T20 2018: A.B. de Villiers gives Bangalore 6-wicket win over Delhi

Bangalore AB De Villers R and Mandeep Singh L walk back to the pavilion after their 6 wicket victory PicAFPAB de Villiers blasted 90 not out as Bangalore defeated Delhi by six wickets on Saturday to end their twomatch losing streak After Rishabh Pant 85 and Shreyas Iyer 52 helped Delhi post a fighting 1745 de Villiers who struck 10 fours and five sixes during his 39ball unbeaten knock singlehandedly guided the hosts to the crucial win with two overs to spare South African de Villiers shared a 63run thirdwicket stand with captain Virat Kohli 30 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium as Bangalore posted their second win in five gamesBangalore were in trouble after losing openers Quinton de Kock and Manan Vohra 2 with the latter failing to justify his inclusion in place of Sarfraz Khan De Villiers dished out a batting masterclass as he whacked Shahbaz Nadeem for five fours while medium pacers Harshal Patel and Chris Morris too failed to control the righthanded batsman With 78 required of eight overs Harshal conceded two sixes and a four to bring the target down to 60 off seven overs it tilted the match in favour of the hosts In the following over de Villiers hit Rahul Tewatia for a six as the bowler ended up conceding 11 runsIn the 15th over bowled by Morris de Villiers was again on the attack hitting his compatriot for a six and a four to reduce the asking rate under seven Afterwards it proved to be easy for them to secure the win Following the win Bangalore are now fifth in the points table while Delhi are at the bottom with a single win in five gamesEarlier in the first innings of the match between two bottomplaced teams Iyer and Pant shared a 75run partnership for the third wicket as Delhi recovered from a poor start Put into bat Delhi were off to a poor beginning as both the openers Jason Roy 5 and Gautam Gambhir 3 were back in the dugout with the scorecard read just 23 runs in 54 oversWhile pacer Umesh Yadav dismissed Gambhir spinner Yuzvendra Chahal clean bowled Roy Pant and Iyer eased the pressure on the visitors as they took time to settle down before finding occasional big shots Spinner Washington Sundar finally broke Delhis momentum dismissing Iyer who was looking good in the 14th over with Delhis score being 983 Iyer departed after hitting four fours and three sixes With the addition of just another seven runs in Delhi scorecard Chahal sent back incoming batter Glenn Maxwell 4However Pant kept the fight alive for his side and slammed 18 runs off a Chris Woakes 18th over to lift Delhi to 1634 Trying to go big in the final over Pant was finally dismissed by Corey Anderson The Delhi batters 48ball 85run knock was guided by six boundaries and seven sixes Tewatias 13 off 9 for Delhi helped the visitors reach a fighting total For Bangalore Chahal was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 222 while Umesh Anderson and Sundar bagged one wicket apieceBrief Scores Delhi 1745 Rishabh Pant 85 Shreyas Iyer 52 Yuzvendra Chahal 222 vs Bangalore 1764 in 18 overs AB de Villiers 90 not out Virat Kohli 30 Glenn Maxwell 113Catch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever