Bengaluru: It was outstanding batting by young Mandeep Singh (45 off 18) that ultimately sealed the seven-wicket win for Royal Challengers Bangalore against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.
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After rain delayed play, KKR, who were put in to bat by the Royal Challengers Bangalore, finished at 111-4 after the match was reduced to 10 overs per side. KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa were off to a good start after David Wiese provided RCB the timely breakthrough just when the game seemed to have been going away from Virat Kohli and his side.
#KKR have muscled their way to 111/4 at the end of 10 overs, 112 to win! #RCBvKKR #PepsiIPL #PlayBold
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) May 2, 2015
But then it was in form batsman Andre Russell (45 off 17) who powered KKR to a competitive score. Resurgent RCB won the toss and elected to bowl against KKR. Both the sides opted to play with the same playing XI which played the last game.
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Here's how the action unfolded.
RCB: 115-3 (9.4 overs)
West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell has worked his magic this time with the ball, sending RCB skipper Virat Kohli (34) back. KKR look to be in a good position now.
Mandeep Singh has joined Kohli in the middle and Mandeep has gone on a rampage in Bengaluru, being the more aggressive from the two.
Spin looks to be doing the trick for KKR as Piyush Chawla has now sent the dangerous de Villiers back to the pavillion after a great delivery. AB scored just two runs.
South African superstar AB de Villiers has joined his skipper Kohli at the crease.
After receiving a good beating, Brad Hogg finally won the battle with Chris Gayle, who departed for a quick 9-ball 21 runs.
It was a quiet first over from RCB but then the second over went for 18 runs, Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli seem to have arrived at the crease with great cricketing strokes.
KKR: 111-4 (10 overs)
RCB seem to have come back in the game after two quick wickets, that of Russell and ten Doeschate.
Ryan ten ten Doeschate has joined Russell in the middle, the West Indies batsman is looking very dangerous and KKR look to finish with a bang.
A strong contender for the IPL's emerging player award Yuzvendra Chahal has delivered for RCB breaing the partnership and more importantly sending danger man Robin Uthappa back to the dugout. Uthappa scored 23 runs.
West Indies in form batsman Andre Russell has been promoted up the order to join teammate Robin Uthappa in the middle. Russell has wasted no time getting into the game after smashing the ball way into the stands.
After Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa were off to a great start, in came in David Wiese, who provided RCB with the timely breakthrough just when the game was going away from the men in red. The KKR skipper Gambhir departed scoring just 12 runs, but it was Mandeep Singh, who took a blinder of a catch to get rid of Gambhir.
. @mandeeps12 plucks a brilliant catch #RCBvsKKR #RCB #IPL https://t.co/sRyce9wkJP
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KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir and the opener Robin Uthappa have given their side a good start after the match is reduced to 10 overs per side.
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Bangalore will finally see a match as it looks like the rain Gods have shown some mercy. The match is scheduled to start at 6.45 pm IST and will be a 10 overs game, each bowler can bowl maximum of two overs each.
Match will start at 6:45 PM. It will be 10 overs per side with maximum of 2 overs per bowler. #RCBvsKKR #PepsiIPL
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The covers are coming off and the umpires are on the field for an inspection, update soon.
The covers are coming off and the umpires are out on the field. Stay tuned for the latest from them. #RCBvsKKR #PepsiIPL
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 2, 2015
As soon as the toss took place, rain took control of the proceedings. The start of the game was delayed after raingods decided to drench the venue for more than an hour. The delay in start of play meant loss of overs.
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The playing XIs.
#RCB's unchanged XI: @imVkohli*, Gayle, Mandeep, AB, Karthik†, David Wiese, Sarfaraz, @yuzi_chahal, Varun Aaron, Starc & Harshal #RCBvKKR
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) May 2, 2015KKR XI: R Uthappa, G Gambhir, M Pandey, S Yadav, Y Pathan, R ten Doeschate, A Russell, P Chawla, P Cummins, B Hogg, U Yadav
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 2, 2015With last night's win, KKR moved up a rung to the third position on the points table with four wins, two losses and one abandoned match.
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RCB, on the other hand, have won three and lost as many in seven games and are on fourth position.
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