Royal Challengers Bangalore thumped Kolkata Knight Riders again. KKR may blame the rain interruption. But batting first in the first 10 overs they never looked like scoring big.
Match Facts
- Match 57
Venue: Bangalore
Captains: Gambhir (KKR), Kohli (RCB)
Toss: RCB
Result: RCB def KKR by 4 wkts
MOM: Gayle
6s: 5 (KKR 3, RCB 2)
4s: 20 (KKR 7, RCB 13)
50-plus partnership: 53 4th wkt Tiwary and Pathan (KKR)
Record
- Gayle received his 4th MOM of 2011 IPL, maximum in any IPL.
RCB became the first team of all IPL editions to win 7 consecutive matches.
Kolkata Knight Riders innings (13 overs maximum)
- Kallis c Arun Karthik b Langeveldt 17 runs 14 balls 3 4s
Morgan c Pomersbach b Khan 2 runs 5 balls
Gambhir c de Villiers b Aravind 7 runs 9 balls 1 four
Manoj Tiwary not out 19 runs 24 balls 1 four
Pathan c Mithun b Langeveldt 36 runs 24 balls 2 4s 3 6s
Boucher not out 1 run 2 balls
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 2) 7
Total (13 overs) 89/4
Fall of wickets
- 1-15 (Morgan, 2.3 ov), 2-21 (Kallis, 3.5 ov), 3-30 (Gambhir, 5.3 ov), 4-83 (Pathan, 12.2 ov)
Bowling
- Zaheer Khan 3 ov 17/1
Langeveldt 3 ov 10/2
Aravind 3 ov 18/1
Mithun 2 ov 14/0
Gayle 1 ov 11/0
Kohli 1 ov 14/0
Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (target: 102 runs from 13 overs)
- Gayle c Kallis b Lee 38 runs 12 balls 6 4s 2 6s
Pomersbach c Unadkat b Kallis 16 runs 14 balls 2 4s
Kohli c Boucher b Kallis 15 runs 15 balls 2 4s
AB de Villiers not out 13 runs 13 balls 2 4s
Kaif c Bhatia b Unadkat 15 runs 13 balls 1 four
Arun Karthik c Unadkat b Iqbal Abdulla 1 run 2 balls
Saurabh Tiwary run out 1 run 5 balls
Mithun not out 0
Extras (w 6) 6
Total (12.3 overs) 105/6
Fall of wickets
- 1-44 (Gayle, 2.4 ov), 2-65 (Pomersbach, 5.5 ov), 3-72 (Kohli, 7.3 ov), 4-95 (Kaif, 10.4 ov), 5-96 (Arun Karthik, 11.1 ov), 6-101 (Tiwary, 12.2 ov)
Bowling
- Brett Lee 3 ov 31/1
Unadkat 2 ov 30/1
Kallis 3 ov 16/2
Iqbal Abdulla 3 ov 18/1
Balaji 1.3 ov 10/0
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