Punjab trounced by Vettori-led RCB

RCB made one change to their playing eleven – Syed (Moham)made way for Asad Pathan.

KXIP (Shar)made three changes to their playing eleven – David Hussey, Bipul and Bhargav Bhatt made way for Sunny Singh, Ryan McLaren and Love Ablish.

On winning the toss, Adam Gilchrist, KXIP’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 48, and lost a wicket.

Tillakaratne Dilshan, who faced nine balls, scored 16. His runs came by way of boundaries. Twenty-nine balls into the match, he was caught by Praveen Kumar. McLaren broke the 43-run stand.

RCB scored 50 off 6.4 overs (40 balls). KXIP had conceded four extras at that point.

Chris Gayle, the player of the match, scored 50 off 28 balls, which included five boundaries and four sixes.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 26 balls. While Gayle’s contribution to the partnership was 39, Virat Kohli’s contribution to it was a dozen. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

RCB scored 100 off 9.2 overs (56 balls). KXIP had conceded four extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 100 off 53 balls. While Gayle’s contribution to the partnership was 73, Kohli’s contribution to it was 26. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Gayle’s ton – which included nine boundaries and as many sixes – came off 46 balls.

RCB scored 150 off 14.1 overs (85 balls). KXIP had conceded four extras at that point.

The West Indian eventually scored 107 off 49 balls, which included 10 boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes. Fifty-nine balls after Dilshan’s dismissal, he was caught by Ryan Harris. Piyush Chawla broke the 111-run partnership.

Kohli, whose 31-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 27. A couple of balls (Chaw)later, the leggie broke the one-run stand.

A B de Villiers, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 27. He was unbeaten.

Saurabh Tiwary, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Harris, who broke the 31-run stand.

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

Mohammad Kaif, who faced four balls, scored three. Eight balls later, Harris broke the 12-run stand.

RCB scored 200 off 19.3 overs (117 balls). KXIP had conceded five extras at that point.

Abhimanyu, whose three-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was (Mith)unbeaten.

KXIP eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. RCB scored 205 for the loss of half-a-dozen extras off 20 overs.

Nayar, who bowled (Abhish)ek wicketless over, conceded nine.

Ablish, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 39.

Praveen, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 37.

McLaren, who bowled four overs, conceded 40. He picked up a wicket.

Chawla, who bowled four overs, conceded 37. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Harris bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38, picking up three scalps. 

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

KXIP’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Gilchrist, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball into the chase, Pathan ran him out.

Nayar, who faced four balls, scored a run. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Tiwary. Sreenath Aravind broke the five-run stand.

Paul Valthaty, whose 16-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 21. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Mithun. Gayle broke the 23-run stand.

Shaun Marsh, who faced eight balls, scored four. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Aravind, who broke the run-a-ball stand.

KXIP scored 50 off 7.3 overs (45 balls). RCB had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Sunny, who faced five balls, scored four. Thirteen balls after Marsh’s dismissal, he was caught by Pathan. Daniel Vettori, RCB’s skipper, broke the 16-run stand.

Dinesh Karthik, whose 15-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 20. Seven balls later, he was trapped (Gay)leg before wicket by the West Indian, who broke the run-a-ball stand.

Chawla, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. Thirteen balls later, Gayle broke the 10-run stand.

KXIP scored 100 off 16.5 overs (102 balls). RCB had conceded four extras at that point.

McLaren, whose 32-ball innings included a boundary, scored 28. Forty-five balls after Chawla’s dismissal, Aravind broke the 37-run stand.

Harris, whose 25-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Pathan. Aravind broke the one-run stand.

Although Praveen, whose innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 15, and was unbeaten, he had no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Ablish, who faced a couple of balls, failing to get off the mark. He was unbeaten.

RCB eventually conceded five extras. KXIP, who scored 120 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by 85 runs.

Kohli, who bowled an over, was not in seventh heaven, because he was wicketless.

Mithun, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Zaheer Khan, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 35.

Vettori, who bowled four overs, conceded 14. He picked up a wicket.

Gayle, who bowled four overs, conceded 21. He picked up three wickets.

Aravind, who bowled four overs, conceded 14. He picked up four scalps.