- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.4 lovely from Thampi. Showed incredible skill to nail his yorkers in the last game conistently and repeats this time. Pings him in front of the stumps as he looks to flick this into the leg side. It caught him on the toes and Gayle is a little unhappy to be given out. Slight chance that could've slid down leg 122/115.5 holes out to deep midwicket. He bowls a slower ball at off stump. It's at a good length and might have disappeared with a slog on another pitch. But here he has to make all the pace and he can't do it enough. Finds Smith at the boundary line 159/2Extras4 (lb 1, w 3)TOTAL213/2 (20 Overs, RR: 10.65)Fall of wickets: 1-122 (Chris Gayle, 12.4 ov), 2-159 (Virat Kohli, 15.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DS Kulkarni 4 0 37 1 9.25 8 6 0 1 0 Basil Thampi 4 0 31 1 7.75 11 3 1 0 0 AJ Tye 4 0 34 0 8.5 9 4 1 0 0 RA Jadeja 4 0 57 0 14.25 4 6 3 0 0 S Kaushik 3 0 36 0 12 4 0 4 1 0 DR Smith 1 0 17 0 17 0 0 2 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 and Chahal strikes. Kohli's move is vindicated. Lions in big, big trouble. A flat delivery on the pads, nothing much about it. But Smith struggles to get his bat through the line of the ball. It comes down at an angle and the ball takes the leading edge. Flies all the way to deep square leg. Six at the M Chinnaswamy, I'd say. 1/114.4 huge wicket. Is that the match? Didn't mind tossing it up. Very slow through the air on leg and middle, McCullum gets under it but doesn't get enough power or timing behind it. Gets more elevation than distance. Milne takes a simple reverse-cupped catch at deep midwicket. End of a lovely innings from Baz. Chahal's control is impressive 137/53.6 and the worst ball of the day accounts for Raina. Bad luck. Actually, that is pretty well bowled. He sees Raina coming so bowls a legbreak down leg. Once he's out of his crease, Raina has to play a stroke. He attempts a sweep but the ball goes straight to Watson at short fine leg. Raina's cameo ends. Gujarat just have to keep going. 37/29.4 superbly bowled. Finch is done in. Slow through the air on off and middle, Finch is drawn in by that full length. It dips late so Finch isn't close to the pitch as he looks to drive. The ball spins, beats the bat and settled in Jadhav's gloves who does the rest. A left-arm spinner's dream dismissal 103/310.6 and gone! Big big big wicket. A few dot balls creates that kind of pressure. A cross seam delivery outside off, Karthik chooses timing over power, correctly. But doesn't time it well. Goes straight to Kohli at long-on. On short boundaries, if you can hit it hard and mis-time it, the ball can still clear the boundary. But Karthik rarely depends on muscle. Deserved wicket for Aravind 106/417.4 a mix-up and Jadeja is run-out. Full and straight, pushed to long-on. Jadeja was on the back foot, Kishan was always coming back for the second. Jadeja puts his hand out but Kishan keeps coming. Jadeja was ball-watching. Negi picks up and does the basics well. Kishan made the crease at the bowler's end before jadeja came back 165/619.4 taken. Chahal takes the catch. Good length delivery outside off, Kishan is through his pull, the ball skews off the outside half and settles in Chahal's catch at cover. A quality fight from Kishan though 191/7Extras8 (lb 2, w 6)TOTAL192/7 (20 Overs, RR: 9.6)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Dwayne Smith, 1.2 ov), 2-37 (Suresh Raina, 3.6 ov), 3-103 (Aaron Finch, 9.4 ov), 4-106 (Dinesh Karthik, 10.6 ov), 5-137 (Brendon McCullum, 14.4 ov), 6-165 (Ravindra Jadeja, 17.4 ov), 7-191 (Ishan Kishan, 19.4 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Gujarat Lions , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20
Match days
18 April 2017 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Gujarat Lions 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 0 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (CH Gayle 24, V Kohli 30, Ex 0)
- CH Gayle: 50 off 23 balls (3 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 10.3 overs (63 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 63 balls (CH Gayle 60, V Kohli 39, Ex 1)
- V Kohli: 50 off 43 balls (7 x 4)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 4
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 200 runs in 19.3 overs (117 balls), Extras 4
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 23 balls (TM Head 16, KM Jadhav 34, Ex 0)
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 213/2 in 20.0 overs (TM Head 30, KM Jadhav 38)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 2 wickets)
- Gujarat Lions: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 1
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (BB McCullum 33, AJ Finch 15, Ex 4)
- Gujarat Lions: 100 runs in 9.2 overs (56 balls), Extras 7
- BB McCullum: 50 off 30 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Gujarat Lions: 150 runs in 16.5 overs (101 balls), Extras 7
Match Coverage
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Saved by the hat, won with the bat
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A giant in the T20 format
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