Royal Challengers win rain-curtailed thriller

ESPNcricinfo staff15-May-2015After Sunrisers chose to bat, Shikhar Dhawan was the first to depart after miscuing one to Ashok Dinda at midwicket after making 8•BCCIMoises Henriques and David Warner then went berserk, putting on 103 in 7.1 overs at a rate of 14.37, taking Sunrisers past 120•BCCIWarner brought out a couple of switch hits to get to his seventh fifty of the season, off just 30 balls•BCCIHenriques was out for 57 from 22 balls, edging David Wiese to the wicketkeeper in the penultimate over•BCCIFurther rain caused Royal Challengers to be set a revised target of 81 from six overs. Chris Gayle got to work from the word go, smashing 35 off 10 balls•BCCIAB de Villiers was dismissed for a golden duck as he handed Dale Steyn a simple catch off Henriques, who had removed Gayle off the previous ball. This left Royal Challengers 39 to get from 20 balls•BCCIRoyal Challengers lost two more wickets but Virat Kohli kept them in the game, bringing out some smart and unorthodox shots•BCCINeeding 13 off the final over, Kohli hit two fours and a six of the penultimate ball to lift Royal Challengers to a six-wicket win•BCCI