RCB captain Virat Kohli opted to bowl after winning the toss
RCB left out Chris Gayle due to a back
problem but made a strong start despite losing IPL debutant Nic
Maddinson (4) in the second over
Yuvraj Singh 52* (29 Balls 4x3 and 6x5)and captain Virat
Kohli 49*(38 Balls 4x2 and 6x3) scored 84 runs in just 7.9 overs for the 3rd
wicket as RCB chased down 146 runs with 20 balls to spare at the Sharjah
Cricket Stadium.
Yuvraj Singh who got the
brickbats for his slow batting in India's loss against Sri Lanka in the
World T20 final, began tentatively before opening up with a flurry of
strokes.
For RCB
Opener Parthiv Patel also scored37 Runs(28 Balls 4x5 and 6x1)
Virat Kohli was let off twice in the space of
five balls, the unfortunate bowler being Wayne Parnell, by IPL debutant
Jimmy Neesham and Mayank Agarwal respectively.
Earlier
put into bat, the Delhi Daredevils were reduced
to 35/4 in the 8th over with their top order batsmen coming a
cropper before Jean Paul Duminy67* and Ross Taylor 43* shared
an unbeaten stand of 110 runs for the 5th wicket which took Delhi Daredevils to a decent total of 145/4 in 20 Overs as the pair added 96 runs in the last 10 overs.
Delhi Daredevils Squad
Batsman:
Kevin Pietersen (England) (c)
Dinesh Karthik (India)
Murali Vijay (India)
Manoj Tiwary (India)
Saurabh Tiwary (India)
Kedar Jadhav (India)
Mayank Agarwal (India)
Milind Kumar (India)
Q de Kock (South Africa)
Ross Taylor (New Zealand)
Bowlers:
Wayne Parnell (South Africa)
N Coulter-Nile (Australia)
HS Sharath (India)
Shahbaz Nadeem (India)
Rahul Shukla (India)
Siddharth Kaul (India)
Jaydev Unadkat (India)
Rahul Sharma (India)
Mohammed Shami (India)
All Rounders:
Laxmi Ratan Shukla (India)
Jayant Yadav (India)
JP Duminy (South Africa)
James Neesham (New Zealand)
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad
Batsman:
Virat Kohli (India) (c)
AB de Villiers (South Africa)
Parthiv Patel (India)
Vijay Zol (India)
Tanmay Mishra (India)
Yogesh Takawale (India)
Nic Maddinson (Australia)
Bowlers:
M Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)
Ravi Rampaul (West Indies)
Albie Morkel (South Africa)
Mitchell Starc (Australia)
Sachin Rana (India)
Sandeep Warrier (India)
Shadab Jakati (India)
Harshal Patel (India)
Abu Nechim Ahmed (India)
Yuzvendra Singh Chahal (India)
Varun Aaron (India)
Ashok Dinda (India)
All Rounders:
Yuvraj Singh (India)
Chris Gayle (West Indias)
Albie Morkel (South Africa)
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