Saturday, April 07, 2012

De Villiers, Murali overcome Delhi

Royal Challengers Bangalore157 for 8 (de Villiers 64*, Bracewell 3-32)
beat Delhi Daredevils 137 for 7 (Murali 3-25) by 20 runs.


Royal Challengers Bangalorewere without their talisman Chris Gayle,
who had an injured groin, but four otheroverseas players performed
roles expected ofthem to give the campaign a successful start in front
of apacked Chinnaswamy Stadium. AB de Villiers prevented Royal
Challengers from finishing on a below-par score with awell paced
half-century that contained a mix of the orthodox and the
unconventional, while Muttiah Muralitharan, in his first game in these
colours, confounded Delhi Daredevils'batsmen during an incisive,
economical and match-turning spell.

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