Bangalore win despite Rishabh Pant heroics

Kedar Jadhav’s fiery half century helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Delhi Daredevils (DD) by 15 runs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday, reports Times of India.
The Maharashtra batsman not only blasted a quick-fire 37-ball 69, but more importantly shared a 66-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Stuart Binny (16) to help the hosts post a fighting total of 157/7.  Delhi fumbled in the chase, being restricted to 142/9 as they lost by 15 runs. Young left-handed batsman Rishabh Pant, whose father died on Wednesday, showed a lot of composure as he waged a lone battle for Delhi with a cracking 57 off 36 deliveries. Sam Billings (25) was Delhi's second highest scorer. Not much was the difference in quality stroke-making between the knocks played by Jadhav and Pant. Both were similar type of knocks and both came under pressure. 
RCB, who lost the opening match to defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad, were under pressure from the beginning. Delhi pacers -- Zaheer Khan (2/31), Chris Morris (3/21) and Pat Cummins (1/29) -- kept it tight at the beginning, keeping the runs in check.  Morris accounted for the explosive Jamaican Chris Gayle (6), with the left-handed batsman mistiming a full toss delivery and was caught by Sanju Samson at mid-wicket.
Mandeep Singh (12) too didn't last long, chopping a delivery from Cummins on to his stumps as RCB were reduced to 41/2 in 5.5 overs. Their problems increased as stand-in captain Shane Watson (24) missed the line of a delivery from left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem and was stumped by wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant in the ninth over.
At 55/3, Jadhav and Binny joined hands and they resurrected the RCB innings before Zaheer broke the partnership when Binny carted one to the hands of Sam Billings at deep mid-wicket.
Jadhav's knock was laced with five fours and as many sixes. Jadhav picked out leg-spinner Amit Mishra for special treatment, hammering two sixes and couple of fours in the 13th over.

Bangalore win despite Rishabh Pant heroics

Kedar Jadhavs fiery half century helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Delhi Daredevils (DD) by 15 runs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday, reports Times of India. The Maharashtra batsman not only blasted a quick-fire 37-ball 69, but more importantly shared a 66-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Stuart Binny (16) to help the hosts post a fighting total of 157/7. Delhi fumbled in the chase, being restricted to 142/9 as they lost by 15 runs. Young left-handed batsman Rishabh Pant, whose father died on Wednesday, showed a lot of composure as he waged a lone battle for Delhi with a cracking 57 off 36 deliveries. Sam Billings (25) was Delhis second highest scorer. Not much was the difference in quality stroke-making between the knocks played by Jadhav and Pant. Both were similar type of knocks and both came under pressure. RCB, who lost the opening match to defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad, were under pressure from the beginning. Delhi pacers -- Zaheer Khan (2/31), Chris Morris (3/21) and Pat Cummins (1/29) -- kept it tight at the beginning, keeping the runs in check. Morris accounted for the explosive Jamaican Chris Gayle (6), with the left-handed batsman mistiming a full toss delivery and was caught by Sanju Samson at mid-wicket. Mandeep Singh (12) too didnt last long, chopping a delivery from Cummins on to his stumps as RCB were reduced to 41/2 in 5.5 overs. Their problems increased as stand-in captain Shane Watson (24) missed the line of a delivery from left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem and was stumped by wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant in the ninth over. At 55/3, Jadhav and Binny joined hands and they resurrected the RCB innings before Zaheer broke the partnership when Binny carted one to the hands of Sam Billings at deep mid-wicket. Jadhavs knock was laced with five fours and as many sixes. Jadhav picked out leg-spinner Amit Mishra for special treatment, hammering two sixes and couple of fours in the 13th over.