IPL 2017: RCB sign off disastrous season with a consolation win over DD

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DD looked comfortable when Iyer and Pant were at the crease. But it all went downhill for them once that partnership was broken.

Kohli must be happy to get two points after a disastrous season.

Both teams had a poor season, they'll be glad to move on now.

And that's it!

Negi has done it for RCB.

DD get all-out on the final ball of the match and the visitors win by 10 runs.

Some lusty blows from Shami brought RCB back into the game.

But Kohli tossed the ball to Negi for the final over and the gamble paid off.

Shami gets stumped and departs after a quick-fire 21 off 8 balls.

DD need 12 from 5 balls with 1 wicket in hand.

Zaheer Khan walks in. Can the captain pull off something special?

WICKET!

Amit Mishra smokes one for six, gets bowled by Pawan Negi a couple of balls later.

DD - 135/8 after 18 overs.

OUT!

Harshal Patel has been the star for RCB.

Pant pulls the first ball of the 17th for six. Patel bowls a slower bouncer the next ball to strike Pant on his shoulder.

Clearly rattled, Pant goes for an adventurous heave on the leg side the next ball, only to get clean-bowled.

Was this the final nail in the coffin?

DD - 127/7 after 17 overs.

OUT!

Two wickets in the over for Head.

Cummins smashes a six, then hits one straight to long-off.

DD have made a meal of what should have been a comfortable chase.

WICKET!

Just as DD were stitching together a partnership, Anderson comes down the track and plays a nothing shot to get stumped.

The Kiwi has had a forgettable season with the bat.

Much depends on Pant now. Can the youngster take his team through.

Cummins is the new man.

DD - 105/5 from 15.2 overs.

Tidy over from Watson.

Just three from it.

Time for a strategic time-out.

DD - 90/4 from 13 overs.

Corey Anderson plays out the hat-trick ball safely.

Great over by Patel, brought RCB right back into the game.

DD - 87/4 after 12 overs.

Another one goes!

Marlon Samuels walks in, gets clean-bowled by Harshal Patel. Two-in-two for the pacer.

Poor stuff from the West Indian.

OUT!

Rush of blood from Iyer. Plays a wild cut-shot straight to covers. Goes for a well-compiled 32.

Iyer and Pant are looking comfortable at the crease.

Milking RCB's bowling around, picking up the odd boundary.

Kohli seems set to face yet another defeat.

DD - 84/2 after 11

Big over for DD.

Iyer and Pant get a boundary each off Travis Head's gentle off-spin.

DD - 67/2 after 9 overs.

Another impressive over by Avesh Khan.

The young pacer, who has represented the India Under-19 team, has given just 10 runs in his three overs.

Exciting to see him clash with DD's young guns Iyer and Pant.

DD - 51/2 from 8

WICKET!

Shane Watson removes Nair. Bowls a short one and gets the right-hander caught by Kedar Jadhav at mid-wicket.

Pant is the new man.

Karun Nair continuing his good form.

Creams Harshal Patel for three boundaries.

Can Nair and his partner Shreyas Iyer, with Rishabh Pant to follow, guide DD to another victory?

DD - 40/1 from 5 overs.

Just the start that RCB needed.

Young Avnesh Khan gets the in-form Sanju Samson caught by Kohli for a duck.

DD - 25/1 after 4 overs.

Do RCB have enough runs on the board?

Or will the DD youngsters pull-off another chase?

Stay tuned with us to find out. See you after the break!

A couple of wides in the final over by Anderson, and a hat-trick of boundaries by Pawan Negi takes RCB to 162.

Sachin Baby perishes trying to get a maximum.

Things simply haven't clicked for the visitors tonight.

RCB - 145/6 after 19 overs.

WICKET!

Just as Jadhav was getting into his groove, he gets run-out by a rocket throw from the deep by Cummins.

Shane Watson is the new man.

RCB - 131/5 from 17.4

SIX!

Jadhav hits one straight back behind the sight-screen.

An eventful over from Zak comes to an end.

RCB - 126/4 after 17 overs.

WICKET!

Zak has the last laugh. Kohli tries to go over long-off but gets caught in the deep by Nadeem.

Kohli will be absolutely distraught. Just when he was planning the final assault, he has to walk back.

Kohli gets a reprieve!

Hits it straight back to Zak, who can't hold on to it.

To add insult to injury, Kohli deposits the next ball into the crowd.

Just five runs from the 16th over by Cummins.

RCB - 112/3 after 16

Fifty for Virat Kohli. His second of IPL 2017.

The skipper will have to press the accelerator now!

WICKET!

Travis Head gets run-out by some brilliant work from Shreyas Iyer and Zaheer Khan.

Kohli flicked one towards deep mid-wicket and set off for a couple. Iyer, however, pounced on the ball and released it quickly. The throw wasn't really on target but Zak was excellent while collecting the ball and knocking over the stumps in a flash.

Kedar Jadhav is the new man at the crease.

RCB - 107/3 after 15 overs.

WICKET!

Lapse in concentration for Gayle after the break, sweeps one from Nadeem straight to Zak at mid-wicket.

Just when we thought that the West Indian would cut loose, DD make a telling blow.

RCB - 96/2 after 13.1

Tidy over from Anderson, gives just six singles.

Time for a strategic time-out after 13 overs. RCB are 96 for one.

They have enough wickets in hand to really get after the DD bowling in the remaining seven overs. They will have to.

Another six!

This time it's Kohli who whips a short one for a maximum.

Poor stuff from the experienced leg-spinner.

RCB get a kick-on - 90/1 from 12 overs.

SIX!

Gayle finally shows some intent, rocks back to Mishra and deposits a short one into the crowd.

Just 11 runs in the last 11 balls.

After suffering inexplicable batting collapses right through IPL 2017, are Kohli and Gayle being too cautious tonight?

RCB - 71/1 after 11 overs.

SIX!

This is sensational stuff from Kohli.

Corey Anderson pitches one on the good length, just outside off.

Kohli plays an on-the-rise cover-drive for a six. Yes, you read that right!

First boundary for Kohli!

​Effortlessly pulls Amit Mishra, pierces the gab between deep mid-wicket and long-on.

DD bowlers doing well to choke the run-flow at the moment.

Both Kohli and Gayle are being cautious in their approach.

RCB - 41/1 after 7 overs.

Captain Virat Kohli takes guard to face his first ball.

Chants of Kohli Kohli... in the stadium.

WICKET!

Vinod goes for a wild swing, only to get an inside-edge and see his stumps rattled.

Pat Cummins gives DD the first breakthrough.

RPS - 30/1 from 4.5 overs.

Bang!

Shami bowls a slower ball, Gayle pulls it into the stands.

The big guy seems to be in a dangerous mood tonight!

RCB - 27/0 from 4 overs.

Good comeback by Zak, gives just 2 runs in his second over.

RCB - 19/0 after 3 overs.

Mohammed Shami gets knocked for a six over fine-leg by Gayle on the first ball of the second over, but the premier Indian pacer makes a solid comeback by just giving one more run in the next five balls.

Chris Gayle has gotten RCB off to a cracking start at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.

The West Indian smashes DD captain Zaheer Khan for two boundaries in the first over.

He has a new opening partner in Vishnu Vinod tonight.