Match tied; Virat-led RCB Del(h)ighted

RCB made three changes to their playing (Dani)eleven – Mayank Agarwal, Christian, and Murali Kartik made way for Lokesh Rahul, Andrew McDonald, and Jaydev Unadkat.

DD made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Johan Botha and Siddarth Kaul made way for Ben Rohrer and Ashish Nehra.

On winning the toss, Virat Kohli, RCB’s skipper and the player of the match, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 43, and lost a wicket.

David Warner, whose 13-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 15. Thirty-five balls into the match, he was caught by Vinay Kumar, who broke the 43-run stand.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Virender Sehwag, whose 23-ball innings included four balls, scored 25. Three balls later, he was caught by Kohli off the bowling of Andrew McDonald.

DD scored 50 off 7.1 overs (44 balls). RCB had conceded three extras at that point.

Manprit Juneja, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Thirty balls after Sehwag’s dismissal, he was caught by Vinay Kumar. Jaydev Unadkat broke the run-a-ball stand.

Rohrer, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Kohli. Unadkat broke the run-a-ball stand.

DD scored 100 off 15.3 overs (94 balls). RCB had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 31. Mahela Jayawardene, DD’s skipper, scored 28 off 31 balls, which included a couple of boundaries. Twenty-three balls after Rohrer’s dismissal, Vinay ran him out.

DD scored 150 off 19.5 overs (120 balls).

Kedar Jadhav and Irfan Pathan were unbeaten. Both their innings included a couple of boundaries and a six apiece. While the former faced 16 balls, scoring 29, the latter, faced eight balls, scoring 19.

DD eventually scored 152 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 13. He was wicketless, as were Rudra Pratap Singh and Ravi Rampaul, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 48, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 28.

McDonald, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 17. He was wicketless, as was Vinay, who bowled four overs, conceding 21.

Unadkat, who bowled four overs, conceded 24. 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 48, and lost a couple of wickets.

A ball into the chase, there was a milestone – Chris Gayle scored his 2,000^th IPL run.

Rahul, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. Three overs into the match, he was caught by Jayawardene. Nehra broke the 20-run stand.

Gayle, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 13. Three balls later, he was caught by Umesh Yadav. Morne Morkel broke the six-run stand.

RCB scored 50 off 6.3 overs (39 balls). DD had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 34 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 27, A B de Villiers’ contribution to it was 22. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

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

Kohli’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six – came off 32 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 100 off 69 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 59, de Villiers’ contribution to it was 39. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

The third-wicket pair eventually scored 103.De Villiers didn’t add to the aforementioned score. His 32-ball innings included three boundaries and a six. Seventy-five balls after Gayle’s dismissal, Morne ran him out.

The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. McDonald, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Shahbaz Nadeem off his own bowling.

The fifth-wicket pair had no reason to be in seventh heaven. Karthik scored Arun-a-ball five. Ten balls later, Irfan and Morne ran him out.

Syed Mohammad, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Three balls later, he was caught by Warner. Umesh broke the two-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Kohli, whose 50-ball innings included seven boundaries, in addition to the six, eventually scored 65. The (Jayawarde)next ball, he was caught by the Sri Lankan off the bowling of Umesh.

Vinay, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten, as was Rampaul, who had no reason to be in seventh heaven, despite the fact that his innings included a six – he scored a dozen.

RCB scored 150 off 19.4 overs (118 balls). DD had conceded three extras at that point.

DD eventually conceded four extras. RCB scored 152 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Irfan, who conceded 29, was wicketless.

Morne, Nehra, and Nadeem picked up a wicket apiece. They conceded 32, 31, and 26, respectively.

Umesh conceded 22, picking up two scalps.

The match ended in a tie, and was decided by a Super Over.

RCB scored 15 without the loss of a wicket off the over bowled by Umesh.

While Gayle, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many, de Villiers scored 13 off four balls, which included a couple of sixes.

DD didn’t concede any extras.

DD scored 11 for the loss of a couple of wickets off the over bowled by Rampaul.

Warner, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. A ball into the Super Over, he was caught by Gayle off the bowling of Rampaul, who broke the one-run stand.

Rohrer, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Five balls later, Rampaul broke the 11-run stand.

Irfan, whose four-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 11. He was unbeaten.

RCB didn’t concede any extras.

Therefore, RCB won the one-over Eliminator.