IPL-4 (14th April): Deccan beat RCB to end jinx at home

By Team Bellevision
Bellevision Media Network

Hyderabad, 14 April 2011: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s decision to send Zaheer Khan as pinch-hitter failed miserably as they lost four quick wickets while chasing a huge 175-run target put up by Deccan Chargers at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Thursday. Earlier, a sparkling half-century ( 61 off 35 balls) by Bharat Chipli and a 22-run cameo by JP Duminy at the end took Deccan Chargers’ score to 175/5 in their IPL-4 match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Thursday.

 

The two batsmen played some delightful strokes in their 55-run stand for the fourth wicket and ensured that Chargers put up a challenging score after Daniel Vettori won the toss and asked the hosts to bat first. Opener Shikhar Dhawan looked in elegant touch, hitting exquisite fours off Johan van der Wath in the second over of the match. But in trying to get too adventurous, the southpaw lost his wicket to Zaheer Khan. He made 11 off 9 balls before holing out to Daniel Vettori at mid-on.

 

Though Sunny Sohal, included in the XI for Ishank Jaggi, looked out of sorts in the early part of his innings, he hit a few sparkling boundaries as he gained confidence. But skipper Kumar Sangakkara’s arrival in the middle gave the much-needed calming influence to Sohal, who responded with a beautiful shot over the extra cover before trying a ’Dilscoop’ off left-arm pacer S Aravind.

 

 

Sangakkara, at the other end, played second fiddle to the attacking Sohal, making sure the strike was rotated regularly. Ryan Ninan provided the second breakthrough for the RCB as the off-spinner got the wicket of dangerous-looking Sohal, caught at long-on. After losing Sohal, Sangakkara took charge with incoming Bharat Chipli and started accumulating runs at a brisk pace.

 

The Deccan skipper played some delightful strokes before being caught behind off van der Wath. Sangakkara’s departure, however, had little impact on Chipli’s ambition to take his side over 170. The right-hander launched Ninan for two maximums off consecutive deliveries before hitting Zaheer for three boundaries in the next over. He raced to his fifty in 29 deliveries and thus made sure that his side put up a huge total for RCB to chase.

 

Match Summary

 

Indian Premier League 2011 Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 11th match Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, April 14, 2011

Match Information Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) & Ravi Subramaniam (Ind) Third Umpire: Shavir Tarapore (Ind) Match Referee: Dev Govindjee (RSA) Toss: Royal Challengers Bangalore (Elected to field) Match Status: Deccan Chargers won by 33 runs

Batting: Deccan Chargers Innings

Batsmen Deccan Chargers (175/5 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Sunny Sohal c S Tiwary b R Ninan 38 37 5 1 102.70 Shikhar Dhawan c D Vettori b Z Khan 11 9 2 0 122.22 Kumar Sangakkara (c) (wk) c de Villiers b J Wath 36 25 3 1 144.00 Bharat Chipli not out 61 35 5 3 174.29 Jean-Paul Duminy c V Kohli b Z Khan 22 15 2 1 146.67 Daniel Christian lbw b Z Khan 0 1 0 0 0.00 Dwaraka Ravi Teja             Dale Steyn             Amit Mishra             Ishant Sharma             Manpreet Gony             Extras: b - 0, w - 3, nb - 2, lb - 2 7   Total:(175 for 5 in 20 overs) 175 Run Rate: 8.75

Fall Of Wickets

1/20 (Shikhar Dhawan, 2.5 ov.), 2/70 (Sunny Sohal, 8.6 ov.), 3/113 (Kumar Sangakkara, 14.4 ov.), 4/168 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 19.2 ov.), 5/175 (Daniel Christian, 19.6 ov.)

Bowling: Royal Challengers Bangalore

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Zaheer Khan 4 0 32 3 0 1 8.0 Johan van der Wath 4 0 30 1 2 1 7.5 Sreenath Aravind 3 0 26 0 0 1 8.7 Daniel Vettori 4 0 29 0 0 0 7.2 Ryan Ninan 3 0 34 1 0 0 11.3 Tillakaratne Dilshan 2 0 22 0 0 0 11.0

Batting: Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings

Batsmen Royal Challengers Bangalore (142/9 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Mayank Agarwal c A Mishra b M Gony 16 13 2 0 123.08 Tillakaratne Dilshan c K Sangakkara b I Sharma 7 8 1 0 87.50 Zaheer Khan b D Steyn 0 3 0 0 0.00 Virat Kohli b M Gony 71 51 5 3 139.22 AB de Villiers (wk) c K Sangakkara b M Gony 0 7 0 0 0.00 Saurabh Tiwary c K Sangakkara b A Mishra 7 10 0 0 70.00 Cheteshwar Pujara c D Christian b D Steyn 25 15 4 0 166.67 Johan van der Wath c K Sangakkara b D Steyn 0 1 0 0 0.00 Daniel Vettori (c) not out 3 6 0 0 50.00 Ryan Ninan c K Sangakkara b D Christian 3 6 0 0 50.00 Sreenath Aravind not out 2 3 0 0 66.67 Extras: b - 0, w - 2, nb - 3, lb - 3 8   Total:(142 for 9 in 20 overs) 142 Run Rate: 7.10

Fall Of Wickets

1/8 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 1.6 ov.), 2/16 (Zaheer Khan, 2.6 ov.), 3/27 (Mayank Agarwal, 4.6 ov.), 4/29 (AB de Villiers, 6.4 ov.), 5/56 (Saurabh Tiwary, 11.1 ov.), 6/118 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 16.5 ov.), 7/118 (Johan van der Wath, 16.6 ov.), 8/130 (Virat Kohli, 17.4 ov.), 9/137 (Ryan Ninan, 19.1 ov.)

Bowling: Deccan Chargers

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Dale Steyn 4 0 24 3 2 0 6.0 Ishant Sharma 4 0 21 1 0 0 5.2 Manpreet Gony 4 0 31 3 0 0 7.8 Daniel Christian 4 0 22 1 0 2 5.5 Amit Mishra 4 0 41 1 1 0 10.2