2648dThe Report by Alagappan Muthu

Kohli fifty books No. 2 spot for RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli struck an unbeaten fifty to seal a chase of 139 against Delhi Daredevils and lead his team into the playoffs

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Q de Kock
Q de Kock
60(52) 5x4 - 1x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 13 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
11 2 8 1 13 1 18 6
V Kohli
V Kohli
54(45) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 15 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
6 5 5 1 12 8 11 6

Best performances - Bowlers

YS Chahal
YS Chahal
O4
M0
R32
W3
Eco8
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
CH Gayle
CH Gayle
O2
M0
R11
W2
Eco5.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Royal Challengers Bangalore , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

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 days

22 May 2016 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Delhi Daredevils 0

Commentator: Nikhil Kalro

11.20pm Another special from Virat takes Royal Challengers Bangalore to second on the points table. Another quality knock, a totally different knock but one that has been even more important than some of the previous ones. Daredevils bow out of the tournament, just one win away from the playoffs so they have a lot to take away as well. RCB will play the first qualifier against Gujarat Lions at M. Chinnaswamy, their home ground. Sunrisers finish third and KKR are fourth.

Virat Kohli is the Man of the Match:"Those stats have reached me through images, because every game is a new game. We were at an impossible stage. our focus has paid off. My focus is to take the team through. You have to start afresh today, it sounds boring but that's the way it is. To have discipline, you need to be boring. You need to make every day count. When I come onto the field, this was what I was born to do. Very important not to get rude or arrogant when you are in form. All about keeping that thin line between confidence and overconfidence. People have given me a lot of love since the Australia series. (When asked about the performance of the team) Especially the bowling unit, they have been doing exceptionally well. It was a 160-par wicket. Amazing, hats off to the bowlers."

Zaheer Khan: Has been a wonderful campaign. We've been playing good cricket. With this kind of side, we have given a tough time to all sides. Happy with the way things have panned out for us. 160 would have been dependable. When someone like Virat is there, he is so good at absorbing pressure. In a way, we felt one knock, one partnership was critical here. Couldn't get going but these things happen. I haven't really thought about my future. Still enjoy being out there."

18.1
1
Brathwaite to Kohli, 1 run, there it is. Slower delivery is pushed to mid-on for the quick single. Kohli is overjoyed, he is ecstatic. Pumped as he jumps up in celebration. Royal Challengers qualify as the second-placed team

Right then, Kohli has the chance to hit the winning runs to take RCB to playoffs

Harish: "RCB Kohli-fies for playoff."

END OF OVER:
18 | 12 Runs | RCB: 138/4 (1 run required from 12 balls, RR: 7.66, RRR: 0.50)

  • Stuart Binny16 (11b)
  • Virat Kohli53 (44b)
  • Zaheer Khan4-0-30-1
  • Carlos Brathwaite3-0-17-1
17.6
0
Khan to Binny, no run, 132 kph, slower delivery, steered to cover
17.5
4
Khan to Binny, FOUR, what a shot. Shimmies down outside off and wristily times the flick over midwicket. Yikes, one of the shots of the day. Superb.
17.5
5w
Khan to Binny, 5 wides, five. Short and wide outside off, that extra bounce takes the ball way over Binny and de Kock's heads.
17.4
1
Khan to Kohli, 1 run, a thick inside edge to the keeper. Another offcutter outside off from Zak.
17.3
0
Khan to Kohli, no run, oh. Kohli is beaten. Slower delivery outside off, Kohli misses an exuberant drive and lets out some anger. Distraught that he missed

Another record

17

No. of scores of 50 or more for Kohli in T20s this year in 26 inns - most by a batsman in a single calendar year. Gayle had 16 such scores in 2012 from 38 inns.

Double blow in no time

2

No. of times RCB have lost their 2nd wicket at a score of less than 50 in this IPL, including today. Also against MI in Bangalore, they were 17 for 2.

Spinners doing it

16

No. of wickets taken by RCB spinners in last 4 matches, including 5 in this match. They had taken only 15 wickets in first 10 matches.

de Kock fires batting first

29

Runs Quinton de Kock had scored in four innings batting first in this IPL. He has made a fifty in this match.

Two more

35

No. of changes made by DD in this IPL, including the 2 changes today. Nair, Samson, Mishra are the only players who played all 14 games for DD this season.