The following is the scorecard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) eliminator between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Rajasthan Royals at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium here on Wednesday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore innings:
Chris Gayle b Kulkarni 27
V. Kohli c & b Kulkarni 12
AB de Villiers run out (Binny/Faulkner) 66
Mandeep Singh not out 54
Dinesh Karthik c Rahane b Morris 8
Sarfarz Khan not out 1
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 5) 12
Total (4 wickets; 20 overs) 180 (9.00 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-41 (Gayle, 5.6 overs), 2-46 (Kohli, 7.3 overs), 3-159 (de Villiers, 18.4 overs), 4-177 (Karthik, 19.3 overs)
Bowling:
Chris Morris 4-0-42-1
James Faulkner 4-0-42-0
Dhawal Kulkarni 4-0-28-2
Shane Watson 4-0-32-0
Ankit Sharma 3-0-28-0
Stuart Binny 1-0-1-0
Rajasthan Royals innings (target: 181 runs from 20 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane c de Villiers b Chahal 42
Shane Watson c Karthik b Aravind 10
Sanju Samson c Karthik b Patel 5
Steve Smith c de Villiers b Wiese 12
Karun Nair c Karthik b Patel 12
Deepak Hood c Starc b Wiese 11
James Faulkner c & b Aravind 4
Stuart Binny run out (Chahal/Karthik) 0
Chris Morris c Chahal b Starc 0
Ankit Sharma not out 7
Dhawal Kulkarni b Chahal 3
Extras (w 3) 3
Total (all out; 19 overs) 109 (5.73 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-14 (Watson, 1.6 over), 2-33 (Samson, 4.5 over), 3-55 (Smith, 8.1 over), 4-79 (Nair, 12.1 over), 5-87 (Rahane, 13.6 over), 6-92 (Faulkner, 14.4 over), 7-92 (Binny, 14.5 over), 8-95 (Morris, 15.6 over), 9-99 (Hooda, 16.5 over), 10-109 (Kulkarni, 18.6 over)
Bowling
Mitchell Starc 4-0-22-1
S. Aravind 4-0-20-2
Harshal Patel 3-0-15-2
David Wiese 4-0-32-2
Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-20-2
Match Details:
Toss: Royal Challengers Bangalore, who chose to bat
Result: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Rajasthan Royals by 71 runs
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Umpires: A.K. Chaudhary and C. Shamshuddin
TV umpire: C.B. Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Match referee: R.S. Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire: K. Srinath
