Bangalore: In the
eleventh league match of 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL), Delhi Daredevils
defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets at the M. Chinnaswamy
stadium in Bangalore on Sunday.
Delhi Daredevils won
the toss and elected to field. Virat Kohli was Royal Challenger Bangalore’s
highest scorer with 79 runs. He was followed by Abraham Benjamin de Villiers
(55 runs) and Shane Robert Watson (33 runs). Mohammed Shami took two
wickets for Delhi Daredevils off 34 runs from four overs. At the end of the
innings, Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 191 runs off five wickets.
In the second innings, Quinton
de Kock scored an incredible century to become Delhi Daredevil’s highest
scorer, when he scored 108 runs. He was followed Karun Nair, who scored 54 runs.
Nair remained not out. Watson took two wickets for Delhi Daredevils off 26 runs
from four overs. It took Delhi Daredevils 19.1 overs to claim victory when they
scored 192 runs off three wickets.
Delhi Daredevils now has
four points, while Royal Challengers Bangalore stands with two points.
Royal Challengers
Bangalore is next going to face reigning champion Mumbai Indians on April 20 in
Mumbai, while Delhi Daredevils will take on the reigning champion on April 23
in New Delhi.
Earlier in the day,
during the tenth league match of 2016 IPL, Kings XI Punjab defeated Rising Pune
Supergiants by six wickets at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
in Mohali. Both the teams currently have two points each.
Mumbai Indians will
face Sunrisers Hyderabad today in Hyderabad.
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