Pandey century takes Bangalore to No. 3
In a campaign that has included matches insipid and inspiring the Royal Challengers have well and truly come to life
05/21Result
56th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Centurion, May 21 2009
Player of the Match
05/21Result
56th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Centurion, May 21 2009
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
MK Pandey
114(73) 10x4 - 4x6
- Productive Shot
- on side drive on front foot
- 36 runs
- 1x4 - 4x6
Match Details
Toss
Royal Challengers Bangalore , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
16.30 start, First Session 16.30-17.50, Interval 17.50-18.10, Second Session 18.10-19.30
Match days
21 May 2009 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Deccan Chargers 0
Scorecard Summary
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE 170/4 (20 OVERS)
- Roelof van der Merwe23 (18)
- Manish Pandey*114 (73)
- Andrew Symonds1/15 (4)
- Pragyan Ojha2/32 (4)
DECCAN CHARGERS 158/6 (20 OVERS)
- Andrew Symonds18 (15)
- Herschelle Gibbs60 (43)
- Balachandra Akhil2/18 (4)
- Anil Kumble2/23 (4)
END OF OVER:20 | 13 Runs | DCH: 158/6 (13 runs required, RR: 7.90)
- Azhar Bilakhia16 (8b)
- Ryan Harris4 (3b)
- Praveen Kumar4-0-45-0
- Anil Kumble4-0-23-2
Presentation:
Adam Gilchrist: "We weren't as sharp as we would have liked to be. We were outplayed. But it's a fresh start tomorrow."
Anil Kumble: "It's a great thing for us, from what happened last year, and even from what happened this year.
"Brilliant hundred from Manish. We took a risk sending him up and he responded superbly. The way Virat and Akhil bowled was superb too."
Manish Pandey, Man of the Match: I got the chance to open, and I wanted to make the most of it. The wicket was nice to drive, the ball was coming on properly. It's an amazing feeling, really happy today."
With that we finish the coverage of the league stages of the IPL 2009. Do join us for the semi-finals, which promise to be exciting. As Gilchrist said, anybody can beat anybody. Okay bye
** So incredibly Bangalore have finished at No. 3, after a disastrous first quarter. More importantly they have earned Jacques Kallis one extra day before they play their semi-final. That said, if they play the final, they will be playing on back-to-back days.
Deccan make it to the semis too, but they will have to turn up tomorrow and face Delhi, the No. 1 team in the league standings. They have questions facing them, both at death bowling and the lower-middle order.
Vishwa has a point worth your while: "In the last 3 matches BLR have beaten the other 3 semi-finalists. Pretty cool!"
And to add to it, Deccan have lost twice to Delhi this season
19.6
1
Kumar to Bilakhia, 1 run, full and straight, and incredibly Bangalore have finished third
19.5
3
Kumar to Harris, 3 runs, off a short run, gets an inside edge into the ground, which bounces over the keeper's head
19.4
1
Kumar to Bilakhia, 1 run, yorker on leg, and that's it, only wides and extras can win Deccan this game
19.3
2
Kumar to Bilakhia, 2 runs, full, on the pads, and flicked into the leg side, finds the gap but not the boundary
19.2
4
Kumar to Bilakhia, FOUR, extravagant footwork, extravagant shot, moves across the stumps, leaves all three sticks exposed, and flicks it over short fine
19.1
2
Kumar to Bilakhia, 2 runs, yorker from PK, hit softly towards long-off, lack of pace on the shot means they can get two
Last over. 26 to get. Bangalore most likely to finish third
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Pandey century takes Bangalore to No. 3
In a campaign that has included matches insipid and inspiring the Royal Challengers have well and truly come to life
