- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.6 bad ball, bad shot! Kallis bowls it short and wide, a real half-tracker, Gambhir needlessly decides to try and jump up and uppercut it but makes horrible timing and slaps the ball straight to Taylor at cover-point, who takes his second catch of the day 37/30.3 gone! Praveen gets Sehwag with an ordinary ball, its short of a length and slanting down leg stump but Sehwag just turns it off his pads to Taylor at square leg 1/10.5 another one down! Praveen's on a roll, this time bending his back and dragging the ball in short to suck Manhas into the pull shot, except he's nowhere in line to play that and gets a tame top edge that pops up the other way and Kallis, from second slip, dives forward to pluck the ball 1/210.3 big wicket! Its the arm ball on a good length, AB looks to play it down but is late on the shot and the ball sneaks under the bat and disturbs the furniture 65/417.5 tries the cheeky shot and perishes this time! Praveen goes full outside off stump and Karthik gets across his stumps and top-edges the attempted paddle shot to Uthappa, running to his left at fine leg 114/711.3 yorked! Kumble pitches it up very straight, a quick yorker on middle stump, McDonald gets into terrible position and misses it completely, the ball crashes into off stump 70/516.5 gone now! Kumble flights it up nicely, gives it some air and that undoes Nagar, who is early into the big inside-out shot over cover and picks out Uthappa in the deep 109/6Extras3 (w 3)TOTAL134/7 (20 Overs, RR: 6.7)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Virender Sehwag, 0.3 ov), 2-1 (Mithun Manhas, 0.5 ov), 3-37 (Gautam Gambhir, 5.6 ov), 4-65 (AB de Villiers, 10.3 ov), 5-70 (Andrew McDonald, 11.3 ov), 6-109 (Yogesh Nagar, 16.5 ov), 7-114 (Dinesh Karthik, 17.5 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.6 edged and gone! Nehra gets Uthappa with a full ball that angles wide and sucks him into a loose drive, Karthik takes the catch to his right, fumbles, but recovers in time 2/112.3 and he's got Dravid! Nagar strikes with one that's faster, shorter and turning back into Dravid who backs away to try and force it to the on side but instead chips it back to Nagar 72/214.5 looks for another six but picks out Vettori just inside the ropes at long-on! Nagar again tosses it up, a tad fuller this time and thats the major factor, because Taylor was down on one knee looking to lift that much squarer, just got under it and holed out to the deep 101/3Extras3 (lb 1, nb 2)TOTAL135/3 (19 Overs, RR: 7.1)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Robin Uthappa, 0.6 ov), 2-72 (Rahul Dravid, 12.3 ov), 3-101 (Ross Taylor, 14.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB A Nehra 4 0 21 1 5.25 14 2 0 0 1 AM Salvi 4 0 30 0 7.5 13 3 2 0 0 MF Maharoof 2 0 9 0 4.5 5 0 0 0 0 AB McDonald 3 0 22 0 7.33 2 1 0 0 0 DL Vettori 4 0 32 0 8 5 2 1 0 0 Y Nagar 2 0 20 2 10 3 0 2 0 1
Match Details
Toss
Delhi Daredevils , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
16.30 start, First Session 16.30-17.50, Interval 17.50-18.10, Second Session 18.10-19.30
Match days
19 May 2009 - day/night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Delhi Daredevils 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 3 wickets)
- Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (48 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: Delhi Daredevils - 63/3 in 10.0 overs (AB de Villiers 27, KD Karthik 9)
- Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 15.6 overs (96 balls), Extras 1
- Innings Break: Delhi Daredevils - 134/7 in 20.0 overs (MF Maharoof 18, DL Vettori 4)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 27 runs, 1 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (56 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (JH Kallis 27, R Dravid 23, Ex 0)
- Drinks: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 54/1 in 10.0 overs (JH Kallis 29, R Dravid 24)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 14.4 overs (89 balls), Extras 1
- JH Kallis: 50 off 51 balls (1 x 4, 2 x 6)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsCaptain Kumble calls the shots
Bangalore's turnaround has much to do with Kumble's appointment as captain following the departure of Kevin Pietersen
Classy Kallis keeps Bangalore alive
Royal Challengers Bangalore boosted their chances of winning a place in the semi-finals, winning a crucial game against Delhi Daredevils fairly comfortably at the Wanderers




