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Deccan Chargers beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 runs in the final

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, . Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and chose to bowl.

Deccan Chargers won by 6 runs
Deccan Chargers won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bowl. Deccan Chargers made 143 for 6 in 20 overs, Herschelle Gibbs 53 not out from 48 balls and Andrew Symonds 33 from 21 balls. Anil Kumble took 4 for 16.

Royal Challengers Bangalore made 137 for 9 in 20 overs, Roelof van der Merwe 32 from 21 balls and Ross Taylor 27 from 20 balls. Pragyan Ojha took 3 for 28.

Deccan Chargers won by 6 runs.

Key performers

Deccan Chargers innings

143/6(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Adam Gilchrist †b A Kumbleb A Kumble03000.00
Herschelle Gibbsnot outnot out53*4832110.42
Tirumalasetti Sumanc MK Pandey b R Vinay Kumarc MK Pandey b R Vinay Kumar10111090.91
Andrew Symondsb A Kumbleb A Kumble332141157.14
Rohit Sharmac MK Pandey b A Kumblec MK Pandey b A Kumble242311104.35
Yalaka Venugopal Raoc LRPL Taylor b A Kumblec LRPL Taylor b A Kumble02000.00
Azhar Bilakhialbw b R Vinay Kumarlbw b R Vinay Kumar670085.71
Ryan Harrisnot outnot out9*500180.00
Extras(lb 2, w 6)(lb 2, w 6)8
Total20 Ov (RR 7.15)20 Ov (RR 7.15)143/6
Fall of wickets: 0-1 (AC Gilchrist, 0.3 ov), 18-2 (TL Suman, 3.3 ov), 58-3 (A Symonds, 8.5 ov), 110-4 (RG Sharma, 16.2 ov), 115-5 (Y Venugopal Rao, 17 ov), 134-6 (AA Bilakhia, 19.1 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Anil Kumble401644.00141000
Praveen Kumar4043010.7581350
Jacques Kallis402406.00124000
Vinay Kumar403027.5071010
Roelof van der Merwe402807.0082100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stAC Gilchrist 0(3) & HH Gibbs 0(0)03
2ndTL Suman 10(11) & HH Gibbs 5(7)1818
3rdHH Gibbs 6(11) & A Symonds 33(21)4032
4thRG Sharma 24(23) & HH Gibbs 25(22)5245
5thHH Gibbs 5(2) & Y Venugopal Rao 0(2)54
6thAA Bilakhia 6(7) & HH Gibbs 12(6)1913
7thRJ Harris 9(5) & HH Gibbs 0(0)9*5

Royal Challengers Bengaluru innings

137/9(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Jacques Kallisb RP Singhb RP Singh15173088.24
Manish Pandeyc †AC Gilchrist b PP Ojhac †AC Gilchrist b PP Ojha480050.00
Roelof van der Merwest †AC Gilchrist b PP Ojhast †AC Gilchrist b PP Ojha322113152.38
Rahul Dravidb Harmeet Singhb Harmeet Singh9130069.23
Ross Taylorc Y Venugopal Rao b A Symondsc Y Venugopal Rao b A Symonds272031135.00
Virat Kohlist †AC Gilchrist b A Symondsst †AC Gilchrist b A Symonds781087.50
Mark Boucherc HH Gibbs b Harmeet Singhc HH Gibbs b Harmeet Singh561083.33
Robin Uthappa †not outnot out17*1501113.33
Praveen Kumarc RP Singh b PP Ojhac RP Singh b PP Ojha230066.67
Vinay Kumarc Harmeet Singh b RJ Harrisc Harmeet Singh b RJ Harris8810100.00
Anil Kumblenot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(lb 9, w 1)(lb 9, w 1)10
Total20 Ov (RR 6.85)20 Ov (RR 6.85) · Target 144 from 20 ov137/9
Fall of wickets: 20-1 (JH Kallis, 3.3 ov), 36-2 (MK Pandey, 6.1 ov), 57-3 (RE van der Merwe, 8.3 ov), 79-4 (R Dravid, 11.4 ov), 99-5 (LRPL Taylor, 14.2 ov), 99-6 (V Kohli, 14.3 ov), 107-7 (MV Boucher, 15.5 ov), 110-8 (P Kumar, 16.4 ov), 129-9 (R Vinay Kumar, 19 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Ryan Harris413418.50153310
R. P. Singh401614.00131000
Andrew Symonds301826.0080100
Pragyan Ojha402837.00102100
Harmeet Singh402325.75134000
Rohit Sharma10909.0000000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stJH Kallis 15(17) & MK Pandey 2(4)2021
2ndRE van der Merwe 14(12) & MK Pandey 2(4)1616
3rdR Dravid 3(5) & RE van der Merwe 18(9)2114
4thLRPL Taylor 15(11) & R Dravid 6(8)2219
5thV Kohli 7(7) & LRPL Taylor 12(9)2016
6thV Kohli 0(1) & MV Boucher 0(0)01
7thRV Uthappa 3(2) & MV Boucher 5(6)88
8thP Kumar 2(3) & RV Uthappa 1(2)35
9thRV Uthappa 10(6) & R Vinay Kumar 8(8)1914
10thA Kumble 1(1) & RV Uthappa 3(5)8*6

Commentary

End of innings: RCB 137/9 (20 ov)
End of over 208 runsRCB 137/910024Lb1
RV Uthappa 17(15)A Kumble 1(1)RP Singh 4-0-16-1
19.61
RP Singh to RV Uthappa, 1 run
19.54Lb
RP Singh to RV Uthappa, 4 leg byes
19.42
RP Singh to RV Uthappa, 2 runs
19.30
RP Singh to RV Uthappa, no run
19.20
RP Singh to RV Uthappa, no run
19.11
RP Singh to A Kumble, 1 run
End of over 1912 runs, 1 wktRCB 129/940161W
RV Uthappa 14(10)RJ Harris 4-1-34-1
18.6W
RJ Harris to R Vinay Kumar, OUT
R Vinay Kumar c Harmeet Singh b RJ Harris 8(8) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 129/9 (19 ov)
18.51
RJ Harris to RV Uthappa, 1 run
18.46
RJ Harris to RV Uthappa, SIX
18.31
RJ Harris to R Vinay Kumar, 1 run
18.20
RJ Harris to R Vinay Kumar, no run
18.14
RJ Harris to R Vinay Kumar, FOUR
End of over 184 runsRCB 117/8101011Lb
R Vinay Kumar 3(4)RV Uthappa 7(8)RP Singh 3-0-12-1
17.61Lb
RP Singh to R Vinay Kumar, 1 leg bye
17.51
RP Singh to RV Uthappa, 1 run
17.40
RP Singh to RV Uthappa, no run
17.31
RP Singh to R Vinay Kumar, 1 run
17.20
RP Singh to R Vinay Kumar, no run
17.11
RP Singh to RV Uthappa, 1 run
End of over 175 runs, 1 wktRCB 113/8101W12
R Vinay Kumar 2(1)RV Uthappa 5(5)PP Ojha 4-0-28-3
16.62
PP Ojha to R Vinay Kumar, 2 runs
16.51
PP Ojha to RV Uthappa, 1 run
16.4W
PP Ojha to P Kumar, OUT
P Kumar c RP Singh b PP Ojha 2(3) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 110/8 (16.4 ov)
16.31
PP Ojha to RV Uthappa, 1 run
16.20
PP Ojha to RV Uthappa, no run
16.11
PP Ojha to P Kumar, 1 run
End of over 165 runs, 1 wktRCB 108/74000W1
P Kumar 1(1)RV Uthappa 3(2)Harmeet Singh 4-0-23-2