AB de Villiers magic delivers RCB thrilling win

ESPNcricinfo staff24-May-2016Shane Watson dismissed Suresh Raina with a short ball soon thereafter, reducing Lions to 9 for 3 in the fourth over•BCCIDinesh Karthik and Dwayne Smith then put on 85 off 61 for the fourth wicket to revive Lions’ innings•BCCISmith was particularly aggressive, hitting five fours and six sixes in his 41-ball 73•BCCIBut the wickets of Karthik, Smith and Ravindra Jadeja in the space of three overs left Lions tottering again, at 115 for 6 in the 17th over•BCCIEklavya Dwivedi made a 9-ball 19 before Watson dismissed Dwivedi and Dwayne Bravo off consecutive balls in the 19th over to finish with four wickets; Lions stumbled to 158 all out•BCCIVirat Kohli chopped a delivery from Dhawal Kulkarni onto his stumps for a duck, his first in 51 T20 innings, in the second over•BCCITwo overs later, Kulkarni dismissed Chris Gayle and KL Rahul off consecutive balls•BCCIWhen Watson and Sachin Baby fell, Royal Challengers Bangalore were reeling at 29 for 5 in the sixth over•BCCIStuart Binny briefly kept AB de Villiers company with a 15-ball 21, but was out to a rough lbw decision. Royal Challengers slumped to 68 for 6•BCCIJust when things were looking dire, de Villiers played a sparkling knock under pressure, finishing with an unbeaten 79 off 47•BCCIHe was well supported by Iqbal Abdulla, who played a composed knock for 33 off 25 in a 91-run stand to take Royal Challengers to their first final since 2011•BCCI