• BATSMEN
    R
    B
    4s
    6s
    SR
    6.1 Gillespie-Waugh all over again? Klinger clings onto this steepler, but he has injured himself by colliding with Cooper. Gayle clears the front leg and pulls, the length is not quite there, and it skids too. The top edge skies towards long-off. Klinger is running back, Cooper running in. No calling, or maybe they couldn't hear each other because of the crowd. Klinger doesn't let the ball out even as they collide, but he is holding onto his leg. It's Cooper's knee that has got Klinger in the thigh. He has limped off the field 65/1
    74
    47
    9
    2
    157.44
    18.2 what a gem, what a comeback, Chinnaswamy Stadium has gone deathly quiet. This is what they held Tait back for. He bowls a late inswinging yorker that takes the middle stump out. It swings in enough to beat the bat, which seemed to have the yorker covered. Dilshan walks back dejected 199/5
    14.6 Tait finally gets his man. This is not as well bowled as he earlier did to have Dilshan plumb but Tait will take it. It's a half-volley outside off, but Kohli has drilled it straight down long-on's throat. Kohli can't bear to look at the world as he walks back. Shields his eyes with his bat. What an innings he has played, though 165/2
    16.6 The short ball does it. This is short outside off, angling further away. Tiwary goes for the pull, toe-ends it to mid-on. The game is still on 183/3
    17.3 this is a superb comeback from O'Brien. He didn't fire this in. He didn't go leg side. He flighted this even higher, a touch wider. Agarwal tried to go over cover again. Early into the shot. Sliced to point. This is riveting stuff 190/4
    18.4 Has Tait won South Australia the match? The trouble with Vettori, decent lower-order batsman, is that he has just one trick against the quick bowler. Shuffle across and go fine. Twice in a row Tait has bowled wide outside off to him. This time Vettori tries to clear fine leg nonetheless, but manages just a leading edge. Caught at short fine 200/6
    18.5 An extraordinary five-for for Tait. They kept back his three overs among the last six. They kept all their eggs in the often fragile Tait basket, but he has taken five in his last three. This time he is full and straight. Bhatkal misses. The middle stump is out of the ground 200/7
    not out
    6
    2
    0
    1
    300.00
    19.2 slower ball, Karthik slogs, hit on the pad, they want a leg-bye, the keeper takes his time to hit the stumps down. Another wicket gone 202/8
    not out
    6
    3
    1
    0
    200.00
    Extras
    7 (b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 4)
    TOTAL
    215/8 (20 Overs, RR: 10.75)
    Did not bat: DP Nannes
    Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Chris Gayle, 6.1 ov), 2-165 (Virat Kohli, 14.6 ov), 3-183 (Saurabh Tiwary, 16.6 ov), 4-190 (Mayank Agarwal, 17.3 ov), 5-199 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 18.2 ov), 6-200 (Daniel Vettori, 18.4 ov), 7-200 (Raju Bhatkal, 18.5 ov), 8-202 (Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad, 19.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    SW Tait403258.00122231
    NM Lyon302508.3362100
    KW Richardson3034011.3361300
    DT Christian4044111.0082410
    AW O'Brien4044111.0073300
    DJ Harris2034017.0014200

Match Notes

  • Twenty20 is cricket too

    Why is the format looked down upon? The skills it calls for are different from those in Test cricket, but they're skills all right

  • A barrage of fours, and the late first six

    Plays of the Day from the Champions League T20 match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and South Australia

  • 'The best T20 match of my life' - Kohli

    Virat Kohli played his finest Twenty20 innings but it was the little-known Arun Karthik who delivered the knockout blow

  • Last-ball six takes RCB into semis

    Arun Karthik produced the six most important runs of his 15-match Twenty20 career off the last ball of the CLT20 league phase to propel Royal Challengers Bangalore past South Australia Redbacks in a game that had everything except for a Super Over finish

RCB 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st65TM DilshanCH Gayle
2nd100TM DilshanV Kohli
3rd18TM DilshanSS Tiwary
4th7TM DilshanMA Agarwal
5th9DL VettoriTM Dilshan
6th1DL VettoriRR Bhatkal
7th0RR BhatkalKB Arun Karthik
8th2J Syed MohammadKB Arun Karthik
9th13S AravindKB Arun Karthik

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