Virat delighted; RCB beat Rajasthan

RCB (Moham)made three changes to their playing eleven – Lokesh Rahul, Andrew McDonald, and Jamaluddin Syed made way for Tillakaratne Dilshan, Saurabh Tiwary, and Murali Kartik.

RR made a couple of Cha(va)nges to their playing eleven – Kevon Cooper and Ankeet made way for Sreesanth and Shaun Tait.

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

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 31, and lost a couple of wickets.

Shane Watson, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored (Ra)VI. Fourteen balls into the match, he was caught by Kartik. Rampaul broke the 10-run stand.

Ajinkya Rahane, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 14. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Dilshan. Jaydev Unadkat broke the 16-run stand.

RR scored 50 off as many balls (8.2 overs). RCB had not conceded any extras at that point. In fact, they did not concede any extras.

Stuart Binny, whose 20-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 33. Twenty-seven balls after Rahane’s dismissal, he was caught by Arun Karthik. Vinay Kumar, the player of the match, broke the 40-run stand.

Rahul Dravid, RR’s skipper, scored 35 off 31 balls, which included five boundaries. Twenty-nine balls later, he was caught by Rampaul. Kartik broke the 31-run stand.

RR scored 100 off 15 overs (90 balls).

Brad Hodge, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. Four balls later, he was caught by Arun Karthik. Vinay broke the eight-run stand.

James Faulkner had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just three. Seven balls later, he was caught by Rampaul. Rudra Pratap Singh broke the three-run stand.

Dishant Yagnik, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Three balls later, he was caught by Rampaul. Rudra Pratap broke the two-run stand.

Ajit Chandila, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.

Sreesanth, who faced a couple of balls, did not get off the mark. He was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Vinay, who broke the two-run stand.

Tait, who faced three balls, scored a run. Three balls later, Rudra Pratap broke the one-run stand.

Siddharth Trivedi, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. Nine balls later, he was caught by Rudra Pratap. Rampaul broke the five-run stand.

RR were dismissed for 117 off 19.4 overs.

Kartik and Unadkat bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 35, the latter conceded 32.

Rampaul bowled 3.4 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 19, picking up a couple of scalps.

Vinay and Rudra Pratap bowled four overs each, picking up three scalps apiece. While the former conceded 18, the latter conceded 13.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 48, without the loss of a wicket.

RCB’s scored 50 off 6.1 overs (37 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave RR no reason to be in seventh heaven. While Dilshan’s contribution to the partnership was 25, Chris Gayle’s contribution to it was 20.

Dilshan, whose 22-ball innings included five boundaries, did not add to the aforementioned score. Forty balls into the match, he was caught by Yagnik. Watson broke the 53-run partnership.

Kohli, who faced four balls, scored a run. Half-a-dozen balls later, Faulkner broke the four-run stand.

De Villiers, whose eight-ball innings included A Boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – eight balls later, he was caught by Chandila. Needless to say, Watson was in seventh heaven.

RCB scored 100 off 15.2 overs (92 balls). RR had conceded 16 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 51 balls. While Gayle’s contribution to the partnership was 20, Saurabh’s contribution to it was 24. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was eight.

Gayle, whose 44-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually scored 49. He was unbeaten, as was Saurabh, who eventually scored 25. His 29-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six.

RCB, who scored 123 for the loss of three wickets off 17.5 overs, won by seven wickets with 13 balls to spare.

Sreesanth, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded nine.

Tait, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 30.

Trivedi, who bowled 3.5 wicketless overs, conceded 26.

Chandila, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 21.

Faulkner, who bowled four overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket.

Watson, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 11. He picked up a couple of scalps.