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Nokia Champions League T20, 2011/12 / Scorecard

Nokia Champions League T20 - Group B

Royal Challengers Bangalore v South Australia

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)

Twenty20 match | 2011/12 season
Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
5 October 2011 - day/night (20-over match)


South Australia innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DJ Harris	not out	108	61	17	2	177.04

M Klinger*	st †Arun Karthik b Syed Mohammad	7	8	1	0	87.50
5.1 Turn, bite, and Klinger walks right past it. Bangalore crowd erupts. Klinger leaves the crease perhaps a touch too early, Syed bowls slow but slightly short, and the turn does the rest after he has beaten in flight and is reduced to defending more in hope than in conviction 54/1
CJ Ferguson	c †Arun Karthik b Bhatkal	70	43	4	3	162.79
17.4 Finally some respite for RCB. The slower ball again. Ferguson sees it wide, goes for another six over long-on, but it is a touch too wide, takes the toe end, kisses the sky and comes back to settle with the keeper 168/2
DT Christian	not out	27	9	6	0	300.00

Extras	(b 1, nb 1)	2

Total	(2 wickets; 20 overs)	214	(10.70 runs per over)

Did not bat TLW Cooper, CJ Borgas, TP Ludeman†, AW O'Brien, NM Lyon, KW Richardson, SW Tait

Fall of wickets 1-54 (Klinger, 5.1 ov), 2-168 (Ferguson, 17.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DP Nannes	4	0	49	0	12.25

S Aravind	4	0	69	0	17.25	(1nb)

DL Vettori	4	0	24	0	6.00

J Syed Mohammad	4	0	29	1	7.25
5.1 to Klinger, Turn, bite, and Klinger walks right past it. Bangalore crowd erupts. Klinger leaves the crease perhaps a touch too early, Syed bowls slow but slightly short, and the turn does the rest after he has beaten in flight and is reduced to defending more in hope than in conviction 54/1
RR Bhatkal	3	0	31	1	10.33
17.4 to Ferguson, Finally some respite for RCB. The slower ball again. Ferguson sees it wide, goes for another six over long-on, but it is a touch too wide, takes the toe end, kisses the sky and comes back to settle with the keeper 168/2
V Kohli	1	0	11	0	11.00


Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (target: 215 runs from 20 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CH Gayle	c Klinger b Christian	26	15	0	3	173.33
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
TM Dilshan	b Tait	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
V Kohli	c Borgas b Tait	70	36	4	6	194.44
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
SS Tiwary	c Borgas b Tait	9	7	0	1	128.57
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
MA Agarwal	c Harris b O'Brien	6	2	0	1	300.00
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
DL Vettori*	c sub (GD Putland) b Tait	8	5	0	1	160.00
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
RR Bhatkal	b Tait	1	2	0	0	50.00
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
KB Arun Karthik†	not out	6	2	0	1	300.00

J Syed Mohammad	run out (†Ludeman)	2	2	0	0	100.00
19.2 Christian to Arun Karthik, 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
S Aravind	not out	6	3	1	0	200.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 4, nb 1)	7

Total	(8 wickets; 20 overs)	215	(10.75 runs per over)

Did not bat DP Nannes

Fall of wickets 1-65 (Gayle, 6.1 ov), 2-165 (Kohli, 14.6 ov), 3-183 (Tiwary, 16.6 ov), 4-190 (Agarwal, 17.3 ov), 5-199 (Dilshan, 18.2 ov), 6-200 (Vettori, 18.4 ov), 7-200 (Bhatkal, 18.5 ov), 8-202 (Syed Mohammad, 19.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SW Tait	4	0	32	5	8.00	(1nb, 3w)
14.6 to Kohli, 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 to Tiwary, 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 18.2 to Dilshan, 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 18.4 to Vettori, 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 to Bhatkal, 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
NM Lyon	3	0	25	0	8.33

KW Richardson	3	0	34	0	11.33

DT Christian	4	0	44	1	11.00	(1w)
6.1 to Gayle, 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
AW O'Brien	4	0	44	1	11.00
17.3 to Agarwal, 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
DJ Harris	2	0	34	0	17.00

Match details

Toss South Australia, who chose to bat
Points Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, South Australia 0

Player of the match V Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Umpires HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and S Ravi
TV umpire M Erasmus (South Africa)
Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire CK Nandan

Match notes

South Australia innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 1 wicket)
South Australia: 50 runs in 4.2 overs (26 balls), Extras 0
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (DJ Harris 43, M Klinger 7, Ex 0)
DJ Harris: 50 off 30 balls (12 x 4)
South Australia: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 0
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (DJ Harris 24, CJ Ferguson 26, Ex 0)
CJ Ferguson: 50 off 35 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
South Australia: 150 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 0
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 68 balls (DJ Harris 37, CJ Ferguson 62, Ex 1)
DJ Harris: 100 off 58 balls (17 x 4, 2 x 6)
South Australia: 200 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 1
Innings Break: South Australia - 214/2 in 20.0 overs (DJ Harris 108, DT Christian 27)

Royal Challengers Bangalore innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 65 runs, 0 wicket)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 3
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (CH Gayle 17, TM Dilshan 30, Ex 3)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 3
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (TM Dilshan 11, V Kohli 43, Ex 0)
V Kohli: 50 off 28 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
TM Dilshan: 50 off 31 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 3
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 52 balls (TM Dilshan 28, V Kohli 70, Ex 2)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 200 runs in 18.3 overs (112 balls), Extras 6