- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.6 soft dismissal, Kallis will say; we had a fielder there, Deccan will say. a leg-stump half-volley, swinging in, Kallis flicks it, thinks it's four, and then he sees T Suman at short square leg take an easy catch. No. 20 for RP 7/19.2 smart stumping from Gilchrist. van der Merwe looks for the slog again, is beaten by the extra bounce, the momentum into the shot carries his front foot outside, and Gilchrist is alert and removes the bails before he can come back in. An amusing little innings 62/214.2 caught in tow minds, is Dravid, this one is flighted, Dravid clears his leg, wants to slog-sweep, but at the last moment goes straight, gets a top-edge, and it is skied to long-off 107/316.6 RP takes a catch this time, Taylor tries his slog-sweep, he has been tied down all over, and he gets a top edge towards deep midwicket, where RP doesn't make a mistake 134/4Extras2 (lb 1, w 1)TOTAL170/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.5)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Jacques Kallis, 1.6 ov), 2-62 (Roelof van der Merwe, 9.2 ov), 3-107 (Rahul Dravid, 14.2 ov), 4-134 (Ross Taylor, 16.6 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR6.5 and Gilchrist is gone, on the pull shot - hard to believe as it is, but once again the extra bounce troubles Gilchrist, who gets a top edge that lobs towards deep backward square, where van der Merwe takes a safe running catch 68/114.1 and he gets a wicket in the first over of his spell again, Gibbs looks to pull off the front foot, doesn't connect, gets one hand off, and top-edges it into the on side, where Pandey, running in from deep backward square leg, holds on to it 116/310.6 soft dismissal, short ball, hit straight to van der Merwe at cover, he was looking to blast the leather of the ball, and was hurried a bit too by the skid 91/215.1 and that's a big big wicket that he has got, pitched full, arm ball, Symonds goes for the slog-sweep, plays all over it and the off stump goes out of the ground 119/418.1 Kohli is cooler than Sharma. Low fulltoss from Kumble, Sharma tries to clear long-on, doesn't middle, Kohli nonchalantly stations himself at the boundary, and takes it over his head. Doesn't move, doesn't emote. Like it's everyday business 138/617.5 beats Rao outside off, Sharma wants the strike, Rao has to run for the bye, and Boucher underarms it perfectly to Kumar who finds Rao short 137/5Extras13 (b 4, lb 3, w 6)TOTAL158/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.9)Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Adam Gilchrist, 6.5 ov), 2-91 (Tirumalasetti Suman, 10.6 ov), 3-116 (Herschelle Gibbs, 14.1 ov), 4-119 (Andrew Symonds, 15.1 ov), 5-137 (Venugopal Rao, 17.5 ov), 6-138 (Rohit Sharma, 18.1 ov)
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
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 1 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (47 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (MK Pandey 27, RE van der Merwe 23, Ex 0)
- Drinks: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 64/2 in 10.0 overs (MK Pandey 34, R Dravid 1)
- MK Pandey: 50 off 36 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 1
- MK Pandey: 100 off 67 balls (10 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 2
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 170/4 in 20.0 overs (MK Pandey 114, V Kohli 19)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 64 runs, 0 wicket)
- Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 7
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (AC Gilchrist 12, HH Gibbs 32, Ex 7)
- HH Gibbs: 50 off 32 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Drinks: Deccan Chargers - 85/1 in 10.0 overs (HH Gibbs 52, TL Suman 7)
- Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 13
- Deccan Chargers: 150 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 13
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