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UVirat Kohli usize i-Royal Challengers Bangalore ngokunqoba umdlalo wabo wesibili kulesizini njengoba uDavid Warner kanye ne-Delhi Capitals besahlalelwe ukuqoqa amaphuzu ebhodini le-IPL kule sizini.
Emdlalweni wakamuva, i-Lucknow Super Giants iphuthelwe ithuba lokunyukela esicongweni njengoba uSikander Raza eshaye i-half century wasiza i-Punjab Kings ukuthi inqobe.
UKL Rahul udlale ngendlela encomekayo kuma-Super Giants, eshaya u-74 emabholeni angu-56 phezulu. Kuzobe kukuncane ukwesekwa kukakaputeni njengoba iqembu lasekhaya liqede linamaphuzu angu-159/8 kuma-overs angu-20.
Kuzoba umdlalo onzima kakhulu njengoba i-Punjab yehlulekile ukuqoqa amaphuzu kanti noShikhar Dhawan uzobe engekho ngenxa yokulimala.
URavi Bishnoi noMark Wood bathole amawikhethi amabili umuntu emunye, kodwa ukuthola kukaRaza amaphuzu angu-57 emabholeni angu-41 kuzobe kwanele ukuthi izivakashi zidlule umugqa kwi-over yokugcina.
UMgqibelo uqale ngokuthi i-Warner iwine i-toss e-Bangalore kwathi uFaf du Plessis noKohli baqala kahle kwi-bat.
UKohli uthole amaphuzu angu-50 ku-34 futhi naphezu kokwehla kwejubane phakathi nomdlalo kanye nama-overs abawatholile e-RCB amaphuzu angu-175 abawahlosile, kuzobanzima ukuthi atholakale eqenjini lama-Capitals elingawini.
UMohammed Siraj kanye noVijaykumar Vyshak badlule indlela yokushaya yase-Delhi. UManish Pandey nguyena oqokwe kwabashayayo kwi-half century, kodwa izivakashi zikwazi ukuqoqa u-151 kuphela njengoba kwehle amawikhethi ayisishiyagalolunye ekujaheni kwabo.
Ukuhlulwa emidlalweni emihlanu kuzobuyisela ama-Capitals ebhodini njengoba benezinsuku ezinhlanu zokuzindla ngaphambi komdlalo wabo wasekhaya ne-Kolkata Knight Riders.
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