With 12 points and two matches to go, a win would fetch two more points! Chasing 135, Uthappa showed one more failure in his batting. He was caught behind of Nehra for 1 in the first over. The two experienced men--Kallis and Dravid took the responsibility on their shoulders. Dravid was caught and bowled off Nagar for well made 38 off 34 balls. RC were 72 for 2 in 12.3 overs, requiring 63 in 45 balls.
Kallis and Taylor took the score closer to the target. The 29-run partnership was broken by Nagar. Taylor going for hat-trick sixes was caught just inside the rope by Vettori for 25. He hit a four and 3 sixes in his 12-ball innings.
Earlier, DD deciding to bat first, lost Sehwag and Manhas in the first over for duck. Praveen Kumar gave the start the RC needed. Gambhir and DeVilliers added 36 for the 3rd wicket. Gambhir fell at the end of powerplay for 27 and he scored the only six of the Delhi innings.
Dinesh Karthik is having a decent tournament so far. He scored valuable 31 and became the top scorer for Delhi. Nagar scored 20 and also picked two wickets in his bowling.
Scoreboard:
Match # 52
Date: Tuesday May 19, 2009
Teams: Bangalore Royal Challengers v. Delhi Daredevils
Captains: Kumble and Sehwag
Toss: DD, decided to bat
Venue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Result: RC won by 7 wickets with 6 balls remaining
Points: RC 2; DD 0
Man of the Match: Kallis off RC
Delhi Daredevils Innings:
Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
Gambhir | c Taylor b Kallis | 27 | 19 | 3 | 1 |
Sehwag | c Taylor b P Kumar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Manhas | c Kallis b P Kumar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
deVilliers | b Merwe | 28 | 29 | 3 | 0 |
D Karthik | c Uthappa b P Kumar | 31 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
McDonald | b Kumble | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Y Nahar | c Uthappa b Kumble | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
Maharoof | Not Out | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Vettori | Not Out | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Extras | (w 3) | 3 | - | - | - |
Total | for 7 wkts in 20 overs | 134 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-1 (Sehwag, 0.3 ov), 2-1 (Manhas, 0.5 ov), 3-37 (Gambhir, 5.6 ov), 4-65 (de Villiers, 10.3 ov), 5-70 (McDonald, 11.3 ov), 6-109 (Nagar, 16.5 ov), 7-114 (Karthik, 17.5 ov)
Bowler | O | M | R | W |
P Kumar | 4 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
Kallis | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
Akhil | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
Merwe | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
Kumble | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
Kohli | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings:
Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
Uthappa | c D Karthik b Nehra | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Kallis | Not Out | 58 | 56 | 2 | 2 |
Dravid | c & b Nagar | 38 | 34 | 4 | 0 |
Taylor | c Vettori b Nagar | 25 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
Boucher | Not Out | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Extras | (lb 1, nb 2) | 3 | - | - | - |
Total | for 3 wkts in 19 overs | 135 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-2 (Uthappa, 0.6 ov), 2-72 (Dravid, 12.3 ov), 3-101 (Taylor, 14.5 ov)
Bowler | O | M | R | W |
Nehra | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
Salvi | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
Maharoof | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
McDonald | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
Vettori | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
Nagar | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
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