Bangalore XI vs Rajasthan XI 10th Match at Bangalore , 18 Mar, 2010

Toss: Royal Challengers Bangalore, who chose to field
Rajasthan XI 92/10 (19.5)
Bangalore XI 93/0 (10.4)
Royal Challengers won by 10 wickets
Man of the Match: JH Kallis
  • JH Kallis 44 * (34)
  • Manish Pandey 42 * (30)

  Over 1.0   

Over 0.1: Boundary! M Patel to M Pandey, good length delivery, flicks it in the air wide of mid on for a boundary. No respect at all for Munaf!

Over 0.2: Single. M Patel to M Pandey, short of length delivery at 129.4 kmph, tucks it wide of mid on for a single.

Over 0.3: Single. M Patel to J Kallis, short of length delivery at 131 kmph, shuffles and tucks it to mid wicket for a single.

Over 0.4: Boundary! M Patel to M Pandey, pitched up delivery at 126 kmph, makes room for a slog over mid on but instead drags it all along the ground through mid wicket for a fluke boundary.

Over 0.5: Two runs. M Patel to M Pandey, short of length delivery at 126 kmph, flicks it off his pads through wide mid wicket for a couple.

Over 0.6: Beaten! M Patel to M Pandey, short of length delivery at 130.7 kmph, hits the seam this and gets it to nip in sharply with pace and bounce to go through the inside edge of Pandey. No worries, even Tendulkar would have been beaten by that.

  Over 2.0   

Over 1.1: Boundary! M Morkel to J Kallis, good length delivery at 139.4 kmph, shuffles and flicks the inswinger through mid wicket for a boundary.

Over 1.2: Boundary! M Morkel to J Kallis, short of length delivery at 143.5 kmph, shuffles and flicks it off his pads through mid wicket for another boundary.

Over 1.3: Wide Ball. M Morkel to J Kallis, pitched up delivery at 125.4 kmph, thats a shocker sprayed way down the legside.

Over 1.3: Wide Ball. M Morkel to J Kallis, bangs it short, and again thinks he is bowling to a left hander outside off but no he isn't!

Over 1.3: Boundary! M Morkel to J Kallis, pitched up delivery at 139 kmph, terrible bowling onto the pads and Kallis flicks that wide of mid on for an easy boundary.

Over 1.4: No runs. M Morkel to J Kallis, short and rising delivery at 137 kmph, plays it down to backward point.

Over 1.5: Boundary! M Morkel to J Kallis, short and rising delivery, gets a top edge to his pull shot which is put down by  the keeper to his right and first slip has no chance to take that as well.

Over 1.6: Wide Ball. M Morkel to J Kallis, short of length delivery at 142 kmph, another crappy one sprayed down the legside! Third wide of the over! 

Over 1.6: Single. M Morkel to J Kallis, short of length delivery at 143.2 kmph, shuffles and tucks it away to square fine leg for a single. 20 runs came off that over!

  Over 3.0   

Over 2.1: Single. M Patel to J Kallis, short of length delivery at 130.6 kmph, shuffles a long way across and tucks it to fine leg for a single.

Over 2.2: Single. M Patel to M Pandey, short of length delivery at 129 kmph, makes room and flays it to square thirdman for a single.

Over 2.3: No runs. M Patel to J Kallis, short of length delivery at 129.1 kmph, pushes it to short square covers.

Over 2.4: No runs. M Patel to J Kallis, short of length delivery at 130.6 kmph, shuffles and tucks it to mid wicket.

Over 2.5: Single. M Patel to J Kallis, short of length delivery at 130.6 kmph, drops the bottom hand off and steers it to thirdman with the ball threatening to kick onto him.

Over 2.6: No runs. M Patel to M Pandey, short of length delivery, makes room and smacks that wide one in the air to mid off and the big Morne Morkel dives forward and it seems that its a very good catch taken. But Pandey stands his ground and it needed the third Umpire to give him the benefit of doubt! Replays not convincing!

  Over 4.0   

Over 3.1: Boundary! M Morkel to J Kallis, half volley, horrible delivery at 141 kmph down the legside and Kallis glances it away for an easy boundary to fine leg.

Over 3.2: No runs. M Morkel to J Kallis, short and rising delivery at 142 kmph, gets a leading edge back to the bowler on the bounce.

Over 3.3: No runs. M Morkel to J Kallis, short of length delivery at 139.5 kmph, defends it towards covers.

Over 3.4: No runs. M Morkel to J Kallis, short of length delivery at 140 kmph, let's that go to the keeper outside the off stump.

Over 3.5: Wide Ball. M Morkel to J Kallis, short of length delivery at 137.2 kmph, let's that go to the keeper outside the off stump. Oh that's a shocking wide called by Hariharan!

Over 3.5: No runs. M Morkel to J Kallis, short and rising delivery, defends it off the backfoot towards mid on.

Over 3.6: Boundary! M Morkel to J Kallis, pitched up delivery at 142 kmph, didn't seem to come forward at all but drove that gloriously with a straight bat to the right of mid off for a boundary.

  Over 5.0   

Over 4.1: No runs. M Patel to M Pandey, short of length delivery, looks to whip it away but in the end pushes it to covers.

Over 4.2: Boundary! M Patel to M Pandey, bangs it short at 125.4 kmph, gives him the charge and disrespects Munaf with a cross batted pull past the non striker for a boundary.

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