IPL5: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Match Recap
A brutal three-digit partnership between Royal Challengers Bangalore’s overseas batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887, saw the side home in a crucial IPL match against Rajasthan played at the latter’s home ground, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur,
on Monday, April 23, 2012.
Dilshan and de Villiers shared an unbeaten partnership of 122 runs for the fourth-wicket stand, off just 50 deliveries, to help the side put an intimidating total of 189 for 3. Blistering half-centuries from the overseas players were well complemented by
left-arm spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 Appanna’s four-wicket haul as the visiting Royal Challengers scripted a clinical 46-run win over the Rajasthan Royals.
With the rest of the Royals’ batsmen off-colour, skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stuart-Binny-c2589 was the other notable batting performance from the hosts with an 18-ball 20, while the rest of the batsmen succumbed
for scores inside 13.
After being put into bat, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 and Tillakaratne Dilshan opened the innings for the Royal Challengers and Ajit Chandila opened up the bowling for the Royals.
Kohli became the first one to head back to pavilion in the fourth over after being caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pankaj-Singh-c80701 while trying to hit a six through extra cover, but was caught at deep cover. He scored 16 runs from as many balls, including two boundaries
as well.
After Kohli’s dismissal, Dilshan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bradley-Hogg-c59047. The explosive Gayle could add only
4 runs to the scorecard before being trapped lbw.
Once Gayle departed in the 12th over, opener Dilshan and wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 de Villiers further stepped up scoring. In the last 50 balls, Bangalore added 122 runs with de Villiers scoring 59 runs in just 23 deliveries. The South African,
who was later named as the Man of the Match, looked most devastating in the 19th over when he looted http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Siddharth-Trivedi-c2526 for two sixes and a boundary in an over that went for 21 runs.
Dilshan struck an unbeaten 76 off 58, laced with ten muscular boundaries and a six, while de Villiers plundered five lofty sixes and three fours in his 59 not out, as the tourists amassed 189 for 3 in their allotted quota of 20 overs.
In reply, Rajasthan Royals got off to an impressive start with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajinkya-Rahane-c970 providing the side with an outstanding launch pad of 56 runs in seven overs, with the bulk coming from skipper Dravid. After Rahane’s dismissal in the eighth over,
the hosts kept losing wickets at regular intervals.
The next nine overs saw Royals losing 5 wickets as the side was reeling at 119 for 6 in the 17th over. Brad Hogg was the last man the home side lost on the final delivery of the day, to finish the innings at 143 for 7, 46 runs short of the target.
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