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An AB de Villiers-inspired Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Gujarat Lions in the first IPL qualifier, securing a place in Sundays final with a four-wicket win. De Villiers smashed five fours and five sixes in an unbeaten 79 off 47 balls as Bangalore brilliantly recovered from 29-5 to chase down 159 to win.In-form RCB skipper Virat Kohli fell for a duck, while big-hitters Chris Gayle (nine) and Shane Watson (one) were also out cheaply - Gujarat seamer Dhawal Kulkarni taking 4-14 in a devastating opening spell.But, well-supported by Stuart Binny (21 off 15 balls) and Iqbal Abdulla (33no off 25), De Villiers sensational knock saw Bangalore through with 10 balls to spare.Gujarat must now beat the winner of Wednesdays eliminator between Surnrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders to see RCB again in the final.Dwayne Smith had earlier blasted 73 off 41 balls - with six sixes and five fours - to help Gujarat recover from their own sloppy start of 9-3 inside the four overs.Bangalore had got off to the perfect start after Kohli won the toss and chose to bowl first - Gujarat openers Brendon McCullum (one) and Aaron Finch (four) falling in the same Abdulla (2-38) over, and skipper Suresh Raina (one) becoming the first of four Shane Watson (4-29) victims.But Smith showed his attacking intent with back-to-back fours off Abdulla in the fifth over and launched Yuzvendra Chahal for 16 in the 10thSmith reached his half century off his 31st ball by blasting Abdulla for six over long on in the 13th over, though Dinesh Karthik (26) - who he put on 85 with for the fourth wicket - fell to Chris Jordan (2-26) soon after. Matt Floyd is joined by Shane Warne and Shaun Pollock to discuss the Royal Challengers Bangalores victory over the Gujarat Lions in the IPL Wickets continued to fall at regular intervals in the final overs, although Gujarat did manage to score 21 from the penultimate over, despite Watson picking up a further two strikes in it.Disaster struck early in RCBs reply when Kohli chopped Kulkarni onto his stumps in the second over. The seamer then bowled Gayle and had Lokesh Rahul caught at slip in consecutive balls in his next over.Watson too fell to Smith at slip off Ravindra Jadeja (2-21), while Kulkarni picked up his fourth - Sachin Baby out for a duck - soon after.It looked like the Lions were cruising into the final, but for the fact that De Villiers was still in the middle, and he gave them fair warning of the big-hitting assault that awaited with back-to-back fours off Jadeja in the seventh over. Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli (R) and AB de Villiers celebrate Binny played his part too, taking 18 from Shadab Jakatis first over, though was out lbw to Jadeja soon after.With the run-rate required inching over 10 an over for the final six, De Villiers stepped up, smashing 10 in two balls off Smith, the first four seeing him through to 33-ball fifty.De Villiers and Abdulla struck a six each off Jakatis next over, while the latter struck three fours in a row off Dwayne Bravos 18th over.It left just three runs needed from the final two overs, and Bangalore duly got them in the next two deliveries sparking wild celebrations.Watch Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL eliminator from 3pm on Sky Sports 1 on Wednesday. The loser is knocked out, while the winner will face Bangalore in the second qualifier on Friday. 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The Vikings announced Thursday that Priefer will be one of seven holdovers from the previous staff, along with offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, wide receivers coach George Stewart and others. Norv Turner will mark his 30th year of coaching in the NFL as the offensive co-ordinator, as widely reported for weeks, and George Edwards will be the defensive co-ordinator. NEW YORK -- Angelique Kerber probably doesnt consider herself a late bloomer, but the meaty metrics of tennis suggest otherwise.The No. 2-seeded German could depart the National Tennis Center in two weeks as the WTAs No. 1-ranked player -- making her, at 28, the oldest woman ever to claim the top spot for the first time.Kerber sprinted into the second round Monday when Polona Hercog retired with a combination of illness and heat stroke after losing the first seven games in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Hercog is now 1-18 versus top-10 opponents.Serena Williams, who is defending 460 more points here than Kerber, essentially needs to last longer than Kerber in the draw to retain that No. 1 ranking. Jennifer Capriati was 25 years and 6 months old when she ascended to the No. 1 ranking for the first time, in 2001. Kerber, incredibly, would be more than three years older.A few more takeaways from the match:Startlingly swift beginning: Kerber came into New York following a pair of difficult losses -- to Monica Puig in the gold-medal match in Rio and to Karolina Pliskova in the Cincinnati final -- but there was no hangover here. Kerber won 30 of the abbreviated matchs 39 points, in a tidy total of 33 minutes.ddddddddddddIf theres pressure, shes not feeling it: Kerber could have lifted that No. 1 ranking with a title in Cincinnati but looked tired in losing to Pliskova. In her pre-tournament news conference, Kerber said she embraced questions about taking Williams ranking. On court after her win Monday, she reinforced that idea. Lets see if the day will come someday, she said. I will be really happy. Im really trying to focus here, win all the matches, and then well see.Recent history means nothing: Believe it or not, the unseeded Hercog had won two of the previous three matches against Kerber. The Slovenian, ranked No. 120 among WTA players, scored victories in Warsaw in 2010 and Monterrey a year later -- both in straight sets. Kerber now holds a 4-2 head-to-head edge.No service issues: Kerber was all over Hercogs serve, breaking her in each of three opportunities. The German won 10 of 17 points on Hercogs first serve and was 4-for-4 in the second. On her own serve, Kerber won 16 of 18 points. ' ' '