3112dThe Report by Abhishek Purohit

RCB shot out for 70 in big defeat

Royal Challengers Bangalore were shot out for 70, the third-worst score in the IPL, and Rajasthan Royals completed the formalities for the loss of four wickets

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

SR Watson
SR Watson
24(24) 1x4 - 2x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • straight drive
  • 10 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
0 0 0 0 1 13 7 3
AM Rahane
AM Rahane
23(19) 4x4 - 0x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 6 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
1 4 0 9 0 4 0 5

Best performances - Bowlers

PV Tambe
O4
M0
R20
W4
Eco5
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
KW Richardson
KW Richardson
O4
M0
R18
W2
Eco4.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Rajasthan Royals , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-15.55, Interval 15.55-16.15, Second Session 16.15-17.40

Match days

26 April 2014 (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Rajasthan Royals 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0

END OF OVER:
13 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | RR: 71/4 | RR: 5.46

  • Abhishek Nayar11 (17b)
  • Stuart Binny0 (0b)
  • Yuzvendra Chahal3-1-17-1
  • Ashok Dinda2-0-8-0

That's all from us. Time to move over to the next match - Kings XI v KKR.. Catch you over there.

"It's was great way for us to bounce back after that loss against Chennai" says Shane Watson. "He (Tambe) is very skillful and reads the batsman's mind very well. He is very cagey bowler, I play him a lot of the nets. this pitch was slightly drier than the last time we played here."

Pravin Tambe is the Man of the Match

"Looks like we didn't arrive on the field today," says Virat Kohli. "It was one of those days that we need to forget quickly. The pressure created by Royals was extended over a long time. When you lose wicket every over, it builds up pressure. When I batted, I felt it was a good wicket, but that's what happens when you lose wickets."

"It's probably the most grass i will see for the next month," says Mitchell Starc, the purple cap holder. "We needed wickets, but unfortunately not enough runs on the board."

Watson gets a cheque for hitting two sixes, Ajinkya Rahane gets an award for keeping calm while running out Parthiv Patel.

After moving at snail's pace, the match finally ends. Just 141 runs scored for the loss of 14 wickets in 28 overs.The star of the day was Pravin Tambe for his four wickets, but a strange day for the batsmen. No one really looked comfortable today.

Sam: "Just imagine how Gayle is going to exact revenge the next time these sides meet. :)"

Sharma: "Will be interesting to see how Maxwell plays on this pitch..especially against the turn of Narine..."

12.6
3
Chahal to Nayar, 3 runs, he didn't read that googly at all, he edges it past the lone slip fielder to pick up three runs and register a win.. Not the best way to bring it, but this has been that kind of a match

Stuart Binny comes in..

12.5
W
Chahal to Watson, OUT, oh no! Watson tries to repeat the shot but is nowhere near the pitch of the delivery, only manages a big top edge to AB at cover. Chahal continues to impress - he slowed this one down intentionally

SR Watson c de Villiers b Chahal 24 (29m 24b 1x4 2x6) SR: 100

12.4
6
Chahal to Watson, SIX, reaches out and smashes the flighted one over the cow corner! This was wide outside off and he has dragged it for a 90 m hit
12.3
0
Chahal to Watson, no run, flighted and on the middle and off line, the batsman comes forward and defends
12.2
1
Chahal to Nayar, 1 run, sweeps this from well outside the off but finds the man at deep midwicket
12.1
0
Chahal to Nayar, no run, tossed up delivery outside off, the batsman comes forward and defends
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  • RCB shot out for 70 in big defeat

    Royal Challengers Bangalore were shot out for 70, the third-worst score in the IPL, and Rajasthan Royals completed the formalities for the loss of four wickets

Run shy

141

The total runs scored in this match. This is the second lowest aggregate for a completed match in the IPL.

Slow go

6

Number of times that a team has taken longer to successfully chase down a score of 70 or less in all T20 cricket

End of streak

1

That Watson four was the first scored off Y Chahal this season

Quickest kill

5.3

No of overs in which Mumbai chased down KKR's 67 in 2008 – the fastest successful IPL chase (in an uninterrupted match)

Late comer

1

Number of times that Albie Morkel has batted in the Powerplay – today was the first time

Batting order

No 4

The highest position at which Albie Morkel has batted in the IPL - four times, all four against the Rajasthan Royals

Lowest of the low

58

The lowest score a team has been bowled out for in the IPL – this happens to be Royals v RCB in 2009

A new low

70

This is RCB's lowest score in the IPL, and third lowest that any team has been bowled out for

Plumbing the Depths

2

Number of times RCB have lost more than five wickets in the first 10 overs of an IPL innings. They were 45-6 today, they were 51-7 against KKR in 2008

Small Mercy

20-3

RCB's worst score in the Powerplay in terms of runs in the IPL (came in 2012). They were 22-5 today

Never Before

5

Number of wickets RCB lost in the Powerplay today - they have never lost as many before

Historic Mark

17-5

The score from which Kapil Dev scored his legendary 175 against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup. Also Chris Gayle's highest T20 score

Early Trouble

1

Number of times RCB have lost more than three wickets inside the first three overs of an IPL innings

Golden Duck

4

Number of times AB de Villiers has been dismissed for a first-ball duck in the IPL