2543dThe Report by Sidharth Monga

Kohli, Unadkat help RCB keep pace

Royal Challengers moved to 16 points from 13 matches, staying in touch with the other three contenders for three open spots in the playoffs

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

V Kohli
V Kohli
99(58) 10x4 - 4x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 29 runs
  • 3x4 - 1x6
8 0 2 2 18 16 23 30
UBT Chand
41(35) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %69%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull/hook on back foot
  • 10 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
4 4 2 5 5 6 5 10

Best performances - Bowlers

JD Unadkat
JD Unadkat
O4
M0
R25
W5
Eco6.25
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
MC Henriques
MC Henriques
O2
M0
R21
W1
Eco10.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Delhi Daredevils , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00

Match days

10 May 2013 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Match Referee

Points

Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Delhi Daredevils 0

Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Suneer Chowdhary

END OF OVER:
20 | 14 Runs 1 Wkt | DC: 179/7 (5 runs required, RR: 8.95)

  • Umesh Yadav4 (1b)
  • Irfan Pathan23 (11b)
  • Jaydev Unadkat4-0-25-5
  • Ravi Rampaul4-0-35-0

Good to watch an exciting game after a couple of one-sided ones yesterday, unfortunately for the hosts, they did not get over the line. Bangalore will be breathing just that little bit easier but the fight for the top four spots isn't over by any means given that Hyderabad has a game in hand. That's it then from me for tonight, hope you have a good time ahead! Ciao, good night!

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Presentation

David Warner: Disappointed to lose today. Credit to the way Bangalore batted. (About Morkel's wicket of Kohli off no-ball) - that's cricket. Different from captaining for the Sixers in terms of the crowds. Always a packed house, which is a good thing.

Virat Kohli: I love playing in my home ground, wonderful to play in front of my home crowd. I thought I was gone, when I saw that no-ball. The first boundary got me going. Nervous when the last over was going on, the way it has gone last few games. My beard's greying already!

Jaidev Unadkat is the man of the match: Happy with the outcome, happy to be given the last over.

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That got really close for Bangalore in the end, they would have thought it was all sewn up when Rohrer left but they kept chipping away with the some good strokes before the last assault on Rampaul left the side needing 19 in the last over. They got 14 of them.

20 for Chennai, 18 for Rajasthan and Bangalore move up to 16 alongside Mumbai. Hyderabad on 14 (with a game in hand) and Punjab on 10 are the other contenders. Interesting few games ahead then.

SriniDasari: "I remember Kapil Dev once said that getting 5 wkts is tough as scoring a hundred. Now interesting to see who will be the MoM...Kohli for 99 with 2 lives or Unadkat who took 5 crucial wickets. I am partial to bowlers though."

Sachin: "As a DD fan, I missed RP Singh badly today.."

Chris in Taunton: "Had to be a win for RCB. To get 99 run out AND lose would be a bit much!" And a five-wicket haul too.

Milan timilsina : "they send the warner in 2 man down who is opening batsman and send the jayawerdena in opening who is specialist in one man down. Warner is dangerous opening batsman soo don"t send him after two man down ..hope we can see warner and shewag as a opening for DD"

19.6
4
Unadkat to Yadav, FOUR, slower one and he's been banged back for a four through long-on which means that a fighting Delhi have lost by only four runs
19.5
W
Unadkat to Morkel, OUT, aww, game over, Unadkat bowls a yorker that Morne misses, it's as perfect a ball that you can ball in situation, he was swinging it there and is bowled

M Morkel b Unadkat 19 (17m 10b 3x4 0x6) SR: 190.00

Nine off the two.

19.4
1
Unadkat to Pathan, 1 run, fuller outside the off stump and all he can do is to dig it out and play it away to the deep covers for a single

10 off 3. He had figures of 4/11 in 3 overs and now conceded nine from three balls.

19.3
4
Unadkat to Pathan, FOUR, over the stumps, full-toss and that's been carved to the fine-leg for a four, the fielder was up inside the circle and was able to find the gap!

14 from 4.

19.2
1
Unadkat to Morkel, 1 run, full-toss and that's drilled straight down to Kohli at long-on, single brings IP back on strike

Three good shots in three balls have changed it around.

19.1
4
Unadkat to Morkel, FOUR, fuller and that's banged it down to straight boundary for a four! we have a match on!

19 off six. Unadkat's back on. 4/11 for the bowler.

Daredevils 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st25DPMD JayawardeneV Sehwag
2nd24V SehwagUBT Chand
3rd11DA WarnerUBT Chand
4th58BJ RohrerUBT Chand
5th11KM JadhavUBT Chand
6th2IK PathanKM Jadhav
7th44IK PathanM Morkel
8th4IK PathanUT Yadav