Anil (Kumb)leads; RCB beat Punjab

KXIP made a couple of (Kati)changes to their playing eleven – Ravi Bopara and Wilkin Mota made way for Simon and Tanmay Srivastava.  

RCB made three changes to their playing eleven – Kevin Pietersen, Manish Pandey and Pankaj Singh made way for Jesse Ryder, Rajesh Bishnoi and Robin Uthappa.

On winning the toss, Anil Kumble, RCB’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 38, and lost a couple of wickets.

Ryder, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Five balls into the match, he was caught by Mahela Jayawardene. Irfan Pathan broke the two-run stand.

Bishnoi, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 18. Twenty-three balls (Chaw)later, he was caught by Piyush. Yusuf Abdulla broke the 25-run stand.

Shreevats Goswami, who faced 14 balls, scored 10. Nine balls (Abdul)later, he was caught by Chawla. The South African broke the 11-run stand.

RCB scored 50 off 7.5 overs (47 balls). KXIP had conceded an extra at that point.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. RCB had scored 62 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Jacques Kallis had scored 20, Uthappa had scored nine.

Uthappa, whose 17-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 19. Thirty-four balls after Goswami’s dismissal, he was caught by Katich. Yuvraj Singh, KXIP’s skipper and the player of the match, broke the 42-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Kallis, whose 22-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 27. The next ball, he was dismissed by Yuvraj.

Mark Boucher scored a couple. He was trapped leg be’four’ wicket by Yuvraj, who had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the four-run stand, and completed his hat-trick.

RCB scored 100 off 15 overs (90 balls). KXIP had conceded four extras at that point.

Roelof van der Merwe, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 35. Twenty-seven balls after Boucher’s dismissal, he was caught by Pathan. Abdulla broke the 44-run stand.

Virat Kohli, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. Three balls later, he was caught by Chawla. Pathan broke the five-run stand.

Although his innings included a boundary, Praveen Kumar had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored nine. He was unbeaten.

Kumble, who faced three balls, scored a run. Half-a-dozen balls after Kohli’s dismissal, Abdulla broke the three-run stand.

K P Appanna, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten.

KXIP eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. RCB scored 145 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Ramesh Powar, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded eight.

Vikramjeet Malik, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Chawla, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Pathan, who bowled four overs, conceded 19. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Yuvraj, who bowled four overs, conceded 22. He picked up three wickets.

Abdulla bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36, picking up four scalps.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 35, without the loss of a wicket.

KXIP’s openers put on 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). RCB had conceded an extra at that point. While Yuvraj’s contribution to the partnership was 35, Karan Goel’s contribution to it was 16.

Yuvraj’s half-century – which included three boundaries and four sixes – came off 33 balls.

He eventually faced 34 balls, failing to add to the aforementioned score. Fifty-nine balls into the chase, he was caught by Kallis. Kumble broke the 70-run partnership.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. RCB had scored 70 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Goel had scored 19, Katich hadn’t opened his account.

Goel, whose 29-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 20. Seven balls after Yuvraj’s dismissal, he was caught by Kohli. Van der Merwe broke the three-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 11. Katich, who faced five balls, scored three. Ten balls later, van der Merwe and Boucher ran him out.

KXIP scored 100 off 15.5 overs (95 balls). RCB had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Jayawardene, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. Twenty-seven balls after Katich’s dismissal, he was caught by Kallis. Van der Merwe broke the 32-run stand.

Kumar Sangakkara, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Kumble had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the 13-run stand.

Pathan, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. Eight balls later, he was caught by Kohli. Kumar broke the run-a-ball stand.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Chawla, who faced four balls, scored three. The next ball, he was dismissed by Kumar.

Powar, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten, as was Srivastava, who faced a ball, failing to get off the mark.

RCB eventually conceded 13 extras. KXIP, who scored 137 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs, lost by eight runs.

Appanna, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 10.

Kallis, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 19.

Ryder, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 24.

Van der Merwe, who bowled three overs, conceded 22. He picked up a couple of scalps, as was Kumar and Kumble, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 27, the latter conceded 25.