Victorians March To Victory Against RCB

Victorian Bushrangers showed why Australia has remained the single most dominant side in world cricket for the past decade.They play good consistent cricket regardless of the conditions or the performance of one individual.Royal Challengers knew the conditions like the back of their hand, had the overwhelming crowd support and had a man with 600 test wicket as the captain.

The match started with some brilliance from a future star in the making Manish Pandey made to open in the place of Jacques Kallis, he played with style and grace seldom seen in T20.Royal Challengers innings was up and running like a gazelle.As the pace was taken of the ball things started happening for Victorian Bushrangers.The Royal Challengers scored 72 runs in the first ten overs but their batting in the last ten overs was so bad that they scored 55 runs, for the loss of just four wickets.

Royal Challengers didnt have an finisher to guide the innings.Openers Quiney and Brad Hodge, had to just put their head down and concentrate.They were far too experienced to do anything other than that.They batted sensibly while the Royal Challengers bowlers started to try different things.As they began to experiment wayward deliveries and extras began to hurt their cause more.Brad Hodge and Rob Quiney were out in very quick secession but by then most of the damage had done.They reached the target with 4 overs to spare.


Victorian Bushrangers are almost assured of an place in the semifinal while royal challengers would be hoping for a big win when they face Delhi in Bangalore on Saturday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	MK Pandey	c & b McDonald	39	28	7	0	139.28
	8.3 caught and bowled! Pandey was too early on the shot, the ball didn't come on quickly enough, and his attempt at hitting down the ground lobbed up on the off side for McDonald to take an easy catch 60/2
	RV Uthappa	b McKay	13	12	2	0	108.33
	4.4 bowled off the inside edge! McKay hits a good length outside off stump, Uthappa does not move his feet and pushes at the ball, it cannons into the stump off the bat 39/1
	R Dravid	lbw b McDonald	33	35	3	1	94.28
	15.6 lbw!! McDonald cuts another ball sharply into the right-hander, Dravid moves across while trying to flick, he misses, gets hit on the pad, and sets off for the leg bye, only to see the umpire raise his finger. Jerling was the umpire and replays show the ball might have been missing leg stump 99/5
	V Kohli	c Blizzard b McDonald	6	8	0	0	75.00
	10.6 caught! McDonald dropped a bit short and Kohli went for the pull, he hit it flatter than he would have liked and the fielder at wide long-on moved to his right to hold a well-judged catch, the fielder was Aiden Blizzard 76/3
	LRPL Taylor	lbw b McDonald	2	7	0	0	28.57
	12.2 lbw! Taylor walked right across his stumps to play on the leg side, McDonald bowled a full and straight ball and hit him plumb in front, massive boost for Victoria ... 79/4
	MV Boucher†	c Blizzard b McKay	5	12	0	0	41.66
	17.4 caught at long-off! Boucher swung hard at one that didn't come on to the bat, he hit it powerfully but didn't get enough elevation or distance. Blizzard held the catch on the boundary 104/6
	B Akhil	not out	18	13	2	0	138.46
	RE van der Merwe	not out	3	6	0	0	50.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 1)	8
	Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs)	127	(6.35 runs per over)

	Victoria innings (target: 128 runs from 20 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	RJ Quiney	c Dravid b Steyn	29	33	4	0	87.87
	11.5 caught! Quiney tries to hit through the line down the ground but the length is good from Steyn and the batsmen holes out to mid-off where Dravid takes a well-judged catch 95/2
	BJ Hodge	b Akhil	25	20	5	0	125.00
	6.3 knocked him over! Akhil cuts the ball from a good length into the right-hander, Hodge stays rooted to his crease and plays across the line, he misses and the leg stump gets flattened, relief for Bangalore 48/1
	AC Blizzard	st †Boucher b van der Merwe	21	20	3	0	105.00
	12.3 stumped! Blizzard comes out of his crease and swipes at the ball, trying to hit through the leg side. van der Merwe slows it down outside off stump and beats the batsman, leaving Boucher to do the rest 97/3
	DJ Hussey	not out	31	15	2	3	206.66
	CL White*	not out	6	7	0	0	85.71
	Extras	(b 4, lb 7, w 10)	21
	Total	(3 wickets; 15.5 overs)	133	(8.40 runs per over)