Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Deccan Chargers by 13 runs after being in a position of strength at the VCA Ground here on Monday night.
Following a wonderful exhibition of fast bowling by Dale Steyn that restricted Deccan Chargers to 151, RCB appeared all set to score a commanding victory with Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid in full control.
But in a matter of minutes RCB's fortunes nosedived after Dravid left the scene putting on 74 for the second wicket. Kallis and Dravid had carried out the repair work after Manish Pandey fell off the first ball.
Chargers bounced back with Kallis, Virat Kohli and Cameron White challenging the deep fielders in B. Sumanth and Andrew Symonds. R.P. Singh captured Ross Taylor's wicket and Harmeet Singh's fastish leg-break castled Robin Uthappa, who had raised hopes of an RCB victory after taking 21 runs off Ryan Harris in the 18th over.
“They could have played better shots. This game was in our hand. Rahul Dravid was the man who was chiefly instrumental in putting us on course after Manish's dismissal.
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