- BATSMENRB4s6sSR11.3 the scoop goes wrong for McCullum. He moved a long way outside off, got down on his knees and tried to scoop the ball over the keeper. He had no pace to work with and lobbed a catch to short third man 93/28.6 caught! Laxman connects with the slog-sweep but hits it flat and in the air straight to the fielder at deep midwicket. Pujara barely had to move and took the catch easily 80/115.1 Mahela charges, and isn't to the pitch of the ball. He's beaten in the flight and then has a swing that connects with nothing. de Villiers whips off the bails with the batsman a long way out of his crease 124/317.6 Hodge charged, and then ended up yorking himself. He tried to dig the ball out on the off but missed. Zaheer uprooted leg stump. 147/418.4 Gomez lasts one ball. He tried to pull but Nannes was too quick for him. The short ball hurried on to him and the mis-hit lobbed in the air to Tiwary at midwicket 152/5Extras11 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL161/5 (20 Overs, RR: 8.05)Fall of wickets: 1-80 (VVS Laxman, 8.6 ov), 2-93 (Brendon McCullum, 11.3 ov), 3-124 (Mahela Jayawardene, 15.1 ov), 4-147 (Brad Hodge, 17.6 ov), 5-152 (Raiphi Gomez, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Z Khan 4 0 28 1 7 10 2 1 0 0 DP Nannes 3 0 31 1 10.33 5 4 1 1 0 DL Vettori 4 0 17 1 4.25 11 1 0 0 0 TM Dilshan 4 0 30 1 7.5 7 2 1 0 0 A Mithun 1 0 19 0 19 2 1 2 0 1 V Kohli 2 0 14 1 7 4 2 0 0 0 AUK Pathan 2 0 19 0 9.5 3 1 0 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR9.6 Mayank falls! Caught at long-off. A full ball on off and middle, Mayank makes room and smashes it flat towards long off where Vinay Kumar holds an easy catch. And then he flings the ball into the ground in angry celebration. 85/31.2 caught at cover! Sreesanth brings Kochi alive. Dilshan gets a leading edge to an outswinger and McCullum dives forward to take a low and sharp catch. He was trying to whip that towards leg. The umpire Dharmasena wants to check if Sreesanth had over-stepped, he's ok, by the skin of his teeth 7/15.3 plumb lbw. Vinay Kumar skids the ball into the right-hander from outside off, Kohli moved across his stumps to flick the ball through square and missed. The ball crashed into the pads, Kohli was in his crease and that would have taken out leg stump 48/217.4 Tiwary tries to hit down the ground, a slog really, and ends up slicing it in the air towards cover, where Mahela back-pedals on the edge of the circle and holds the catch 137/4Extras13 (lb 4, nb 2, w 7)TOTAL162/4 (18.4 Overs, RR: 8.67)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 1.2 ov), 2-48 (Virat Kohli, 5.3 ov), 3-85 (Mayank Agarwal, 9.6 ov), 4-137 (Saurabh Tiwary, 17.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB RP Singh 3 0 29 0 9.66 5 3 0 4 0 S Sreesanth 3 0 28 1 9.33 6 2 1 1 2 RA Jadeja 4 0 28 1 7 8 2 1 1 0 R Vinay Kumar 3.4 0 26 1 7.09 12 5 0 1 0 M Muralidaran 4 0 27 0 6.75 10 0 2 0 0 RV Gomez 1 0 20 1 20 1 0 3 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Kochi Tuskers Kerala , elected to bat 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
9 April 2011 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kochi Tuskers Kerala 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 0 wicket)
- Kochi Tuskers Kerala: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (34 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (BB McCullum 24, VVS Laxman 23, Ex 3)
- Kochi Tuskers Kerala: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (74 balls), Extras 4
- Kochi Tuskers Kerala: 150 runs in 18.2 overs (111 balls), Extras 10
- Innings Break: Kochi Tuskers Kerala - 161/5 in 20.0 overs (RA Jadeja 23, PA Patel 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 2 wickets)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (37 balls), Extras 8
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 12.6 overs (80 balls), Extras 11
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (AB de Villiers 23, SS Tiwary 26, Ex 2)
- AB de Villiers: 50 off 40 balls (1 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 18.1 overs (111 balls), Extras 12
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