2341dThe Report by Sidharth Monga

RCB rip through second consecutive 200-plus target

David Warner tonight became the first man to score back-to-back Twenty20 centuries, but even more incredibly the Royal Challengers Bangalore became the first team to chase down 200-plus scores in consecutive matches

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

DA Warner
DA Warner
123(68) 6x4 - 11x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 31 runs
  • 0x4 - 3x6
0 5 12 3 32 36 17 18
CH Gayle
CH Gayle
92(41) 8x4 - 8x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull/hook on back foot
  • 29 runs
  • 1x4 - 4x6
0 9 3 6 32 16 11 15

Best performances - Bowlers

PJ Cummins
PJ Cummins
O4
M0
R45
W4
Eco11.25
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
TM Dilshan
TM Dilshan
O4
M0
R10
W1
Eco2.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Royal Challengers Bangalore , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Royal Challengers Bangalore advanced

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

7 October 2011 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Abhishek Purohit

Well, the boundary-hitting fest is over. This is Abhishek Purohit signing off, along with our scorer Gopi Rangarajan. See you tomorrow for the other semi-final in Chennai. Cheers, and stay clear of the monstrous sixes. Sid Monga has deftly managed to stay clear of everyone all day - here is his match report.

Virat is the Man of the Match again. Virat: "Two nights ago I said it happens once in a while, we have done it again. i went in with a mindset to play myself in, I was not desperate to score but I got the right cricket shots. Chris has the ability to give a 25-run over. The other day I made a mistake trying to go for a six off the strike bowler [Tait]. This time I decided to play two dot balls. That [game against South Australia] will still be the best, this can be second-best I think."

Vettori, who is still padded up: "Amazing games both. Its tough for the bowlers but it must be amazing to watch. Two hundred is a par score here. It was tough to be belted over the park but we managed to get home tonight. they are confident enough to back their games but you have still to play exceptionally well. It is pure batsmanship and its enthralling to watch. Some of the bowlers will look forward to not playing here."

Katich: "Virat was brilliant, Gayle was awesome, We tried different lengths, different paces, it was a big learning experience for the young bowlers, probably a couple of dropped catches cost us today. Earlier on the ball was holding up a bit."

RCB are taking a lap around the Chinnaswamy Stadium. David Warner is gutted, he is down on the ground

Twice in three days, RCB have withstood the onslaught of an opposition batsman's century. They haven't had any of their own, but they have Virat Kohli and they have Chris Gayle and Tillakaratne Dilshan. They might as well do away with their bowlers. And then maybe not. The final will be at a different ground, on a different pitch. But for the moment, they are on top of the T20 franchise world, having successfully chased 200 on consecutive occasions

Ashwin: "Is the curator available? Our roads aren't that good."

dheeraj: "As much as this is considered a run fest and many people think there is nothing in this field for the bowlers, I would suggest to look at Dilshan's overs."

18.3
4
SPD Smith to Kaif, FOUR, that is it, Kaif puts RCB in the final of the Champions League with an emphatic loft over mid off, one bounce in to the boundary
18.2
4
SPD Smith to Kaif, FOUR, too short, with men in the ring, Kaif goes back and drags the pull over mid on
18.1
0
SPD Smith to Kaif, no run, padded away in the end, he thought it would go down leg, but it turned in enough

END OF OVER:
18 | 16 Runs | RCB: 196/4 (8 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 10.88, RRR: 4.00)

  • Virat Kohli84 (49b)
  • Mohammad Kaif5 (5b)
  • Mitchell Starc3-0-41-0
  • Stuart Clark4-0-31-0
17.6
4
Starc to Kohli, FOUR, another one, through third man now, he was up in the ring, and Virat crouched low to squeeze the full delivery past him
17.5
4
Starc to Kohli, FOUR, superb shot, it was the slower ball, Virat got under it and went inside out over extra cover, the man in the deep got to it with a slide but it rolled into the rope
17.4
6
Starc to Kohli, SIX, Virat gets the crowd breathing and cheering again with a 75 metres six over wide long off, the man was in the ring, the ball was pitched up, and Virat got it off the middle, he punches the air

RCB 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st21TM DilshanCH Gayle
2nd141CH GayleV Kohli
3rd0SS TiwaryV Kohli
4th10V KohliMA Agarwal
5th32M KaifV Kohli

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