The Royals Challengers Bangalore recorded a much-needed win over the table toppers Delhi Daredevils to keep their semifinal hope alive. The Royal Challengers beat Delhi Daredevils by 7 wickets in a crucial IPL match at The Wanderers in Johannesburg. With this victory, Royal Challengers now have 14 points from 13 matches. They will make it to the semis, if they win their last match against the Deccan Chargers on May 21.

After electing to bat first, Delhi had a disastrous start with both Sehwag and Manhas failing for a duck. Gautam Gambhir made 27, while AB de Villiers scored 28. Dinesh Karthik was the top scorer with 31. Yogesh Nagar contributed 20. The Delhi Daredevils put up 134/7 in 20 overs. Praveen Kumar took three while skipper Anil Kumble took two wickets in the innings.

Chasing a victory target of 135, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost Robin Uthappa at the beginning. However, Kallis and Dravid prevented further damage and added 70 runs for the second wicket. Dravid made 38. Ross Taylor also contributed 25 off 12 balls to raise the run rate.

Kallis smashed an unbeaten 56-ball 58, as Royal Challengers Bangalore reached 135/3 in 19 overs. For Daredevils, Yogesh Nagar took 2 wickets. Jacques Kallis was declared Man of the Match.

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Delhi Daredevils with their victory over Kings XI Punjab became the second team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to register a 10-wicket win.

Daredevils on Sunday also became the first team to post a 10-wicket win in the second edition of the IPL.

The following are the others stats of the match between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab:

• Vettori (3-15) recorded his best bowling figures in the IPL, surpassing the 1/19 against Bangalore on April 30, 2008.
• Vettori has been adjudged the Man of the Match for the first time in the IPL.
• Delhi Daredevils’ victory on Sunday is their first in three IPL games against Kings XI Punjab.
• With their ten-wicket victory, Delhi Daredevils have won eight out of 15 IPL matches contested.
• Gambhir’s aggregate of 549 runs in the IPL is exceeded only by Shaun Marsh (616).
• Karan Goel (38 off 21 balls) posted his highest innings in the IPL, surpassing the 26 off 21 balls against Rajasthan at Jaipur on April 21, 2008.
• Ravi Bopara and Karan Goel were associated in a 67-run stand for the first wicket – Kings XI’s best for the first wicket against Delhi. The stand is the best for Kings XI for any wicket against Delhi.
• Kings XI (102 sixes) became the first team to register 100 sixes in the IPL.

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