Virat Kohli shines as Royal Challengers Bangalore thrash Pune Warriors by 26 runs: IPL update
Indian Premier League (IPL) has come into a habit of providing its viewers with extreme entertainment and some top class cricket. In yet another exciting fixture, Pune Warriors were beaten by Royal Challengers Bangalore by a 26-run margin.
Pune Warriors won the toss and chose to field first. Royal Challengers Bangalore got off to a great start as Tillakaratne Dilshan and Chris Gayle aided their side to score 50 runs in just 5.4 overs. Gayle showed absolute aggression and completely dominated the Pune bowling attack. Finally the cameo between the openers came to an end when Dilshan was out clean bowled off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-Sharma-c83354 for 15 runs. His innings included 2 boundaries.
Gayle, who was batting superbly and dictating terms upon the opposition, got out just one short of his half century. He was given out leg before wicket (lbw) to Sharma. The West Indian batsman scored 49 runs from just 26 balls with 4 boundaries and 4 sixes to his name.
The partnership between Virat Kohli and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 then took the Royal Challengers' innings forward. The duo batted very responsibly while showing some great intent. Together the pair added 66 runs to their total until De Villiers got himself out caught on 26 runs, off Alfonso Thomas' bowling. His innings included 1 boundary and a six. The Royal Challengers Bangalore were now at 140 for 3 in 16.4 overs.
Virat Kohli eventually got himself out in the 19th over, again off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alfonso-Thomas-c991. He made an exuberant 67 runs.
Saurabh Tiwary could not contribute any more than 14 runs to the scorecard as he lost his wicket to Jerome http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915.
Royal Challengers got to a final total of 181 runs in 20 overs, losing 5 wickets in the process. Mohammad Kaif and Abhimanyu Mithun remained unbeaten for 8 and 0 runs respectively.
In reply, Pune warriors were off to a fair start until Tim Paine was picked up by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamaluddin-Syed-Mohammad-c1635. This left Pune Warriors at 79 for 2 in 11.3 overs.
Manish Panday was looking good for his 19 runs before he became a victim at of Daniel Vettori. Yuvraj Singh scored a blistering knock of 41 runs from just 23 deliveries, with 2 fours and 3 sixes to his name, but could not go on to make a half century, as he was dismissed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zaheer-Khan-c98452.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-Uthappa-c2356 and Harpreet Singh remained not out for 23 and 1 run respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virat-Kohli-c95424 was awarded the Man of the Match for his outstanding batting performance.
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