Bharat smashed an unbeaten 78 off 52 balls while Glenn Maxwell blazed away to 51 in 33 deliveries as RCB chased down a target of 165 with the former’s heroics
RCB’s KS Bharat en route his unbeaten 78 against Delhi Capitals
A last-ball six by KS Bharat powered Royal Challengers Bangalore to a seven-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in a thrilling finish to their Indian Premier League match that shifted this way and that here on Friday.
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Bharat smashed an unbeaten 78 off 52 balls while Glenn Maxwell blazed away to 51 in 33 deliveries as RCB chased down a target of 165 with the former’s heroics.
Needing 15 to win from the final over, Maxwell started it with a boundary but pacer Avesh Khan came back with a couple of excellent deliveries, including a yorker.
However, Bharat had the last laugh as he smoked Avesh’s full toss over long-on for a six to seal the game in his team’s favour.
A wide off the fifth delivery from Avesh helped RCB’s cause. Pacer Anrich Nortje had bowled a brilliant penultimate over, conceding just four runs even as Bharat and Maxwell were on the lookout for runs with 19 needed off the last two overs.
The match-winning 111-run fourth-wicket partnership between Bharat and Maxwell gave RCB a rather unexpected win over Delhi Capitals, who finished on top of the league standings despite the loss in the final game.
Avesh, who bowled superbly save for the final over, finished with 0-31 while Nortje ended up with figures of 2-24 in four overs. Axar Patel bowled his four overs for 39 runs with 1 wicket while R Ashwin just bowled one over for 11 runs.
Brief scores
DC 164-5 (P Shaw 48, S Dhawan 43; M Siraj 2-25) lost to RCB 166-3 (KS Bharat 78*, G Maxwell 51*; A Nortje 2-24) by seven wickets
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