Bangalore disappointed; Gilchrist-led DC win

DC made one change to their playing eleven – Herschelle Gibbs made way for Dwayne Smith.

RCB made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Sridharan Sriram and Praveen Kumar made way for Manish Pandey and K P Appanna.

On winning the toss, Anil Kumble, RCB’s skipper, 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 35, and lost three wickets.

Adam Gilchrist, DC’s skipper, scored a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Four balls (Rob)into the match, he was caught by Uthappa. Dale Steyn broke the one-run stand.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Tirumalasetti Suman, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught by Ross Taylor off the bowling of Steyn.

Gibbs, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored a dozen. Ten balls later, Steyn broke the 13-run stand.

DC scored 50 off 8.2 overs (51 balls). RCB had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 42 balls. While Rohit Sharma’s contribution to the partnership was 19, Mohnish Mishra’s contribution to it was 28. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.

The fourth-wicket pair eventually scored 82. Mishra, whose 30-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, eventually scored 41. Sixty-one balls after Gibbs’ dismissal, Steyn and Uthappa ran him out.  

DC scored 100 off 13.3 overs (82 balls). RCB had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Andrew Symonds, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. Thirty balls after Mishra’s dismissal, he was stumped by Uthappa. Kumble broke the 35-run stand.

Sharma’s half-century – which included seven boundaries – came off 44 balls.

He eventually scored 51 off 46 balls. Four balls after Symonds’ dismissal, he was caught by Manish Pandey. Vinay Kumar broke the two-run stand.

DC scored 150 off 19.3 overs (119 balls). RCB had conceded nine extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Ryan Harris, whose nine-ball innings included a six, scored 13. He was unbeaten, as was Bodapati Sumanth, who faced four balls, scoring half-a-dozen.

DC scored 151 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Virat Kohli, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 16.

Appanna, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 27.

Jacques Kallis, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 40.

Vinay, who bowled three overs, conceded 19. He picked up a wicket, as did Kumble, who bowled four overs, conceding 27.

Steyn, who bowled four overs, conceded 18. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the fourth over. They scored 27, and lost a wicket.

RCB’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Pandey, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball into the chase, he was caught by Gilchrist off the bowling of Harris.

RCB scored 50 off 7.2 overs (44 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave DC no reason to be in seventh heaven.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 43 balls. While Kallis’ contribution to the partnership was 13, Rahul Dravid’s contribution to it was 31. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was seven.

Dravid, whose 35-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 49. Sixty-two balls after Pandey’s dismissal, he was caught by Sumanth. Symonds broke the 74-run partnership.

Kallis, whose 37-ball innings included a boundary, scored 27. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Sumanth. Pragyan Ojha broke the 21-run stand.

RCB scored 100 off 14.4 overs (88 balls). DC had conceded nine extras at that point.

Taylor, who faced five balls, scored a run. Eight balls after Kallis’ dismissal, Rudra Pratap Singh broke the six-run stand.

Kohli, who faced four balls, scored three. Four balls later, he was caught by Sumanth. Ojha broke the three-run stand.

Cameron White, who faced three balls, scored four. Five balls later, he was caught by Symonds. Rudra Pratap broke the six-run stand.

Uthappa, whose 20-ball innings included three sixes, scored 34. Eleven balls later, Harmeet Singh, the player of the match, broke the 24-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Steyn, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was trapped leg before wicket by Harmeet.

Vinay had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored four. Seven balls later, Harris broke the three-run stand.

Kumble, who faced four balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

The last-wicket pair put on a run. Appanna, who faced a ball, scored a run. A ball after Vinay’s dismissal, Sharma and Gilchrist ran him out.

DC eventually conceded 13 extras. RCB, who were bundled out for 138 off 19.4 overs, lost by 13 runs.

Symonds bowled four overs, conceding 33. He picked up a wicket.

Harris bowled 3.4 overs, conceding 34. He picked up two scalps, as did Harmeet, Symonds and Rudra Pratap, who bowled four overs apiece. They conceded 24, 22, and 21, respectively.