big swing, and miss from PK outside off stump and that is the end of that
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Scores: Binoy George
| Comms: Abhishek Purohit
Scorecard summary
Royal Challengers Bangalore • 205/6(20 overs)
Chris Gayle 107 (49)
Ryan Harris3/38 (4)
AB de Villiers *27 (14)
Piyush Chawla2/37 (4)
Kings XI Punjab • 120/9(20 overs)
Ryan McLaren 28 (32)
Sreenath Aravind4/14 (4)
Paul Valthaty 21 (16)
Chris Gayle3/21 (4)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
end of over 2015 runs
PBKS: 120/9CRR: 6.00
Praveen Kumar15 (7b 2x4 1x6)
Love Ablish0 (2b)
Abhimanyu Mithun 3-0-29-0
Sreenath Aravind 4-0-14-4
That is all from us for this game, fellas. Gayle show all the way. Double header tomorrow. Join us for that. Till then, this is Abhishek Purohit signing off. Cheers. While you leave, you could catch Sid Talya's bulletin here.
Zaheer Khan makes a fair point. "There have already been five hundreds in this IPL. Shows you where the Twenty20 game is headed in the future."
Gayle is the Man of the Match, to loud cheers. Gayle: "It was difficult, ball was doing a lot for couple of overs. Good team effort. Virat came in and supported me. The key actually is to pick your areas, it is not all about slogging, you have to target particular bowlers. I wanted to bat through the end but it did not happen. AB got us past 200. My celebration is the tuk-tuk train, that is a regular thing for me. Things will happen when I am out there. I am unpredictable, and got to try and enjoy the IPL." Hooyah, the big fella does not hold back when he speaks, does he?
Vettori: "Almost the perfect T20 game, to score a hundred in that fashion. the wicket was not an easy one to bat on. the big thing for us is our fielding, if we do that, everything falls in place. Gilchrist runout first ball made it easier for us. Aravind has been a really good find for us."
Gilchrist: "That was a phenomenal knock. The wicket was doing a bit, he did not get bat on ball for ten balls, then took the game away from us. We were shell-shocked actually. It is a small ground, there were a few mishits that carried over. We pulled back a little bit. It looked like they would get 230-240, but it was all too much for us. We play again in two days, got to try and fire up again."
Harish: "Moral of the story never bowl a maiden to Gayle. Give him a single and keep him off strike. It all started coz of that maiden from Harris to Gayle."
Sombre handshakes all around. Gayle is still smiling however as he disappears in to the dressing room. Aravind gets a big hug from Ray Jennings. It was all over after that monster century, wasn't it?
19.6
•
Mithun to Praveen, no run
19.5
6
Mithun to Praveen, SIX runs
PK is letting Mithun have it, this time clobbers him over deep midwicket for maximum
19.4
4
Mithun to Praveen, FOUR runs
fuller this time, PK targets the same area for another boundary, and gets it, bt this time off an outside edge past the keeper
19.3
4
Mithun to Praveen, FOUR runs
PK gets one away, gets underneath a length ball and hammers it over mid off
19.2
•
Mithun to Praveen, no run
high full toss, PK is surprised and fends it back to the bowler, and tells Mithun to go back and bowl, Mithun gives gives him a stare, Gayle can't control his glee, he loves it
19.2
1w
Mithun to Praveen, 1 wide
another short one, he looks to have another go, but pulls out of the shot in the end
19.1
•
Mithun to Praveen, no run
dug in short, he goes for a big heave, and misses
end of over 191 run • 2 wickets
PBKS: 105/9CRR: 5.52 • RRR: 101.00
Love Ablish0 (2b)
Praveen Kumar1 (1b)
Sreenath Aravind 4-0-14-4
Abhimanyu Mithun 2-0-14-0
18.6
•
Aravind to Ablish, no run
hit away to sweeper cover, end of Aravind's spell, and these are his best figures in T20s
18.5
•
Aravind to Ablish, no run
back of a length, calmly played out to point
18.4
W
Aravind to Harris, OUT
it's almost over now, another wicket, goes for this slow, full and wide one outside off, ending up slicing it to short third man, now Aravind and Gayle are smiling widely together
Ryan Harris c Pathan b Aravind 17 (25b 1x4 0x6 29m) SR: 68
18.3
1
Aravind to Praveen, 1 run
goes deep in the crease to work it in front of midwicket
18.2
W
Aravind to McLaren, OUT
Aravind gets one more, it was the slower one, he went for a mow through midwicket from the crease, and edged it on to the stumps
Ryan McLaren b Aravind 28 (32b 1x4 0x6 41m) SR: 87.5
18.1
•
Aravind to McLaren, no run
on a length outside off stump, he calmly shoulders arms
end of over 183 runs
PBKS: 104/7CRR: 5.77 • RRR: 51.00
Ryan Harris17 (24b 1x4)
Ryan McLaren28 (30b 1x4)
Abhimanyu Mithun 2-0-14-0
Zaheer Khan 4-0-35-0
17.6
•
Mithun to Harris, no run
bashes a full one back at the bowler, Mithun goes down to stop it
priyank: "Maybe, I will have to write a dissertation to get my comments posted here. Huh?" What was your subject again?
17.5
1
Mithun to McLaren, 1 run
squeezed out to point, there is an overthrow from Dilshan and cross over
17.4
1
Mithun to Harris, 1 run
in the blockhole, dug out for a single
17.3
•
Mithun to Harris, no run
short ball banged in, he goes for the pull from way outside off and misses, Mithun is excited, no one else is as there is non edge
17.2
1
Mithun to McLaren, 1 run
low full toss squeezed in front of point, virat fires in the throw making the batsman dive in
17.1
•
Mithun to McLaren, no run
full delivery dug back to the bowler
munish: "punjab seems to working on theory.." if u (bowler) give away runs, then we(batsman) will not help u to score those runs"" Mithun is back
end of over 175 runs
PBKS: 101/7CRR: 5.94 • RRR: 35.00
Ryan McLaren26 (27b 1x4)
Ryan Harris16 (21b 1x4)
Zaheer Khan 4-0-35-0
Virat Kohli 1-0-7-0
16.6
1
Khan to McLaren, 1 run
goes across and whips a full one in air to fine leg
Best performances - batters
CH GayleRCB
107 runs (49)
10 fours9 sixes
Control
57%
Productive shot
leg glance
29 runs
2 fours2 sixes
R McLarenPBKS
28 runs (32)
1 four0 six
Control
82%
Productive shot
leg glance
14 runs
1 four0 six
Match details
| M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | |
| Toss | Kings XI Punjab, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2011 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Hours of play (local time) | 20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00 |
| Match days | 6 May 2011 - night (20-over match) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
| Points | Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kings XI Punjab 0 |
Win Probability
RCB 100%
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Over 20 • KXIP 120/9
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