2334dThe Report by George Binoy

Gayle leads RCB to massive win

Chris Gayle played the sort of innings only he can to give Royal Challengers Bangalore the sort of win they desperately needed to keep their Champions League Twenty20 campaign alive

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

CH Gayle
CH Gayle
86(46) 4x4 - 8x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 37 runs
  • 1x4 - 4x6
5 0 4 14 23 26 4 10
PD Trego
58(38) 6x4 - 3x6
Control %50%
  • Productive Shot
  • on side drive on front foot
  • 17 runs
  • 1x4 - 2x6
4 4 1 6 2 6 18 17

Best performances - Bowlers

SP Kirby
O4
M0
R23
W2
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
S Aravind
O4
M0
R23
W2
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Abhishek Purohit

END OF OVER:
20 | 9 Runs | SOM: 155/6 (52 runs required, RR: 7.75)

  • Nick Compton17 (20b)
  • Alfonso Thomas15 (12b)
  • Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad3-0-25-0
  • Raju Bhatkal3-0-19-1

That is it from us for today. Join us for the double-header tomorrow. Till then, this is Abhishek Purohit signing off, along with Sanjay Murari. Cheers

Gayle is the Man of the Match. Gayle: "It was a key game for us. It wasn't the best of starts, it was a bit difficult to bat on initially. In the end, I got close to 20 overs which was good for me. No one got a fifty in the first two games. We had a discussion. So whosoever got in this game, try to play a bit longer. Hopefully we can win the next one with a big margin as well."

Thomas: "We could have done with an offspinner, but taking nothing away from Chris, he paced his innings nicely, he had a look at the wicket for the first two overs. We (Somerset) like making things difficult for ourselves."

Vettori: "It's what we needed to do, we needed a big one to give ourselves a chance. Gayle showed what a good player he is during the IPL, and again today. We were still battling however with the way Somerset started. I think so (bowling was satisfactory). 185 was a par score and we went above that."

Somerset were up against it after that Gayle innings. Trego kept them in the chase till the half-way stage, but to keep it up for another ten overs in the chase was always going to be tough. And apart from the one over from Gayle, RCB finally managed to get the bowling part together today. They are finally on the board in this tournament, and the margin of the win has made their net run-rate jump and Somerset's dive sharply. RCB have even gone past KKR on run-rate

19.6
1
Syed Mohammad to Compton, 1 run, pulls to short fine leg for a single and that is a huge win for RCB
19.5
1
Syed Mohammad to Thomas, 1 run, belts a full toss down to long on
19.4
1
Syed Mohammad to Compton, 1 run, another one sliding in with the angle, pulled to deep midwicket
19.3
1
Syed Mohammad to Thomas, 1 run, low full toss swung down to long on
19.2
4
Syed Mohammad to Thomas, FOUR, Thomas gets one away, he bends the knee to a widish one and square-drives it over backward point in the air
19.1
1
Syed Mohammad to Compton, 1 run, pulls a flat delivery coming in with the angle in front of square leg

Somerset 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st42PD TregoC Kieswetter
2nd6PD TregoRE van der Merwe
3rd61PD TregoJC Hildreth
4th9PD TregoJC Buttler
5th13PD TregoNRD Compton
6th4AV SuppiahNRD Compton
7th20AC ThomasNRD Compton

Champions League Twenty20

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
NSW43160.627
MI4215-0.28
T&T42240.176
COBRA41230.229
CSK4132-0.712
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SOM4215-0.557
RCB42240.325
KKR42240.306
WAR42240.246
SOA4123-0.533
Qualifying Tournament Pool A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SOM22040.3
KKR2112-0.225
AUCK2020-0.075
Qualifying Tournament Pool B
TeamMWLPTNRR
T&T22041.659
RU2112-0.275
LEICS2020-1.375