Durban, South Africa: After the results of their earlier matches, the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and South Australia Redbacks was considered to be a very close game. Kallis was missing from RCB line-up and so was the rhythem of strong team. White looked lost against his original team Redbacks. SA won easily by 8 wickets. SAR became the first team to qualify for semifinals.
Klinger grabbed his 2nd MOM in 3 matches, 3rd consecutive half-century, 2nd century partnership for 1st wicket with Harris, remained not out 2nd time and in the process became the highest run scorer of the tournament.
Match Facts
Toss: RCB
Captain: Kumble (RCB) & Klinger (SAR)
Result: SAR won by 8 wickets
MOM: Klinger
Runs
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6 overs: RCB- 53/2, SAR- 50/0
10 overs: RCB- 75/4, SAR- 83/0
50 runs: RCB- 6 overs, SAR- 5.5 overs
100 runs: RCB- 13.4 overs, SAR- 11.6 overs
150 runs: RCB- 18.3 overs, SAR- 18 overs
50s: Klinger 69*, Harris 57 (SAR)
6s 9: RCB-6, SAR-3)
50-plus partnerships
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1st wkt 124 runs Harris & Klinger (SAR)
6th wkt 58 runs White & du Preez (RCB)
3 or more wickets: Christian 23/4 (SAR)
First ball duck: Steyn b Christian
Scorecard
Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (20 overs maximum)
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Pandey c Harris b Tait 4 runs (5 balls, 1 four)
Dravid c †Manou b O’Brien 4 (11 balls)
Uthappa†c Ferguson b Putland 0 (2 balls)
Taylor c †Manou b Tait 46 runs (28 balls, 8 fours, 1 six)
White c Putland b Christian 25 runs (29 balls, 1 four)
Kohli c Tait b Bailey 3 runs (7 balls)
du Preez c Harris b Christian 46 runs (25 balls, 1 four, 4 sixes)
Praveen b Putland 6 (3 balls, 1 six)
Vinay Kumar c Borgas b Christian 6 (7 balls)
Steyn b Christian 0 (1 ball)
Kumble* not out 1 (1 ball)
Extras (lb 2, w 11) 13
Total (all out; 19.5 overs; 85 mins) 154 (7.76 runs per over)
Fall of wickets
1-6 (Pandey, 0.6 ov), 2-7 (Uthappa, 1.2 ov), 3-53 (Dravid, 6.2 ov), 4-69 (Taylor, 8.4 ov), 5-76 (Kohli, 10.5 ov), 6-134 (du Preez, 16.6 ov), 7-140 (Kumar, 17.3 ov), 8-152 (Vinay Kumar, 19.1 ov), 9-153 (Steyn, 19.3 ov), 10-154 (White, 19.5 ov)
Bowling
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Tait 4 overs 23/2
Putland 4 overs 37/2
O’Brien 4 overs 28/1
Christian 3.5 overs 23/4
Bailey 3 overs 29/0
Harris 1 over 12/0
South Australia innings (target: 155 runs from 20 overs)
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Harris run out (Kohli/Kumble) 57 runs (38 balls, 7 fours, 2 sixes)
Klinger* not out 69 runs (57 balls, 9 fours, 1 six)
GA Manou†b Kumble 0 (3 balls)
Ferguson not out 21 runs (14 balls, 2 fours)
Extras (lb 5, w 2, nb 1) 8
Total (2 wickets; 18.3 overs; 81 mins) 155 (8.37 runs per over)
Fall of wickets
1-124 (Harris, 14.2 ov), 2-125 (Manou, 14.6 ov)
Bowling
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Praveen 4 overs 28/0
Steyn 4 overs 38/0
Preez 3 overs 26/0
Kumble 4 overs 25/1
Vinay Kumar 3.3 overs 33/0
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