Kumble Cyclone Destroyed Rajasthan Royals

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Kumble finished with superb figures of 5 for 5 as Rajasthan were bowled out for the second-lowest Twenty20 total 58 and Bangalore Royal Challengers picked their 2 full points.

As Kevin Pietersen joined as captain a charged-up Bangalore Royal Challengers produced the sort of performance for which franchise owner Vijay Mallya splashed the big bucks to bundle the Rajasthan Royals out for the second-lowest total in Twenty20 history. There may be plenty of fresh faces but it was the old hands, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble, that were the stars in Bangalore’s massive victory. Dravid was the most assured batsman on display, making a polished half-century, while Kumble took the most economic five-wicket haul in Twenty20s to clean up Rajasthan.

Rajasthan lost their last five wickets for 11 runs to slide to an embarrassing defeat. Such an abject end was in stark contrast to their start: Dimitri Mascarenhas scalping two big wickets in the very first over to rock Bangalore, before Shane Warne’s bag of tricks kept them to what seemed a gettable 133.
Twenty20 match
Indian Premier League – 2nd match
Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals 2009 season

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue), on 18 April 2009 – day/night (20-over match)

Result Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 75 runs

Bangalore Royal Challengers innings (20 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
JD Ryder c wicketkeeperRawat b Mascarenhas 0 2 0 0 0.00
wicketkeeper RV Uthappa c wicketkeeperRawat b Mascarenhas 3 10 0 0 30.00
LRPL Taylor b Mascarenhas 0 1 0 0 0.00
captain KP Pietersen c NK Patel b Henderson 32 30 4 0 106.66
R Dravid c Warne b MM Patel 66 48 8 1 137.50
V Kohli b Warne 3 8 0 0 37.50
B Akhil b Warne 9 9 1 0 100.00
P Kumar c & b MM Patel 8 10 0 1 80.00
R Vinay Kumar not out 8 2 2 0 400.00
DW Steyn not out 0 0 0 0 -
Extras (lb 2, w 2) 4

Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 133 (6.65 runs per over)

Did not bat A Kumble

Fall of wickets1-0 (Ryder, 0.2 ov), 2-0 (Taylor, 0.3 ov), 3-17 (Uthappa, 4.5 ov), 4-52 (Pietersen, 8.5 ov), 5-63 (Kohli, 11.5 ov), 6-88 (Akhil, 15.4 ov), 7-119 (Kumar, 19.2 ov), 8-125 (Dravid, 19.4 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
AD Mascarenhas 4 0 20 3 5.00
Kamran Khan 3 0 21 0 7.00
MM Patel 3 0 25 2 8.33 (1w)
T Henderson 4 0 30 1 7.50
SK Warne 4 0 18 2 4.50
YK Pathan 2 0 17 0 8.50 (1w)

Rajasthan Royals innings (target: 134 runs from 20 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
GC Smith c Dravid b Kumar 2 11 0 0 18.18
SA Asnodkar c Kohli b Kumar 0 2 0 0 0.00
NK Patel c Kumble b Ryder 4 16 0 0 25.00
T Henderson b Ryder 11 15 0 1 73.33
YK Pathan c Ryder b Kumble 11 14 1 0 78.57
AD Mascarenhas run out (Kohli/wicketkeeperUthappa) 0 1 0 0 0.00
RA Jadeja c Kohli b Kumble 11 10 0 1 110.00
captain SK Warne st wicketkeeperUthappa b Kumble 3 9 0 0 33.33
wicketkeeper M Rawat not out 4 7 0 0 57.14
MM Patel c Steyn b Kumble 0 2 0 0 0.00
Kamran Khan c wicketkeeperUthappa b Kumble 3 5 0 0 60.00
Extras (lb 1, w 7, nb 1) 9

Total (all out; 15.1 overs) 58 (3.82 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Asnodkar, 0.5 ov), 2-7 (Smith, 2.6 ov), 3-14 (NK Patel, 6.2 ov), 4-28 (Henderson, 8.3 ov), 5-28 (Mascarenhas, 8.4 ov), 6-47 (Pathan, 11.1 ov), 7-47 (Jadeja, 11.2 ov), 8-53 (Warne, 13.3 ov), 9-53 (MM Patel, 13.5 ov), 10-58 (Kamran Khan, 15.1 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
P Kumar 3 0 7 2 2.33 (1nb, 2w)
DW Steyn 2 0 6 0 3.00 (3w)
R Vinay Kumar 3 0 25 0 8.33 (1w)
JD Ryder 4 0 14 2 3.50 (1w)
A Kumble 3.1 1 5 5 1.57

Toss Bangalore Royal Challengers, who chose to bat first
Points Bangalore Royal Challengers 2, Rajasthan Royals 0

Twenty20 debut Kamran Khan (Rajasthan Royals)
Player of the match tba

Umpires BR Doctrove (West Indies) and RB Tiffin (Zimbabwe)
TV umpire K Hariharan (India)
Match referee GR Viswanath (India)
Reserve umpire EC Hendrikse

19 April 2009

Kumble Cyclone Destroyed Rajasthan Royals

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