IPL 8: RCB beat DD by ten wickets

Varun Aaron (2/24) and Mitchell Starc (3/20) produced fiery spells of fast bowling to help RCB dismiss Delhi Daredevils for a paltry 95 after opting to field at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

Chasing 96, openers Chris Gayle (62 not out off 40 balls) and Virat Kohli (35 not out off 23) made short work of the modest target, getting the team home in 10.3 overs. FULL REPORT HERE…

The chase, as it happened…

Playing XI

DD: Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer, JP Duminy (C), Yuvraj Singh, Angelo Mathews, Kedar Jadhav (W), Shahbaz Nadeem, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Amit Mishra, Imran Tahir, Domnic Joseph

RCB: Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Dinesh Karthik (W), Sarfaraz Khan, David Wiese, Harshal Patel, Mitchell Starc, Iqbal Abdulla, Varun Aaron

The Social Buzz!

The Build Up

I am getting calmer: Kohli

The statement was intended at a scribe, who asked whether now being a businessman would make him “calm”, and Kohli smilingly counter-questioned, “I will answer that when you tell me how is my calmness related to my business investment.”

How Tahir, Mishra turned it around for DD

LEG-SPINNERS, like lead guitarists in a rock-band, are a quirky, singular lot. For, there is always a sense of mystique and glamour about them. On most days, they are the showstealers. Yet, they can so easily be the bumbling villains in the piece.

Kohli vrooms around town in his Lamorghini

There are no second thoughts to the fact that Virat Kohli loves supercars. And whenever he finds some time he opts to spend it with them.