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Vinay, Steyn script Bangalore Royal Challengers seven wicket win over Mumbai Indians
Match Report: Match-14: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, 20th March 2010.
Mumbai, March 20: Bangalore Royal Challengers quelled the challenge of the Mumbai Indians by seven wickets to cruise to their third successive victory in Match 14 of the IPL 2010 at Brabourne Stadium here today. Bangalore Royal Challengers chased down the moderate target of 152 in 19.1 overs. Earlier Dale Styen (3/26) and D Vinay Kumar (3/25) schemed and plotted the downfall of the Mumbai Indians and Orange Cap holder Jacques Kallis (66 not out off 55 balls, 10x4), the tournament’s highest scorer with 264 runs, guided Bangalore Royal Challengers home for a comfortable win and to the top of the leader board with six points.
Earlier, Mumbai Indians highly rated batting was made to work hard for runs from the start as only 37 runs came from the first five overs. Sanath Jayasuriya was back in the pavilion in the second over itself. South African fast bowler Dale Steyn, who worked up good pace, caught the 40-year-old Lankan left-hander napping by having him leg before with his third ball. Steyn (3/26) and Praveen Kumar were spot on from the word go. Even the mighty Sachin Tendulkar could not break free as the bowling was tight. Although a legitimate leg glance boundary off Praveen Kumar was denied by umpire Sanjay Hazare, the Mumbai Indian skipper got three successive boundaries off Steyn’s second over. Aditya Tare of the Mumbai Indians was the second wicket to fall at 36, when he attempted to play a feeble pull shot off the wily Kallis to be caught at short mid-wicket.
Saurabh Tiwary (25 off 21 balls), who came into the match with two successive half-centuries, could not get his third when veteran Anil Kumble out thought the left-hander with a well-disguised googly. Ambati Rayudu survived a confident lbw shout off Kumble, the bowler clearly unhappy with Kumara Dharmasena’s decision. But the Hyderabadi Ranji player was out next over, caught behind to the hard-working Vinay Kumar. His half-hearted cut was held by Mark Boucher. Vinay Kumar cherished the next wicket. This time it was the big scalp of Tendulkar (25 off 22 balls), who exposed his stumps for a pull shot, missed it completely to be bowled. Three balls later West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo was plumb in front to give Vinay three wickets in his third over. The Bangalore Royal Challengers were on top stifling the Mumbai Indians batting for runs with the score on 76/6 in 11 overs. Vinay Kumar completed his dream spell of 4-0-25-3.
Rajagopal Satish and Kieron Pollard, the latest Mumbai Indians recruit, revived their teams hopes with a 47-run stand for the seventh wicket. But Steyn, brought back for his final over, dealt a double blow by dismissing both the batsmen in one over. The fiery Steyn forced Pollard to play straight to Virat Kohli at deep covers and then Rahul Dravid pulled off a splendid catch at mid-wicket to send back Satish. It was not an abject surrender by Mumbai Indian batsmen, as much as it was a disciplined bowling effort by the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Mumbai Indians eventually reached 151/9 in 20 overs thanks to nine-ball 23 by number ten batsman Zaheer Khan.
The Royal Challengers opening pair of Manish Pandey (40 off 27 balls) and Jacques Kallis put on 85, which pretty much ensured the end for the Mumbai Indians, who got their first break through in the 10th over. It was too late as Royal Challengers Bangalore then romped home in style with the loss of Pandey, Robin Uthappa and Virat Kohli’s wickets.
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