IPL 2020 | How RCB got trapped in the tactical cat-and-mouse game in KXIP tie
Cricket | October 16, 2020 10:39 ISTNot one, but two match-up ploys had gone wrong for Royal Challengers Bangalore, one of which included De Villiers batting at No.6
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Not one, but two match-up ploys had gone wrong for Royal Challengers Bangalore, one of which included De Villiers batting at No.6
De Villiers, who had smashed a 33-ball 73 against KKR in their last match, was expected to come in at his usual number four spot but with two leg-spinners in operation, left-handed batsman Washington Sundar was sent ahead of the South African.
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KKR had faced their bogey team in the IPL 2020 opener in Abu Dhabi when Rohit Sharma's 54-ball 80 had guided the defending champions to a 49-run win.
KXIP finally ended their run of defeats on Thursday with an eight-wicket win over RCB but they almost succumbed to an extraordinary choke, hitting the winning run off the last ball despite needing just two runs at the start of the last over.
Chris Gayle, who was playing his first game of the season, slammed 4 fours and 3 sixes in his 53-run knock against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
KXIP came over last-minute jitters by giving away four dot balls in the final over including Chris Gayle wicket to earn an 8-wicket win over RCB.
The RCB skipper revealed he had no conversation with Yuzvendra Chahal for the last over untill the match went down to the last ball and revealed what was the plan at the end.
Chris Gayle turned the lucky charm for KXIP as he put up a match-winning 93-run stand with KL Rahul to end his side's lean patch in IPL 2020.
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