- BATSMENRB4s6sSR8.4 the bowling change works! Pitches probably an inch or two outside leg (at least according to the tramline), drifts away and catches him on the pad in front of the offstump, Taufel is happy with the appeal 69/26.6 Bangalore have got the valuable breakthrough! Hayden tries to mow him across the line again but Vinay takes the pace off the ball, he doesn't get the desired elevation and Pandey takes it comfortably at deep midwicket 61/117.2 well-judged catch by Vinay! Dhoni charges down the pitch on seeing the flight and nearly succeeds in going downtown but Vinay watches it closely at long-on, falls backwards just inches from the rope 125/414.1 and another bowling change works! Praveen Kumar very cleverly bowls the slow leg cutter and Raina, who chips down the pitch, miscues the loft and the ball is chipped in the air, Boucher snaps it easily 104/319.2 just pitches it up a bit outside off and Oram reaches out and tries to scoop it over third man but the ball lands in Uthappa's palms just in front of the rope, Uthappa makes a gesture to the crowd with his arms stretched 140/5Extras6 (lb 3, w 3)TOTAL146/5 (20 Overs, RR: 7.3)Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Matthew Hayden, 6.6 ov), 2-69 (Parthiv Patel, 8.4 ov), 3-104 (Suresh Raina, 14.1 ov), 4-125 (MS Dhoni, 17.2 ov), 5-140 (Jacob Oram, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB P Kumar 4 0 26 1 6.5 10 2 1 0 0 JH Kallis 4 0 26 1 6.5 12 4 0 1 0 R Vinay Kumar 4 0 38 2 9.5 9 4 2 0 0 A Kumble 4 0 30 0 7.5 6 1 1 0 0 RE van der Merwe 4 0 23 1 5.75 6 0 0 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.4 Kallis doesn't look very thrilled as he trudges back, the ball holds its line outside off and kallis shapes to play an off drive, there's a thin nick and both the bowler and keeper are confident, Kallis didn't look back, the stump cam picked up a nick 17/112.3 the arm ball foxes him! Very slow through the air and Pandey goes for the slog way too early and loses his leg stump which lands a yard back 94/32.5 what a comeback and the legstump goes for a spin! van der Merwe exposes his stumps and Morkel fires a yorker on the stumps, the batsman fails to squeeze it out and watches the stump disappear, and Murali is the most relieved of the lot 22/215.1 Is there a twist here? Murali lands it on middle and leg from round the wicket and the ball straightens, Dravid shapes to sweep but he's caught on the base of the pad, Taufel raises the finger, Hawkeye shows it hitting the middle stump 110/4Extras5 (lb 3, nb 2)TOTAL149/4 (18.5 Overs, RR: 7.91)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Jacques Kallis, 1.4 ov), 2-22 (Roelof van der Merwe, 2.5 ov), 3-94 (Manish Pandey, 12.3 ov), 4-110 (Rahul Dravid, 15.1 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Royal Challengers Bangalore , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Royal Challengers Bangalore advanced
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
23 May 2009 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 0 wicket)
- Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (PA Patel 32, ML Hayden 17, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Chennai Super Kings - 74/2 in 10.0 overs (MS Dhoni 8, SK Raina 3)
- Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings - 146/5 in 20.0 overs (JA Morkel 20, S Badrinath 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 59 runs, 2 wickets)
- Bangalore Royal Challengers: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (32 balls), Extras 1
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (MK Pandey 30, R Dravid 21, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Bangalore Royal Challengers - 82/2 in 10.0 overs (MK Pandey 43, R Dravid 26)
- Parthiv Patel kept for MS Dhoni from the first ball of the Royal Challengers innings
- Bangalore Royal Challengers: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (84 balls), Extras 3
Match Coverage
All Match News'One more win will be nice' - Kumble
Royal Challengers Bangalore reached the final on the back of a five-game winning streak, and captain Anil Kumble has asked for one more victory to cap their resurgence
The perfect tango
A rapidly maturing Pandey plus a relaxed Dravid equals a near-perfect chase
Efficient Bangalore outplay Chennai
Manish Pandey followed up his century with a 35-ball 48 to ensure Royal Challengers Bangalore chased a below-par target with ease to reach the final




