Moises Henriques clean bowled Rajasthan Royals captain Rahul Dravid off a slower delivery at the hosts lost their second wicket.
Dravid hit 4 fours in his 17-ball 22 before falling to Henriques.
Rajasthan run chase got off to a bad start as Ravi Rampaul had opener Ajinkya Rahane caught by RP Singh at fine leg.
Earlier, brisk knocks by Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen powered them to a formidable score of 171/6.
R Vinay Kumar smashed 3 sixes in his 6-ball 22 as birthday boy James Faulkner conceded 22 runs in his last over.
Moises Henriques hit a six and 2 fours in his 19-ball before he was run out.
Shane Watson took his third wicket when he had Ravi Rampaul caught by wicket-keeper Sanju Samson.
Shane Watson took his second wicket when he had Bangalore captain Virat Kohli caught by James Faulkner at long-on.
Kohli hit 3 fours in his 35-ball 32.
S Sreesanth had AB de Villiers caught by James Faulkner in the covers as Bangalore lost their third wicket.
Bangalore lost their second wicket when Abhinav Mukund (19) edged a Siddharth Trivedi delivery onto his stumps.
Chris Gayle smashed 34 runs off 16 balls before Shane Watson had him caught behind by Sanju Samson.
Gayle hit a six and 6 fours in his fiery knock.
The breakthroughs came after Rajasthan Royals captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and chose to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Teams:
Rajasthan Royals: Rahul Dravid (Capt.), Shane Watson, Ajinkya Rahane, Owais Shah, Stuart Binny, Brad Hodge, Sanju Samson, James Faulkner, Ajit Chandila, Siddharth Trivedi, S Sreesanth.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (Capt.), Chris Gayle, Abhinav Mukund, AB de Villiers, Saurabh Tiwary, Moises Henriques, Ravi Rampaul, R Vinay Kumar, Murali Kartik, Rudra Pratap Singh, Jaidev Unadkat.
0 comments:
Post a Comment