2122dThe Report by Kanishkaa Balachandran

Over to Sunrisers after RCB win

It was worth the wait for the thousands who braved the rain at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, as Royal Challengers Bangalore kept their playoff hopes alive by batting Chennai Super Kings out of the game, reduced to eight overs-a-side

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

V Kohli
V Kohli
56(29) 6x4 - 4x6
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 22 runs
  • 3x4 - 1x6
5 0 1 0 6 18 18 8
M Vijay
M Vijay
32(19) 2x4 - 2x6
  • Productive Shot
  • pull/hook on back foot
  • 14 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
0 0 12 0 2 0 8 10

Best performances - Bowlers

Z Khan
O2
M0
R17
W4
Eco8.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
R Vinay Kumar
R Vinay Kumar
O1
M0
R10
W1
Eco10.00
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Match Details

Toss

Chennai Super Kings , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.25, Interval 21.25-21.45, Second Session 21.45-23.05

Match days

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

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Chennai Super Kings 0

Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Sidharth Monga

END OF OVER:
8 | 14 Runs 2 Wkts | CSK: 82/6 (26 runs required, RR: 10.25)

  • S Badrinath0 (0b)
  • Zaheer Khan2-0-17-4
  • Ravi Rampaul2-0-20-1

That's all we have for tonight. Bye

Quotes from presentation
"It was tough target," says MS Dhoni. "Their bowlers bowled really well after Virat and Gayle gave them a lot of runs to defend. Good sporting wicket. You have to at your best in the playoffs. We want to win the first game. Our middle order has got a decent run, our bowlers have had decent outing. No reason we can't do well."

"As I said in the beginning, just pleased to go and get a game" says Virat Kohli, who is also the Man of the Match. "This puts serious pressure on Sunrisers. Obviously the crowd enjoyed it too. Thanks for your support. We told ourselves, aim for 80 and we will get 20 more. Chris and I gave us four-five balls each before hitting. The way Zak bowled it is great to have him back. I'll personally call Gautam tomorrow morning and ask him to go out and win the game for us."

RCB go on a lap of honour to thanks the Chinnaswamy crowd

RCB stay alive. It's down to Sunrisers now, who play KKR tomorrow. It's open to debate if T20 is cricket, but this certainly wasn't (don't me go deeper into it). However, the constraints for both teams were similar, so well done RCB

7.6
W
Khan to Jadeja, OUT, four wickets for Zaheer. Pulled back hard at Zaheer who catches and sends the ball into the night sky

RA Jadeja c & b Khan 7 (4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 175.00

7.5
4
Khan to Jadeja, FOUR, chipped over mid-off for four
7.4
W
Khan to Dhoni, OUT, bouncer, top-edged to deep square leg. This is the sixth time Dhoni has been dismissed by Zaheer in IPL

MS Dhoni c Unadkat b Khan 24 (10b 2x4 2x6) SR: 240.00

7.3
0
Khan to Dhoni, no run, length ball, angling in, beats Dhoni's flick

Round the wicket

7.2
6
Khan to Dhoni, SIX, flicked for six. Low full toss again. Sent way over midwicket
7.1
4
Khan to Dhoni, FOUR, low full toss, goes off the inside half of the bat past short fine leg

RCB have won this game. Formalities remain.

CSK 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st11MEK HusseyM Vijay
2nd0SK RainaM Vijay
3rd18DJ BravoM Vijay
4th27MS DhoniM Vijay
5th22MS DhoniRA Jadeja
6th4S BadrinathRA Jadeja