Sangakkara-led DC win; Bangalore disappointed

DC made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Ishank Jaggi and Pragyan Ojha made way for Sunny Sohal and Manpreet Gony.

RCB made three changes to their playing eleven – Asad Pathan, Dirk Nannes and Abhimanyu Mithun made way for Johan van der Wath, Twenty20 debutant Ryan Ninan, and Sreenath Aravind.

On winning the toss, Daniel Vettori, 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 41, and lost a wicket.

Shikhar Dhawan, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Nineteen balls into the match, he was caught by Vettori. Zaheer Khan broke the 20-run stand.

DC scored 50 off 13.1 overs (81 balls). RCB had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 36 balls. While Sohal’s contribution to the partnership was 32, the contribution of Kumar Sangakkara, DC’s skipper, to it was 15. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Sohal, whose 37-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, eventually scored 38. Thirty-seven balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, he was caught by Saurabh Tiwary. Ninan broke the 50-run partnership.

DC scored 100 off seven overs (44 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave RCB no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Sangakkara, whose 25-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 36. Thirty-four balls after Sohal’s dismissal, he was caught by A B de Villiers. Van der Wath broke the 43-run stand.

Bharat Chipli’s half-century – which included four boundaries and three sixes – came off 29 balls.

DC scored 150 off 17.4 overs (108 balls).

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 22 balls. While Chipli’s contribution to the partnership was 32, Jean-Paul Duminy’s contribution to it was 18. Extras didn’t contribution to the partnership.

Chipli eventually scored 61 off 35 balls, which included five boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes. He was unbeaten.

Duminy, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 22. Twenty-eight balls after Sangakkara’s dismissal, he was caught by Virat Kohli. Khan broke the 55-run partnership.

Daniel Christian, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Khan, who was in seventh heaven.

DC scored 175 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Tillakaratne Dilshan, who bowled two wicketless overs, conceded 22.

Aravind, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 26.

Vettori, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Ninan, who bowled three overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket, as did van der Wath, who bowled four overs, conceding 30.

Khan, who bowled four overs, conceded 32. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 28, and lost three wickets.

Dilshan, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – a dozen balls into the chase, he was caught by Sangakkara. Ishant Sharma broke the eight-run stand.

Khan, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. An over later, Dale Steyn, the player of the match, broke the eight-run stand.

Mayank Agarwal, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. A dozen balls later, he was caught by Amit Mishra. Gony broke the 11-run stand.

De Villiers had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he didn’t open his account. Ten balls later, he was caught by Sangakkara. Gony broke the two-run stand.

RCB scored 50 off 9.3 overs (58 balls). DC had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Tiwary, who faced 10 balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 27 balls after de Villiers’ dismissal, he was caught by Sangakkara. Mishra broke the run-a-ball stand.

Kohli’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a six – came off 44 balls.

RCB scored 100 off 15.3 overs (95 balls). DC had conceded four extras at that point.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 50 off 28 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 34, Cheteshwar Pujara’s contribution to it was 14. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Pujara, whose 15-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 25. Thirty-four balls after Tiwary’s dismissal, he was caught by Daniel Christian. Steyn broke the 62-run partnership.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Van der Wath, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught by Sangakkara off the bowling of Steyn.

Kohli, whose 51-ball innings included five boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 71. Four balls later, Gony broke the 12-run stand.

Vettori, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. He was unbeaten.

Ninan, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. Nine balls after Kohli’s dismissal, he was caught by Sangakkara. Needless to say, Christian was in seventh heaven.

Aravind, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

DC eventually conceded eight extras. RCB, who scored 142 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by 33 runs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Mishra, Christian and Sharma picked up a wicket apiece. They conceded 41, 22, and 21, respectively.

Gony and Steyn picked up three scalps apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 24.