Chargers knock-out punch to RCB
HYDERABAD: The huge crowd had come for fireworks from Orange Cap holder Chris Gayle but instead witnessed a magnificent spell of fast bowling by Dale Steyn (3 for 8) to send Royal Challengers Bangalore tumbling out of the tournament.
Deccan Chargers ambushed the Bangalore team with a nine-run win. The victory helped Chennai Super Kings advance to the play-offs.
CSK and RCB were tied on 17 points but the former had better net run-rate to squeak into the next stage.
Set a modest target of 133, Bangalore requiring win to advance to the next stage, made 123 for 9 in 20 overs. Earlier, Chargers made scored 132 for 7 after RCB opted to field first.
Super Kings meet Mumbai Indians in the eliminator at Bangalore on May 23. For RCB, it was so near, yet so far. Chargers, who knocked out Rajasthan Royals on Friday, delivered the second sucker punch to dash RCB's hopes.
With their fourth win and one washed out tie, Chargers avoided the wooden spoon to finish ahead of Pune Warriors, who finished last on the points table.
It was run-machine Gayle versus world's best fast bowler Steyn in the RCB's chase. Gayle (27) played only 10 deliveries, striking three fours and two sixes in Manpreet Gony's first over.
The full house of 32,000 went delirious. But Steyn, who bowled with good pace, tamed the Gayle storm with a lively second over. After softening the tall left-hander with a vicious bouncer, Steyn disturbed his stumps.
Gayle was beaten by sheer pace. There was stunned silence as Steyn won the duel. The South African pace bowler scalped another wicket trapping Tillakaratne Dilshan in front. Steyn's first spell read 3-0-7-2.
The two dismissals lifted the Chargers' spirit. Like in Friday's match, leg spinner Amit Mishra took over and choked RCB with two wickets in his second over.
Off the second delivery, his looping delivery forced the dangerous AB de Villiers to scoop to cover where a leaping Duminy held the catch.
Three balls later, the leg spinner castled Mayank Agarwal to send shivers into RCB's camp. Left-hander Saurabh Tiwary, who had to return for cramps, came back after the fall of Agarwal.
Tiwary and skipper Virat Kohli (40-ball 42) raised hopes of recovery with a 46-run stand. But Ashish Reddy's slower delivery saw Kohli hitting into Gony's hands at long-on.
Steyn added one more wicket in his fourth over by bowling Zaheer Khan. Steyn was unplayable on the day and returned with stunning figures of 4-0-8-3. Ashish Reddy's two wickets in the last over sealed RCB's fate.
Jean-Paul Duminy was the saviour of Chargers after Shikhar Dhawan and Cameron White, the leading run-getters, were out cheaply.
The South African left-hander slammed a 53-ball 74 (5x6, 4x4) to give the home side a competitive total. But Duminy was circumspect at the start before opening up in the 17th and 18th overs, taking runs off left-arm seamer Zaheer and veteran off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. Duminy, who struck three sixes off Muralitharan's third over, was out in the 19th over.
RCB smelt success in the first over when Zaheer got the big wicket of left-hander Dhawan (5), the second highest run-getter in IPL-5, with the ball clipping the off-stump bail.
Two more wickets fell in the fourth and fifth overs, Akshath Reddy played a rank bad shot to be caught behind while White (1) was done in by a short-pitched delivery from left-arm seamer Prashanth Parmeshwaran.
RCB bowlers were spot on, They kept a stranglehold as skipper Sangakkara, who returned to the side, and JP Duminy could not get the momentum for Chargers.
After adding 31 off 49 balls, Sangakkara (15) lofted to long-off where Vinay Kumar held a good catch. Chargers were 51 for 4 in 11.2 overs before Duminy and Parthiv Patel resurrected the innings with 71-run stand off 46 balls.
HYDERABAD: The huge crowd had come for fireworks from Orange Cap holder Chris Gayle but instead witnessed a magnificent spell of fast bowling by Dale Steyn (3 for 8) to send Royal Challengers Bangalore tumbling out of the tournament.
Deccan Chargers ambushed the Bangalore team with a nine-run win. The victory helped Chennai Super Kings advance to the play-offs.
CSK and RCB were tied on 17 points but the former had better net run-rate to squeak into the next stage.
Set a modest target of 133, Bangalore requiring win to advance to the next stage, made 123 for 9 in 20 overs. Earlier, Chargers made scored 132 for 7 after RCB opted to field first.
Super Kings meet Mumbai Indians in the eliminator at Bangalore on May 23. For RCB, it was so near, yet so far. Chargers, who knocked out Rajasthan Royals on Friday, delivered the second sucker punch to dash RCB's hopes.
With their fourth win and one washed out tie, Chargers avoided the wooden spoon to finish ahead of Pune Warriors, who finished last on the points table.
It was run-machine Gayle versus world's best fast bowler Steyn in the RCB's chase. Gayle (27) played only 10 deliveries, striking three fours and two sixes in Manpreet Gony's first over.
The full house of 32,000 went delirious. But Steyn, who bowled with good pace, tamed the Gayle storm with a lively second over. After softening the tall left-hander with a vicious bouncer, Steyn disturbed his stumps.
Gayle was beaten by sheer pace. There was stunned silence as Steyn won the duel. The South African pace bowler scalped another wicket trapping Tillakaratne Dilshan in front. Steyn's first spell read 3-0-7-2.
The two dismissals lifted the Chargers' spirit. Like in Friday's match, leg spinner Amit Mishra took over and choked RCB with two wickets in his second over.
Off the second delivery, his looping delivery forced the dangerous AB de Villiers to scoop to cover where a leaping Duminy held the catch.
Three balls later, the leg spinner castled Mayank Agarwal to send shivers into RCB's camp. Left-hander Saurabh Tiwary, who had to return for cramps, came back after the fall of Agarwal.
Tiwary and skipper Virat Kohli (40-ball 42) raised hopes of recovery with a 46-run stand. But Ashish Reddy's slower delivery saw Kohli hitting into Gony's hands at long-on.
Steyn added one more wicket in his fourth over by bowling Zaheer Khan. Steyn was unplayable on the day and returned with stunning figures of 4-0-8-3. Ashish Reddy's two wickets in the last over sealed RCB's fate.
Jean-Paul Duminy was the saviour of Chargers after Shikhar Dhawan and Cameron White, the leading run-getters, were out cheaply.
The South African left-hander slammed a 53-ball 74 (5x6, 4x4) to give the home side a competitive total. But Duminy was circumspect at the start before opening up in the 17th and 18th overs, taking runs off left-arm seamer Zaheer and veteran off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. Duminy, who struck three sixes off Muralitharan's third over, was out in the 19th over.
RCB smelt success in the first over when Zaheer got the big wicket of left-hander Dhawan (5), the second highest run-getter in IPL-5, with the ball clipping the off-stump bail.
Two more wickets fell in the fourth and fifth overs, Akshath Reddy played a rank bad shot to be caught behind while White (1) was done in by a short-pitched delivery from left-arm seamer Prashanth Parmeshwaran.
RCB bowlers were spot on, They kept a stranglehold as skipper Sangakkara, who returned to the side, and JP Duminy could not get the momentum for Chargers.
After adding 31 off 49 balls, Sangakkara (15) lofted to long-off where Vinay Kumar held a good catch. Chargers were 51 for 4 in 11.2 overs before Duminy and Parthiv Patel resurrected the innings with 71-run stand off 46 balls.
News Posted: 21 May, 2012
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