Royal Bengal Tigers had a decent opening partnership. Marshall continued his good form in this cricket match also before he was run out for 23 runs in the 4th over. JhunJhunwala disappointed again in this match also and was dismissed for a duck. Then the captain McMillan put on a steady partnership with Dasgupta.

It was the show of McMillan while other batsmen of Royal Bengal Tigers supported him, reported Cricket360 . McMillan scored 69 runs off 40 balls with 7 boundaries and 4 massive sixes. McMillan was very aggressive in his bating and took the cricket score to 136 in 16th over, when he was caught by Atapattu. The rest of the batsmen carried the momentum and posted a cricket score of 171 runs at the end of their innings.  

Delhi Giants bowling was taken for a ride and the captain Atapattu used 7 bowlers. Ali Murtaza was the only economical bowler taking 2 wickets and giving 19 runs in his 4 overs. Royal Bengal Tigers had the psychological advantage posting a huge total of 171 runs.

Delhi Giants started their batting chasing a target of 172 runs at the rate of 8.55 runs per over. Delhi Giants lost their opener Benkenstein in the 2nd over and then Gunawardene and Atapattu steadied the Delhi Giants innings for a while before Gunawardene was bowled by tarafdar in the 7th over. After this, Delhi Giants consistently lost their wickets and were dismissed for a cricket score of 136 runs for the loss of 8 wickets at the end of their innings.

Bengal Tigers won the match comprehensively by 35 runs in a royal fashion. Bengal Tigers outclassed Delhi Giants in all departments. The bowling performance of Royal Bengal Tigers was very much disciplined and the opening bowler, tarafdar was the best taking 2 wickets and giving 19 runs in his spell of 4 overs. Captain McMillan was declared the man of the match for his aggressive knock and taking his side to victory. Royal Bengal Tigers took 2 points from this match reports Cricket360.

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