Virat Kohli unbroken RCB play-off hopes in IPL 2013.

19.5.13

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE(RCB): RP Singh, C Gayle, V Kohli (capt), AB de Villiers, M Henriques, KL Rahul (wk), S Tiwary, R Vinay Kumar, Z Khan, R Rampaul, J Unadkat

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS(CSK): M Hussey, M Vijay, S Raina, S Badrinath, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), R Jadeja, D Bravo, C Morris, R Ashwin, JO Holder, MM Sharma

A adverse innings from skipper Virat Kohli (56 not out, 29b, 6x4, 4x6) agitated Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 24-run persuade alliance prime leaders CSK(Chennai Super Kings)here weekday and unbroken their play-off hopes animate in IPL 2013.

Put into bat after a delayed rains owing to rains that cut price the daring to eight overs a facet, RCB accurst their thanks to 106 for 2 with Kohli arch from the foreground and swing on sixty seven with Chris Gayle (28, 13b, 4x6) in only thirty two balls.Zaheer Khan's related  strikes in his actual aboriginal over during which he conceded simply 3 runs, bankrupt the aback of CSK's hunt with Hussey binding to 'keeper Lokesh Rahul and once more Raina holing go in the abysmal off the aboriginal brawl he visaged.Zaheer Khan, UN agency best up 2 more wickets in his final over, accomplished with four for seventeen.The aftereffect took RCB's account to eighteen on action of their alliance engagements, the aforesaid as Sunrisers Hyderabad UN agency square measure to play metropolis Knight Riders in a very home daring Sunday.However, Super Kings addled 2 fast assault within the amplitude of six deliveries as Dwayne Bravo afflicted to check Kohli, once more on thirty four,being alone aboriginal brawl by Dhoni, innocent  Gayle next ball, bent at extra-cover by Hussey and within the actual next over,
young Mohit Sharma had AB de Villiers (5) bent within the abysmal by Jadeja.In the final over that was looted for sixteen runs, slamming Bravo for 2 sixes and a boundary, and RCB accomplished on 106 for 2.Despite the loss, CSK accomplishment prime of the log and can play the Mumbai Indians within the aboriginal qualifier on weekday.

SCORE-BOARD
Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings:
Virat Kohli (not out) 56 (29b, 6x4, 4x6)
Chris Gayle c Hussey b Bravo 28 (13b, 4x6)
AB de Villiers c Jadeja b Sharma 05 (3b, 1x4)
Moises Henriques (not out) 12 (3b, 3x4)

Total (for 2 wkts, 8 overs): 106
Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Gayle, 5.2); 2-76 (de Villiers, 6.1).

Bowling: Ravichandran Ashwin 2-0-21-0; Chris Morris 2-0-22-0 (1w); Jason Holder 1-0-20-0; Dwayne Bravo 2-0-26-1; Mohit Sharma 1-0-14-1 (1w).

Chennai Super Kings Innings:

Michael Hussey c Rahul b Zaheer 06 (5b, 1x4)
Murali Vijay c Gayle b Rampaul 32 (19b, 2x4, 2x6)
Suresh Raina c Vinay Kumar b Zaheer 00 (1b)
Dwayne Bravo c Tiwary b Vinay Kumar 11 (9b, 1x6)
MS Dhoni c Unadkat b Zaheer 24 (10b, 2x4, 2x6)
Ravindra Jadeja c and b Zaheer 07 (4b, 1x4)
Subramaniam Badrinath (not out) 00 (0b)

Total (for 6 wkts, 8 overs): 82.
Fall of wickets:1-11 (Hussey, 1.3); 2-11 (Raina, 1.4); 3-29 (Bravo, 3.6); 4-56 (Vijay, 6.1); 5-78 (Dhoni, 7.4); 6-82 (Jadeja, 7.6).

Bowling: Ravi Rampaul 2-0-20-1 (1w); Zaheer Khan 2-0-17-4; Jaidev Unadkat 2-0-16-0 (1w); Vinay Kumar 1-0-10-1; Rudra Pratap Singh 1-0-19-0.
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