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2654dThe Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Gilchrist and Rohit shine in win

It seemed the IPL had finally found its Twenty20 soul, with two batsmen combining to score - for the first time in this tournament - at a frenetic pace throughout the innings. But chasing a huge Deccan Chargers total, a limp show from Bangalore Royal Chal

2654dVictor Brown

Gilchrist lends weight to opening statements

The wisdom ahead of this tournament as experts tried to compare and contrast Indian conditions with those in South Africa was that the new ball was going to be crucial. It has indeed been crucial, but just not in the way people expected

RCB INNINGS		R	B
JD Ryder	bowled	0	1
RV Uthappa	caught	12	19
JH Kallis	caught	15	14
KP Pietersen	stumped	11	15
R Dravid	caught	48	27
V Kohli	caught	50	32
R Bishnoi	run out	1	2
KV Sharma	caught wk	1	3
P Kumar	not out	14	6
A Kumble	not out	1	1
DW Steyn
EXTRAS	(lb 1, w 6)
TOTAL	160 (8 wkts; 20 ovs)

Chargers BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
FH Edwards	4.0	39	1	9.75	(1w)
RP Singh	4.0	17	2	4.25
Harmeet Singh	4.0	44	0	11	(4w)
PP Ojha	4.0	27	1	6.75
SB Styris	4.0	32	3	8	(1w)

RCB 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	RV Uthappa	JD Ryder
2nd	19	JH Kallis	RV Uthappa
3rd	19	KP Pietersen	RV Uthappa
4th	24	R Dravid	KP Pietersen
5th	53	R Dravid	V Kohli
6th	8	R Bishnoi	V Kohli
7th	11	KV Sharma	V Kohli
8th	24	P Kumar	V Kohli
9th	2	A Kumble	P Kumar

Indian Premier League

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
DC	14	10	4	20	0.311
CSK	14	8	5	17	0.951
RCB	14	8	6	16	-0.191
DCH	14	7	7	14	0.203
PBKS	14	7	7	14	-0.483
RR	14	6	7	13	-0.352
MI	14	5	8	11	0.297
KKR	14	3	10	7	-0.789