Sidelights:
The only thing RCB did right in this game was perhaps to keep KXIP under 200, this was their sole achievement of this game. Despite knowing the fact that RCB is the same team who few years back chased down 200+ score against the same opponents on the same ground, the writing was on the wall as soon as Gayle first struggled and got out again to Sandeep Sharma. Although debatable, but a bold decision by umpire K Srinath sent Virat Kohli packing in the same over and RCB’s fate was sealed despite some heroics to come from AB de Villiers later in the innings.
IPL 7 | Match 31 | RCB Vs KXIP
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Toss: RCB and elected to field first
Playing XIs:
KXIP: Virender Sehwag, Mandeep Singh, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, George Bailey, Wriddhiman Saha, Mitchell Johnson, Akshar Patel, Shivam Sharma, Lakshmipathy Balaji
RCB: Chris Gayle, Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, Sachin Rana, AB de Villiers, Yuvraj Singh, Albie Morkel, Mitchell Starc, Harshal Patel, Varun Aaron, Yuzvendra Chahal
Mini Score Card
KXIP 198/8 (20) Run rate: 9.90
David Miller 66 (29) | Yuzvendra Chahal 2/23 (4)
Virender Sehwag 30 | Mitchell Starc 2/43
RCB 166/9 (20) Run rate: 8.30
AB de Villiers 53 (26) | Sandeep Sharma 3/25 (4)
Mitchell Starc 29 (23) | Shivam Sharma 2/26 (4)
Result: KXIP won by 32 runs
Points: KXIP 2 (Total 14) | RCB 0 (Total 6)
Man of the match: Sandeep Sharma (KXIP)
Umpires: S Ravi | K Srinath | K Srinivasan (3rd) | KN Ananthapadmanabhan
Match Referee: Andy Pycroft
How they played the game:
Powerplay: KXIP 64 runs, 1 wicket | RCB 34 runs, 3 wickets
First 50 runs: KXIP 32 balls | RCB 56 balls
50-100 runs: KXIP 26 balls | RCB 28 balls
100-150 runs: KXIP 35 balls | RCB 32 balls
EXTRAS: RCB 15 (2 LB, 11 Wd, 2 NB) | KXIP 6 (1 LB, 4 Wd, 1 NB)
Best Partnership
KXIP: 1st wicket – 60 runs off 36 balls between Sehwag 28 (21) and Mandeep 21 (15)
RCB: 7th wicket – 49 runs off 28 balls between de Villiers 34 (16) and Starc 13 (12)
Fours and SIXES
KXIP: 19 Fours – 8 by Miller, 5 by Sehwag, 2 each by Mandeep and Maxwell, 1 each by Johnson and Shivam | 7 SIXES – 3 by Miller, 2 by Maxwell, 1 each by Saha and Johnson
RCB: 13 Fours – 4 by Starc, 3 by Parthiv, 2 by Shivam, 1 each by Gayle, de Villiers, Harshal and Aaron | 9 SIXES – 5 by de Villiers, 2 by Morkel, 1 each by Shivam and Aaron
Important Fact about the Match:
* Shivam Sharma of KXIP made his T20 debut
In the PIC: Sandeep Sharma appeals successfully against Virat Kohli
Picture Courtesy: ESPN – Cricinfo