IPL-4 (09th April): RCB cruise to a 6 wicket win over Kochi

By Team Bellevision
Bellevision Media Network

Kochi, 09 April 2011: AB de Villiers smashed a blistering unbeaten half century as Royal Challengers Bangalore thumped debutantes Kochi Tuskers Kerala by six wickets in their Indian Premier League here on Saturday. Coming in at 48 for two in the sixth over, South African de Villiers (54 not out) anchored the RCB innings with a strokeful knock which came from 40 balls as the visitors chased down 162 with eight balls to spare on a batting track.

 

Needing 33 from the last three overs, de Villiers smashed three sixes in the 18th over to take 20 runs from medium pacer Raiphi Gomez to reach his fifty and that changed the complexion of the game. Gomez was surprisingly introduced for the first time by KTK captain Mahela Jayawardene in the match at that crucial stage.

 

Asad Pathan then smashed three fours off Vinay Kumar in the penultimate over, including the winning runs, as RCB reached 162 for four in 18.4 overs to stun the cheering KTK supporters who were experiencing their first IPL match at home. Chasing 162 for a win in their opening match, RCB made a shaky start with their key opener Tillakaratne Dilshan out for just one in the second over.

 

 

Dilshan got a leading edge while trying to whip an outswinger off Sreesanth and Brendon McCullum dived forward to take a low and sharp catch. The early dismissal, however, did not deter RCB batsmen from playing big shots as Virat Kohli and the other opener Mayank Agarwal scored at a brisk pace.

 

The duo took 13 runs from the fifth over bowled by Ravindra Jadeja with Agarwal hitting the bowler for a six and Kohli a four. Just as Kohli (23 off 18 balls), one of India’s World Cup heroes, looked like settling in for a big knock, he was dismissed in the sixth over LBW as Vinay Kumar skidded the ball into the right-hander from outside off.

 

Agarwal greeted the just retired Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan for a six in the off-spinner’s first ball and AB de Villiers smote Sreesanth for a huge six to take 15 runs of the paceman from the ninth over to keep RCB on track. RCB found themselves at a spot of bother as Agarwal fell in the last ball of the 10th over off Jadeja, holing out to Vinay Kumar at long off to leave his side at 86 for three. Saurabh Tiwary contributed a useful 24—ball 26 before being out in the 18th over before de Villiers and Pathan took RCB home. 

 

Match Summary

Indian Premier League 2011 Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 3rd match Nehru Stadium, Kochi, April 9, 2011

Match Information Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) & Krishna Hariharan (Ind) Third Umpire: Tony Hill (NZ) Toss: Kochi Tuskers Kerala (Elected to bat) Match Status: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wkts

Batting: Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings

Batsmen Royal Challengers Bangalore (162/4 in 18.4 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Mayank Agarwal c V Kumar b R Jadeja 37 24 3 2 154.17 Tillakaratne Dilshan c B McCullum b S Sreesanth 1 4 0 0 25.00 Virat Kohli lbw b V Kumar 23 18 4 0 127.78 AB de Villiers (wk) not out 54 40 1 5 135.00 Saurabh Tiwary c M Jayawardene b R Gomez 26 24 2 0 108.33 Asad Pathan not out 12 4 3 0 300.00 Cheteshwar Pujara             Zaheer Khan             Daniel Vettori (c)             Dirk Nannes             Abhimanyu Mithun             Extras: b - 0, w - 7, nb - 2, lb - 0 9   Total:(162 for 4 in 18.4 overs) 162 Run Rate: 8.68

Fall Of Wickets

1/7 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 1.2 ov.), 2/48 (Virat Kohli, 5.3 ov.), 3/85 (Mayank Agarwal, 9.6 ov.), 4/137 (Saurabh Tiwary, 17.4 ov.)

Bowling: Kochi Tuskers Kerala

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER RP Singh 3 0 33 0 0 4 11.0 S Sreesanth 3 0 28 1 2 1 9.3 Ravindra Jadeja 4 0 28 1 0 1 7.0 Vinay Kumar 3.4 0 26 1 0 1 7.1 Muttiah Muralitharan 4 0 27 0 0 0 6.8 Raiphi Gomez 1 0 20 1 0 0 20.0

Batting: Kochi Tuskers Kerala Innings

Batsmen Kochi Tuskers Kerala (161/5 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Brendon McCullum (wk) c D Nannes b V Kohli 45 32 4 2 140.62 VVS Laxman c C Pujara b T Dilshan 36 29 2 2 124.14 Mahela Jayawardene (c) st de Villiers b D Vettori 18 18 2 0 100.00 Brad Hodge b Z Khan 27 21 3 0 128.57 Ravindra Jadeja not out 23 16 2 1 143.75 Raiphi Gomez c S Tiwary b D Nannes 0 1 0 0 0.00 Parthiv Patel not out 1 4 0 0 25.00 Muttiah Muralitharan             Vinay Kumar             RP Singh             S Sreesanth             Extras: b - 1, w - 7, nb - 1, lb - 2 11   Total:(161 for 5 in 20 overs) 161 Run Rate: 8.05

Fall Of Wickets

1/80 (VVS Laxman, 8.6 ov.), 2/93 (Brendon McCullum, 11.3 ov.), 3/124 (Mahela Jayawardene, 15.1 ov.), 4/147 (Brad Hodge, 17.6 ov.), 5/152 (Raiphi Gomez, 18.4 ov.)

Bowling: Royal Challengers Bangalore

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Zaheer Khan 4 0 28 1 0 0 7.0 Dirk Nannes 3 0 31 1 0 1 10.3 Daniel Vettori 4 0 17 1 0 0 4.2 Tillakaratne Dilshan 4 0 30 1 0 0 7.5 Abhimanyu Mithun 1 0 19 0 1 0 19.0 Virat Kohli 2 0 14 1 0 0 7.0 Asad Pathan 2 0 19 0 0 2 9.5