The seasoned Ten Doeschate, best remembered for his incredible century against England in the 2011 World Cup, was out for a duck, trapped in front by a full and straight one.
He was bowling his second over for the day, having gone for 12 runs first up.Īckermann was out caught behind on review, having played an attempted pull off a shortish ball that seemed to be going down leg. Hetmyer was dismissed in the final ball of the innings but he along with Ripal Patel (7) took Delhi Capitals to 164/5 in 20 overs.Gareth Delany (44) and Paul Stirling (30 not out) were the significant contributors with the bat for the Irish team that had lost its T20 World Cup games to the same opponents in 20.Įarlier, bowling the 10th over of the Netherlands innings, the 22-year-old Campher left the Netherlands innings in disarray when he dismissed Colin Ackermann, Ryan ten Doeschate, Scott Edwards and Roelof van der Merwe off successive balls.Ĭurtis Campher ? Lasith Malinga #T20WorldCup In the last two overs, Shimron Hetmyer dealt heavy blows with the bat, scoring 29 runs in 22 balls. Iyer added 35 runs with Hetmyer for the 4th wicket before getting out in the 18th over. To give impetus to Delhi's innings, Iyer tried to go for a maximum but mistimed a slow one from Siraj, getting caught by Christian. It was Shreyas Iyer and Shimron Hetmyer's responsibility to bat sensibly and bring DC back in the game, however, RCB bowlers didn't allow the Delhi batters to score freely and forced them to take chances. Pant (10) didn't have a good outing with the bat and he was dismissed by Daniel Christian, who has been among the wickets in the tournaments.Īfter losing the wickets of Dhawan, Shaw, and Pant in short intervals, Delhi was in a spot of bother. Shaw departed for 48, leaving DC to 101 for 2 at 11.2 overs. In the next over, Prithvi Shaw played a slog sweep off Yuzvendra Chahal towards mid-wicket for the maximum but the leg-spinner had the last laugh as he got rid of the DC opener a few deliveries later. Skipper Pant joined Shaw in the middle after Dhawan's departure. Harshal Patel finally gave Bangalore their first breakthrough as he dismissed Shikhar Dhawan for 43.
Even after the powerplay, Dhawan and Shaw were steady in the middle, scoring occasional boundaries and rotating the strike. The duo played some glorious shots and took Delhi Capitals to 55/0 after 6 overs.
With five needed from the last delivery, Bharat held his nerve and smashed a six straight over the head of Avesh Khan, who bowled a wide ball, to seal an incredible victory for RCB.Įarlier, Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan gave Delhi Capitals a solid start. Things looked worrisome for RCB when Axar Patel dismissed AB de Villiers, who played a small cameo of 26 runs.īut KS Bharat (78 off 52) and Glenn Maxwell (51 off 33) stitched an unbeaten 111-run stand as RCB gunned down a 165-run target in a last-ball thriller. Riding on some fine knocks by Prithvi Shaw (48 off 31) and Shikhar Dhawan (43 off 35), Delhi Capitals posted a total of 164/5 in 20 overs.Ĭhasing a target of 165 runs for victory, Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal were dismissed cheaply within three overs with Anrich Nortje dismissing the two openers.