IPL 9 Photos

Quinton de Kock's Maiden Century Gives DD Magnificent Win Over RCB

April 18, 2016 00:17

Quinton de Kock slammed the first century in the 2016 Indian Premier League and his spectacular effort helped Delhi Daredevils beat Royal Challengers Bangalore to register their second consecutive win.

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Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bowl in their match against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Zaheer led from the front as he dismissed Chris Gayle for a duck in the first over. (Images Credit: BCCI)
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However, from that point on, it was the AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli show as they took the attack to the Delhi Daredevils bowlers.
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De Villiers was in fine form as RCB scored 63 runs in the powerplay.
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Delhi Daredevils struggled to break the partnership and RCB were making great progress.
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Kohli and de Villiers notched up their second consecutive century partnership as RCB stared at a massive total.
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Kohli notched up his 21st fifty while de Villiers struck his 17th fifty in the IPL.
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However, Carlos Brathwaite got the wicket of De Villiers and Delhi Daredevils pulled things back.
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Shane Watson joined Kohli as he struck some big blows to score a quick 33.
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However, Delhi Daredevils pulled things back in the final overs as RCB managed just 18 runs in three balls to end up on 191/5.
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Chasing 192, Delhi Daredevils got off to a bad start as they lost Shreyas Iyer for a 0. A spectacular effort by Watson and David Wiese at the boundary resulted in a great catch.
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Sanju Samson fell for nine and it seemed DD would face an uphill task.
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However, De Kock started off aggressively and he continued his fine form.
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De Kock was well supported by Karun Nair as they revived Delhi Daredevils.
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De Kock and Nair took the attack to the RCB bowlers as they shared a magnificent 134-run stand to put DD on course for a magnificent win.
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De Kock slammed the first fifty of the 2016 IPL and he became the second youngest centurion in the history of the tournament.
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Although De Kock fell for 108, Nair notched up his fifty as Delhi Daredevils won the match by seven wickets.
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This was Delhi Daredevils' second consecutive victory and it was their first win over RCB since 2010.

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