de Villiers fifty leads successful Bangalore chase

Apr 09, 2011

Brendon McCullum got Kochi off to a blazing start•AFP

Virat Kohli took the key wicket of McCullum to get Bangalore back in the game•AFP

Sreesanth struck early for Kochi, dismissing Tillakaratne Dilshan•Associated Press

Saurabh Tiwary got 26 and shared a 52-run stand with de Villiers•AFP

At the other end VVS Laxman played in an uncharacteristically aggressive manner for his 36•Associated Press

Kochi continued to lose wickets and the run-rate slowed down •AFP

Mayank Agarwal raced to 33 to keep Bangalore in the hunt •AFP

de Villiers exploded towards the end, hitting three sixes off the 18th over, and took Bangalore to a six-wicket win•AFP

Ravindra Jadeja lashed some quick runs at the death to get them to 161•AFP

AB de Villiers attacked Sreesanth in the 9th over to lift the run-rate•AFP