Duminy Strikes Royal Challengers Out

Duminy smashed five sixes and eight fours in an awe inspiring display of power hitting as you could hope to see, and his partnership of 61 with Ryan Canning transformed the game after Bangalore had grabbed three early wickets in defense of 180.


Royal Challengers Innings

innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	JH Kallis	c †Canning b Langeveldt	8	9	1	0	88.88
	2.6 edged and taken! Langeveldt pitches fuller and wider and lures Kallis into a booming drive, looking to hit the ball over cover but instead edging to Canning 14/1
	RV Uthappa	c Gibbs b Zondeki	51	39	7	2	130.76
	10.5 oh well held, Gibbs! Uthappa opens the face and slices a full ball to point where Gibbs pouches an outstanding catch out of nowhere, it was flying but he just knelt down and plucked it 82/2
	R Dravid	run out (Philander/†Canning)	28	24	2	1	116.66
	12.6 Ontong to Kohli, a bit of hesitancy and Dravid has to go! Kohli comes out and chips the ball wide of midwicket, they run the first hard and Dravid wants two but gets sent back, then he has to dive full stretch but he's a fraction slow as Canning collects a throw from the deep and breaks the sticks 97/3
	V Kohli	st †Canning b Henderson	17	14	2	0	121.42
	15.2 comes out, then goes back as he sees a slower ball pitch shorter, he swings and misses, beaten by a long way as the ball stays low and spins away, Canning collects and breaks the sticks and Kohli just walks away 115/4
	LRPL Taylor	not out	53	24	4	4	220.83
	MK Pandey	not out	10	10	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(lb 4, w 9)	13		Total	(4 wickets; 20 overs)	180

	Cape Cobras innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	AG Puttick*	c Kohli b Kumar	11	11	2	0	100.00
	2.4 The openers are gone! The change of angle works, lands on a good length on the off stump and moves away just as Puttick attempts to tap it into the leg side, gets a leading edge straight into the palms of Kohli at point 14/2
	HH Gibbs	c †Boucher b Kumar	0	1	0	0	0.00
	0.6 Gibbs goes first ball! Beautifully bowled, tempting him with a fullish delivery outside off, Gibbs can't help poking at it, just a hint of away movement, enough to produce the nick and Boucher takes it comfortably 5/1
	H Davids	c Kohli b Vinay Kumar	27	21	2	1	128.57
	7.6 third time unlucky! Struck it well, not the best delivery from the bowler, short again, on the off stump, he made room and smacked it hard but straight to Kohli positioned perfectly at point 62/3
	JP Duminy	not out	99	52	8	5	190.38
	JL Ontong	b van der Merwe	19	14	2	0	135.71
	12.2 bowled'im! A timely wicket for the hosts, bowled quick and full on middle and off, made room to smack it over the bowler's head, a nice hard swing but made no contact whatsoever, it spun away, he missed and the stumps were rattled! 103/4
	CC Canning†	c Kumble b Kumar	20	18	1	0	111.11
	18.2 slower one bowled short, has a big swing, the slow pace does him in, too early into the shot, gets a top edge and Kumble takes a dolly at midwicket 164/5
	RK Kleinveldt	not out	5	2	1	0	250.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 1)	3
	Total	(5 wickets; 19.4 overs)	184

Result : Cape Cobras win by 6 Wickets against Bangalore Royal Challengers
Awesome Display JP Duminy has proved anything is possible in T20. Just like IPL Season I royal challengers face a blitzkrieg.