IPL 2013: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors - As it happened...

Royal Challengers Bangalore taken on the depleted Pune Warriors at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune.

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==================================================================================== Updates by Suyash Srivastava Follow Suyash Srivastava here on twitter: @Syu4u» SCORECARD» | COMMENTARY» | REPORT» POINTS TABLE» I SCHEDULE» For all the Gayle fans out there you can read The Chris Gayle phenomenon» and also whether his 30-ball 100 record ever be broken?» ==================================================================================== Pune innings: Over 20 || Score 170/9 24 needed from the last over. Gayle to bowl the final over. The first ball is played towards midwicket for a single. The second ball was pitched full hits Mendis on the pads and he is Out! Even though the last ball is hit straight down the ground for a boundary, the Royal Challengers Bangalore have won their first away game this season by 17 runs! BAW Mendis lbw b Gayle 2 (4b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 164/8 RP Singh to bowl his final over. And Bhuvan tries to clear long-off but finds the fielder! Four from the over and a wicket for Singh. B Kumar c Kohli b Singh 2 (3b) ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 160/5 36 needed from 18, Kartik into his final over. Kartik bowls a full-toss, Nayar hits it towards long-on and AB dives to his front and takes an excellent catch! Bhuvaneshwar Kumar is the new man in. Uthappa advances down the track off the fourth ball, converts it into a full-toss and goes straight down the ground for a boundary! Uthappa charges down again and this time hits it high in the air and RP Singh takes an easy catch! Fantastic innings from Uthappa comes to and end. Eight from the over and two wickets for Kartik. RV Uthappa c Singh b Kartik 75 (45b) AM Nayar c de Villiers b Kartik 1 (3b) ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 152/5 Vinay Kumar into his final over. He bowls a full-toss with some width on the off side and Mathews hits it straight to Gayle at point! The fifth ball was pitched full and Uthappa once again went straight down the ground for a SIX! Nine from the over. AD Mathews c Gayle b Vinay Kumar 32 (19b) ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 143/4 Murali into his third over. And Mathews smashes the first ball over long on for a SIX! Mathews takes a single. Now Uthappa clobbers the third ball over deep midwicket for another SIX! Uthappa takes a single. And Mathews once again clears long-on for a Massive Six! 21 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 122/4 RP Singh into his third over. The third ball was a half-volley and Uthappa clobbered that over deep midwicket for a SIX! That also bring his fifty off just 34 balls. The fifth ball was a low full-toss and Uthappa flicks that towards deep midwicket for a boundary! Ten from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 112/4 Kartik into his third over. The fifth ball was slightly full and this time Mathews launched that over deep midwicket for a Six! 14 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 98/4 Kumar into his third over. Kumar goes short and Uthappa pulls that over deep square leg for a Six! Thirteen from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 85/4 Kartik into his second over. Just three from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 82/4 Kumar into his second over. The first ball is a short one and Yuvraj hits that straight to long-on! Steven Smith is the new man in. And he’s off the mark in style with a boundary at deep backward point! Five from the over. Yuvraj Singh c de Villiers b Vinay Kumar 16 (11b) ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 77/2 Murali into his second over. And Uthappa goes straight down the ground off the first ball for a Six! Nine from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 68/2 Henriques into his final over. Henriques goes from round the stumps and bowls a fuller length ball which is smashed over long-off for a Six by Yuvraj! Uthappa charges down to a short ball and beats the man at mid off to score a boundary! Henriques ends the over with yet another short ball and this time Yuvi dispatches that over deep midwicket for another Six! 19 from the over, Henriques has been expensive, 44 from his 4 overs. ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 49/2 Muralitharan introduced into the attack. Good start by the Lankan, just three from it. ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 46/2 Henriques into his third over. The fourth ball was bowled at the pads and Uthappa flicked that towards fine leg for a boundary! Suman worked the last ball towards third man and was run-out as he ran for the second. Seven from the over. TL Suman run out 11 (14b) ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 39/1 Vinay Kumar comes into the attack. Just four from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 35/1 Henriques to bowl his second over. The first ball is short and wide and Suman works that on the off side for a boundary! The fourth one is bowled at the pads and Uthappa flicks that for a boundary on the leg side. Ten from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 25/1 RP Singh into his second over. Just five from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 20/1 Henriques brought into the attack. The fourth ball is pitched full and Finch launches that over midwicket for a SIX! But Finch’s stay isn’t a long one and he attempts a similar stroke, gets a bottom edge and Finch is bowled! Suman is the new man in. Henriques bowls a perfect Yorker and a huge appeal for lbw is turned down by the umpire. AJ Finch b Henriques 15 (11b) ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 12/0 RP Singh introduced into the attack. The fourth ball was short and wide and Finch smashes that past point for a boundary! Eight from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 4/0 Robin Uthappa and Aaron Finch to open for Pune, Murali Kartik will bowl the first over. Four from the first over. ==================================================================================== RCB innings: Over 20 || Score 187/3 Dinda to bowl the final over. The first ball is full and AB slog sweeps it over deep midwicket for a SIX! The second one is full again and AB this time dispatches that straight down the ground for a boundary! The third ball is a slower one but short and wide and AB smacks that over long on for another SIX! The fourth is full again and AB reverse-sweeps that for another boundary! This is something similar he did to Dale Steyn last year. And AB goes on his knees and lifts the fifth ball over fine leg for another boundary! It has been raining sixes and boundaries in the over. AB hits the last ball high in the air and scores a couple that brings his fifty off just 22 balls! 26 from the last over! AB and Henriques have added 57 runs in the last 5 overs and after a slow start, this total looks a mammoth one! AB de Villiers 50* (22b) Moises Henriques 27* (13b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 161/3 Bhuvan to bowl the penultimate over. The fifth ball was pitched short and wide and Moises was already down the track and he played it past the fielder at long off for a boundary! It’s proving to be a superb cameo from Henriques! Seven from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 154/3 Dinda into his third over. The fifth ball is a half-volley and Moises hits it straight down the ground for a Six! He then makes some room on the off side and smacks the ball over deep backward point for a boundary! Tremendous hitting this from Henriques. 12 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 142/3 Sharma into his final over. Henriques gets a bottom edge that runs for a boundary at third man! Henriques gets an edge off the next ball that once again runs past third man for another boundary! 12 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 130/3 Dinda into his second over. The first ball is pitched full, Tiwary attempts a Dilscoop that goes straight to Sharma at short fine leg! But this has been a good innings from Tiwary. Moises Henriques is the new man in. Dinda bangs a short ball and AB handsomely pulls that for a boundary at deep midwicket! The next ball is pitched full, AB shuffles and plays an impressive scoop over the keeper’s head for a boundary! 11 from the over. SS Tiwary c Sharma b Dinda 52 (45b) ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 119/2 Mendis into his final over. The fourth ball is short and wide and AB lifts that over extra-cover for a boundary! Eight from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 111/2 Sharma into his third over. The fifth ball is pitched short and Tiwary pulls that for a Six over deep square leg! Tiwary reaches his fifty with a couple off the last ball. So promotion up the order has worked for the left-hander. Thirteen from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 99/2 Dinda introduced into the attack. Three runs came off the first five balls and Dinda bowled a fuller length ball to end the over, Kohli missed the line and is bowled! Another big blow for RCB! V Kohli b Dinda 25 (18b) ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 96/1 Sharma into his second over. Six from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 90/1 Yuvraj Singh introduced into the attack. The first ball is pitched short and Virat pulls that for a boundary through midwicket! The second ball is a full-toss on the off side and Kohli plays it through covers for another boundary! The fifth ball was a half-volley and Kohli punches that past extra-cover for another boundary! 15 from the over! ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 75/1 Mathews to bowl his second over. The first ball is wide down the leg side, the keeper doesn’t collect it and it runs for 5 wides! The fourth ball is again a wide, this time on the off side and Uthappa once again fails to collect it which produces another 5 wides. 16 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 59/1 Mendis into his third over. Tiwary charges down the track off the first ball and clobbers that towards long off where Nayar takes the catch but touches the rope, that’s a SIX! And then he pulls the next ball towards deep midwicket for a boundary! Thirteen from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 46/1 Rahul Sharma comes into the attack. Just six from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 40/0 Suman into his second over. Gayle charges down the wicket off the second ball and he smashes that high and long over long on for a SIX! Gayle charges down again, Suman sees that and changes the length, Gayle hits that high and Bhuvan at deep cover takes a good catch! The Big fish is gone, Pune players are jubilant. Virat Kohli walks in. Ten from the over. CH Gayle c Kumar b Suman 21 (21b) ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 30/0 Angelo Mathews brought into the attack. Tiwary charges down off the second ball, makes some room on the off-side and scores a boundary at deep backward point! Seven from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 23/0 Mendis into his second over. Just three from the over. This has been some superb bowling from Pune so far. ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 20/0 Bhuvan into his second over. The fourth ball had some room on offer on the off side and Gayle smashes that past covers for a boundary! Five from the over. Gayle has attempted a few biggies, hasn’t managed to connect so far. ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 15/0 Suman to bowl the third over. Six from the over. Pune have managed to dictate terms so far. ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 9/0 Ajantha Mendis to bowl the second over. Just one single from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 8/0 Chris Gayle and Saurabh Tiwary to open for Bangalore, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar will bowl the first over. Tiwary gets off the mark with a couple off the second ball. Gayle gets some room outside the off-stump off the fifth ball and he beats the man at points and gets off the mark with a boundary! Eight from the over. ==================================================================================== TOSS: RCB have won the toss and Kohli has decided to bat first. Pune Warriors’ bowlers will still need some time to recover from the humiliation they suffered at the hands of Chris Gayle in the previous match. The left-hander scored 175 in the home match against Pune, an innings that had 17 sixes and deflated the bowlers. RCB would want the Jamaican to play a big knock once again as Kohli would himself want to make some significant contribution with the bat. The bowlers have done a decent job so far and Vinay Kumar, Rampaul would be eager to deliver with the ball as a unit. Finch-led Pune side have struggled to win matches consistently and once again the team management would want the skipper to score a big one as most of the Indian players in the team including Uthappa and Yuvraj Singh have struggled with the bat. Pune need to promote Steven Smith in the batting order so that he can have more time to shape his innings. Despite being impressive, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar hasn’t been able to pick wickets on a regular basis and it could be right time for him to show his abilities with the ball.