Bangalore blow it
12 Apr 2010
Deccan Chargers’ bowling attack reduced the Royal Challengers Bangalore to 138 all out, falling 13 runs short of Deccan’s modest 151-6.
The match belonged to the bowlers: Dale Steyn removing Adam Gilchrist and the in-form Tirumalasetti Suman in the space of two balls, then Gibbs an over later to put Deccan on the back-foot early.
The Chargers spent the remainder of their 20 overs recovering, eventually achieving 151-6, with contributions from Rohit Sharma [51] and Monish Mishra [41] the only highlights of a mediocre display.
Conversely, Rahul Dravid gave Bangalore some impetus from the outset [subsequent to Ryan Harris' first ball dismissal of Manish Pandey] and together with a sluggish Jacques Kallis looked to put the Royal Challengers into a match winning position. The pair reached 74 before Dravid fell for 49 [from 35] in the 11th over, and at 74-2, with Kallis and Robin Uthappa staring down a very gettable Deccan total on a quick outfield, one felt the visitors had the game all but wrapped up.
But after Kallis fell three overs later for 27 [from 37], Bangalore fell from 95-3 to 110-6 midway through the seventeenth. Bangalore failed to adjust to the longer boundaries at Nagpur and frequently pursued the aerial route with disastrous consequence. Even the willow-work of Uthappa, the only mainstay throughout Banglore’s mid-innings collapse, could not resurrect the stumbling guests.
Each bowler performed for Deccan, culminating in a rounded attack the majority of which conceded six or less per over. All took wickets, Harris, RP Singh, IPL leading wicket-taker Pragyan Ojha and Harmeet Singh taking two apiece.
The win keeps Deccan’s hopes of a semifinal berth alive, moving them to fifth on the IPL points table, whilst delaying the confirmation of Banglore’s place for another week.
Deccan 151-6 (20 overs)
Rohit Sharma 51, Monish Mishra 41, Dale Steyn 3-18
Bangalore 138-10 (19.4 overs)
Rahul Dravid 49, Robin Uthappa 34, RP Singh 2-21
Deccan win by 13 runs
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2 Comments
13 Apr 2010, 07:51 am
” with Kallis and Robin Uthappa starring down ”
Staring down…
gettable not ‘getable’
It’s called proof-reading
Who hired this oke?
14 Apr 2010, 08:44 am
I’ll take credit for you correcting it.
It’s a pleasure.
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