24/05Result
Qualifier 1 (N), Indian Premier League at Bengaluru, May 24 2016
RCB won by 4 wkts (10b rem)
Player of the Match
AB de Villiers
AB de VilliersRoyal Challengers Bengaluru
24/05Result
Qualifier 1 (N), Indian Premier League at Bengaluru, May 24 2016
RCB won by 4 wkts (10b rem)
Player of the Match
AB de Villiers
AB de VilliersRoyal Challengers Bengaluru

11.23pm AB is mobbed by his team-mates. Sarfraz and Chahal jump onto him and the helmet gets knocked back. Wild celebrations in the RCB camp. What an innings this has been from AB on this slow un-Chinnaswamy track. Kohli and Gayle embrace each other.

Dhawal Kulkarni cut through the top order on the helpful track with four wickets, but AB provided the spine of the chase, and then muscle, with a helping hand from Abdulla.

The RCB top order experienced failure probably for the first time this season. But AB stepped up and how! From 5 for 29 and then 6 for 68, RCB knocked off 159. The unbroken 91-run stand between AB and Abdulla is the second highest for the seventh wicket in IPL.

Suresh Raina: AB batted really well. We bowled well upfront. We bowled well in the middle It is a small ground and we did not get wickets in the in-between overs. Smithy and Dwivedi batted well. 160 was defendable. Dr Smith made crucial runs.

Virat Kohli: I don't believe that I am standing here as the winning captain. That ends the debate who is the best. I bow down to the big man [AB]. Come the big game, AB stands up. One of the best knock under pressure. Really happy for him. We have played good cricket coming into the playoffs. Today, the top order did not do well. I could see the opposition was worried about AB. Credit to Abdulla as well. Terrific composure from the young guy. The ball stopped early but eased in the second innings. It couldn't be a better scripted story for us: playoffs in Bangalore and final in Bangalore. This one is for the people of Bangalore.

Chants of "AB AB AB," ring around the Chinnaswamy.

AB de Villiers, Man of the Match: I was very, very nervous to be honest. I know if I was at the end, we would be close. The one boundary just cleared the fielder [Finch] and I saw the ball well from then. I attacked Dwayne Smith; Virat said the weather was bad. This crowd is the loudest I have heard in my life... We went down in the first half of the tournament, but we have turned it around.

Sushil: "Well all the focus on ABD but what an supporting innings from Abdulla. Also excellent bowling by Dhawal."

Davinder: "Raina did mistake by bowling out Kulkarni and Jadeja early"

Tejas Shah: "For me the players of the game Abdulla and Binny..they stopped the slide..when wickets were falling like house of cards.."

lohith: "Well doneRrrrrrrCcccccccBbbbbbbb#Playbold!!!!!

Cracking match. Thanks for tuning in. Who will join RCB in the final? Lions again? KKR or SRH? That is all we have for you from this match. Goodnight

18.2
2
Kumar to Iqbal Abdulla, 2 runs, low full toss on off, flicked away to wide long-on. RCB book their spot in the final. The RCB players charge onto the field

RCB players line up by the edge of the boundary

18.1
1
Kumar to de Villiers, 1 run, pretty full on off, jabbed to long-on

END OF OVER:
18 | 18 Runs | RCB: 156/6 (3 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.66, RRR: 1.50)

  • Iqbal Abdulla31 (24b)
  • AB de Villiers78 (46b)
  • Dwayne Bravo3-0-26-0
  • Praveen Kumar3-0-29-0
17.6
4
Bravo to Iqbal Abdulla, FOUR, half-volley on the pads, flicked away behind square. Proper shot after a couple of miscued fours
17.5
4
Bravo to Iqbal Abdulla, FOUR, Abdulla steps out, this is a short ball on middle, Abdulla slashes and sends an outside edge, fine on the off side now
17.4
4
Bravo to Iqbal Abdulla, FOUR, slower short ball on the leg stump, Abdulla shapes to pull. Flaps it fine on the leg side, the ball rolls into the RCB dug out
17.3
1
Bravo to de Villiers, 1 run, full and on the pads, picked away to deep square leg
17.3
1w
Bravo to de Villiers, 1 wide, big dipper from Bravo, AB walks across, slogs and misses. Off the foot and to the keeper. Wided. Bravo is furious
17.2
0
Bravo to de Villiers, no run, DK and Bravo go up in unison. Slower ball full and outside off, AB slashes and is beaten. No nick there
17.1
4lb
Bravo to de Villiers, 4 leg byes, quick back of a length ball outside off - 133ks, AB reverses his hands and aims for a scoop. Off the thigh and rolls away past DK for 4 leg byes

DJ Bravo is back

END OF OVER:
17 | 12 Runs | RCB: 138/6 (21 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.11, RRR: 7.00)

  • AB de Villiers77 (43b)
  • Iqbal Abdulla19 (21b)
  • Praveen Kumar3-0-29-0
  • Shadab Jakati3-0-45-0
16.6
1
Kumar to de Villiers, 1 run, low full toss outside off, AB can't get under it. He drags it to wide long-on
16.5
4
Kumar to de Villiers, FOUR, PK pushes it full on the leg stump/just outside leg, quick ball. Whoa! AB manipulates it. Reverse sweeps it past backward point, beats short third man as well. Precise placement. AB is a phenom
16.4
0
Kumar to de Villiers, no run, PK replies with a middle-stump yorker, dug out
16.3
6
Kumar to de Villiers, SIX, length ball on off, AB sizes it up, and slugs it high over midwicket. He timed the pants off that
16.2
0
Kumar to de Villiers, no run, slower and outside off, 103ks, AB shuffles across and is early into the slog. Cue-ends it square on the off side
16.1
1lb
Kumar to Iqbal Abdulla, 1 leg bye, 98ks slower ball from round the wicket. Abdulla waits and dabs to midwicket

Praveen

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AB-dullah

91*

Runs added by AB de Villiers and Iqbal Abdullah for the 7th wicket - second-highest in IPL. Highest is 100 between Harbhajan and Suchith, MI v KXIP, 2015.

Top bowling effort

1

No. of bowlers to take more wkts in Powerplay than Kulkarni's 4 in IPL. Ishant took 5 vs KTK in 2011. Others with 4: Akhter v DD 2008 and Chandila v PWI 2012

Breakthrough bowler

14

No. of wkts by Dhawal Kulkarni in the Powerplays in this IPL - most by a bowler. No other bowler has taken more than 10 wkts in this phase. Bhuvneshwar has 9.

Run machine halted

51

No. of innings played by Kohli between his last T20 duck and today's match. His last duck was vs KXIP in 2014 IPL>

Watto performance

1

No. of better figures for Watson in T20s, than his 4 for 29 in this match. He had taken 4 for 11 in a T20I vs Eng in 2010-11. Out of 29 runs, 21 came in his final over.

Saviour smith

182.50

Dwayne Smith's strike rate in his knock of 73 at No. 5. Gujarat's top four batsmen scored at a strike rate of 65.30 - 32 runs off 49 balls.

Some recovery

72

Previous highest 4th wkt stand after losing 3rd wkt for <10 runs in IPL, by D Smith and Rohit for DC vs CSK, 2009. D Smith & Karthik have added more than that today.

Second lowest

1

No. of lower Powerplay totals against RCB than the 23 runs by Gujarat Lions in this match. Rajasthan Royals had scored just 14 against them in 2009 IPL.

Bowling feat

0

No. of times RCB took first 3 wickets under 10 runs, before this match. Best effort was 14 runs twice - vs RR 2009 and vs DC 2010.

Openers fail

5

Runs scored by both the Gujarat openers combined in this match - lowest for them in this IPL. 2 matches ago they had aggregated 6 runs vs KKR in Kanpur.

Only chasing

0

No. of times the teams have elected to bat first in the 8 matches at Chinnaswamy in this IPL, including today. Win-loss record of 4-3 for toss winning teams.

Trouble batting first

1

No. of matches won by Gujarat when they batted first 4 times in the league stage; 8 wins in 10 matches while chasing. RCB have put Lions to bat first in this qualifier.