Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Bangalore – Indian Premier League 5 – Match Recap – Deccan push Bangalore out of finals
Bolstered by an intense bowling attack, courtesy http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 and Ashish Reddy, the Deccan Chargers succeeded in knocking the Royal Challengers Bangalore out of the Indian Premier League 5 playoffs as they claimed a 9-run victory over the visitors at the Rajiv
Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 on May 20.
The Chargers, who appear to be peaking too late in the tournament (after having claimed a 5-wicket win over the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 Dravid’s men from the playoffs), managed a 132 total on a slow surface, owing largely to the
efforts of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JP-Duminy-c1742.
However, while the target appeared easily achievable for the formidable RCB batting line-up, the Chargers’ bowlers were more than the visitors could handle, and a 9-run loss brought the RCB to the end of their IPL5 road.
Winning the toss, the RCB chose to field, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 it out at the crease this time, and ended up dismissed
by Zaheer Khan in the very first over.
The top order collapse continued with Reddy’s departure in the 4th over, after he was caught behind by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 (15) and Cameron White (1) also failed to fire, and by the 12th over, the Chargers
were 51 for 4.
The host team found some stability with the innings of Duminy, who contributed 74 off 53 to get his side to 122 by the 19th over, after which he was dismissed by Zaheer Khan, caught out by substitute http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Appanna-c1805 as he ran in from long on. Vinay
Kumar polished off the rest, dismissing both wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashish-Reddy-c1095 (4) in the very last over, one after the other. Zaheer Khan (4-0-30-2) and Vinay Kumar’s (4-0-22-3) efforts enabled the RCB to cut the Chargers off at 132
by the end of 20 overs.
The visitors’ innings got off to a fair start, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 (4) at the crease, but Steyn stepped in to break up the 30-run stand in the 3rd over, and Gayle was sent packing after getting a bottom edge on to his
stumps.
Dilshan followed in the 5th over, dismissed, lbw, by Steyn, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SS-Tiwary-c2565 (30) stepped up to the crease. Tiwary was forced to retire hurt in the 6th over, owing to a hamstring complaint, but rejoined Kohli
in the 10th over, after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mayank-Agarwal-c1937 (1) in a devastating double-strike.
The two batsmen went on to post a combined total of 46 runs, but the partnership came to an end with the dismissal of Kohli in the 16th over, courtesy Ashish Reddy. By this time, the Chargers were at 103, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379’s departure on duck in
the very next over, which saw Steyn rounding off a superb performance of 4-0-8-3, brought the RCB to a precarious 104 for 6.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Muralitharan-c1864 (0) in the last over. His figures of 4-0-25-3 served to ensure that the Challengers
were restricted to 123 by the end of 20 overs – 9 runs short of their target.
Steyn remained unplayable throughout most of the game, and won the Player of the Match award. However, the two match points the Chargers gained were not worth much, as the tournament enters the playoffs with Sangakkara’s side gaining a small boost – after
having languished at the bottom of the points table throughout the tournament, the Chargers’ moved up one place, to finish second last.
However, the RCB’s defeat had devastating consequences for the team as they lost the chance to qualify for the playoffs, which will be played out between the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians, and the Chennai Super Kings.
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