finally, the game is over, AB latches on to a full ball and clatters it through the gap between extra cover and mid off
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Chris Gayle is the Man of the Match.
Sherul: "The number of wickets that fell in that chase shows how much RCB rely on Gayle and Dilshan. Seems worrying for them if Gayle doesn't perform now that Dilshan is gone as well."
This is the longest winning streak in the IPL, seven matches and Bangalore go top of the table, and in to the play offs, first team to do so
oh gosh, another wicket, Tiwary pushes away towards covers and tries to get to the other end, sees the ball overtake him and crash in to the stumps, nothing he could do about it
slants this one wide outside the off stump, gets away with it
Balaji helps bangalore with a high full toss outside leg stump, boucher somehow manages to parry it away with the dive
Tiwary looks to finish it with the slap through covers, backs outside leg and tries to crunch it, but straight to cover
flicked away off the pads backward of square leg
Tiwary is having a tough time, punches wide of point, and struggles across for the single, hobbles, runs a bit, then again hobbles, then stretches in as the throw comes in
tossed up, Tiwary refuses to go for the big one, playing it off the back foot on the leg side
pushed away off the front foot to sweeper cover, and Tiwary hobbles across for the single
Virat comes on as a runner for Tiwary, he has a side strain apparently, but is sent back as he is refused permission. He was carrying the injury before the game started it seems.
that's it, is it, no it is not, he goes down on the knee looking to end the game with the big slog sweep over deep midwicket, did not hit it well enough to beat the fielder there, straight to him, the fireworks have been set off, they had decided it was going to go for six, now what after the match ends?
balaji: "I think RCB should rest Gayle for the next match, their middle order needs some time in the middle else it might come a cropper in the business end of the tournament!"
launches in to the pull off a back of a length ball, goes on the bounce to Morgan at midwicket
gets forward to one going across with the angle and pushes it past extra cover
now he connects with the pull, right off the middle of the bat, hits it so well that deep midwicket does not have to move at all as it comes to him at a nice height
does not get hold of this one, but manages to get the pull past midwicket
that'll do, short delivery, gentle stuff and he rocks back to pull to the midwicket boundary
slanted on a length across the batsman, pushed away off the front foot
The RCB dugout gestures furiously that it was only a five-ball over, It's too late now
133 kph yorker from Bala from wide of the crease, AB digs it away to mid off
very low full toss, reaches out and drives it straight to extra cover without any power
flicked away off the pads to deep square leg
goes for the bouncer and it is called a wide, high and down leg
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 | 14 May 2011 - daynight (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0 |
Over 13 • RCB 105/6