- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.6 Kulkarni rattles the top of middle. Gayle races down the track and hunts for a big swipe. Dhawal marginally shortens his length. Gayle misses, Dhawal hits and exults. End of Gayle. End of Powerplay. 41/17.3 Two big wickets in four balls for Dhawal on day he was picked for Bangladesh tour. Kohli's attempted encore fails! This was on a length and just outside off, Kohli aims to turn it to midwicket, closes his bat face and chips it back to the bowler. Dhawal moves to his left and snaffles it 46/218.4 very full on middle, not quite a yorker, drilled down to long-on. Stuart Binny swoops down on the ball and lets rip a flat throw to Faulkner. The pair hare across for the second. AB dives but is caught short, Faulkner takes it on the half-volley and whipped the bails off. AB knew he was out, he started walking as soon as the stumps were disturbed. The batsmen cross over 159/319.3 holes out to long-off. Back of a length and outside off, skewed to Rahane for a simple catch. The bottom hand came off the bat, foiling DK's timing 177/4Extras12 (b 4, lb 3, w 5)TOTAL180/4 (20 Overs, RR: 9)Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Chris Gayle, 5.6 ov), 2-46 (Virat Kohli, 7.3 ov), 3-159 (AB de Villiers, 18.4 ov), 4-177 (Dinesh Karthik, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CH Morris 4 0 42 1 10.5 10 3 3 1 0 JP Faulkner 4 0 42 0 10.5 5 5 1 0 0 DS Kulkarni 4 0 28 2 7 13 2 2 0 0 SR Watson 4 0 32 0 8 8 3 0 4 0 Ankit Sharma 3 0 28 0 9.33 6 2 2 0 0 STR Binny 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0
20/05Result
Eliminator (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Pune, May 20 2015
Player of the Match
20/05Result
Eliminator (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Pune, May 20 2015
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.6 Rahane gone now, he perishes to scoreboard pressure. RR continue to fade away. Flat around off, Rahane sinks to one knee, goes for a slog sweep and top-edges it to AB at deep midwicket 87/51.6 Watson has nicked off! DK and Gayle go up straightaway.. The forefinger goes up slowly. This was on a good length and angling away outside off, Watson chases it and can only edge it to the keeper, who moves to his right and snaps it up. Kohli is pumped, super-pumped.. 14/14.5 Harshal Patel strikes! The short ball works. This was banged in and climbs alarmingly on the stumps, Samson perhaps was caught in two minds whether to play at it or sway his upper body out of the way. He can't get out of the tangle and ends up faint-edging it to DK 33/28.1 AB takes it at sweeper cover! Smith has to depart. Pitched up, outside off and cuts away, Smith nips down the track, but does not connect well with the lofted strike. Slices it into the hands of AB for a dolly. He reverse-cups his hands around it 55/312.1 caught behind! Simple catch for DK. On a length and zipping through outside off with some extra pace. Karun perhaps looked for the cut with his feet paralysed to the crease, only feeds an outside edge to the keeper, who throws the ball up in the air and celebrates 79/416.5 another nail rammed in the RR coffin. Wiese bangs it short and outside off, Hooda is in no position to pull, mis-times it, hit high on the bat for a simple catch at deep square leg 99/914.4 Aravind claims a catch, appeals. He is celebrating.. They go to the TV umpire. Legal ball. This was a low full toss, dips in on off. Faulkner shuffles across, aims to slog, gets an inside edge onto the front boot and lobs it back to Aravind. Smart return catch after stretching to his left. RR slide to 92 for 6 92/614.5 Binny gone for a golden duck. This was on a back of a length, he skips out and misses the flick, the ball dribbles towards backward point. Binny rushes off in pursuit of a quick single. But is sent back. Its all too late and he is caught short. Good work from Chahal 92/715.6 Morris bags a duck, picks out Chahal at mid-off. Full and on middle, Morris backs away and slices it straight down the throat of Chahal 95/818.6 bowled'im. RCB advance to Qualifier 2. They set up CSK Ranchi date for a place in the final. Chahal slips in the googly, Kulkarni fails to pick it after making room, he drives and doesn't connect. Chahal hits middle and off. 109/10Extras3 (w 3)TOTAL109 all out (19 Overs, RR: 5.73)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Shane Watson, 1.6 ov), 2-33 (Sanju Samson, 4.5 ov), 3-55 (Steven Smith, 8.1 ov), 4-79 (Karun Nair, 12.1 ov), 5-87 (Ajinkya Rahane, 13.6 ov), 6-92 (James Faulkner, 14.4 ov), 7-92 (Stuart Binny, 14.5 ov), 8-95 (Chris Morris, 15.6 ov), 9-99 (Deepak Hooda, 16.5 ov), 10-109 (Dhawal Kulkarni, 18.6 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Royal Challengers Bangalore , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Royal Challengers Bangalore advanced
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
20 May 2015 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 1 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 6
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 10
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (AB de Villiers 22, Mandeep Singh 28, Ex 4)
- AB de Villiers: 50 off 34 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 61 balls (AB de Villiers 54, Mandeep Singh 41, Ex 5)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 17.5 overs (107 balls), Extras 11
- Mandeep Singh: 50 off 32 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 180/4 in 20.0 overs (Mandeep Singh 54, SN Khan 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 2 wickets)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (42 balls), Extras 0
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 16.6 overs (102 balls), Extras 2
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