Royals Challengers beat Daredevils by 20 runs

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Daredevils by 20 runs in the fifth match of IPL-5 here on Saturday.

Chasing 158 runs to win, Daredevils were restricted to 137/7 thanks to Muralitharan's three for 25 after De Villiers set it up with a blazing 64 off 42 balls.

Delhi got off to a flyer with Aaron Finch (25 off 24) hitting Zaheer Khan for three boundaries through the off-side in the very first over before skipper Virender Sehwag (0) offered a simple catch to Cheteshwar Pujara at covers off an innocuous Zaheer delivery.
 
After that Naman Ojha (33 off 26) alongwith Finch took the score 50-run mark by the seventh over. But Bangalore spinners Daniel Vettori and Mutthiah Muralitharan Vinay pulled things back with some tight bowling.

To accelerate the run rate, Ojha tried to break free but ended losing his wicket to Murali at the score of 55 in the 8th over.

Two overs later, the Sri Lankan legend struck again, having Finch trapped in front of the wicket at the score of 68.

After Finch’s dismissal, Daredevils failed to get any partnership going and could score only 137/7.
 

Earlier after put in to bat by Delhi, de Villiers struck six fours and a couple of sixes in his blazing knock which came off 42 deliveries.
   
De Villiers rescued RCB's innings after the hosts were five down with 85 runs on the board.