Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab, IPL, Bangalore
Bangalore fold for 126 despite Dravid
May 5, 2008
20 overs Bangalore Royal Challengers 126 (Dravid 66, Kohli 34, Chawla 3-25) v Kings XI Punjab
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
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Yuvraj Singh gave his bowlers an early crack at a seaming pitch after winning the toss and they responded by bundling out the Bangalore Royal Challengers for a paltry 126. Rahul Dravid played the lone hand with a battling 66 and his knock stood out in a sorry scorecard which had five ducks and just two batsmen crossing double figures.
The seam movement was evident from the first over. Sreesanth was lethal with his stock delivery, the away swinger, and even Wasim Jaffer's normally sound technique against the new ball wasn't enough to counter the threat. He struggled to get bat on ball in the first over and the fourth delivery was edged to the wicketkeeper. Sreesanth's next ball was an absolute peach, nipping back in sharply to slice Cameron White in half and take the middle stump.
The situation was tailor-made for Jacques Kallis to script Bangalore's recovery act but a reckless call led to his dismissal. Virat Kohli tapped one down towards point, called for a run and changed his mind but by then, Kallis had already covered the pitch's length. At 19 for 3, Bangalore had the dubious distinction of scoring the least at the end of five overs.
If Sreesanth was making life difficult at one end, breaking free at the other end wasn't easy either. Irfan Pathan's inswingers cramped the right-handers for room, while VRV Singh kept them guessing by hitting the deck outside the offstump and getting a few to rear up. Dravid eased the nerves with a sweetly-timed cover drive off Sreesanth and led a minor recovery with Kohli, adding 54. Kohli peppered the offside with three boundaries before a slower ball from Pathan induced a false stroke and consumed him.
The run rate, which hovered around five till the tenth over, picked up once Dravid found his groove. The one glaring glitch for Punjab was the fielding and the biggest culprit was VRV, who wasn't agile enough on a quick outfield. It rubbed off on his bowling as he conceded three fours in an over. Dravid pulled the first to deep square leg, creamed the next through the covers to bring up his fifty, before flicking the third past midwicket to go past the highest score by a Bangalore batsman. He then scooped the same bowler over extra cover for a flat six before mistiming the following delivery to third man. Piyush Chawla was the most penetrative among the lot, trapping Misbah-ul-Haq and running through the lower order to finish with 3 for 25.
Punjab would fancy their chances of making it five in a row, but to do that, they will have to approach Dale Steyn and Zaheer Khan with caution.
| Twenty20 match |  | Indian Premier League - 25th match Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab | | 2007/08 season |
| Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, on 5 May 2008 - day/night (20-over match) Result Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining) |
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| Bangalore Royal Challengers innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| W Jaffer | c  Kaul b Sreesanth | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| V Kohli | c Sreesanth b Pathan | 34 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 94.44 | |||
| CL White | b Sreesanth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| JH Kallis | run out (Marsh) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
 | R Dravid | c Jayawardene b Singh | 66 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 129.41 | ||
| Misbah-ul-Haq | lbw b Chawla | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 114.28 | |||
| P Kumar | c Kaul b Chawla | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| DT Patil | run out (Pathan) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 400.00 | ||
| Z Khan | b Chawla | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| A Kumble | run out (Kaul) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | |||
| DW Steyn | not out | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 9) | 10 | |||||||
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| Total | (all out; 19.2 overs) | 126 | (6.51 runs per over) | ||||||
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| S Sreesanth | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4.00 | (2w) | |
| IK Pathan | 3.2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3.90 | (1w) | |
| Gagandeep Singh | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 9.33 | ||
| VRV Singh | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 8.25 | (1w) | |
| PP Chawla | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6.25 | (1w) | |
| JR Hopes | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 |
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| Kings XI Punjab innings (target: 127 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| SE Marsh | b Khan | 39 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 114.70 | |||
| JR Hopes | c White b Khan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125.00 | |||
| RR Sarwan | c Patil b Kumar | 31 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 106.89 | |||
| Yuvraj Singh | c Patil b Kumar | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| DPMD Jayawardene | not out | 17 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 77.27 | |||
| IK Pathan | not out | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 10, w 7) | 17 | |||||||
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| Total | (4 wickets; 18.2 overs) | 127 | (6.92 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat PP Chawla, U Kaul, Gagandeep Singh, S Sreesanth, VRV Singh |
| Fall of wickets1-11 (Hopes, 1.2 ov), 2-65 (Sarwan, 8.4 ov), 3-81 (Yuvraj Singh, 10.3 ov), 4-106 (Marsh, 14.2 ov) |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| DW Steyn | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | (2w) | |
| Z Khan | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 7.25 | (3w) | |
| P Kumar | 4 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 5.50 | ||
| JH Kallis | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.66 | ||
| A Kumble | 3.2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 10.80 | (2w) |
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Points Kings XI Punjab 2, Bangalore Royal Challengers 0
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