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

Match Day

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De Villiers heroics puts Bangalore in final

AB de Villiers' unbeaten 79 off 47 balls ensured that Bangalore overcame a top-order collapse and chased down 159 in ten balls to spare, against Gujarat, and enter the finals of the Indian T20 Le

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How can Lions stop Kohli and de Villiers?

Having conceded 248 the last time they played Royal Challengers Bangalore in their backyard, Gujarat Lions will need a new bowling plan to counter their two best batsmen

Preview

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.