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AB de Villiers blasted 82 from 42 balls for RCB, with seven fours and six sixes, putting on 157 for the second wicket with Virat Kohli (71 off 51 balls) after Chris Gayle fell cheaply for one.Shane Watson (19 off 8) smashed three-straight sixes later in the innings, and 18-year-old Sarfaraz Khan a stunning 35 not out off 10 balls as RCBs star-studded batting line-up racked up 227-4 from their 20 overs.Sunrisers skipper David Warner cracked a 21-ball fifty in reply before falling to his former international team-mate, Watson, in the ninth over - his side ultimately falling short on 182-6.After being put into bat by Sunrisers, Gayle was somewhat unlucky to be bowled round his legs by Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2-55) in the second over, the ball deflecting off his thigh pad onto the stumps.But De Villiers signalled the start of RCBs blistering assault when taking 15 from Ashish Nehras fourth over - striking two fours and a huge straight six - while 16 came from Kumars fifth.Matters were made worse for Sunrisers as Nehra left the field with an injury to his foot, one ball into his third over and the 11th of the innings and RCB punished the depleted attack, picking up a sensational 139 runs from the final 10 - De Villiers reaching his fifty off 27 balls.Kohli was even more emphatic in notching his half century, hitting legspinner Karn Sharma (0-57) for a huge six over wide long-on off his 40th ball, but finally fell in the 16th over, beaten by a Kumar yorker.Unfazed, Watson came in and smoked Sharma for three sixes in a row before the impressive Mustafizur Rahman (2-26) picked him and De Villiers up with back-to-back balls.Again RCB quickly bounced back - Sarfaraz smacking four fours and a six in five-straight deliveries as Kumars penultimate over of the innings went for 28.Faced with a daunting 228-run target, Warner (58 off 25) didnt waste any time, smashing the first of his five sixes off Adam Milnes second over - 35 runs coming off the first three.That momentum was somewhat stalled as offspinner Parvez Rasool (1-31) bowled Shikhar Dhawan for eight, but Warner smacked 19 from legspinner Yuzvendra Chahals first over to bring up his fifty and continue Sunrisers charge.He finally fell to Watson (2-30) in the ninth, the first of four wickets to fall for 15 runs in three overs, and although Ashish Reddy (32 off 17) and Eoin Morgan (22no off 18) put on 46 for the sixth wicket, Sunrisers left themselves with too much to do.Reddy hit Chahal for a pair of sixes in the 14th over, but with 89 needed from the final five, he was then bowled by Watson.Sharma had a bit of fun with an unbeaten 26 off 17 balls, striking three fours and a six in the final overs, but Sunrisers fell 45 short.Watch continued coverage of the IPL on Sky Sports, with the next live action seeing Kolkata Knight Riders take on Mumbai Indians from 3pm on Sky Sports 2 on Wednesday. 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An inspired tactical change during the second of two official stoppages led to a late goal from Netherlands forward Wesley Sneijder and an injury-time penalty from Klaas Jan Huntelaar in a dramatic 2-1 victory over Mexico on Sunday. "I moved to Plan B at the cooling break," said Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal, soon to be the manager at Manchester United. "That is a good way to take advantage of those breaks." Despite scoring 10 goals in three group matches, the Dutch again started the match with a defensive 5-3-2 system. Van Gaal made the switch to a more attacking 4-3-3 formation in the second half and tweaked it further when referee Pedro Proenca stopped the match in the 76th minute to allow players to rehydrate. That helped turn the match around and extend Mexicos second-round curse to six straight World Cups. "Unbelievable," said Arjen Robben, the Netherlands forward that earned the late penalty. "Five minutes from full time, we were out." Instead of the Dutch players, it was the Mexicans who wilted in the heat as they conceded twice as many goals in the final minutes of the match as they had in the entire group stage. "The humidity was against us, but we were fresher and fitter than the Mexicans," Van Gaal said. "Yes, we escaped. But we showed that we could create more chances with 4-3-3, and the players handled this shift very well." The Dutch will next face Costa Rica in the quarterfinals on Saturday in Salvador, and may have to play without midfielder Nigel de Jong, who was substituted in the ninth minute with a groin injury. Mexico coach Miguel Herrera, one of the most popular characters at the World Cup because of his emotive ways on the sidelines, blamed Proenca for the loss and accused Robben of diving under a challenge from Rafael Marquez to earn the penalty. Ty Lawson Jersey. . "Today it was the man with the whistle who eliminated us from the World Cup," Herrera said. "If a referee invents a penalty, youre out of the World Cup. "I hope they have a look at what happened and that this gentleman goes home just like we are." Marquez said Robben admitted that it was a bad call, but added that the Dutchman thought he should have been awarded a spot kick for an earlier challenge. "I spoke with him after the match and he told me that it was not a penalty," Marquez said. "He said that the first foul was a penalty and that one was not called." Mexico has now advanced to the second round at the World Cup six straight times and not reached the quarterfinals. The last time the team made it that far was as host of the 1986 tournament. Giovani Dos Santos gave the Mexicans the lead in the 48th minute after a goalless first half, but Sneijder equalized with a hard shot in the 88th. It was the first time Sneijder, who scored five goals at the last World Cup in South Africa, has found the net in Brazil. Robben, who has already scored three goals for the Dutch at this years tournament, then earned the penalty in the fourth minute of injury time but he handed the ball to Huntelaar. "You dont know when your chance will come, but it was today, and so you grab it with both hands," said Huntelaar, who replaced captain Robin van Persie in the 76th minute. "And it was fantastic." For Mexico, goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa was again the star player, pulling off two more great saves after playing a key role in holding Brazil to a 0-0 draw in Group A. But he couldnt block Sneijders shot and guessed wrong when diving in an attempt to stop Huntelaars penalty. "It isnt easy to go out this way, the way this match went," Ochoa said. "Its just very hard to deal with when victory escapes you this way." 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