Kohli's blitz takes RCB to victory

Bangalore :A Virat Kohli played a captain's knock in Royal Challengers Bangalore's chase of 162-run target set by Sunrisers Hyderabad here at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Tuesday. Delhi boy Kohli made an unbeaten 47-ball 93, studded by 11 fours and four sixes, to take the home side past Sunrisers' 161/6 with seven wickets in hand and 14 balls to spare. Mayank Aggarwal (29) was the second highest scorer for Bangalore.

Sunrisers A Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore scoreboardA :A The following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Tuesday: Sunrisers Hyderabad Akshath Reddy c Vinay Kumar b Singh 12 Parthiv Patel b Muralitharan 20 Kumar Sangakkara c Kohli b Kartik 23 Cameron White c de Villiers b Vinay Kumar 52 Thisara Perera b Singh 40 Ashish Reddy b Singh 3 Hanuma Vihari not out 4 Biplab Samantray not out 2 Extras (w 4, nb 1) 5 Total (Six wickets in 20 overs) 161 Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Reddy, 2.1 overs), 2-50 (Patel, 7.5), 3-62 (Sangakkara, 10.2), 4-142 (Perera, 17.4), 5-155 (White, 18.6), 6-155 (Ashish Reddy, 19.1)

Bowling Rudra Pratap Singh 4-0-27-3 Vinay Kumar 4-0-43-1 Jaydev Unadkat 4-0-29-0 Muttiah Muralitharan 4-0-23-1 Murali Kartik 3-0-21-1 Moises Henriques 1-0-18-0 Royal Challengers Bangalore Mayank Agarwal c Sangakkara b Perera 29 Chris Gayle c Patel b Sharma 13 V Kohli not out 93 AB de Villiers c Vihari b White 15 Moises Henriques not out 7 Extras (lb 1, w 4) 5 Total (Three wickets in 17.4 overs) 162 Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Agarwal, 5.1 overs), 2-47 (Gayle, 6.1), 3-96 (de Villiers, 11.6)

Bowling Hanuma Vihari 1-0-12-0 Dale Steyn 4-0-16-0 Ishant Sharma 3.4-0-30-1 Thisara Perera 3-0-35-1 Amit Mishra 4-0-42-0 Ashish Reddy 1-0-12-0 Cameron White 1-0-14-1 Match details: Toss: Sunrisers Hyderabad chose to bat Umpires: S. Ravi and Simon Taufel (Australia) TV umpire: C.K. Nandan Match referee: David Boon (Australia) Reserve umpire: K.N. Ananthapadmanabhan