Miller and Sandeep Sink RCB

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 (3^rd) | 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: 1^st wicket – 60 runs off 36 balls between Sehwag 28 (21) and Mandeep 21 (15)

RCB: 7^th 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