Kohli elated; RCB trounce Mumbai

MI made changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Robin Peterson and Munaf made way for Kieron Pollard and Pragyan Ojha.

RCB made three changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Asad Pathan, Abhimanyu Mithun and Prasanth Parameswaran made way for Saurabh Tiwary, Vinay Kumar and Harshal.

On winning the toss, Virat Kohli, RCB’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 25, and lost a couple of wickets.

James, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. Eight balls (Frankl)into the match, he was caught by Zaheer Khan. Vinay broke the one-run stand.

Rohit, who faced three balls, failed to get off the (Shar)mark. Three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Vinay, who broke the one-run stand.

Tendulkar, whose 27-ball (Sach)innings included three boundaries, scored 24. Forty balls later, he was caught by Harshal, who broke the 39-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 10.2 overs (62 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave RCB no reason to be in seventh heaven. However, that was the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Ambati Rayudu, whose 17-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. Thirty-three balls after Tendulkar’s dismissal, he was caught by Muttiah Muralitharan. Harshal broke the 44-run stand.

MI scored 100 off 15.3 overs (93 balls).

Dinesh Karthik, whose 39-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 44. Ten balls after Rayudu’s dismissal, he was caught by Kohli. Muralitharan broke the 15-run stand.

Smith, who faced three balls, scored a couple. The (Dway)next ball, he was caught by Vinay off the bowling of Muralitharan.

Pollard, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 21. He was unbeaten, as was Harbhajan Singh, MI’s skipper, who scored 20. His 12-ball innings included three boundaries.

MI scored 141 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four wickets apiece.

Syed Mohammad and Khan were wicketless. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 16.

Vinay, who conceded 34, picked up a couple of wickets.

Harshal and Muralitharan conceded 24 each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 35, without the loss of a wicket.

Tillakaratne Dilshan, whose 25-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. Fifty-one balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Ojha, who broke the 48-run stand.

RCB scored 50 off nine overs (54 balls). MI had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Chris Gayle won the player of the match award. His half-century – which included three boundaries and four sixes – came off 36 balls.

RCB scored 100 off 14.1 overs (86 balls). MI had conceded four extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While Gayle’s contribution to the partnership was 36, Kohli’s contribution to it was 15. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Gayle, whose 59-ball innings included five boundaries and half-a-dozen sixes, eventually scored 82. He was unbeaten, as was Kohli, who eventually scored 36. His 25-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes.

MI eventually conceded five extras. RCB, who scored 142 for the loss of a wicket off 18 overs, won by nine wickets with a couple of overs to spare.

Sharma, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 16.

Pollard, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 33.

Rudra Pratap Singh, Lasith Malinga and Harbhajan bowled four wicketless overs apiece. They conceded 28, 20, and 18, respectively.

Ojha, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 25. He picked up the only wicket that fell.