IPL 2018, Match 45: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Delhi Daredevils by 5 wickets
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Image Source : IPLT20Chasing a stiff target of 182 to win, captain Virat Kohli (70) and AB de Villiers (72*) struck brilliant half-centuries to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore to an easy five-wicket victory against Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.
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Earlier, Rishabh Pant continued his destructive form with a 34-ball 61 before Abhishek Sharma impressed on his IPL debut to push Delhi Daredevils to 181 for four.
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Abhishek Sharma, who hammered an unbeaten 46 off 19 balls, was one of three IPL debutants for Delhi on Saturday along side Nepal leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane and South African pacer Junior Dala.
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RCB skipper Virat Kohli started with spin and it got him instant breakthrough with Yuzvendra Chahal castling the talented Prithvi Shaw with a wrong one. A little later Chahal sent back Jason Roy in a similar fashion as the Englishman failed to read the wrong one off the Indian spinner's hands, leaving Delhi at two for 16 in the third over.
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The dangerous duo of Pant and skipper Shreyas Iyer (32 off 35) then got together to resurrect the innings. They shared a 93-run stand with Pant doing bulk of the damage.