Gambhir-led KKR beat Bangalore narrowly

KKR made a couple of Cha(wla)nges to their playing eleven – Shakib Al Hasan and Piyush made way for Chris Lynn (the player of the match) and Umesh Yadav.

RCB made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Nic Maddinson and Sachin Rana made way for Yogesh Takawale and Muttiah Muralitharan.

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

The first Powerplay of KKR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 42, and lost a couple of wickets.

Gautam Gambhir, KKR’s skipper, faced three balls, failing to open his account. Three balls into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Mitchell Starc, who broke the one-run stand.

Manish Pandey, whose three-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Five balls later, he was caught by Kohli. Albie Morkel broke the nine-run stand.

KKR scored 50 off 6.3 overs (39 balls). RCB had conceded an extra at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 37 balls. While Jacques Kallis’ contribution to the partnership was 16, Lynn’s contribution to it was 38. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Lynn, whose 31-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 45. Sixty-one balls after Pandey’s dismissal, he was caught by A B de Villiers. Aaron broke the 80-(Va)run partnership.

The fourth-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Yusuf Pathan, who faced a couple of balls, did not open his account. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Kohli off the bowling of Aaron.

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

Kallis, whose 42-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 43. Twenty-one balls after Yusuf’s dismissal, he was caught by Takawale. Yuzvendra Chahal broke the 17-run stand.

Uthappa, whose 18-ball (Rob)innings included a six, scored 22. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Starc. Aaron broke the 22-run stand.

Suryakumar Yadav, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 24. He was unbeaten.

KKR scored 150 off 19.5 overs (119 balls). The number of extras RCB had conceded at that point gave KKR no reason to be in seventh heaven. But that was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Vinay Kumar, who faced five balls, scored four. Seventeen balls after Suryakumar’s dismissal, he was caught by Albie. Starc broke the 21-run stand.

KKR scored 150 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Muralitharan, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 25. He was wicketless, as was Ashok Dinda, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 26.

Albie, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket, as did Chahal, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 26.

Starc, who bowled four overs, conceded 33. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Aaron, who bowled four overs, conceded 16. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 49, without the loss of a wicket.

RCB’s openers put on 50 off 6.1 overs (37 balls). KKR had conceded a couple of extras at that point. While Parthiv Patel’s contribution to the partnership was 19, Takawale’s contribution to it was 32.

Takawale, whose 28-ball innings included eight boundaries, eventually scored 40. Forty-six balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Kallis, who broke the 67-run partnership.

The second-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Parthiv, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 21. Three balls later, he was caught by Lynn off the bowling of Vinay.

RCB scored 100 off 12.2 overs (74 balls). The number of extras KKR had conceded at that point gave KKR no reason to be in seventh heaven.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 43 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 27, Yuvraj Singh’s contribution to it was 32. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Kohli, whose 23-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 31. Forty-seven balls after Parthiv’s dismissal, Sunil Narine broke the 55-run partnership.

Yuvraj, whose 34-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 31. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Yusuf. Umesh broke the 19-run stand.

De Villiers, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Lynn. Vinay broke the four-run stand.

Albie, who faced five balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Starc, who did not face a ball.

KKR eventually conceded eight extras. RCB, who scored 148 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs, won by five wickets.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Morne Morkel, who was wicketless, conceded 34.

Umesh, Kallis, and Narine picked up a wicket apiece. They conceded 40, 26, and 17, respectively.

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