IPL-4 (14th May): Buoyant RCB brush aside KKR challenge

By Team Bellevision
Bellevision Media Network

Bangalore, 14 May 2011: Chris Gayle’s whirlwind knock (38 off 12 balls) helped Royal Challengers Bangalore register a four-wicket victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders in a rain-truncated IPL match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday. Earlier, a fighting 53-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Manoj Tiwary and Yusuf Pathan took KKR to 89 for four in their innings.

 

More than two hours of play was lost due to intermittent rain, frustrating the 40,000-strong crowd at the M Chinnaswamy stadium who sat through patiently between two ground inspections by the umpires. Placed at 69 for three in 11 overs at the rain interruption at around 5 pm local time, the Knight Riders did well to score 20 runs in the two overs they got after umpires decided to reduce the match to a 13-over-a-side affair.

 

 

The Duckworth-Lewis method set Royal Challengers to a revised target of 102 in 13 overs. Invited to bat, Knight Riders lost their top three batsmen for a mere 30 runs inside six overs, putting the RCB in a commanding position. But Manoj Tiwary (19 not out) and Yusuf Pathan (36), who struck three sixes and two fours during his 24-ball essay, ensured that the Knight Riders had a defendable total.

 

During his onslaught, Yusuf Pathen went past Adam Gilchrist’s record 71 IPL sixes, taking his tally to 72. Royal Challengers Bangalore had made two changes in their playing eleven, bringing in Abhimanyu Mithun in place of Abrar Kazi and Luke Pomersbach for Tillakaratne Dilshan while the Knight Riders retained the same side.

 

Match Summary 

 

Indian Premier League 2011 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 58th match M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, May 14, 2011

Match Information Toss: Royal Challengers Bangalore (Elected to field) Match Status: BAN won by 4 wkts (D/L method) Match State Reduced to 13 overs due to rain

Batting: Kolkata Knight Riders Innings

Batsmen Kolkata Knight Riders (89/4 in 13 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Jacques Kallis c A Karthik b C Langeveldt 17 14 3 0 121.43 Eoin Morgan c L Pomersbach b Z Khan 2 5 0 0 40.00 Gautam Gambhir (c) c de Villiers b S Aravind 7 9 1 0 77.78 Manoj Tiwary not out 19 24 1 0 79.17 Yusuf Pathan c A Mithun b C Langeveldt 36 24 2 3 150.00 Mark Boucher (wk) not out 1 2 0 0 50.00 Rajat Bhatia             Iqbal Abdulla             Brett Lee             Lakshmipathy Balaji             Jaidev Unadkat             Extras: b - 4, w - 2, nb - 0, lb - 1 7   Total:(89 for 4 in 13 overs) 89 Run Rate: 6.85

Fall Of Wickets

1/15 (Eoin Morgan, 2.3 ov.), 2/21 (Jacques Kallis, 3.5 ov.), 3/30 (Gautam Gambhir, 5.3 ov.), 4/83 (Yusuf Pathan, 12.2 ov.)

Bowling: Royal Challengers Bangalore

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Zaheer Khan 3 0 17 1 0 0 5.7 Charl Langeveldt 3 0 10 2 0 0 3.3 Sreenath Aravind 3 0 18 1 0 0 6.0 Abhimanyu Mithun 2 0 14 0 0 2 7.0 Chris Gayle 1 0 11 0 0 0 11.0 Virat Kohli 1 0 14 0 0 0 14.0

Batting: Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings

Batsmen Royal Challengers Bangalore (105/6 in 12.3 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Chris Gayle c J Kallis b B Lee 38 12 6 2 316.67 Luke Pomersbach c J Unadkat b J Kallis 16 14 2 0 114.29 Virat Kohli (c) c M Boucher b J Kallis 15 15 2 0 100.00 AB de Villiers not out 13 14 2 0 92.86 Mohammad Kaif c R Bhatia b J Unadkat 15 13 1 0 115.38 Arun Karthik (wk) c J Unadkat b I Abdulla 1 2 0 0 50.00 Saurabh Tiwary run out (G Gambhir) 1 5 0 0 20.00 Abhimanyu Mithun not out 0 0 0 0 0.00 Sreenath Aravind             Charl Langeveldt             Zaheer Khan             Extras: b - 0, w - 6, nb - 0, lb - 0 6   Total:(105 for 6 in 12.3 overs) 105 Run Rate: 8.40

Fall Of Wickets

1/44 (Chris Gayle, 2.4 ov.), 2/65 (Luke Pomersbach, 5.5 ov.), 3/72 (Virat Kohli, 7.3 ov.), 4/95 (Mohammad Kaif, 10.4 ov.), 5/96 (Arun Karthik, 11.1 ov.), 6/101 (Saurabh Tiwary, 12.2 ov.)

Bowling: Kolkata Knight Riders

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Brett Lee 3 0 31 1 0 1 10.3 Jaidev Unadkat 2 0 30 1 0 0 15.0 Jacques Kallis 3 0 16 2 0 1 5.3 Iqbal Abdulla 3 0 18 1 0 0 6.0 Lakshmipathy Balaji 1.3 0 10 0 0 3 6.7