Delhi's poor run continues as Bangalore win

Delhi side's poor run in IPL-IV continues with three-wicket loss at the Kotla

Delhi side's poor run inu00a0IPL-IV continues with three-wicket loss at the Kotla

The Delhi Daredevils poor run in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League continued yesterday as they lost to the Royal Challengers Bangalore by three wickets at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Chasing the Daredevils' target of 161, RCB were home with three balls to spare as star batsman Virat Kohli top-scored with 56 runs off just 38 balls that included eight boundaries and two sixes.u00a0


Skipper tripper: Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag returns to
the pavilion after being run out against the Royal Challengers Bangalore
in an Indian Premier League match at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi
yesterday. Sehwag scored 25 in Delhi's three-wicket defeat. pics/AFP

A quickfire start by West Indies hard-hitteru00a0 Chris Gayle ufffd 26 runs off just 14 balls with four fours and a six, was the ideal platform for one-drop batsman Kohli to live up to his pre-match promise of making full use of the 'home' advantage by slamming an entertaining half-century.

Kohli's innings more than made up for the early loss of Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan, who fell for a duck.
South African paceman Morne Morkel claimed 3-25 in Delhi's losing effort.

Earlier, Delhi relied on a 43-ball 54 by Australian James Hopes to post a challenging total.

After opener David Warner fell cheaply for just seven, skipper Sehwag was run out for 25 but Hopes built a crucial partnership with Venugopal Rao (24) for the fourth wicket.

Naman Ojha (16) and Irfan Pathan (13 no) provided the late flourish.

Bangalore jumped to second place in the table with seven points from as many games, while Delhi were
languishing at second from the bottom after their fourth loss in six games.