RCBvDD: Kohli-De Villiers, hope for RCB, lose by five wickets in Delhi

New Delhi: RCB has kept its hopes of reaching the playoffs of IPL 11 with the help of Captain Kohli and De Villiers's horoscope shifts. On Delhi's Firozshah Kotla ground last night, Kohli and De Villiers did not have one in Delhi and they had to face losing five wickets.

Delhi Daredevils could not break the lead in their home too.

Rishabh Pant (61) and batting first, Abhishek Sharma (46), playing his first IPL match, scored 181 runs at the loss of four wickets in 20 overs. Bangalore, after winning the five-wicket haul by an innings of 72, and a century from Captain Virat Kohli (70), Abraham De Villiers (unbeaten 72).

Delhi kept Bangalore off a good start, and only 18 runs were sent to both of the pacers Parthiv Patel (6) and Moin Ali (1) to the pavilion. Trent Boult made his prefence on Ali's total score of six, while Patel was playing his first IPL match by Sandim Lamichane.

But after this Virat Kohli and De Villiers did not allow Delhi bowlers to dominate. Both shared a 118-run third wicket partnership to keep the team on the road to victory.

Kohli hit 40 balls in his 50th over and hit seven fours and three sixes. He was caught by Amit Mishra at the score of 136 at the hands of Pant. Mandeep Singh (13) was out at the total of 158. As Sardaraj Khan (11), Bangalore lost their fifth wicket in the fifth ball of the 18th over.

De Villiers scored his sixth ball on the last ball of the 19th over to give his team victory. In his unbeaten innings, De Villiers hit six sixes and four fours in 37 balls.

Earlier, after the departure of Pant, it was taking time that Delhi would not be able to reach the total of 160, but Abhishek finally hit four fours and three fours in 19 balls, Over 181 runs on the wicket damage.

Pant pulled out Delhi from a bad start. On the total score of 16, Delhi lost its opening pair of Prithvi Shaw (2) and Jason Roy (12). From here Pant kept Captain Shreyas Iyer (32) with a 93-run partnership for the third wicket to keep the team's hopes alive.

Ali, who hit five boundaries and four sixes in 34 balls, was caught by De Villiers. Pant's wicket dropped to a total of 109. After Pant's departure, captain Aiyar was also caught by Virat Kohli on the ball of Mohammad Siraj at 120 for a total score.

From here Abhishek stepped on the wicket and got runs fast. All-rounder Vijay Shankar gave his best and scored 21 runs in 20 balls with the help of two fours. Both shared a challenging score with a 61-run partnership for the fifth wicket to give Delhi a challenging score.

Yugavendra Chahal took two wickets for Bangalore. Siraj and Ali got one success.