Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers, IPL, Chennai
Gony and Morkel restrict Bangalore to 126
May 21, 2008
20 overs Bangalore Royal Challengers 126 for 8 (Dravid 47, Morkel 4-32, Gony 2-11) v Chennai Super Kings
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
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One might have expected the Bangalore Royal Challengers to express themselves more freely, now that they're out of contention for a semi-final slot, but they continued to plumb the depths with their batsmen stumbling to a modest 126 for 8. Yet again Rahul Dravid stood alone amid a forgettable wreckage, as Bangalore crawled to the second-lowest score for any side that's lasted 20 overs in the tournament.
Manpreet Gony and Albie Morkel led a purposeful Chennai bowling effort, utilising the nip in the air, and were backed up by some electric fielding and catching. Bangalore, who chose to bat, never managed any sort of momentum - they even endured a 44-ball phase without a boundary - and the fact that they were the slowest side to reach a 100 summed up the inertia.
Dravid's decision at the toss was a strange one - considering the moisture after the drizzle and also the fact that D/L equations may come in later on. Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he was thinking of fielding and his faster bowlers vindicated the faith with probing spells.
Gony has enhanced his reputation with every game and it was some sight to see the packed house chant his name in unison. He struck with his fourth ball itself: pitching on short of a length and angling away from the right-hander, he induced an edge from Jacques Kallis. The ball flew straight to Stephen Fleming at first slip.
Fleming should have completed another catch in the next over - when Makhaya Ntini forced Shreevats Goswami to edge one - but the speed at which the ball approached him might have been the reason for his juggling act, which ended in a miss. Goswami, though, failed to cash in and Gony's timely maiden forced him into an indiscreet drive in the bowler's next over. Goswami, rooted to the crease, nicked to the wicketkeeper and walked even as the umpire, I Shivram, failed to detect the edge.
Virat Kohli and Misbah-ul-Haq were undone by a couple of sensational catches - Morkel back-pedalling and completing a skier inches from the square-leg boundary, hurting his head in the process, and Parthiv Patel, behind the stumps, pulling off a full-length dive to complete a one-handed take.
It was again left to Dravid to survey the debris and he took his time to consolidate. Five fours reeled off his bat towards the end but Mark Boucher's dismissal - just when it appeared as if they would string together a partnership - hurt them. Dravid couldn't last the distance - Dhoni pulled off a fine catch at cover - and the tail didn't have much of a chance with Morkel keeping it straight. Praveen Kumar's 11-ball 21 was a feeble attempt at making a match out of it but Bangalore could well be heading towards a sixth straight defeat.
Bangalore Royal Challengers: 1 Virat Kohli, 2 Jacques Kallis, 3 Shreevats Goswami (wk), 4 Rahul Dravid (capt), 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Mark Boucher (wk), 7 Praveen Kumar, 8 Anil Kumble, 9 B Akhil, 10 R Vinay Kumar, 11 Dale Steyn.
Chennai Super Kings: 1 Parthiv Patel (wk), 2 Stephen Fleming, 3 S Vidyut, 4 Suresh Raina, 5 S Badrinath, 6 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), 7 Albie Morkel, 8 Manpreet Gony, 9 L Balaji, 10 Muttiah Muralitharan, 11 Makhaya Ntini.
| Twenty20 match |  | Indian Premier League - 46th match Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers | | 2007/08 season |
| Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, on 21 May 2008 - day/night (20-over match) Result Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 14 runs |
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| Bangalore Royal Challengers innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| JH Kallis | c Fleming b Gony | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| SP Goswami | c  Patel b Gony | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 52.63 | |||
| V Kohli | c Morkel b Muralitharan | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 | |||
 | R Dravid | c Dhoni b Morkel | 47 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 120.51 | ||
| Misbah-ul-Haq | c Patel b Balaji | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| MV Boucher | lbw b Morkel | 17 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 113.33 | ||
| B Akhil | not out | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 | |||
| P Kumar | b Morkel | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 190.90 | |||
| R Vinay Kumar | b Morkel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| A Kumble | not out | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 200.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 3, w 1) | 4 | |||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets; 20 overs) | 126 | (6.30 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat DW Steyn |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| M Ntini | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 | ||
| M Gony | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2.75 | (1w) | |
| M Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4.75 | ||
| L Balaji | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 8.50 | ||
| JA Morkel | 4 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 8.00 |
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| Chennai Super Kings innings (target: 127 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| PA Patel | c & b Kumble | 24 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 82.75 | ||
| SP Fleming | c Akhil b Kumble | 45 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 112.50 | |||
| MS Dhoni | c Kumble b Vinay Kumar | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| SK Raina | not out | 21 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 105.00 | |||
| S Badrinath | lbw b Kumble | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| JA Morkel | c Vinay Kumar b Steyn | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| S Vidyut | c Kallis b Steyn | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| M Gony | c Steyn b Kumar | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| L Balaji | run out (Dravid/Goswami) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| M Ntini | not out | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 8, nb 2) | 12 | |||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets; 20 overs) | 112 | (5.60 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat M Muralitharan |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| DW Steyn | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 7.00 | (1nb, 3w) | |
| P Kumar | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.50 | (1w) | |
| A Kumble | 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3.50 | ||
| JH Kallis | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 | ||
| R Vinay Kumar | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 7.66 | (1nb) | |
| B Akhil | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 |
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Toss Bangalore Royal Challengers, who chose to bat first
Points Bangalore Royal Challengers 2, Chennai Super Kings 0
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