IPL-4 (29th April): Royal Challengers hammer Pune by 26 runs

By Team Bellevision
Bellevision Media Network

Bangalore, 29 April 2011: Virat Kohli scored a brilliant 67 from just 42 balls and was well supported by Chris Gayle as Royal Challengers Bangalore successfully defended a total of 181 to win by 26 runs. Earlier Royal Challengers Bangalore rode on Virat Kohli’s whirlwind half century and Chris Gayle’s blitzkrieg at the start to notch up a formidable 181 for five in their Indian Premeir League (IPL) match against Pune Warriors here on Friday.

 

Put into bat, Kohli smashed 67 off 42 balls after Gayle laid the foundation with 49 off a mere 26 delievries, to lead the home team’s challenge at the Chinnaswamy stadium. Kohli hit four boundaries and as many sixes during his stay at the crease while Gayle found the ropes three times and cleared it the same number of times.

 

After a quiet first over, Tillakaratne Dilshan scored the first boundary of the Bangalore innings, when he drove Jerome Taylore’s short of length delivery through the covers. Thereafter, till the last ball of the ninth over, the show completely belonged to Gayle, who unleashed an array of hefty blows, leaving the opposition bowlers hapless, and the crowd delighted.

 

 

 

On the receiving end of Gayle’s furious onslaught was Kamran Khan who conceded 47 runs in his three overs. The big-hitting West Indies opener picked the left-arm seamer for 20 runs, including two massive sixes and two boundaries, in the innings’ third over. After being welcomed with a four over extra cover, Kamran was sent over long-off for the maximum. He then bowled a short one, which was smashed over long-on by the marauding left-hander.

 

More misery was in store for Kamran as he conceded two more sixes and a boundary in the sixth over and his second. The over-pitched one was sent soaring over the backward point, the short of length delivery was thumped over long-on while length balls were whacked through the midwicket region. Leg-spinner Rahul Sharma removed Dilshan and Gayle in quick succession but Kohli had other ideas.

 

The stylish right-hander from Delhi pumelled Kamran’s length ball over long-on for and six, and moments later, did the same to Sharma. Kohli then picked Taylor for two more sixes, the first one over square leg and the next over third man. Kohli was literally toying with the Pune bowlers till he holed out to Harpreet Singh off Alfonso Thomas in the penultimate over.

 

Match Summary

 

Indian Premier League 2011 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors, 35th match M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, April 29, 2011

Match Information Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) & Sanjay Hazare (Ind) Third Umpire: Russell Tiffin (Zim) Match Referee: Andy Pycroft (Zim) Toss: Pune Warriors (Elected to field) Match Status: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 26 runs

Batting: Pune Warriors Innings

Batsmen Pune Warriors (155/5 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Jesse Ryder c M Kaif b Syed Mohammad 51 34 4 2 150.00 Tim Paine c D Vettori b S Aravind 8 17 0 0 47.06 Manish Pandey c S Tiwary b D Vettori 19 23 2 0 82.61 Yuvraj Singh (c) c Syed Mohammad b Z Khan 41 23 2 3 178.26 Robin Uthappa (wk) not out 23 17 3 1 135.29 Mithun Manhas c M Kaif b C Gayle 3 5 0 0 60.00 Harpreet Singh not out 1 1 0 0 100.00 Rahul Sharma             Alfonso Thomas             Jerome Taylor             Kamran Khan             Extras: b - 0, w - 5, nb - 0, lb - 4 9   Total:(155 for 5 in 20 overs) 155 Run Rate: 7.75

Fall Of Wickets

1/35 (Tim Paine, 5.1 ov.), 2/79 (Jesse Ryder, 11.3 ov.), 3/101 (Manish Pandey, 13.6 ov.), 4/131 (Yuvraj Singh, 16.5 ov.), 5/137 (Mithun Manhas, 18.3 ov.)

Bowling: Royal Challengers Bangalore

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Zaheer Khan 4 0 33 1 0 1 8.2 Sreenath Aravind 4 0 35 1 0 3 8.8 Abhimanyu Mithun 4 0 26 0 0 0 6.5 Daniel Vettori 4 0 23 1 0 0 5.8 Chris Gayle 2 0 8 1 0 0 4.0 Syed Mohammad Jamaluddin 2 0 26 1 0 1 13.0

Batting: Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings

Batsmen Royal Challengers Bangalore (181/5 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Chris Gayle lbw b R Sharma 49 26 4 4 188.46 Tillakaratne Dilshan b R Sharma 15 19 2 0 78.95 Virat Kohli c H Singh b A Thomas 67 42 4 4 159.52 AB de Villiers (wk) c R Sharma b A Thomas 26 20 1 1 130.00 Saurabh Tiwary c H Singh b J Taylor 14 8 1 1 175.00 Mohammad Kaif not out 8 5 1 0 160.00 Abhimanyu Mithun not out 0 0 0 0 0.00 Daniel Vettori (c)             Syed Mohammad Jamaluddin             Sreenath Aravind             Zaheer Khan             Extras: b - 1, w - 1, nb - 0, lb - 0 2   Total:(181 for 5 in 20 overs) 181 Run Rate: 9.05

Fall Of Wickets

1/57 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 6.4 ov.), 2/74 (Chris Gayle, 8.6 ov.), 3/140 (AB de Villiers, 16.4 ov.), 4/169 (Virat Kohli, 18.3 ov.), 5/179 (Saurabh Tiwary, 19.4 ov.)

Bowling: Pune Warriors

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Alfonso Thomas 4 0 23 2 0 0 5.8 Jerome Taylor 4 0 44 1 0 1 11.0 Kamran Khan 3 0 47 0 0 0 15.7 Rahul Sharma 4 0 27 2 0 0 6.8 Mithun Manhas 1 0 9 0 0 0 9.0 Yuvraj Singh 2 0 10 0 0 0 5.0 Jesse Ryder 2 0 20 0 0 0 10.0