that will be it, Bangalore finish top of the table with a work off Gayle's pads down to long on
That will be it from us for this game. You can catch the last league game of this IPL (oh already?) now. Till then, this is Abhishek Purohit signing off. Cheers!
Gayle is the Man of the Match. Gayle: "This has been one of the longest runs I have ever had, in terms of consistency. The team has been tremendous, the fans as well. All the support has been great. You need to have the courage to go out there to get the job done, it is God;s gift so I am thankful. Teams are going to come with new plans at us. We were chasing a low total, one of us had to be there till the end."
Vettori: "Gayle has been responsible for the turnaround, he has been outstanding, our fielding and bowling has been good as well, especially Zaheer today. With Dilshan leaving we had to try out a few things.
All the departments are doing well, and even Aravind and Mithun did well today."
Dhoni: "If you are 4-5 down in the start, it is always catch up in this format. We tried to get a decent total on the board in the end. It was doing a bit in the first few overs, we should have delayed the attack. At the end, it started to get better. You have to make sure you have to get some runs at least towards the end. We are not bothered about where we finish, if you want to win the tournament you have to beat the best teams."
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Gayle: "It's a huge achievement to get the orange cap. The support from the team has been tremendous. Getting the big hits is what T20 is all about. To see so many people cheering gives me energy, and I wanted to give the crowd some entertainment."
Gayle has 511 runs from nine games, and has the orange cap now. And Bangalore have also qualified for the Champions League with their top of the table finish
guruprasad: "RCB's heavy dependence on Gayle and Kohli, and lack of batting form of other batsmen may come back and bite them in the big matches."
don: "CSK would hope for Mumbai to win, as that would give them a second position in the table."
more brutal, backs away from short of a length ball, and cracks it off the back foot and it flies flat and fast in to the wide long off boundary
Gayle wants this one done and dusted soon, gives this one a fearsome thump, and sends it soaring over wide long on
cut off the back foot past point for a single
Tiwary continues to struggle, plays out a length ball in front of midwicket, Gayle wants the run, Tiwary sends him back, Gayle manages to get in the way of the throw as it comes in
dropped Gayle went back in the crease and in an attempt to whip it away, looped it straight back to Raina, it went to Suresh at waist height, went in and went out
Gayle gets a length ball and calmly eases it away to long on past the non-striker
142.4 kph back of a length ball again, he is late on the pull and awkwardly gets it down in the air to long on, it has been a long struggle for him today
hops on his toes to another back of a length ball hurrying on to him, this one bounces even more and he manages to stab it away
Tiwary cannot do anything with a back of a length ball banged in with the angle, and defends it on the off side close to the pitch
reaches out and stabs a full and wide delivery in front of cover for another single
bowls it full on the pads attempting the yorker and he picks it away in front of square leg
aaram: "@rohit : Understand his dilemma. Gayle in rollicking form and a slow left-armer to him? Not a very good idea, I guess."
giridhar: "As a RCB fan,im bit worried because,Chris Gayle batting for 16 overs and yet we need over or two more to chase 129."
good delivery to end a wayward over, fired in to the blockhole, Gayle digs it back to the bowler
pushed back to the bowler from leg stump
Raina has lost his line totally here, fires in another one wide down leg from round the wicket
direct hit and Tiwary was struggling, it was tucked towards Bravo at midwicket, who fired in the throw even as they went for the single, just missed at the non-striker;s
he does not have to do anything with this one as it is fried way wide down the leg side
rohit: "Dhoni forgot To Bowl Jakati"
is clueless what to do with one fired in wide down leg, tries to paddle it away and misses
can't get it away, works it off the pads to square leg
darted in on the pads and pushed away on the leg side
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | |
Toss | Royal Challengers Bangalore, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2011 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.20, Interval 17.20-17.40, Second Session 17.40-19.00 |
Match days | 22 May 2011 - daynight (20-over match) |
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TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Chennai Super Kings 0 |
Over 18 • RCB 129/2
RCB won by 8 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)