Pune disappointed; Vettori-led RCB win

RCB (Moham)made three changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Kaif, Sreenath Aravind and Muttiah Muralitharan made way for Tillakaratne Dilshan, Harshal and K P Appanna.

PWI made one change to their playing eleven – Murali Kartik made way for Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

On winning the toss, Sourav Ganguly, PWI’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of PWI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 58, without the loss of a wicket.

PWI’s openers scored 50 off 5.3 overs (33 balls). RCB had conceded a couple of extras at that point. While Robin’s contribution to the (Uthap)partnership was 23, Jesse Ryder’s contribution to it was 28.

Ryder, whose 22-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually scored 34. Seven overs into the match, he was caught by Mayank Agarwal. Patel broke the 63-run partnership.

Ganguly, who faced eight balls, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-nine balls later, he was caught by Agarwal. Vinay Kumar broke the 45-run stand.

Uthappa’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 33 balls.

PWI scored 100 off 10.4 overs (64 balls). RCB had conceded five extras at that point.

Uthappa eventually scored 60 off 45 balls, which included nine boundaries and a couple of sixes. Seven balls after Ganguly’s dismissal, he was caught by Patel. Daniel Vettori, RCB’s skipper, broke the nine-run stand.

PWI scored 150 off 16.3 overs (99 balls). RCB had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 47. Steven Smith, whose 14-ball innings included a six, scored 16. Twenty-nine balls after Uthappa’s dismissal, A B de Villiers and Vinay ran him out.

The fifth-wicket pair put on a couple. Marlon Samuels, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 34. Four balls later, de Villiers ran him out.

Although his innings included a six, Angelo Mathews had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored 10. Eight balls later, he was caught by Virat Kohli. Vinay broke the 12-run stand.

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

Bhuvneshwar, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave RCB no reason to be in seventh heaven. PWI scored 182 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Dilshan and Appanna bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 23.

Zaheer Khan, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 34.

Vettori and Patel bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 29.

Vinay, who bowled four overs, conceded 34. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 42, and lost a couple of wickets.

Dilshan, who faced eight balls, scored four. Sixteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Uthappa. Needless to say, Ashok Dinda was in seventh heaven.

Agarwal, whose 10-ball innings included a six, scored nine. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Manhas. Samuels broke the 35-run stand.

RCB scored 50 off 7.5 overs (48 balls). PWI had conceded four extras at that point.

Chris Gayle, the player of the match, scored a half-century off 38 balls, which included four boundaries and as many sixes.

Kohli, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. Thirty-five balls after Agarwal’s dismissal, he was caught by Rahul Sharma. Mathews broke the 30-run stand.

RCB scored 100 off 12.5 overs (78 balls). PWI had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 23 balls. While Gayle’s contribution to the partnership was 44, Saurabh Tiwary was unbea‘ten’. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Gayle, whose 48-ball innings included four boundaries and eight sixes, eventually scored 81. Twenty-three balls after Kohli’s dismissal, Ashish Nehra broke the 55-run partnership.

RCB scored 150 off 17.4 overs (108 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave PWI no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 24 balls. While Tiwary’s contribution to the partnership was 20, de Villiers’ contribution to it was 32. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Tiwary, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 36. He was unbeaten, as was de Villiers, who eventually scored 33 off 14 balls, which included a couple of boundaries and three sixes.

RCB, who scored 186 for the loss of four wickets off 20 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets.

Sharma, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 35. He was wicketless, as was Bhuvneshwar, who bowled four overs, conceding 27.

Samuels, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded five. He picked up a wicket, as did Nehra, Mathews and Dinda, who bowled four overs apiece. They conceded 54, 35, and 28, respectively.