This match was expected to be a high-scoring one and it rightly proved so. Zaheer Khan, who is leading Delhi Daredevils this season won the toss and chose to bowl as it is their primary strength. Virat Kohli on the other end didn’t mind batting first as they have a batting line-up like no other.
Zak got Gayle in the first over but one big hitter was replaced by another as de Villiers joined Kohli in the first over itself. Both weren’t bothered by a loss of an early wicket and continued playing their natural game and put up another century stand. In the end, RCB managed to score 191 at the end of 20 overs.
Coming into chase, de Kock provided a good start for the Delhi Daredevils. He also scored the first century of the season. de Kock along with Karun Nair set up a century stand for the 3rd wicket to ensure Daredevils a win against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Many records were made in this high scoring match and here’s listing a lot of them here –
First Century in IPL 2016 – Quinton de Kock has scored the first century of IPL 2016. He scored 108 in 51 deliveries. Previous highest score this season was from Gambhir, he scored 90* against SRH.
2nd Youngest to hit a century – de Kock became the 2nd youngest player in IPL to score a century after Manish Pandey.
8th Fastest Century – The century by de Kock came in 48 deliveries, which is also the 8th fastest century in the history of IPL. Gayle holds the record for fastest 100 in 30 deliveries.
2nd Highest partnership in IPL 2016 – de Kock and Karun Nair put up a stand of 134 runs for the 3rd wicket. This is the 2nd highest partnership in terms of runs in IPL 2016.
4th Duck in IPL – Chris Gayle recorded his 4th duck in IPL and it was his first since 2011 and the first one at the home ground too. Three previous ducks for Gayle have come against Rajasthan Royals (when playing for KKR), Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings.
100th six for RCB – AB de Villiers who started his IPL career with Delhi Daredevils joined the RCB camp in 2011. Since then he has played many match-winning innings and in the match against DD, he also hit his 100th six while representing RCB.
2nd Best Batting Pair – Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers as a batting pair have now become the second most successful batting pair in terms of runs scored in IPL. The pair that leads with most runs is Kohli and Gayle.
Century Partnerships – Virat Kohli and de Villiers now have 4-century stands between them in IPL. Kohli and Gayle have 6.
Most runs at a venue in T20 – Virat Kohli has scored 1653 runs in T20 cricket at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The most for any player at a single venue in T20s.
2nd fastest 50 in IPL 2016 – Chasing 192, Quinton de Kock got off to a blistering start. He took 22 deliveries to reach his 50. This is the 2nd fastest 50 in IPL 2016 so far. David Warner scored the fastest 50 in 21 deliveries against the same opposition at the same venue.
Highlight of the match
The relay catch between Shane Watson and David Wiese was the highlight of the match and will probably be the best of the tournament. Watch it here and decide for yourself
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