Gilchrist, RP shine as Chargers win by 24 runs
Posted on Apr 22, 2009 at 19:04 | Updated Apr 22, 2009 at 23:39
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Chargers win
The Deccan Chargers have won their second game on the trot by beating the Royal Challengers by 24 runs. Great match. High scoring and well chased. The Challengers could have got closer had they not lost too many wickets halfway through their innings. Gilchrist, Rohit Sharma, Dravid and Virat Kohli put up a nice show with the bat.
Dravid gets the Orange Cap back as the leading run-getter in the tournament and RP Singh gets the Purple cap as the leading wicket-taker.
We'll see you tomorrow at 4:00 pm IST. It's a double header with the Chennai Super Kings taking on Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders taking on Rajasthan Royals at 8:00 pm IST. See you then. Goodbye!
Over 20: Bangalore Royal Challengers need 29 off the last over. RP Singh to bowl, Kohli to face. And it's a yorker first up, the length was spot on. A single brings up Kohli's fifty. Well played young man! Kumar hits straight back and RP is just hit on the hand as they pick another single. That would have hurt. WICKET! Kohli lofts it and Gibbs takes the easiest of catches at deep mid on. And with that the Purple Cap goes to RP Singh, he's picked up six wickets in the tournament. Two singles to end the over. And it's all over. Bangalore Royal Challengers are 160-8.
Runs: 0,1,1,W,1,1
Over 19: The Charger's cheerleaders have had a lot to dance about today. The crowd also getting into the mood with them. Forty-five to win from 12 balls now. Edwards to bowl the penultimate over. FOUR! Kohli gets into the act. Edwards follows up with a dot ball. FOUR! Kohli gets another away, but he'll need a couple of sixes here and he's broken his bat as well. SIX! Praveen gets that over long-off, sweetly timed. And a dot ball to end the over.
Runs: 4,0,wd,4,1,6,0
Over 18: Karan Sharma has joined Kohli in the middle as Styris continues. Sharma takes a single and so does Kohli. Singles will not trouble the Chargers. WICKET! Karan Sharma gives himself room and edges and Gilchrist takes a fantastic diving catch as the Bangalore innings lies in tatters. Praveen Kumar is the new batsman. SIX! Styris put that in the slot and paid the price for it. Lovely shot!
Runs: 1,1,0,W,0,6
Over 17: Rajesh Bishnoi is the new man in and gets off the mark with a couple off Harmeet. WICKET! Bishnoi misses that, Kohli calls and runs, and Bishnoi is run out at the non-striker's end. He can't believe and chirps his way out with Kohli responding to him. You can talk later guys! It's time to move on with the game. FOUR! Kohli flashes and gets that over short third man.
Runs: 0,2,W,2,4,wd,2
Over 16: Bangalore need 76 to win from 30 balls. Scott Styris starts off with a slower ball and Dravid gets a single. FOUR! Another slower one, but Kohli smacks that to the mid-wicket fence. The 50-run partnership is up. WICKET! Dravid tries to go over extra over but finds Venugopal Rao at long off and that's the end of a fantastic innings. FOUR! Kohli gets that over cover and into the fence.
Runs: 1,4,1,W,4,2
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