3141dThe Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy

RCB surge after Gayle, Kohli ace six-over chase

Chris Gayle provided the early thrust and Virat Kohli the finish as Royal Challengers Bangalore chased down 81 in six overs to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in a rain-shortened game

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

MC Henriques
MC Henriques
57(22) 5x4 - 4x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 16 runs
  • 1x4 - 2x6
8 2 2 1 11 16 13 4
DA Warner
DA Warner
52(32) 5x4 - 1x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 17 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
6 1 0 3 2 9 11 20

Best performances - Bowlers

MC Henriques
MC Henriques
O1
M0
R3
W2
Eco3
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
D Wiese
D Wiese
O2
M0
R20
W2
Eco10
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Sunrisers Hyderabad , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20

Match days

15 May 2015 - night match (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad 0

Commentator: Alagappan Muthu

Alright, we've gone way into overtime. But that finish might have been worth it. Thanks for sticking around for it. This is Alagappan Muthu finally saying goodnight

vamsi: "How long before F5 cricket kick starts?"

Virat Kohli is Man of the Match "I think these are the two most important points in the last two years. Hyderabad were the team that cost us before too. Sunrisers game out all guns blazing, it was a tough chase, but these are the games you play for. It was a mixed bag. One side of me said if it rained 15 more minutes we won't have a game. But another side of me says, I wanted to go out and fight it out. These are the moments you play for. It's a touch pill to swallow when AB and Chris fell chasing 13 an over, but you had to take a deep breadth and move on. I decided to play percentage shots, keep still and run hard. It's a big outfield. I clearly saw the compression in the foam, it will stay in my memory for a long time. I knew instantly that he stepped on it. I could see it from his body language. He's [Warner] a great fielder, but in pressure, the best can falter"

"Poor fielding on myself. Thought I had it, but didn't look behind me [at how close the rope was]. Two overs of powerplay and two world class players, the big man came out flying. We played a fantastic innings with the bat, but that's cricket. It's a misfortune that it rains, we got a great total but we were unable to defend it," says Warner, "Got to regroup and forget about this game. Just be switched on from the first ball against Mumbai"

Gayle's doing a slew of push ups in the middle of the pitch, with Harshal counting. Royal Challengers had the line up to get this chase down. Chris Gayle came out blazing, but he and AB de Villiers fell in two balls. From then on, it was down to Virat Kohli and he never lost sight of it. Some great shots, some brilliant intent.

Varun: "Did it remind of Lagaan to anyone else also ??"

Clint: "I'm sorry guys but this is not cricket. This is just guys swinging at a ball and hoping. Such T20 games should not be allowed if each side cannot face their allotted twenty overs. " --- But Kohli wasn't slogging. His shots were pretty much derivatives of the mannual, with great balance.

5.5
6
B Kumar to Kohli, SIX, RCB have won it! Warner has touched the rope while looking to tack a catch on the boundary! Kohli goes mad! He's played an immensely awesome final over. This ball though wasn't the best, it was length and he got under it. Lifts it high into the air, Warner tracks it well and takes the catch. He's celebrating, but as he backpeddles doing so, he trods on the turf

Praveen Kumar and David Warner are in a big discussion with the bowler...

5.4
4
B Kumar to Kohli, FOUR, this is sublime again! It was the bowler one-upping the batsman first, with a wide yorker as Kohli shaped for a lap sweep. But then he adjusts and slices it between point and third man. Such a clear mind, such terrific reactions
5.3
4
B Kumar to Kohli, FOUR, betters the yorker! He's standing so deep in his crease, he's preempting the yorker and imbues the strength of his forehand into the slide through point
5.2
W
B Kumar to Kohli, OUT, walks at the bowler, has a full toss, thumps it back towards long-on, but DK's bat intervenes. The ball is deflected to Bhuvi, who completes an easy run out. Kohli is livid as Karthik, who had raced down the pitch looking for runs, just keeps on going to the dressing room

KD Karthik run out 2 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100

5.1
1
B Kumar to Karthik, 1 run, it's a low full toss outside off, DK is forward and crouches to lap the ball over to long leg. Could have been two, but the captain disagrees. He wants it

13 off six... who's got the ball? Bhuvi it will be

END OF OVER:
5 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | RCB: 68/3 (14 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 13.60, RRR: 14.00)

  • Dinesh Karthik1 (1b)
  • Virat Kohli30 (15b)
  • Praveen Kumar1-0-10-1
  • Karn Sharma1-0-14-0
4.6
1
P Kumar to Karthik, 1 run, full on leg stump, whipped through the leg side for only a single

Kevin: "Another pressure chase and RCB has sent Karthik and Mandeep ahead of Wiese again. For a guy who has a Strike Rate of 159 surely he deserves a go."

A Landmark

2519

Runs scored by David Warner in the IPL, the second-most by any overseas batsman after Chris Gayle (3099).

Smoking Moises

259

Moises Henriques' strike rate (57 off 22), the highest by any Sunrisers batsman in an IPL game (min. 50 runs)

Finally!

205

Balls bowled by Mitchell Starc this IPL before conceding his first six (by Eoin Morgan)

True T20 Style

240

Strike rate during the Henriques-Warner partnership (103 off 43 balls), the second-highest for any 50+ 2nd-wicket partnership in IPL history.

Quick off the blocks

48

Balls in which Sunrisers got to 100, the second-fastest of this IPL after Super Kings (41 balls)

No Rub of the Green

4

Number of rain-affected matches that Royal Challengers Bangalore have now been part of this season.