Vettori-led RCB beat Kochi comfortably

RCB made one change to their playing eleven – Asad Pathan made way for Cheteshwar Pujara.

KTK made one change to their playing eleven – Sreesanth made way for Ramesh Powar.

On winning the toss, Mahela Jayawardene, KTK’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of KTK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 49, and lost a wicket.

Brendon McCullum, whose 16-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 22. Thirty-three balls into the match, he was caught by the substitute, K B Arun Karthik. Daniel Vettori, RCB’s skipper, broke the 43-run stand.

KTK scored 50 off 6.1 overs (37 balls). RCB had conceded an extra at that point.

Michael Klinger, whose 25-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 24. Seventeen balls after McCullum’s dismissal, Chris Gayle, the player of the match, scored 21-run stand.

Jayawardene had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored three. Ten balls later, he was caught by A B de Villiers. Vettori broke the eight-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair put on a run. Parthiv Patel, whose 14-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. A couple of balls later, Mohammad Kaif and de Villiers ran him out.

Brad Hodge, who faced a dozen balls, scored five. Nineteen balls later, he was caught by Zaheer Khan. Sreenath Aravind broke the 16-run stand.

KTK scored 100 off 15.3 overs (94 balls). RCB had conceded nine extras at that point.

Although his 15-ball innings included a boundary, Raiphi Gomez had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 23 balls after Hodge’s dismissal, he was caught by Virat Kohli. Aravind broke the 17-run stand.

Vinay Kumar, who faced three balls, scored as many. Seven balls later, he was caught by Vettori. Khan broke the nine-run stand.

Ravindra Jadeja, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Kaif. Needless to say, Abhimanyu Mithun was in seventh heaven.

Powar, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten.

The ninth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Rudra Pratap Singh didn’t face a ball. A ball after Jadeja’s dismissal, de Villiers ran him out.

Prasanth Parameswaran, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

RCB eventually conceded 10 extras. KTK scored 125 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Tillakaratne Dilshan bowled a wicketless over, conceding eight.

Mithun bowled three overs, conceding 21. He picked up a wicket, as did Khan and Gayle, who bowled four overs each, conceding 26 apiece.

Vettori and Aravind bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 20.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 79, and lost a wicket.

RCB’s openers put on 50 off 2.3 overs (16 balls). KTK had conceded a couple of extras at that point. While Gayle’s contribution to the partnership was 28, Dilshan’s contribution to it was 20.

Gayle, whose 16-ball innings included three boundaries and five sixes, eventually scored 44. Twenty-four balls into the chase, Vinay broke the 67-run partnership.

RCB scored 100 off 8.2 overs (51 balls). KTK had conceded four extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 46 balls. While Dilshan’s contribution to the partnership was 27, Kohli’s contribution to it was 20. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Dilshan’s half-century – which included eight boundaries and a six – came off 30 balls.

He eventually scored 52 off 31 balls. He was unbeaten, as was Kohli, who eventually scored 27. His 33-ball innings included three boundaries.

KTK eventually conceded five extras. RCB, who scored 128 for the loss of a wicket off 13.1 overs, won by nine wickets with 41 balls to spare.

Powar and Rudra Pratap bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 27, the latter conceded 13.

Parameswaran bowled 2.1 wicketless overs, conceding 44.

Jadeja bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 24.

Vinay bowled three overs, conceding 18. He picked up the only wicket that fell.