Pune lose to Kohli-led RCB

PWI (Shar)made five changes to their playing eleven – Sourav Ganguly, Mithun Manhas, Wayne Parnell, Murali Kartik and Ashish Nehra made way for Mohnish Mishra, Manish Pandey, Alfonso Thomas, Rahul and Krishnakant Upadhyay.

RCB made one change to their playing eleven – Syed (Moham)made way for K P Appanna.

On winning the toss, Steven Smith, PWI’s skipper, chose to field.

Before the start of RCB’s innings, there was an interruption due to rain.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 66, without the loss of a wicket.

RCB’s openers put on 50 off 5.4 overs (35 balls). PWI had conceded five extras at that point. While the contribution of Chris Gayle, the player of the match, to the partnership was 38, Tillakaratne Dilshan’s contribution to it was 11.

Gayle’s half-century – which included two boundaries and half-a-dozen sixes – came off 24 balls.

He eventually scored 57 off 31 balls, which included three boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes. Fifty-two balls into the match, he was caught by Pandey. Angelo Mathews broke the 80-run partnership.

Virat Kohli, RCB’s skipper, scored nine off a dozen balls, which included a boundary. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Smith. Sharma broke the 15-run stand.

RCB scored 100 off 13.1 overs (80 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave PWI no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Dilshan’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six – came off 40 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 43. Dilshan eventually scored 53 off 44 balls. Thirty-five balls after Kohli’s dismissal, Thomas ran him out.

RCB scored 150 off 18.1 overs (110 balls). PWI had conceded eight extras at that point.

Saurabh Tiwary, whose 30-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 36. He was unbeaten, as was A B de Villiers, who scored nine off four balls, which included a six.

PWI eventually conceded nine extras. RCB scored 173 for the loss of three wickets off 20 overs.

Michael Clarke bowled an over, conceding five. He was wicketless, as were Thomas, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Upadhyay, who bowled four overs apiece. They conceded 46, 40, and 33, respectively.

Mathews bowled three overs, conceding 14. He picked up a scalp, as did Sharma, who bowled four overs, conceding 31.

The first Powerplay of PWI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 50, and lost three wickets.

Mishra scored four off as many balls. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Zaheer Khan, who broke the four-run stand.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Pandey, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was dismissed by Khan.

Michael Clarke, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Saurabh Tiwary. Vinay Kumar broke the 18-run stand.  

PWI scored 50 off half-a-dozen overs (36 balls). RCB had conceded an extra at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 27 balls. While Robin’s contribution to the (Uthap)partnership was 33, Anustup Majumdar’s contribution to it was 16. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Uthappa, whose 23-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, eventually scored 38. Twenty-eight balls after Clarke’s dismissal, he was stumped by de Villiers. Muttiah Muralitharan broke the 50-run partnership.

Mathews, who faced 10 balls, scored four. Sixteen balls later, he was stumped by de Villiers. Appanna broke the 12-run stand.

PWI scored 100 off 13.5 overs (83 balls). RCB had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Majumdar, whose 26-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 31. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Khan. Harshal Patel broke the run-a-ball stand.

Smith, whose 25-ball innings included a boundary, scored 24. He was unbeaten.

Bhuvneshwar, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Ten balls after Majumdar’s dismissal, Muralitharan broke the six-run stand.

Although his six-ball innings included a boundary, Thomas had no reason to be in seventh heaven – nine balls later, Vinay broke the 10-run stand.

Sharma, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Four balls later, Vinay broke the run-a-ball stand.

Upadhyay, whose eight-ball innings included a six, scored 11. He was unbeaten.

RCB eventually conceded four extras. PWI, who scored 138 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by 35 runs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Patel and Appanna picked up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 36, the latter conceded 30.

Khan and Muralitharan picked up two wickets apiece. While the former conceded 21, the latter conceded 16.

Vinay conceded 32, picking up three scalps.