DLF IPL Season 5 - Match 10
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
For this crucial encounter RCB inducted the big hitting Chris Gayle and KKR responded by including all rounder Shakib Al Hasan.
RCB won the toss and elected to field. KKR had a blazing start with openers Kallis and Gambhir striking the ball freely. KKR were cruising along at around 10 runs per over when Kallis got out for 22. Good opening partnership of 60 in the seventh over is the best possible start KKR would have prayed for. Bisla joined Gambhir and the pair continued the good work. Bisla made 46 out of 29 and the total was comfortable at 125/2 in the 14th over. Then there was a sudden collapse as KKR lost wickets in quick succession. Ironically all the batsmen who batted after Bisla were out for single digit scores. However Gambhir's 64 off 39 balls and the useful contribution from the top 3 batsmen enabled KKR to post a fighting total of 165/8 in 20 overs. Zaheer Khan, Vinay Kumar and Muttiah Muralitharan captured 2 wickets apiece.
Needing 166 to win RCB started pathetically losing Pujara, Gayle and Kohli cheaply. Score read 20/3 in the 6th over. De Villiers, Tiwary and Agarwal also didn't stay for long. Only Vettori and Vinay Kumar provided some resistance. But poor run rate and quick fall of wickets resulted in RCB making just 123/9 from 29 overs, surrendering a win to KKR by 42 runs. L.Balaji was the pick of the bowlers taking 4/18. It was a much needed win for KKR as they open their account in the Points column. However it is a clear warning bell for the strong RCB team.
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