RCB beat DD by 10 runs, end campaign on high

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Daily Excelsior
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New Delhi, May 14:
Royal Challengers Bangalore got the better of Delhi Daredevils by 10 runs to end their forgettable campaign in the Indian Premier League 10 on a positive note, here tonight.
Despite the win, RCB finished at the bottom of the table with just seven points from 14 games, while Daredevils were placed sixth with 12 points from as many matches.
The home side needed 13 in the final over after Mohammed Shami slammed debutant pacer Avesh Khan for a six and a four. But Daredevils could manage only three and were bowled out for 151.
Earlier, skipper Virat Kohli led from the front with a 45-ball 58 to guide RCB to 161 for six.
Opener Chris Gayle made up for his two consecutive ducks with a 38-ball 48 after RCB opted to bat. In the final over, Pawan Negi smashed three successive fours to help the visitors cross the 150-run mark.
Negi was RCB’s most successful bowler, finishing with figures of 3/10 in two overs.
Daredevils lost Sanju Samson early, off the innings’ second ball, while Karun Nair gave away his wicket after scoring 26 with the help of five boundaries to leave Daredevils at 41 for two in the sixth over.
Samson’s wicket was young pacer Avesh’s first. It was surprising that RCB opted for the 20-year-old in only their last game of what has been a forgettable season.
Daredevils reached 50 in the eighth over with Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant looking to stage a recovery.
While Iyer chipped Travis Head on the one side for a four, Pant went inside-out and cleared long-off to tally 16 runs off the spinner’s over.
At the end of the 10th over, Daredevils were 76 or two, needing 86 runs off 60 balls.
In the 12th over, seamer Harshal Patel dealt RCB a double blow when he sent back Iyer and Marlon Samuels off successive deleveries, to give RCB the upper hand and leave Daredevils in trouble at 87 for four.
The hosts reached 100 in the 14th over with Pant looking in good nick. Corey Andesrson was then stumped by Vishnu Vinod off Head, but Pat Cummins blasted the bowler for a six only to get out the next ball.
With 49 needed in four overs, Pant sent Harshal Patel soaring over the square leg boundary for a huge six, but the bowler fought back strongly when he bowled the left-hander to swing the game in his side’s favour.
Shami dispatched the last two balls for boundaries to bring the equation down to 35 off 18 balls.(PTI)

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