Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) registered a close one-run win over the Delhi Capitals (DC) in a last-ball thriller at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Chasing a tricky target of 172 runs, DC needed six off the final ball of the match but Rishabh Pant could only manage to squeeze the ball for a boundary as RCB registered a thrilling victory.
After the win, the official Twitter handle of the Indian Premier League (IPL) posted a video in which the RCB skipper Virat Kohli can be seen sharing a laugh with DC captain Rishabh Pant. Captioning the video on Twitter RCB wrote: “A range of emotions after that last-ball thriller.”
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Here is the video of the incident:
A range of emotions after that last-ball thriller! ☺️ 👌#VIVOIPL | #DCvRCB | @DelhiCapitals | @RCBTweets pic.twitter.com/6wqKG5kbRw
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 27, 2021
In the match, Pant won the toss and opted to bowl. Ishant Sharma and Avesh Khan provided early breakthroughs as managed to dismiss the RCB openers, Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal. AB de Villiers came to RCB’s rescue and took them to a competitive total of 171 for five with a blistering half-century. The former South Africa skipper smashed as many as five sixes in an unbeaten knock of 75 off just 42 deliveries.
In reply, Delhi lost Shikhar Dhawan and Steve Smith cheaply. Prithvi Shaw was looking to go big during his 21-run knock, before edging a wide delivery from Harshal Patel straight to the wicketkeeper.
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Rishabh Pant and Shimron Hetmyer also went on to smash half-centuries and kept Delhi in the hunt but a brilliant last over by Mohammed Siraj helped RCB get over the line. With the win, the Virat Kohli-led side is now sitting at the top of the IPL 2021 points table with five wins from six matches.