Playoff 3 Facts & Scorecard: RCB wins Race against MI for 2nd Final

In the contest to reach 2nd final between two teams, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated MUmbai Indians comprehensively.

Match Facts

Match 73
Venue: Chennai
Captains: Vettori (RCB), Sachin (MI)
Toss: MI
Result: RCB def MI by 43 runs
MOM: Gayle
3wkts or more: 3/19 by Vettori
50s: 89 by Gayle
6s: 12 (RCB 8, MI 4)
4s: 26 (13 each)
100-plus partnership: 113 1st wkt Mayank and Gayle (RCB)

Records

Gayle extended IPL MOM record to 5.
RCB and MI stand at 5-4 in individual matches.
RCB became the 2nd team after CSK to reach 2 finals.

Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (20 overs maximum)

Agarwal c Sharma b Pollard 41 runs 31 balls 4 4s 2 6s
Gayle c Franklin b Patel 89 runs 47 balls 9 4s 5 6s
Kohli b Ahmed 8 runs 12 balls
AB de Villiers not out 21 runs 15 balls 1 six
Pomersbach c Malinga b Patel 4 runs 4 balls
Saurabh Tiwary not out 8 runs 12 balls
Extras (w 13, nb 1) 14
Total (20 overs) 185/4

Fall of wickets

1-113 (Agarwal, 10.4 ov), 2-148 (Gayle, 14.4 ov), 3-151 (Kohli, 15.2 ov), 4-157 (Pomersbach, 16.2 ov)

Bowling

Ahmed 4 ov 56/1
Harbhajan Singh 4 ov 40/0
Malinga 4 ov 24/0
Munaf Patel 4 ov 27/2
Rohit Sharma 1 ov 14/0
Pollard 3 ov 24/1

Mumbai Indians innings (target: 186 runs from 20 overs)

Blizzard c Agarwal b Aravind 10 runs 11 balls 2 4s
Tendulkar st de Villiers b Syed Mohammad 40 runs 24 balls 7 4s
Harbhajan Singh c Pomersbach b Aravind 13 runs 7 balls 1 four 1 six
Rohit Sharma c Pomersbach b Vettori 13 runs 15 balls 1 four
Franklin b Khan 16 runs 17 balls 1 six
Rayudu lbw b Vettori 0
Pollard c Mithun b Vettori 3 runs 6 balls
Sathish not out 18 runs 21 balls 1 four
Malinga c Pomersbach b Syed Mohammad 7 runs 5 balls 1 six
Ahmed not out 18 runs 13 balls 1 four 1 six
Extras (lb 2, w 2) 4
Total (20 overs) 142/8

Fall of wickets

1-23 (Blizzard, 3.3 ov), 2-41 (Harbhajan Singh, 5.1 ov), 3-68 (Tendulkar, 7.6 ov), 4-82 (Sharma, 10.4 ov), 5-83 (Rayudu, 10.6 ov), 6-89 (Pollard, 12.5 ov), 7-99 (Franklin, 14.4 ov), 8-110 (Malinga, 15.5 ov)

Bowling

Zaheer Khan 4 ov 32/1
Aravind 3 ov 27/2
Gayle 3 ov 11/0
Mithun 2 ov 26/0
Vettori 4 ov 19/3
Syed Mohammad 4 ov 25/2