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Chris Gayle joined Royal Challengers Bangalore as the replacement for Dirk Nannes after he was dropped from the WI squad. But he showed why he is one of the greatest hitters of world cricket as he scored a quickfire century including 7 sixes as KKR had to face yet another brutal defeat at Eden Gardens. RCB captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and put KKR to bat. Kolkata Knight Riders reached a very good total as they scored 171/5 in their 20 overs with important contributions from Gautam Gambhir (48 runs off 38 balls), Yusuf Pathan (46 runs off 24 balls) and Jacques Kallis (40 runs off 42 balls). In reply, Chris Gayle almost single handedly won the game for RCB in his IPL 4 debut as he scored 102 runs in just 55 balls. Bangalore reached 175/1 in just 18.1 overs as Gayle made the target look very easy with the support of Tilakaratne Dilshan (38 runs off 31 balls) and Virat Kohli (30 runs off 23 balls). Chris Gayle was awarded the Man of the Match for his blazing century.

The home ground of Deccan Chargers since IPL season 1 has been the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at Hyderabad. They have even been the IPL champions during its second edition at South Africa. However, they had never won a single match in their Hyderabad home ground in all these years till this match. But they finally rose to the occasion and broke the jinx with their first win of IPL season 4 with a 33 run win against Royal Challengers Bangalore. RCB captain Vettori won the toss and put DC to bat. Deccan Chargers went off to a flyer and reached 175/5 in their 20 overs with rapid knocks by Bharat Chipli (61 runs off 35 balls), Sunny Sohal (38 runs off 37 balls) and their captain Kumar Sangakkara (36 runs off 25 balls). Zaheer Khan was the lone ranger in the Bangalore bowling as he took 3 wickets for 32 runs. In reply, Bangalore could never give a befitting reply and kept on losing wickets regularly against the fiery spells of the three DC seamers Dale Steyn (3 wickets for 24 runs), Ishant Sharma (1 wicket for 21 runs) and Manpreet Gony (3 wickets for 31 runs). Virat Kohli was the lone ranger in the Bangalore batting and scored 71 runs off 51 balls but they could only 142/9 in their 20 overs. Steyn was awarded the Man of the Match for his bowling.

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated debutant IPL team Kochi Tuskers Kerala on their home ground by 6 wickets with 8 balls to spare in a high scoring game. Kochi Tuskers Kerala skipper Mahela Jayawardena won the toss and decided to bat. Royal Challengers Bangalore were headed by their new captain Daniel Vettori at the toss. Brendon McCullum (45 runs off 32 balls) and VVS Laxman (36 runs off 29 balls) provided a blazing start as they scored 80 runs in merely 9 overs for the opening stand before VVS departed. They then lost the momentum and Jayawardena (18 runs off 18 balls), Brad Hodge (27 runs off 21 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja (23 not out off 16 balls) contributed as they scored 161/5 in 20 overs. In reply, Royal Challengers Bangalore managed to keep the required run rate under control though they lost wickets at regular intervals. India’s recent U-19 sensation Mayank Agarwal scored a brisk 33 runs off 24 balls including a first ball 6 off Muralitharan while Virat Kohli and Saurabh Tiwary scored 23 runs off 18 balls and 26 runs off 24 balls respectively. But it was AB de Villiers who steadied the innings and scored a match winning 54 runs off 40 balls though debutant Asad Pathan also came to the party too as he scored 3 fours in his short innings of 4 balls as he hit the winning runs. AB De Villiers was adjudged the Man of the Match for his brilliant.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Matthew Hayden (60 off 38 balls) put Chennai Super Kings to a blazing start and they were looking good for a 160+ score but then the whole Chennai batsmen crumbled suddenly as they were bowled out for 129 runs in 19.4 overs. Anil Kumble, Jacques Kallis and Vinay Kumar took two wickets each for the challengers. Bangalore Royal Challengers also lost wickets at regular intervals when they came to bat Ross Taylor (46 off 50 balls) and Virat Kohli (38 off 35 balls) played useful innings as Bangalore somehow manged to score 132/8 in 19.4 overs. Albie Morkel and Jacob Oram took two wickets each for the Chennai Super Kings. Ross Taylor was awarded the Man of the Match for his useful innings in the run chase.

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Chennai Super Kings

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Murali Vijay c Robin Uthappa b Jacques Kallis 5 9 0 0 55.56
Matthew Hayden c Vinay Kumar b Anil Kumble 60 38 5 3 157.89
Suresh Raina c Roelof van der Merwe b Jacques Kallis 13 10 3 0 130
MS Dhoni (C) (W) c & b Roelof van der Merwe 18 20 1 0 90
Jacob Oram c Mark Boucher b Vinay Kumar 7 15 0 0 46.67
Subramaniam Badrinath c Robin Uthappa b Anil Kumble 2 9 0 0 22.22
Albie Morkel c Anil Kumble b Praveen Kumar 9 7 1 0 128.57
Shadab Jakati not out 7 7 1 0 100
Lakshmipathy Balaji c Anil Kumble b Vinay Kumar 0 1 0 0 0
Muttiah Muralidaran run out (Praveen Kumar) 4 2 1 0 200
Sudeep Tyagi run out (Balachandra Akhil) 0 0 0 0
Extras: b – 0, w – 1, nb – 0, lb – 3 4
Total: (129 for 10 wickets in 19.4 overs) 129 Run Rate: 6.56

Fall of Wickets1-32 (Murali Vijay, 3.3), 2-48 (Suresh Raina, 5.4), 3-93 (MS Dhoni, 12.1), 4-101 (Matthew Hayden, 13.2), 5-107 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 16.1), 6-118 (Albie Morkel, 17.4), 7-118 (Jacob Oram, 18.2), 8-118 (Lakshmipathy Balaji, 18.3), 9-128 (Muttiah Muralidaran, 19.3), 10-129 (Sudeep Tyagi, 19.4)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Anil Kumble 4 0 12 2 0 0 3
Vinay Kumar 3 0 30 2 0 1 10
Praveen Kumar 3.4 0 34 1 0 0 9.27
Jacques Kallis 4 1 18 2 0 0 4.5
Roelof van der Merwe 4 0 29 1 0 0 7.25
Balachandra Akhil 1 0 2 0 0 0 2

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Robin Uthappa lbw b Albie Morkel 6 4 1 0 150
Jacques Kallis lbw b Albie Morkel 0 1 0 0 0
Rahul Dravid c Subramaniam Badrinath b Sudeep Tyagi 8 7 2 0 114.29
Ross Taylor c MS Dhoni b Jacob Oram 46 50 2 1 92
Virat Kohli c Jacob Oram b Lakshmipathy Balaji 38 35 4 2 108.57
Mark Boucher (W) c Matthew Hayden b Muttiah Muralidaran 5 5 1 0 100
Roelof van der Merwe run out (Muttiah Muralidaran) 3 6 0 0 50
Balachandra Akhil c Sudeep Tyagi b Jacob Oram 0 2 0 0 0
Praveen Kumar not out 12 6 0 1 200
Vinay Kumar not out 6 2 1 0 300
Anil Kumble (C)
Extras: b – 4, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 1 8
Total: (132 for 8 wickets in 19.4 overs) 132 Run Rate: 6.71

Fall of Wickets1-2 (Jacques Kallis, 0.2), 2-12 (Rahul Dravid, 1.4), 3-30 (Robin Uthappa, 4.4), 4-86 (Virat Kohli, 14.2), 5-91 (Mark Boucher, 15.1), 6-104 (Roelof van der Merwe, 16.5), 7-107 (Balachandra Akhil, 17.3), 8-125 (Ross Taylor, 19.1)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Albie Morkel 4 0 13 2 0 1 3.25
Sudeep Tyagi 2 0 21 1 0 1 10.5
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4 0 32 1 0 1 8
Shadab Jakati 4 0 25 0 0 0 6.25
Muttiah Muralidaran 4 0 24 1 0 0 6
Jacob Oram 1.4 0 12 2 0 0 7.2

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