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#2 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils - 2013

Ravi Rampaul held his nerve with the ball in the RCB vs DD Super Over

This match was one of the most exciting IPL games to have ever been played. Delhi posted a par total of 152-5 in their allotted overs, thanks to cameos from opener Virender Sehwag, Mahela Jayawardene and Kedar Jadhav. Jaydev Unadkat and Vinay Kumar were exceptional with the ball, taking 4-0-24-2 and 4-0-21-1 respectively.

Bangalore looked like they were going to cruise the chase, as AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli added a huge 103 runs for the third wicket partnership. However, RCB choked badly and by the time Kohli got out, they were struggling badly on 138-7 after 18.4 overs. At this stage, Delhi were no doubt the favourites to go on to win as Vinay Kumar and Ravi Rampaul were at the crease. However, that pair took 11 runs off the final over to take the game to a tie.

RCB, batting first in the Super Over, then sent out their two most explosive batsmen in Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers. Umesh Yadav, though, kept them very quiet to begin with. Three singles and a dot ball began the over and RCB were starring down the barrel of a humiliating defeat. In the dying moments though, de Villiers stood up and launched two sixes off the last two balls to take RCB to the strong total of 15.

Moreover, when Rampaul dismissed David Warner first ball, Delhi were on the brink of defeat. Yet, in this fluctuating game, they came back strongly, with Pathan hitting a four and a six in three balls. They needed six to win off two balls and after scoring a single, the equation became five off one. Rampaul held his nerve, though, and knocked over Ben Rohrer and RCB pulled off the unlikeliest of victories.