A perfect blend of incisive bowling and emphatic batting brought ecstasy to Bangaloreans at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Thursday night.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) bowlers came to the party and executed their plans to a nicety. They shackled Yusuf Pathan and found their high-point through Praveen Kumar's hat-trick to pave the way for a facile ten-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals in their DLF Indian Premier League match.
Powering ahead
Royals mustered 92 and RCB cantered home in 10.4 overs with openers Manish Pandey (42 n.o., 30b, 7x4, 1x6) and Jacques Kallis (44 n.o., 34b, 7x4) whittling down the runs with power and panache.
Royals' skipper Shane Warne came on to bowl in the sixth over but there was nothing much he could do as his team's meagre total meant that the former champion had perhaps lost the contest during the break. It was Royals' third consecutive defeat while RCB registered its second win from three matches.
After Kumble had opted to field, Royals struggled for batting fluency. Openers Naman Ojha and Michael Lumb fatally chanced their arms against Jacques Kallis and skipper Anil Kumble as the RCB attack remained niggardly.
Soon a sub-text of cat-and-mouse-game was played out when Yusuf Pathan walked in to a rousing round of applause after Kallis had castled Abhishek Jhunjhunwala. The trio of Dale Steyn, Kallis and Vinay Kumar repeatedly sent the cherry zipping past Pathan's nose.
Source : http://beta.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article257589.ece
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