Sitting on the verge of exit, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated fancied Somerset by the biggest margin of 2011 Champions League winning by 51 runs. Somerset did hit the fastest century of the tournament, but Gayle storm finally struck and helped the tournament see a 200-plus score earning RCB the victory and hope to qualify for semifinal.
Points Table
Tournment Group Matches Scorecard and Statistics
Qualifier Scorecard and Statistics
2011 Qualifier Schedule
2011 Team Squads
Match Statistics
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Toss: Somerset
Captains: Vettori (RCB), Thomas (Somerset)
Man of the Match: Gayle (RCB)
Best Batsmen: Gayle 86 in 46 balls (RCB), Trego 58 in 38 balls (Somerset)
6s: 20 (RCB 14, Somerset 6)
4s: 27 (RCB 14, Somerset 13)
Most economic Bowlers (4 overs): Vettori 23/2 (RCB), Kirby 23/2(Somerset)
Match Changer: Gayle’s onslaught
6 overs score: 51/1 (RCB), 54/2 (Somerset)
10 overs score: 87/1 (RCB), 102/2 (Somerset)
50 runs: 6 ov (RCB), 5.2 ov (Somerset)
100 runs: 10.3 ov (RCB), 9.5 ov (Somerset)
150 runs: 14.2 ov (RCB), 19.2 ov (Somerset)
200 runs: 19.3 ov (RCB)
1st Wicket for Teams: 4.3 ov (RCB), 4.2 ov (Somerset)
Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (20 overs maximum)
- Gayle c Suppiah b Thomas 86 runs 46 balls 4 4s 8 6s
Dilshan b van der Merwe 23 runs 16 balls 4 4s 1 six
Kohli b Kirby 33 runs 22 balls 4 4s 1 150.00
Saurabh Tiwary c Suppiah b Kirby 18 runs 15 balls 1 four 1 six
Mayank Agarwal c Suppiah b Thomas 19 runs 8 balls 1 four 2 6s
Vettori run out 1 run 2 balls
Bhatkal not out 4 runs 4 balls
Arun Karthik not out 13 runs 7 balls
Extras (lb 2, w 7) 9
Total (20 overs) 206/6
Fall of wickets
- 1-38 (Dilshan, 4.3 ov), 2-108 (Kohli, 11.1 ov), 3-157 (Tiwary, 15.3 ov), 4-188 (Agarwal, 17.4 ov), 5-188 (Gayle, 17.5 ov), 6-191 (Vettori, 18.3 ov)
Bowling
- Thomas 4 ov 33/2
Kirby 4 ov 23/2
Trego 3 ov 50/0
van der Merwe 4 ov 36/1
Kartik 3 ov 34/0
Dockrell 2 ov 28/0
Somerset innings (target: 207 runs from 20 overs)
- Trego c Vettori b Bhatkal 58 runs 38 balls 6 4s 3 6s
Kieswetter c Arun Karthik b Vettori 26 runs 19 balls 3 4s 2 6s van der Merwe c Arun Karthik b Vettori 6 runs 3 balls 1 six
Hildreth c Arun Karthik b Nannes 15 runs 15 balls 1 four
Buttler c Tiwary b Aravind 4 runs 12 balls
Compton not out 17 runs 20 balls 1 four
Suppiah b Aravind 1 run 3 balls
Thomas not out 15 runs 12 balls 2 4s
Extras (lb 3, w 8, nb 2) 13
Total (20 overs) 155/6
Fall of wickets
- 1-42 (Kieswetter, 4.2 ov), 2-48 (van der Merwe, 4.5 ov), 3-109 (Hildreth, 10.5 ov), 4-118 (Buttler, 13.1 ov), 5-131 (Trego, 16.1 ov), 6-135 (Suppiah, 17.1 ov)
Bowling
- Nannes 4 ov 27/1
Aravind 4 ov 23/2
Vettori 4 ov 25/2
Syed Mohammad 3 ov 25/0
Kohli 1 ov 9/0
Gayle 1 ov 24/0
Bhatkal 3 0v 19/1
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