Bangalore disheartened; Sangakkara-led DC win

DC made one change to their playing eleven – Chris Lynn made way for Kumar Sangakkara (who was leading the team).

RCB made no changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Virat Kohli, 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 23, and lost three wickets.

Shikhar, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. (Dhaw)An over into the match, Zaheer Khan broke the run-a-ball stand.

Akshath Reddy, who faced 11 balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 15 balls later, he was caught by A B de Villiers. Vinay Kumar broke the 13-run stand.

Cameron White, who faced five balls, scored a run. Five balls later, he was caught by Mayank Agarwal. Prasanth Parameswaran broke the one-run stand.

DC scored 50 off 10.4 overs (64 balls). RCB had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Sangakkara, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. Forty-one balls after White’s dismissal, he was caught by Vinay. Muttiah Muralitharan broke the 31-run stand.

Jean-Paul Duminy was the player of the match, His half-century – which included four boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 43 balls.

DC scored 100 off 17.1 overs (103 balls). RCB had conceded five extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 36 balls. While Duminy’s contribution to the partnership was 38, Parthiv Patel’s contribution to it was 13. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Duminy eventually scored 74 off 53 balls, which included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to five sixes. Forty-six balls after Sangakkara’s dismissal, he was caught by the substitute, K P Appanna. Khan broke the 71-run partnership.

Parthiv, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Chris Gayle. Vinay broke the 10-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put failed to get off the mark. Ashish Reddy, who faced four balls, scored as many. The next ball, he was dismissed by Vinay.

Dale Steyn, the player of the match, did not face a ball. He was unbeaten.

RCB eventually conceded 10 extras. DC scored 132 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Tillakaratne, who bowleD(ilsh)an over, conceded half-a-dozen. He was wicketless, as was Harshal Patel, who bowled three overs, conceding 26.

Parameswaran, who bowled three overs, conceded a dozen. He picked up a wicket, as did Muralitharan, who bowled four overs, conceding 30.

Khan, who bowled four overs, conceded 30. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Vinay, who bowled four overs, conceded 22. 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 40, and lost a couple of wickets.

Gayle, whose 10-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 27. Seventeen balls into the chase, Steyn broke the 30-run stand.

Dilshan faced a dozen balls. Ten balls later, he was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Steyn, who broke the six-run stand.

Saurabh Tiwary retired hurt between the 33^rd ball of RCB’s innings (when they had scored 40, and lost a couple of wickets) and the 59^th ball of their innings (when they had scored 57, and lost four wickets). He had scored a couple at that point.

RCB scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). DC had conceded an extra at that point.

De Villers, who faced 11 balls, scored just four. Twenty-nine balls after Dilshan’s dismissal (and 23 balls after Tiwary retired hurt), he was caught by Duminy. Amit Mishra broke the 15-run stand.

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

RCB scored 100 off 15.5 overs (95 balls). DC had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Kohli, whose 40-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 42. Thirty-seven balls after Agarwal’s dismissal, he was caught by Manpreet Gony. Ashish broke the 46-run stand.

Khan, who faced four balls, failed to get off the mark. Five balls later, Steyn broke the one-run stand.

Tiwary, whose 27-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 30. Seven balls later, he was caught by Sangakkara. Veer Pratap Singh broke the run-a-ball stand.

Although his run-a-ball innings included a boundary, Vinay had no reason to be in seventh heaven – seven balls later, he was caught by Duminy. Ashish broke the nine-run stand.

Harshal, who faced five balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

Muralitharan, who faced a ball, failed to get off the mark. A couple of balls after Vinay’s dismissal, he was caught by Duminy. Ashish broke the one-run stand.

Parameswaran, who faced a ball, failed to get off the mark. He was unbeaten.

DC eventually conceded three extras. RCB, who scored 123 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by nine runs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Gony, who conceded 38, was wicketless.

Veer Pratap, who conceded 26, picked up a wicket.

Mishra, who conceded 26, picked up a couple of wickets.

Ashish and Steyn picked up three scalps apiece. While the former conceded 25, the latter conceded eight.

As a result of this match, RCB were eliminated, and CSK qualified for the playoffs.