20/05Result
Eliminator (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Pune, May 20 2015
RCB won by 71 runs
Player of the Match
AB de Villiers
AB de VilliersRoyal Challengers Bengaluru
20/05Result
Eliminator (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Pune, May 20 2015
RCB won by 71 runs
Player of the Match
AB de Villiers
AB de VilliersRoyal Challengers Bengaluru

Best performances - Batsmen

AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers
66(38) 4x4 - 4x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 15 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
11 6 0 2 14 4 12 17
Mandeep Singh
Mandeep Singh
54(34) 7x4 - 2x6
Control %65%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 12 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
10 6 1 6 6 7 4 14

Best performances - Bowlers

HV Patel
HV Patel
O3
M0
R15
W2
Eco5
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
S Aravind
O4
M0
R20
W2
Eco5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Partnerships

Royal Challengers Bangalore - Innings

41
CH Gayle27 (26)
V Kohli8 (10)
5
AB de Villiers1 (1)
V Kohli4 (8)
113
AB de Villiers65 (37)
Mandeep Singh43 (30)
18
KD Karthik8 (3)
Mandeep Singh10 (2)
3*
Mandeep Singh1 (2)
SN Khan1 (1)

Rajasthan Royals - Innings

14
SR Watson10 (5)
AM Rahane4 (7)
19
AM Rahane14 (9)
SV Samson5 (8)
22
SPD Smith12 (13)
AM Rahane10 (7)
24
AM Rahane11 (11)
KK Nair12 (13)
8
AM Rahane3 (5)
DJ Hooda5 (6)
5
JP Faulkner4 (4)
DJ Hooda0 (0)
0
STR Binny0 (1)
DJ Hooda0 (0)
3
CH Morris0 (3)
DJ Hooda3 (4)
4
Ankit Sharma1 (1)
DJ Hooda3 (4)
10
DS Kulkarni3 (9)
Ankit Sharma6 (4)

Manhattan

Run rate graph

Worm

Match Coverage

All Match News

  • 'De Villiers has helped my batting' - Mandeep

    RCB batsman Mandeep Singh credited his improved performance in recent matches to AB de Villiers' help with technical aspects of batting

  • Gayle's gamble and Dhawal's double

    Plays of the day from the IPL Eliminator between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Pune

  • De Villiers, Mandeep fifties crush Royals

    Royal Challengers Bangalore set up a clash with Chennai Super Kings for a place in the final as they sent Rajasthan Royals out of the tournament with a commanding performance

  • Royals get Mandeep-sixed in Pune

    Royal Challengers Bangalore had two of their three big guns out cheaply but Mandeep Singh took charge of the innings to set up AB de Villiers late surge, part of five key moments from Wednesday's IPL Eliminator in Pune

No return on investment

11.3

Dinesh Karthik's average this IPL - the lowest for any top-order batsman (Nos. 1 to 7) in any IPL season (min. 10 inns)

A two-man club

2

Number of batsmen who have scored 500+ runs in this IPL - David Warner and AB de Villiers

A ton of sixes

5

Number of foreign batsmen who have hit 100+ sixes in the IPL - AB de Villiers is the fifth

An unwanted low

60

Runs scored by RCB in the first 10 overs, their joint-lowest this season

Even-Stevens

7-7

Head-to-head between Rajasthan and Bangalore in the IPL. Bangalore have lost 3 of the last 4 games

Awesome Twosome

2314

Partnership runs between Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli, the most by any pair in T20 history