Dravid delighted; RR beat Bangalore

RCB (Moham)made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Raju Bhatkal and Cheteshwar Pujara made way for Kaif and Sreenath Aravind.

RR made one change to their playing eleven – Ankeet Chavan made way for Pankaj Singh.

On winning the toss, Rahul Dravid, RR’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 43, without the loss of a wicket.

RR’s openers put on 50 off 7.3 overs (45 balls). RCB hadn’t conceded any extras at that point. While Dravid’s contribution to the partnership was 19, the contribution of Ajinkya Rahane, the player of the match, to it was 31.

Dravid, whose 32-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 25. Sixty-two balls into the match, he was stumped by A B de Villiers. Daniel Vettori, RCB’s skipper, broke the run-a-ball partnership.

Rahane’s half-century – which included four boundaries and three sixes – came off 41 balls.

RR scored 100 off 13.5 overs (83 balls). RCB hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 27 balls. While Rahane’s contribution to the partnership was 36, Owais Shah’s contribution to it was 14. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

RR scored 150 off 16.4 overs (100 balls). RCB had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Shah’s half-century – which included three boundaries and five sixes – came off 19 balls.

The second-wicket pair put on 100 off 41 balls. While Rahane’s contribution to the partnership was 44, Shah’s contribution to it was 54. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Shah eventually scored 60 off 26 balls, which included five boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes. Fifty balls after Dravid’s dismissal, he was caught by Vinay Kumar. Zaheer Khan broke the 121-run partnership.

Rahane’s ton – which included a dozen boundaries and five sixes – came off 58 balls.

He eventually scored 103 off 60 balls. He was unbeaten, as was Brad Hodge, who faced a couple of balls, scoring a run.

RCB eventually conceded half-a-dozen boundaries. RR scored 195 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 20 overs.

Chris Gayle, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 21.

Aravind, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 48.

Vinay and Muttiah Muralitharan bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 51, the latter conceded 35.

Vettori and Khan bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 20, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 15.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 54, and lost a couple of wickets.

Mayank Agarwal, whose 21-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, scored 34. Twenty-eight balls into the chase, he was caught by Shah. Pankaj broke the 42-run stand.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Gayle, whose nine-ball innings included a six, scored eight. A couple of balls later, he was dismissed by Pankaj.

RCB scored 50 off 5.5 overs (35 balls). RR hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

De Villiers, who faced nine balls, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-two balls later, he was (Trive)dismissed by Siddharth, who broke the 27-run stand.

Virat Kohli, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. Eleven balls later, Trivedi broke the nine-run stand.

RCB scored 100 off 14 overs (84 balls). RR had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Saurabh Tiwary, whose 16-ball innings included a six, scored 17. Twenty-two balls after Kohli’s dismissal, Trivedi broke the 23-run stand.

Vettori, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Three balls later, Trivedi broke the two-run stand.

Kaif, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. (Bot)Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Hodge. Johan broke the four-run stand.

Vinay, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Amit Singh had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the nine-run stand.

Khan, who faced three balls, failed to get off the mark. Three balls later, he was caught by Rahane. Brad Hogg broke the four-run stand.

Aravind, whose eight-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 14. He was unbeaten.

Muralitharan, who faced eight balls, scored half-a-dozen. Fifteen balls after Vinay’s dismissal, he was caught by Rahane. Amit broke the 16-run stand.

RCB, who were bundled out for 136 off 19.5 overs, lost by 59 runs.

Botha and Hogg bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 30, the latter conceded 19.

Amit, who bowled 3.5 overs, conceded 43. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Pankaj, who bowled four overs, conceding 18.

Trivedi, who bowled four overs, conceded 25. He picked up four scalps.