Match 67 : Bangalore beat Delhi in high scoring game at Kotla.Tag
IPL-2012
Match : Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils, match 67 of of IPL 2012.Venue/Date : Feroz Shah Kotla ground in Delhi, 17th May 2012. IPL Debut : none. Toss : Delhi, elected to field. Result : Bangalore won by 21 runs. Man of the match : Chris Gayle. Umpires : Kumar Dharamasena (Sri Lanka) + S Shamsuddin (India) with Bruce Oxenford (3rd umpire, from Australia). Head to head9th Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils IPL match it was and now, Bangalore have 6 wins while Delhi stay behind at 3 victories..Match summaryChris Gayle is undoubtly the most dangerous batsman going around the world these days. He proved it today again, scoring his 3rd IPL century and also raising only the second double century partnership in history of tournament with Virat Kohli. Delhi put forward a brave fight but target overhead was always going to be too high to overhaul..To begin with, at the toss, both captains wanted to bowl first, so Bangalore came out to do what wished to avoid and soon Tillakaratne Dilshan departed but Chris Gayle warmed quite soon. left hander reached his fifty off 37 balls and then hundred off just 53 balls while Kohli feed his strike from other end. The duo used pace off Delhi bowlers nicely. Gayle 13 sixes in his innings, the most by any batsman, equalling Brendon McCullum. Delhi, with nothing to lose as they've already qualified for the play-offs, came out all guns blazing with young Unmukt Chand showing promise. Venugopal Rao and then Ross Taylor kept home team in hunt, as did Andre Russell but Bangalore fetched an important win at the end.
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Match : Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils, match 67 of of IPL 2012.