Kohli-led RCB beat Delhi narrowly

RCB (Moham)made changes to their playing eleven – Arun Karthik and Rudra Pratap Singh made way for Jamaluddin Syed and Jaydev Unadkat, the player of the match.

DD made three changes to their playing eleven – Chidhambaram Gautam, Ajit Agarkar and Pawan Negi made way for Unmukt Chand, Irfan Pathan, and Shahbaz Nadeem.

On winning the toss, David Warner, DD’s skipper, chose to field.

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.

Chris Gayle had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Thirteen balls into the match, Irfan Pathan broke the six-run stand.

Cheteshwar Pujara, whose run-a-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. Three overs later, Siddarth Kaul broke the 26-run stand.

RCB scored 50 off 7.3 overs (46 balls). DD had conceded two extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 41 balls. While the contribution of Virat Kohli, RCB’s skipper, to the partnership was 24, Moises Henriques’ contribution to it was 23. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Henriques, whose 22-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 26. Fifty balls after Pujara’s dismissal, he was caught by Nadeem, who broke the 57-run partnership.

RCB scored 100 off 15.1 overs (92 balls). DD had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Kohli’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 44 balls.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 27 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 32, A B de Villiers’ contribution to it was 21. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

RCB scored 150 off 18.1 overs (110 balls).

The fourth-wicket pair eventually put on 94. Kohli, whose 58-ball innings included 10 boundaries and four sixes, eventually scored 99. Forty balls after Henriques’ dismissal, Ben Rohrer and Kedar Jadhav ran him out.

De Villiers, whose 17-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 32. He was unbeaten.

RCB scored 183 for the loss of four wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Umesh Yadav and Morne Morkel were wicketless. While the former conceded 65, the latter conceded 35.

Kaul, Irfan, and Nadeem picked up a scalp apiece. They conceded 36, 24, and 23, respectively.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 49, and lost a couple of wickets.

Mahela Jayawardene, whose 13-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 19. Nineteen balls into the chase, Unadkat broke the 25-run stand.

Virender Sehwag, whose 10-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 18. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Pujara. Unadkat broke the 24-run stand.

DD scored 50 off 6.2 overs (38 balls). RCB had conceded an extra at that point.

Warner, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Nine balls after Sehwag’s dismissal, Henriques broke the 11-run stand.

DD scored 100 off 11.4 overs (70 balls). RCB had conceded three extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 38 balls. While Chand’s contribution to the partnership was 17, Rohrer’s contribution to it was 31. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Rohrer, whose 27-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 32. Forty-four balls after Warner’s dismissal, Vinay Kumar broke the 58-run partnership.

Chand, whose 25-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually scored 41. A dozen balls later, he was caught by Vinay. Unadkat broke the 11-run stand.

Jadhav, who faced eight balls, scored as many. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Vinay. Unadkat broke the run-a-ball stand.

DD scored 150 off 18 overs (108 balls). RCB had conceded nine extras at that point.

Irfan, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 23. He was unbeaten.

Morne, whose 10-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. Twenty balls after Jadhav’s dismissal, Unadkat broke the 44-run stand.

Umesh, who faced a ball, scored a boundary. He was unbeaten.

RCB eventually conceded 11 extras. DD, who scored 179 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs, lost by four runs.

Syed Mohammad and Gayle bowled a wicketless over apiece. While the former conceded 20, the latter conceded eight.

Ravi Rampaul and Murali Kartik bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 35, the latter conceded 21.

Henriques bowled two overs, conceding 21. He picked up a wicket, as did Vinay, who bowled four overs, conceding 43.

Unadkat bowled four overs, conceding 25. He picked up five scalps.