IPL 2016: RCB V GL

Yesterday’s first match was an one-sided match. The match was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Gujarat Lions won the toss and chose to bowl first. Bangalore start was not good. Kohli hit  a first boundary off Praveen Kumar’s 2nd over. They lost Gayle early in penultimate ball of 4th over of the innings. Gayle was bowled by Dhawal Kulkarni in his 2nd over. Gayle continued their poor form since the century against England in World T20.  Kohli hit a four and de Villiers hit a six off Shivil Kaushik’s 1st over.  They hit a four and six off Tambe’s 1st over. Gujarat bowlers conceded 23 runs in 2 overs. Kohli hit a long-on six off Dhawal Kulkarni’s next over. de Villiers hit another six off Dhawal Kulkarni’s same over. Dhawal Kulkarni conceded 22 runs in 12th over of the innings.  He hit 2 consecutive fours in consecutive balls off Pravin Tambe’s 2nd over. Bangalore crossed 100-run mark in 12th over of the innings. de Villiers hit 2 sixes off Tambe’s 3rd over. He was dropped by Praveen Kumar in middle stages of the innings when he was on 67 runs. It was a costly miss as he went on to score 62 more runs. He hit 3 fours off Praveen Kumar’s 3rd over. Praveen Kumar gave 23 runs in 16th over of the innings. They hit a six off Dwayne Bravo’s final over. de Villiers hit 3 sixes off Shivil Kaushik’s final over. They conceded 30 runs apiece in 18th and 19th over of the innings. Bangalore was comfortably placed at 248 for 1 in 19.4 overs. Kohli scored a fine 109 off 55 balls and destroyed the Pune bowlers. This was his 3rd century of the season and also overall 3rd century in his IPL career. This was his highest score in his IPL career against his previous highest off 108 runs vs Rising Pune Supergiants at Bengaluru last week. This was the highest score by batsman in this season against the previous highest off 108 runs each by de Kock and Kohli vs Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rising Pune Supergiants at same ground respectively. He was the first batsman to score 3 centuries in an IPL season. The 229-run stand between Kohli and de Villiers in 96 balls was the highest. This was the highest 2nd wicket partnership by team in IPL history against their previous highest off 215 runs by same pair also for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Mumbai Indians at Mumbai last year. Kohli was caught by Dwayne Bravo off Praveen Kumar’s last over. At one stage Bangalore will cross 250-run mark as they lost 2 wickets in last 2 balls and Gujarat will make a comeback. de Villiers scored a brilliant 129 off 52 balls and hammered the Gujarat bowlers. This was his 1st century of the season and overall 3rd century in his IPL career. This was his second highest score in his IPL career behind 133 runs against Mumbai Indians at Mumbai last week. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. This was the second time a batsman scored 2 centuries in same innings in T20 matches and first in IPL history.  Bangalore posted a very competitive total of 248 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. This was second highest total in IPL matches behind 263 runs also for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors also at Bangalore in 2013. Praveen Kumar was the most successful bowler for Gujarat when he took 2 wickets including 2 wickets in last 2 balls.

Gujarat start was not good. They lost Dwayne Smith early in penultimate ball of 2nd over of the innings. Dwayne Smith was bowled by Aravind in his 1st over. Gujarat was comfortably placed at 37 for 1 in 4.5 overs. The 28-run stand between Brendon McCullum and Ravindra Jadeja in 19 balls paced the Gujarat innings. It was a turning point as they lost 6 more wickets for 37 runs in the span of 8 overs and Bangalore made a comeback. Gujarat was reduced to 74 for 8 in 12.5 overs and it looked Bangalore will win the match by huge margin. Chahal took 3 wickets for 19 runs in the quota of 4 overs. Gujarat was weakly placed at 104 for 8 in 18.2 overs. Aaron Finch scored a classy 37 off 38 balls and attacked the Bangalore bowling. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. Finch was caught by Aravind off Stuart Binny’s only over. They lost last 2 wickets in 2 consecutive balls of the innings. Aravind took the winning catch and Bangalore won comfortably. Chris Jordan was the most successful bowler for Bangalore when he took 4 wickets. Bangalore won the match by 144 runs. This was the biggest win by runs by team in IPL matches against their previous biggest off 140 runs for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore also at Bengaluru in very first IPL match in 2008. This was Bangalore’s 5th win in IPL 2016. Both teams are chance to make playoffs if they win remaining matches.

Now, Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Kolkata Knight Riders on May 16. Gujarat Lions will also face Kolkata Knight Riders on May 19.

We will back with second match soon.

IPL 2016: RCB V MI

Sorry for not writing for 1 match. Yesterday’s match was a classic match. The match was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bowl first. Bangalore start was not good. Kohli was caught by Harbhajan Singh off McClenaghan’s 1st over. Gayle was caught by Rohit Sharma off Southee’s 2nd over. They lost 2 wickets for 17 runs in the span of 3.4 overs and it looked Mumbai will make a comeback. Bangalore was comfortably placed at 60 for 2 in 10 overs. The 43-run stand between AB de Villiers and KL Rahul in 39 balls increased the run-rate. They lost AB de Villiers in first ball of 11th over of the innings. AB de Villiers was caught by Rayudu off Krunal Pandya’s 2nd over. KL Rahul twisted his left ankle on 23 runs ans was struck on the glove by McClenaghan’s bouncer on 34 runs. It was a great recovery as he went on to score 34 more runs. Shane Watson hit a six and a four off McClenaghan’s 3rd over. Bangalore was also comfortably placed 98 for 3 in 15.2 overs. The 38-run stand between KL Rahul and Shane Watson in 32 balls paced the Bangalore innings. They lost Shane Watson in 16th over of the innings. Shane Watson was run out by a direct throw by Rohit Sharma. Bangalore was reduced to 98 for 4 in 15.3 overs. KL Rahul scored 34 runs in the Vs between fine leg and square leg and square leg and midwicket. KL Rahul scored a fine 68 off 53 balls and destroyed the Mumbai bowlers. This was his 4th fifty of the season and overall also 4th fifty in his IPL career. This was his highest score of the season against his previous highest of 52 runs vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Bengaluru last week. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. The 53-run stand between KL Rahul and Sachin Baby in 27 balls was the highest and remained unbeaten. Bangalore posted a competitive total of 151 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. This was the lowest total for Bangalore in this season but previous lowest was 172 runs also against Mumbai Indians at Mumbai in their previous encounter. Krunal Pandya, Southee and McClenaghan took 1 wicket each for Mumbai.

Mumbai start was also not good. They lost Parthiv Patel early in first ball of 2nd over of the innings. Parthiv Patel was caught by Shane Watson off Sreenath Aarvind’s 1st over. Mumbai was comfortably placed at 60 for 1 in 9.2 overs. The 58-run stand between Rohit Sharma and Rayudu in 50 balls was the highest. They lost 2 wickets for 19 runs in the span of 3.4 overs and Bangalore will make a comeback. Rayudu scored a brilliant 44 off 47 balls and hammered the Bangalore bowling. This was his second highest score of the season behind 56 runs against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. They lost Rayudu in first ball of 16th over of the innings. Rayudu was caught by AB de Villiers off Varun Aaron’s 2nd over. Mumbai was reduced to 98 for 4 in 15.1 overs and it looked Bangalore will win the match. At the same stage Bangalore was also scored 98 for 4 in 15.3 overs. Pollard hit his 400th six and back-to-back fours off Shane Watson’s final overs and the equation down to 26 off 18. Jos Buttler hit 2 consecutive sixes off Chris Jordan’s final over. Chris Jordan conceded 16 runs in his final over and the equation down to 10 off 12 and Mumbai made a comeback. Pollard scored a brutal 35 off 19 balls and smashed the Bangalore bowling. This was his second highest score of the season behind 51 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai. Jos Buttler scored a quickfire 29 off 11 balls and attacked the Bangalore bowling. The 55-run stand between Pollard and Jos Buttler in 21 balls remained unbeaten and fought back. Jos Buttler hit the winning six and Mumbai won comfortably. Varun Aaron was the most successful bowler for Bangalore when he took 2 wickets. Mumbai won the match by 6 wickets. This was Mumbai’s 6th win in IPL 2016 and move up to top 4 again.

Now, Mumbai Indians will take on Kings XI Punjab on May 13. Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Gujarat Lions on May 14.

We will back with today’s match update tomorrow. Bye for now.

IPL 2016: RCB V RPS

Yesterday’s first match was a high-scoring match. The match was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bowl first. Pune start was not good. They lost Khawaja early in 3rd over of the innings. Khawaja was run out by a direct throw by Shane Watson and Stuart Binny. Bangalore fielding was poor. Saurabh Tiwary was dropped by Stuart Binny and Sachin Baby in early stages of the innings when he was on 15 runs. It was a costly miss as he went on to score 37 more runs. Rahane was dropped by Shane Watson in initial stages of the innings when he was on 29 runs. It was also a costly miss as he went on to score 45 more runs. Pune was comfortably placed at 132 for 1 in 13.5 overs. Saurabh Tiwary scored a brisk 52 off 39 balls and attacked the Bangalore bowlers. This was his 2nd fifty of the season and overall 6th fifty of his IPL career. The 106-run stand between Rahane and Saurabh Tiwary in 70 balls was the highest. This was the highest second wicket partnership for Pune in this season and previous highest was 75 runs by same pair against Mumbai Indians at Pune last week. They lost Saurabh Tiwary on the last ball of 14th over of the innings. Saurabh Tiwary was stumped by KL Rahul off Chahal’s 2nd over. They lost Dhoni in 16th over of the innings. Dhoni was caught by Parvez Rasool off Shane Watson’s 3rd over. Pune was also comfortably placed at 171 for 3 in 17.5 overs. They lost Thisara Perera on the last ball of 18th over of the innings. Thisara Perera was caught by Shane Watson off Chris Jordan’s 3rd over. Rahane scored a fine 74 off 48 balls and destroyed the Pune bowlers. This was his 6th fifty of the season and overall 14th fifty of his IPL career. This was his highest score of the season against his previous highest of 66 runs vs Mumbai Indians at Mumbai in opening game. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. Rahane was bowled by Shane Watson. At one stage it looked that Pune will cross 200-run mark but they lost 2 more wickets for 3 runs in the span of 5 balls and Bangalore made a comeback. Pune was reduced to 174 for 6 in 18.5 overs. Pune scored 53 runs in last 5 overs. Pune posted a very competitive total of 191 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. This was the second highest total for Pune in this season behind 195 runs against Gujarat Lions at Pune last week. Shane Watson was the most successful bowler for Pune when he took 3 wickets including 2 wickets in his last over.

Bangalore start was good. Kohli narrowly escaped being  run-out by a direct throw by George Bailey in early stages of the innings when he was on 4 runs. It was a costly miss as he went on to score 104 more runs. Kohli started with a classy drives off RP Singh’s 2nd over. KL Rahul scored a gutsy 38 off 35 balls and paced the Bangalore innings. The 94-run stand between Kohli and KL Rahul in 67 balls was the highest. This was the highest first wicket partnership for Bangalore in this season and previous highest was 76 runs between Kohli and Shane Watson against Gujarat Lions at Rajkot. KL Rahul was caught by George Bailey off Zampa’s 2nd over. They lost 2 more wickets for 3 runs in the span of 6 balls and  it looked that Pune will make a comeback. But Shane Watson was having different design. He hit 5 fours off Thisara Perera’s 2nd over. He also hit 2 sixes off Rajat Bhatia’s 2nd over. Bangalore was comfortably placed at 143 for 2 in 15.2 overs and it looked Bangalore will win the match. Shane Watson scored a quickfire 36 off 13 balls and smashed the Pune bowling. The 46-run stand between Kohli and Shane Watson in 21 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Shane Watson in 16th over of the innings. Shane Watson was out LBW by RP Singh in his 3rd over. Ravichandran Ashwin conceded 7 runs in 17th over of the innings. Kohli hit 4 sixes and a four off Zampa’s last over. Kohli hit the winning four and Bangalore won comfortably. Kohli scored a brilliant 108 off 58 balls and hammered the Pune bowlers. This was his second century of the season and 4th century by batsman in this season. This was his joint top score of the season along with de Kock’s 108 runs for Delhi Daredevils against Royal Challengers Bangalore at same venue. This was his highest score in his IPL career against his previous highest of 100 runs vs Gujarat Lions at Rajkot earlier this season.  He became the quickest batsman to score 500 runs in an IPL season in just 8 innings. He was the second batsman to score 2 centuries in an IPL season after Chris Gayle did in 2011. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. The 52-run stand between Kohli and Travis Head in 24 balls remained unbeaten. Zampa was the most successful bowler for Pune when he took 2 wickets in 12th over of the innings. Bangalore won the match by 7 wickets. This was Bangalore’s 3rd win in IPL 2016. Both the teams still have to chance to make it to playoffs if they win all remaining matches.

Now, Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Kings XI Punjab on May 9. Rising Pune Supergiants will face Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 10.

We will back with second match update soon.

IPL 2016: RCB V KKR

Yesterday’s match was an exciting match. The match was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bowl first. Bangalore start was not good. The lost Gayle early in 2nd over of the innings. Gayle was caught by Uthappa off Morne Morkel’s 1st over. KL Rahul hit 2 fours and a six off Narine’s 2nd over. Bangalore was comfortably placed at 92 for 1 in 11 overs. KL Rahul scored a fine 52 off 32 balls and destroyed the Kolkata bowlers. This was his 3rd consecutive fifty of the season and overall 3rd fifty in his IPL career. This was his highest score in IPL but previous best was 51 not out against Gujarat Lions  at Rajkot earlier this season. This was his joint highest score by batsman in this innings along with Kohli. The 84-run stand between KL Rahul and Kohli in 58 balls was the highest. KL Rahul was caught by Yusuf Pathan off Piyush Chawla’s bowling. They lost 2 more wickets for 17 runs in the span of 2.4 overs and Kolkata made a comeback. Kohli was dropped by Gambhir in middle stages of the innings when he was on 50 runs. It was not a costly miss as he went on to score 2 more runs. Kohli scored a classy 52 off 44 balls and attacked the Kolkata bowlers. This was his 4th fifty of the season and overall 21st fifty of his IPL career. This was his joint highest score by batsman in this innings along with KL Rahul. They lost Kohli in 17th over of the innings. Kohli was caught by Russell off Morne Morkel’s last over. Bangalore was also comfortably placed at 167 for 4 in 18.5 overs. The 38-run stand between Watson and Sachin Baby in 14 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Sachin Baby in last ball of 19th over of the innings. Sachin Baby was caught and bowled by Russell’s last over. Watson scored a gutsy 34 off 21 balls shattered Kolkata bowling. Watson was run out by a direct throw by Manish Pandey and Uthappa. They lost last 2 wickets in last 2 balls of the innings. Bangalore posted a competitive total of 185 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. It was a turning point as they scored 54 runs in the last 3 overs. Morne Morkel and Piyush Chawla took 2 wickets each for Kolkata.

Kolkata start was also not good. They lost Uthappa early in last ball of 1st over of the innings. Uthappa was caught by Kohli off Stuart Binny’s 1st over. They lost Lynn in 5th over of the innings. Lynn was bowled by Chahal’s 1st over. Kolkata was comfortably placed at 66 for 2 in 8.5 overs. Gambhir scored a blitzkrieg 37 off 29 against Bangalore bowling. Gambhir was out LBW by Aravind’s 2nd over. They lost 2 more wickets for 3 runs in the span of 1.2 overs and Bangalore made a comeback. Kolkata was reduced to 69 for 4 in 10.1 overs. They hit a six off Aaron’s bounce and Chahal’s turn in consecutive overs. Russell was beaten by KL Rahul off Chahal’s 3rd over but umpire signaled as 4 byes. He quickly shot past by KL Rahul in 2 balls later but umpire signaled as 5 wides. He hit 2 sixes and a four off Shamsi’s 2nd over. Kolkata scored 123 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 15 overs. Yusuf Pathan hit a bounday off Aaron’s 3rd over and Russell hit the mis-hit six. Kolkata scored 139 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 16 overs. Yusuf Pathan missed the stump and wide in first 2 balls off Watson’s last over. He hit a bouncer off Watson’s 3rd ball of his last over. He hit a long on six off Watson’s last ball of his last over. Kolkata scored 24 runs in 17th over. Kolkata was comfortably placed at 165 for 4 in 17.2 overs and it looked Kolkata will win the match. Russell scored a quickfire 39 off 24 balls smashed Bangalore bowling. The 96-run stand between Yusuf Pathan and Russell in 44 balls was the highest and Kolkata snatched the game. They lost Russell in 18th over of the innings. Russell was caught by Stuart Binny off Chahal’s last over. This was the highest 5th wicket partnership for Kolkata in IPL matches. Yusuf Pathan scored a brilliant 60 off 29 balls hammered the Bangalore bowlers. This was his 1st fifty of the season and overall 13th fifty of his IPL career. Yusuf Pathan hit the winning six and Kolkata won comfortably. This was the highest successful chase for Kolkata in this season but previous highest was 162 runs against Rising Pune Supergiants in Pune. Chahal was the most successful bowler for Bangalore when he took 2 wickets. Kolkata won the match by 5 wickets. This was Kolkata’s 5th win in chases in IPL 2016.

Now, Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Kings XI Punjab on May 4. Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Rising Pune Supergiants on May 7.

We will back with today’s match update tomorrow. Bye for now.

IPL 2016: RCB V DD

Yesterday’s second match was an exciting match. The match was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bowl first. Bangalore was not having a good note. They lost Gayle early in 1st over of the innings. de Villiers was appealed for LBW raised by umpire but decision was not out. Bangalore was comfortably placed at 107 for 1 in 11.1 overs. The 107 run-stand between Kohli & de Villiers in 65 balls was the highest. de Villiers scored a brutal 55 off 33 balls shattered the Delhi bowlers. This was his 2nd fifty of the season & overall 15th fifty of his IPL career. Bangalore was superbly placed at 170 for 2 in 16.1 overs. Watson scored a gigantic 33 off 19 balls attacked the Delhi bowlers. The 63-run stand between Kohli & Watson in 30 balls was huge. The lost 3 wickets for 7 runs in the span of 2 overs and Delhi will make a comeback. Kohli scored a fine 79 off 48 balls destroyed the Delhi bowlers. This was his 2nd fifty of the season & overall 18th fifty of his career. This was the highest score in this innings. Bangalore posted a huge total of 191 for 5 in 20 overs. This was the 4th highest total at this ground. Mohammad Shami was the most successful bowler when he took 2 wickets since his return.

Delhi was also not having a good note. They lost Iyer early in 1st over of the innings. The 39-run stand between de Kock and Samson in 28 balls. They lost Samson in 6th over of the innings.  Nair scored a brilliant 54 off 42 balls plundered against Bangalore bowling. This was his 1st fifty of the season & overall 4th fifty of his IPL career. Delhi was comfortably placed 184 for 2 in 18.1 overs. de Kock scored a huge 108 off 51 balls hammered the Bangalore bowlers. This was his first century of the season & also overall 1st century of his IPL career. This was first centurion of the season by player. This was the highest score in this innings. This was also the highest score of his IPL career his previous best was 69 runs also against Royal Challengers Bangalore at same ground last year. The 134-run stand between de Kock & Nair in 76 balls was the highest. This was the highest 3rd wicket partnership by team in IPL history. They lost de Kock in 19th over of the innings. Duminy hit the winning run & Delhi won comfortably. This was Delhi’s 2nd win in IPL 2016. This was Delhi’s 1st win against Bangalore since April 2010. Delhi won the match by 7 wickets.

Now, Delhi Daredevils will take on Mumbai Indians on April 23. Royal Challengers Bangalore will also face Mumbai Indians on April 20.

We will back with  today’s match update tomorrow. Bye for now.