Neither DC nor RCB made any changes to their playing eleven.
On winning the toss, Anil Kumble, RCB’s skipper and the player of the
match, chose to field.
The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay
– was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 31, and lost a couple
of wickets.
DC’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Adam Gilchrist, DC’s skipper and
the player of the series, faced three balls, failing to open his account. Three
balls into the match, he was dismissed by Kumble.
Tirumalasetti Suman, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored
10. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Manish Pandey. Vinay Kumar broke the
run-a-ball stand.
DC scored 50 off 7.2 overs (44 balls). RCB had conceded three extras at
that point.
Andrew Symonds, whose 21-ball innings included four boundaries and a
six, scored 33. Thirty-two balls after Suman’s dismissal, the (Kumb)leggie
broke the 40-run stand.
DC scored 100 off 14.5 overs (89 balls). The number of extras they had
conceded at that point gave no reason to be in seventh heaven.
The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 41 balls. While Herschelle Gibbs’
contribution to the partnership was 23, Rohit Sharma’s contribution to it was
24. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.
Sharma, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary and a six, didn’t add
to the aforementioned score. Forty-five balls after Symonds’ dismissal, he was
caught by Pandey. Kumble broke the 52-run partnership.
Gibbs’ half-century – which included three boundaries and a couple of
sixes – came off 47 balls.
He eventually scored 53 off 48 balls, and was unbeaten.
Venugopal Rao, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account.
Four balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Ross Taylor. Kumble broke
the five-run stand.
Azhar Bilakhia had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored
half-a-dozen. Thirteen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Vinay,
who broke the 19-run stand.
Ryan Harris, who faced five balls, scored nine. He was unbeaten.
DC eventually conceded eight extras. RCB scored 143 for the loss of
half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.
Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.
Praveen Kumar, Roelof van der Merwe and Jacques Kallis were wicketless.
They conceded 43, 28, and 24, respectively.
Vinay, who bowled four overs, conceded 30. He picked up a couple of
wickets.
Kumble, who bowled four overs, conceded 16. He picked up a wicket.
The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay
– was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 36, and lost a wicket.
Kallis, whose 17-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 15.
Twenty-one balls into the chase, Rudra Pratap Singh – the holder of Purple Cap
– broke the 20-run stand.
Pandey, who faced eight balls, scored just four. Sixteen balls later, he
was caught by Gilchrist. Pragyan Ojha broke the run-a-ball stand.
RCB scored 50 off 7.5 overs (47 balls). DC had conceded three extras at
that point.
Van der Merwe, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary and three
sixes, scored 32. Fourteen balls later, he was (Gilchri)stumped. Ojha broke the
21-run stand.
Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. RCB had scored 69
for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Rahul Dravid had scored four,
Ross Taylor was unbea‘ten’.
Dravid, who faced 13 balls, eventually scored nine. Nineteen balls
later, Harmeet Singh broke the 22-run stand.
Taylor, whose 20-ball innings included three boundaries and a six,
eventually scored 27. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Rao. Symonds broke
the 20-run stand.
The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Although his eight-ball
innings included a boundary, Virat Kohli had no reason to be in seventh heaven
– the next ball, he was (Gilchri)stumped off the bowling of Symonds.
RCB scored 100 off 14.4 overs (88 balls). DC had conceded five extras at
that point.
Boucher, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Eight
balls later, he was caught by Gibbs. Harmeet broke the run-a-ball stand.
Uthappa, whose 15-ball innings included a six, scored 17. He was unbeaten.
Praveen, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Five balls later, he
was caught by Rudra Pratap. Ojha broke the three-run stand.
Vinay, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight.
Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Harmeet. Harris broke the 19-run stand.
Kumble, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.
DC eventually conceded 10 extras. RCB, who scored 137 for the loss of
nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by half-a-dozen runs.
Sharma bowled a wicketless over, conceding nine.
Harris and Rudra Pratap bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket
apiece. While the former (whose spell included a maiden) conceded 34, the
latter conceded 16.
Symonds, who bowled three overs, conceded 18. He picked up two wickets,
as did Harmeet, who bowled four overs, conceding 23.
Ojha, who bowled four overs, conceded 28. He picked up three scalps.
DC won the 2009 IPL.
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