Kohli takes over the Master Blaster Tendulkar
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virat-Kohli-c95424, the leading run scorer of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2011, on Friday, stretched out in his match winning fifty against the Pune Warriors.
Kohli smashed a blistering 67 runs off just 42 balls to take Royals to a dreadful total of 181 for five, ahead of a remarkable performance by the hosts’ attack restricted Pune’s retort to 155 for the loss of five wickets.
The brilliant right handed batsman came onto the crease in the wake of a whirlwind 57-run opening partnership between Chris Gayle and Tillakaratne Dilshan and punctually inserted into a key joint venture with Gayle and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887.
Kohli smashed four boundaries and four huge sixes before his hunt for a fifth didn’t have sufficient lug, with Harpeet Singh on the midwicket barrier missed to pouch an easy catch.
"I capitalised on the good start we got. It was important for me to take my time initially. I take a few balls to settle down and feel confident once I get myself in. It pretty much paid off for me", said the Man of the Match, Kohli.
Kohli took over the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar as the leading run scorer this year. He scored 294 runs off seven innings and now he is 18 runs ahead of the little master athwart many innings.
In the mean time, Kings XI Punjab's hard hitter, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Knight-c71599 Riders' star batsman, Jacques Kallis, scored 261 and 244, respectively.
"I have always wanted to be in the top five scorers in the IPL. This year I have had the opportunity to do so and I am really happy that I am at number one and now I would look to hold onto that. But the competition is very tough because you have some really
good batsmen in the top five. I am really happy that I'm number one now and let us see how long it lasts", he added.
Dejected captain, Yuvraj Singh, was left to lament a couple of slow innings from top order batsmen, Tim Paine and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manish-Pandey-c1884. While the Aussies’ wicketkeeper used all of 17 deliveries athwart his only eight runs, Pandey consumed 23 balls for his 19 runs
as the visitors fell 26 runs short of their target.
Regretted http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364 said that he think they did not get sufficient runs in the initial six overs. They opted not to lose too many wickets at the top, however, Manish and some others could not get sufficient runs.
Whilst the result on Friday was the Bangalore’s third win consecutively and sent them to the second spot in the points table, the fifth consecutive loss acquiescent Yuvraj’s men to second last.
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