Yuvi drives Bangalore
Yuvraj Singh struck form with a brilliant unbeaten half-century as Royal Challengers Bangalore crushed Delhi Daredevils by eight wickets in their Indian Premier League opener here on Thursday.
Yuvraj (52 not out, three 4s and five 6s) shared 84 runs from just 7.9 overs with captain Virat Kohli (49 not out) for the unconquered third wicket as their side chased down the target of 146 with 20 balls to spare at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Kohli continued with his top form in T20 though he was dropped twice -- on 23 and 24. He hit two fours and three sixes.
RCB left out Chris Gayle due to a back problem but made a strong start though they lost IPL debutant Nic Maddinson (4), the young opener from Australia, in the second over.
Earlier, the Daredevils found themselves in tatters before Jean-Paul Duminy's brilliant unbeaten half-century took them to a decent 145 for four.
Put into bat, the Daredevils were reduced to 35 for four in the eighth over with their top order batsmen coming a cropper before Duminy (67 not out) and Ross Taylor (43 not out) shared 110-runs for the unbroken fifth wicket stand.
SCORES IN BRIEF
DD: 145 for 4 in 20 overs (Duminy 67 not out, Taylor 43 not out, Vijay 18; Aaron 1-9)
RCB: 146 for 2 in 16.4 overs (Yuvraj 52 not out, Kohli 49 not out, Patel 37; Shami 1-30)
Result: Bangalore T20 won by 8 wickets.
Player-of-the-match: Yuzvendra Chahal.
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