From 5 matches against Mumbai Indians at home, Bangalore had never won
but today, Chris Gayle showed them the way almost single handly, scoring
an almost century while everyother mate struggled at other end. R Vinay
Kumar bowled a superb last over to fetch two run victory for red
devils..
Seeing the tinge of green and hardness of Chinnaswamy stadium pitch, both captains wanted to bowl first but Ricky Ponting, as he always has been, got lucky with the toss and Virat Kohli found himself at the crease soon after Tillakaratne Dilshan was castled by Mitchell Johnson. Virat looked in fine touch, smashing three fours off first four balls bowled by Jasprit Bumrah, the debutant who is yet to play a first class game. Bumrah came back to trap RCB captain in front of wicket off his fifth ball and once again home team were in trouble at 28 for 2. Bumrah ate up Mayank Agarwal and Karun Nair in his next two overs to leave home team tottering at 80 for 5 wickets but Chris Gayle was still at the crease, rather injured after a mild collision with Harbhajan Singh. Gayle scored just 10 runs off his first 17 balls but off next 41 balls, he collected 82 runs, posting a defendable total on board for his team.
Mumbai were given a good platform by high profile opening pair of Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar and then Dinesh Karthik hit his straps but spinners Murali Kartik and Muthiah Muralitharan bowled accurately in the middle overs, stretching the asking rate past two runs a ball. Now, Mumbai had to counter attack breathlessly, and it did happen to some extent as well with Dinesh Karthik smashing Daniel Christian for three sixes in an over but 10 runs required off the last over, R Vinay Kumar did the required and visitors fell two runs short.
Jasprit Bumrah is now the only second bowler in IPL to take three wickets on debut, after Lasith Malinga took 3/15 against Chennai at Cape Town in 2009.
Seeing the tinge of green and hardness of Chinnaswamy stadium pitch, both captains wanted to bowl first but Ricky Ponting, as he always has been, got lucky with the toss and Virat Kohli found himself at the crease soon after Tillakaratne Dilshan was castled by Mitchell Johnson. Virat looked in fine touch, smashing three fours off first four balls bowled by Jasprit Bumrah, the debutant who is yet to play a first class game. Bumrah came back to trap RCB captain in front of wicket off his fifth ball and once again home team were in trouble at 28 for 2. Bumrah ate up Mayank Agarwal and Karun Nair in his next two overs to leave home team tottering at 80 for 5 wickets but Chris Gayle was still at the crease, rather injured after a mild collision with Harbhajan Singh. Gayle scored just 10 runs off his first 17 balls but off next 41 balls, he collected 82 runs, posting a defendable total on board for his team.
Mumbai were given a good platform by high profile opening pair of Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar and then Dinesh Karthik hit his straps but spinners Murali Kartik and Muthiah Muralitharan bowled accurately in the middle overs, stretching the asking rate past two runs a ball. Now, Mumbai had to counter attack breathlessly, and it did happen to some extent as well with Dinesh Karthik smashing Daniel Christian for three sixes in an over but 10 runs required off the last over, R Vinay Kumar did the required and visitors fell two runs short.
Jasprit Bumrah is now the only second bowler in IPL to take three wickets on debut, after Lasith Malinga took 3/15 against Chennai at Cape Town in 2009.
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