Royal Challengers (RCB) beat Kochi Tuskers (KTK) by six wickets

Royal Challengers (RCB) won with six wickets and eight balls to spare but it was not as if RCB had it easy all the way. In fact until KTK skipper Mahela Jayawardene inexplicably brought on local lad Raiphi Vincent Gomez with RCB requiring 33 from the last three overs, the match could have still gone the hosts' way. 

The young man did consume Saurabh Tiwary (26, 25b, 2x4) but then with AB De Villiers around, he still conceded 20 off his only over to hand the momentum and eventually the match to RCB. At that point, Sreesanth, RP Singh and Vinay Kumar had still an over each to go.

De Villiers (54 not out, 40b), who had initially allowed RCB's young opener Mayank Agarwal (33, 24b, 2x4, 2x6) to set the tempo after the early loss of T Dilshan, after having smashed five sixes and a lone boundary, then watched another young man Asad Pathan smash Vinay Kumar to the fence to bring about the win. 

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