Bangalore 186-4 (20 ov)
Delhi 170-7 (20 ov)
Toss: Delhi, chose to field
Bangalore: Yuvraj 68, De Villiers 33, Parthiv 29; Shami 1-31
Delhi: Duminy 48, Jadhav , Pietersen 33; Starc 2-26
Man of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Bangalore)
A rain delay during the break was not enough for the Delhi Daredevils as they were left high and dry by a blistering knock by Royal Challengers Bangalore's Yuvraj Singh on Tuesday night at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The left-hander struck nine sixes and one four during a whirlwind 68 not out from 29 balls to take Bangalore to a 16-run win that meant Delhi are out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) title reckoning now with eight defeats.
Put in to bat, Bangalore were 115 for four with four overs remaining, and it appeared Delhi could hope to contain the home side to less than 150. Yuvraj had other plans, though.
Carving three consecutive sixes off Imran Tahir, Yuvraj reaffirmed that the days of painfully pottering around were behind him for now as he took the side to 186 for four.
Chasing a stiff 187, it became clear that Delhi were not facing the same, haggard side that infamously gave away 65 runs in the last four overs to Rajasthan two nights earlier.
Bangalore had brought Muttiah Muralitharan, Abu Nechim and Sachin Rana in place of Albie Morkel, Ashok Dinda and Varun Aaron, and it made all the difference.
If Delhi needed a good start, Muralitharan gave Bangalore the first breakthrough, trapping Murali Vijay in front. Mitchell Starc followed it up, cleaning up Quinton de Kock.
Mayank Agarwal and Kevin Pietersen soon steadied the innings, but just as the partnership appeared threatening, Nechim, in his debut match for Bangalore, removed Agarwal for 31.
Two overs later, Yuzvendra Chahal outfoxed Pietersen (33), who had shimmied down the track only to find himself beaten by a big-turning leg-break and stumped by Parthiv Patel, the wicketkeeper.
Delhi were gasping at 102 for five after 13 overs. JP Duminy, who gave up on the chance to come up the order, tried to resuscitate the innings, but was bowled for a 30-ball 48 by Starc.
Delhi eventually finished at 170 for seven as Bangalore’s bowlers ensured their fans would go home a happy lot.
Earlier, it had seemed a full match would have been tricky to squeeze in as rain chose to make an appearance ahead of the scheduled toss time, keeping both teams on tenterhooks.
Chris Gayle has had a quiet IPL so far, and though he started off clobbering two sixes, the joy was short-lived.
Rahul Shukla got one to crash into the stumps and Gayle made the long walk back after making 23. Virat Kohli was back to his original No 3 position after a failed experiment as opener in the previous game, but it was another forgettable outing for him, run out for 10.
AB de Villiers, however, continued to flourish. Siddharth Kaul could only watch in frustration as two deliveries reached the boundary, the fielders stationed there unable to react fast enough, and another sailed into the crowd at deep midwicket.
Parthiv Patel departed after adding 49 runs alongside de Villiers, but the crowd did not mind too much, since that brought Yuvraj to the crease.
Kaul came back in the next over to clip de Villiers’ off stump and sent him packing for a 16-ball 33.
Yuvraj’s half-century came in 24 balls, with a six over deep cover, off Shukla. But he was not finished just yet.
Three more sixes left Shukla and Delhi battered and bruised as 27 runs came from the last over. This time around, there was no heartbreak for Yuvraj and Bangalore as the bowlers kept their end of the bargain to take the side to a win.
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Mercer, the investment consulting arm of US services company Marsh & McLennan, expects its wealth division to at least double its assets under management (AUM) in the Middle East as wealth in the region continues to grow despite economic headwinds, a company official said.
Mercer Wealth, which globally has $160 billion in AUM, plans to boost its AUM in the region to $2-$3bn in the next 2-3 years from the present $1bn, said Yasir AbuShaban, a Dubai-based principal with Mercer Wealth.
“Within the next two to three years, we are looking at reaching $2 to $3 billion as a conservative estimate and we do see an opportunity to do so,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Mercer does not directly make investments, but allocates clients’ money they have discretion to, to professional asset managers. They also provide advice to clients.
“We have buying power. We can negotiate on their (client’s) behalf with asset managers to provide them lower fees than they otherwise would have to get on their own,” he added.
Mercer Wealth’s clients include sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and insurance companies among others.
From its office in Dubai, Mercer also looks after Africa, India and Turkey, where they also see opportunity for growth.
Wealth creation in Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew 8.5 per cent to $8.1 trillion last year from $7.5tn in 2015, higher than last year’s global average of 6 per cent and the second-highest growth in a region after Asia-Pacific which grew 9.9 per cent, according to consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In the region, where wealth grew just 1.9 per cent in 2015 compared with 2014, a pickup in oil prices has helped in wealth generation.
BCG is forecasting MEA wealth will rise to $12tn by 2021, growing at an annual average of 8 per cent.
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Some clients also have a higher appetite for risk, given the low interest-rate environment that does not provide enough yield for some institutional investors. These clients are keen to invest in illiquid assets, such as private equity and infrastructure.
“What we have seen is a desire for higher returns in what has been a low-return environment specifically in various fixed income or bonds,” he said.
“In this environment, we have seen a de facto increase in the risk that clients are taking in things like illiquid investments, private equity investments, infrastructure and private debt, those kind of investments were higher illiquidity results in incrementally higher returns.”
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