Bangalore XI vs Gujarat Lions Qualifier 1 at Bangalore, 24 May, 2016

Toss: Royal Challengers Bangalore, who chose to bowl
Gujarat Lions 158/10 (20)
Bangalore XI 159/6 (18.2)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets
Man of the Match: AB de Villiers
  • Iqbal Abdulla 33 * (25)
  • AB de Villiers 79 * (47)

Over 0.1Praveen Kumar bowls wideball to CH Gayle, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.Wide ball

Over 0.1Praveen Kumar bowls short of length delivery to CH Gayle, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Boundary!

Over 0.2Praveen Kumar bowls good length delivery to CH Gayle, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 0.3Praveen Kumar bowls short of length delivery to CH Gayle, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 0.4Praveen Kumar bowls good length delivery to CH Gayle, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 0.5Praveen Kumar bowls wideball to CH Gayle, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.Five wides

Over 0.5Praveen Kumar bowls pitched up delivery to CH Gayle, opens up on the backfoot to defend that towards the legside.Single

Over 0.6Praveen Kumar bowls good length delivery to V Kohli, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 2.1Praveen Kumar bowls good length delivery to AB de Villiers, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 2.2Praveen Kumar bowls good length delivery to AB de Villiers, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 2.3Praveen Kumar bowls pitched up delivery to AB de Villiers, pulls it away through mid wicketSixer!

Over 2.4Praveen Kumar bowls pitched up delivery to AB de Villiers, opens up on the backfoot to defend that towards the legside.Single

Over 2.5Praveen Kumar bowls good length delivery to CH Gayle, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 2.6Praveen Kumar bowls pitched up delivery to CH Gayle, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.Single

Over 16.1 Praveen Kumar bowls a pitched up delivery to Iqbal Abdulla, 1 run, gets forward and works it through mid-wicket for a single.

Over 16.2 Praveen Kumar bowls a good length delivery to AB de Villiers, no runs, comes on to the front foot and defends it towards extra-cover.

Over 16.3 Praveen Kumar bowls a good length delivery to AB de Villiers, Six!! Stands tall and smashes it over deep mid-wicet, the ball went all the way in to the stands.

Over 16.4 Praveen Kumar bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to AB de Villiers, no runs, goes deep in the crease and digs it out back to the bowler.

Over 16.5 Praveen Kumar bowls a pitched up delivery to AB de Villiers, Boundary! Gets forward and reverse-swept it to split backward point and short third man, the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 16.6 Praveen Kumar bowls a pitched up delivery to AB de Villiers, 1 run, gets forward and drills it down to long-on for one.

Over 18.1 Praveen Kumar bowls a pitched up delivery to AB de Villiers, 1 run, gets forward and drives it along the ground to long-on.

Over 18.2 Praveen Kumar slips in a full toss to Iqbal Abdulla, 2 runs, gets forward and flicks it away through mid-wicket and picks up couple of runs to won the match.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets

Suresh Raina: I think we bowled very well. AB batted well. We bowled well upfront. On this ground you never know what can happen later on. Still we have one more game to go in Delhi, hopefully we can make the final. When you are 9/3, it was very good batting from Smithy and ED (Dwivedi). I think 160 was defendable and DK (Kulkarni) bowled in the right areas. But AB is a world class batsman. When you have got Chris, Kohli, Rahul, everybody you have dismissed, I guess the luck didn't go our way. Still, boys did a good job. Hopefully we'll win in Delhi and come back here.

Virrat Kohli: Unbelievable. I can't believe that I'm standing here as the winning captain. I think this should settle the debate about who is the best in the world. Come the big game, and he steps up. I just bow down to him. Credit to Abdulla as well for hanging out there with AB. It did play a bit slow in the first half of the first innings, but then it played out nicely. I wasn't very unhappy with the light showers which freshened the wicket. This one is for the people of Bangalore. We can't wait to grab it

AB de Villiers is Man of the Match