Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
PA Patel
30(26) 2x4 - 1x6
- Productive Shot
- pull/hook on back foot
- 8 runs
- 0x4 - 1x6
20/04Result
5th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Gqeberha, Apr 20 2009
Player of the Match
20/04Result
5th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Gqeberha, Apr 20 2009
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
Chennai Super Kings , 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
20 April 2009 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Chennai Super Kings 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0
Scorecard Summary
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS 179/5 (20 OVERS)
- Matthew Hayden65 (35)
- Parthiv Patel30 (26)
- Kevin Pietersen1/14 (3)
- Praveen Kumar2/37 (4)
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE 87 (15.2 OVERS)
- Robin Uthappa20 (19)
- Jacques Kallis24 (19)
- Lakshmipathy Balaji2/18 (2.2)
- Muthiah Muralidaran3/11 (4)
KP: "We didn't turn up, did we? May as well have stayed back in Cape Town, and given them two points." Good to see he can laugh about it.
Murali gets Man-of-the-Match award, and Sivamani, the drummer, who has somehow made his way to presentation area, plays a metal drum roll, as Murali approaches. "Haydos deserves the Man-of-the-Match award," Murali says. "If the pitches turn like this, I will enjoy the tournament." Last words should belong to him, thanks for logging in.
**
So the orange cap stays where it was at the break - Hayden's head. Hayden took it from Dravid via an authoritative 65. Although Bangalore came back from Hayden's blasting knock, enough damage was done by then, especially given the way Flintoff and Murali bowled. Chennai, finalists from last season, are on the board, and Bangalore have had two batting failures in a row. But with Bangalore being denied a two-out-of-two record, it spells a more even table.
15.2
W
Balaji to Dravid, OUT, it's all over tonight for Bangalore. It was another leg-side half-volley, Dravid looks for a six over square leg, but picks Flintoff perfectly
R Dravid c Flintoff b Balaji 20 (35m 18b 2x4 0x6) SR: 111.11
15.1
2
Balaji to Dravid, 2 runs, slower ball, down the leg, and Dravid misses out again, trying to hit too hard, the fine leg is up, but can't get the placement right
END OF OVER:15 | 7 Runs | RCB: 85/9 (95 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 5.66, RRR: 19.00)
- Rahul Dravid18 (16b)
- Anil Kumble1 (5b)
- Andrew Flintoff3-0-11-1
- Muthiah Muralidaran4-1-11-3
14.6
1
Flintoff to Dravid, 1 run, slower ball, Dravid waits fpor it, and cuts it straight to Badri at point, but runs a run anyway. Had Badri hit direct, Dravid was a goner by a long way
14.5
1
Flintoff to Kumble, 1 run, full, just outside off, and Kumble opens the face for a single
14.4
0
Flintoff to Kumble, no run, short, in Kumble's face, who drops his wrists, and the ball at his feet, and wants to get off strike, but Freddie is too alert
14.3
1
Flintoff to Dravid, 1 run, full, just short of a yorker, and blasted away towards mid-on, where a misfield from Joginder results in a single
Match Coverage
All Match NewsPietersen warned for dissent
Bangalore Royal Challengers captain Kevin Pietersen got away with just a warning after expressing his disappointment at being adjudged lbw to Muttiah Muralitharan by umpire Simon Taufel
Disappointment on the collision course
As with the Kolkata captaincy issue, the showdown between England's two big beasts, Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen, did not quite live up to its billing
