, Amit Mishra, Prithvi Shaw, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Daniel Christian, Jayant
Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Trent Boult, Manjot Kalra, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Lamichhane, Naman Ojha, Sayan Ghosh, Liam PlunkettWhen and
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