Match Date :- 23.05.2009
Bangalore won by 6 wickets and gone into final
Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets to barge their way into the finals of the IndianPremier League-2, here on Saturday. Experience and 
youth joined forces to thwart the Chennai attack as both Rahul Dravid and Manish Pandey played important innings to take the game away from their opponents.
Pandey oozed confidence, thanks to the hundred he got in the previous game and did not let the pressure of expectations get to him. Dravid on the other hand was at his elegant best, as both of them snatched game away from Dhoni's team. At the end Virat Kohli and Ross Taylor brought home the champagne moments as the Royal Challengers team rushed on to the field to celebrate the moment. There were smiles, hugs and clenched fists as the Challengers moved into the finals of the contest. Manish Pandey received the Man of the Match award for his crucial knock of 48 runs.
The Bangalore boys were off to a hurricane start as Manish Pandey struck Morkel for consecutive boundaries. Jacques Kallis hit a forceful square cut over backward point to get off the mark. The South African star though edged a delivery from Manpreet Gony as gave Chennai their first wicket. van der Merwe was dropped by Murali in the deep but he did not make most it as the very next ball he got clean bowled by Morkel. Manish Pandey continued from where he left off in the last game and played some elegant shots through the cover region. Rahul Dravid got into the act and played a beautiful straight drive off Jakati and then slog swept him for four. The young and the old intermingled to guide the Royal Challengers towards victory. A confident Manish kept punishing the Chennai bowlers attacking them with unsparing weapons as Dravid got into the classical mode. At the end of the first ten overs the duo brought the Royal Challengers score to 82 and had manufactured a 60 run partnership.
Both of them looked in complete control at the crease until Pandey played got bowled by Jakati, attempting to play an across the line sweep
shot. The Karnataka batsman missed the 50 mark by two runs. Rahul Dravid was in the zone and played a scorching square drive off Balaji for four. He looked determined to see off the proceedings. The match was set to go down the wire and it became more tense when Dravid departed after scoring valuable 44 runs. The wall tried to sweep Murali and was caught plumb in front. Raina's over proved to be expensive as Taylor and Kohli smashed two sixes a piece and closed in on the target. Dhoni banked on Muralitharan to give him a wicket but all that the spin wizard could do is stare at massive six hit by Kohli over the long on boundary. Twelve runs were required off the same number of deliveries when Jacob Oram was called into the attack, and the first ball of the over was smashed by Ross Taylor for a six. Victory now was the door step of the Royal Challengers.
Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and after missing the last game Matthew Hayden walked out to open the innings with Patel. Hayden was supposed to be the prized wicket for the Challengers, but it was the pocket dynamo Parthiv Patel who exploded at the start. The wicket-keeper looked in an imperious mood and smashed the bowlers all over the park. A risk-laden shot from Hayden off Kumble's bowling brought up the Chennai fifty in the sixth over. The pressure was wholely and squarely on the Royal Challengers. The duo played authentic cricketing shots and toyed with the bowling attack. The breakthrough arrived when Vinay Kumar removed Hayden for 26. The leftie holed at midwicket when he tried to play across the line and lobbed a catch to Manish Pandey in the deep.
Kallis got rid of a rampant Parthiv for 36 runs, when he trapped him in front of the wickets. Simon Taufel's finger was raised and Royal Challengers were back in the game. The disciplined bowling was now showing its impact full on as the Chennai Super Kings scored at a run rate of just 5.60 in the last five overs before the time-out. Suresh Raina hit Vinay Kumar first for a four and then for a huge six as he tried to put the foot on the pedal and increase the run rate. The Dhoni-Raina duo ran fast between the wickets and took regular two's. Raina's innings was put to end by his Uttar Pradesh team mate Praveen Kumar. The dangerous left-hander miscued a leg-cutter from Kumar and managed to give a catch to Mark Boucher, who completed the job with ease.
Albie Morkel hit a towering six of Anil Kumble over the midwicket fence. Dhoni tried to step up the run rate but his innings ended at 28 when Vinay took a well judged catch just near the boundary. Jacob Oram showed a glimpse of his stunning power when he smacked Praveen Kumar for six over long on. Oram tried to continue the pyrotechnics but scooped a catch to third man where Uthappa hung on to the ball. Albie Morkel hit the last ball of the final over for a boundary and the Chennai Super Kings finished off with 146 runs on the board. A well bowled last over costed just six runs for the Royal Challengers.
The Chennai Super Kings had clearly not been able to capitalise on the terrific start provided by opener Parthiv Patel and looked 20 runs short of a competitive target. The Royal Challengers had copped up the beating early on but hung on to pull back the game in their favour. All the bowlers did their bit in putting pressure on the Chennai batsman. Vinay Kumar ended up with two wickets. Roelf van der Merwe bowled brilliantly and gave away just 23 runs in his four overs.
youth joined forces to thwart the Chennai attack as both Rahul Dravid and Manish Pandey played important innings to take the game away from their opponents.Pandey oozed confidence, thanks to the hundred he got in the previous game and did not let the pressure of expectations get to him. Dravid on the other hand was at his elegant best, as both of them snatched game away from Dhoni's team. At the end Virat Kohli and Ross Taylor brought home the champagne moments as the Royal Challengers team rushed on to the field to celebrate the moment. There were smiles, hugs and clenched fists as the Challengers moved into the finals of the contest. Manish Pandey received the Man of the Match award for his crucial knock of 48 runs.
The Bangalore boys were off to a hurricane start as Manish Pandey struck Morkel for consecutive boundaries. Jacques Kallis hit a forceful square cut over backward point to get off the mark. The South African star though edged a delivery from Manpreet Gony as gave Chennai their first wicket. van der Merwe was dropped by Murali in the deep but he did not make most it as the very next ball he got clean bowled by Morkel. Manish Pandey continued from where he left off in the last game and played some elegant shots through the cover region. Rahul Dravid got into the act and played a beautiful straight drive off Jakati and then slog swept him for four. The young and the old intermingled to guide the Royal Challengers towards victory. A confident Manish kept punishing the Chennai bowlers attacking them with unsparing weapons as Dravid got into the classical mode. At the end of the first ten overs the duo brought the Royal Challengers score to 82 and had manufactured a 60 run partnership.
Both of them looked in complete control at the crease until Pandey played got bowled by Jakati, attempting to play an across the line sweep
shot. The Karnataka batsman missed the 50 mark by two runs. Rahul Dravid was in the zone and played a scorching square drive off Balaji for four. He looked determined to see off the proceedings. The match was set to go down the wire and it became more tense when Dravid departed after scoring valuable 44 runs. The wall tried to sweep Murali and was caught plumb in front. Raina's over proved to be expensive as Taylor and Kohli smashed two sixes a piece and closed in on the target. Dhoni banked on Muralitharan to give him a wicket but all that the spin wizard could do is stare at massive six hit by Kohli over the long on boundary. Twelve runs were required off the same number of deliveries when Jacob Oram was called into the attack, and the first ball of the over was smashed by Ross Taylor for a six. Victory now was the door step of the Royal Challengers.Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and after missing the last game Matthew Hayden walked out to open the innings with Patel. Hayden was supposed to be the prized wicket for the Challengers, but it was the pocket dynamo Parthiv Patel who exploded at the start. The wicket-keeper looked in an imperious mood and smashed the bowlers all over the park. A risk-laden shot from Hayden off Kumble's bowling brought up the Chennai fifty in the sixth over. The pressure was wholely and squarely on the Royal Challengers. The duo played authentic cricketing shots and toyed with the bowling attack. The breakthrough arrived when Vinay Kumar removed Hayden for 26. The leftie holed at midwicket when he tried to play across the line and lobbed a catch to Manish Pandey in the deep.
Kallis got rid of a rampant Parthiv for 36 runs, when he trapped him in front of the wickets. Simon Taufel's finger was raised and Royal Challengers were back in the game. The disciplined bowling was now showing its impact full on as the Chennai Super Kings scored at a run rate of just 5.60 in the last five overs before the time-out. Suresh Raina hit Vinay Kumar first for a four and then for a huge six as he tried to put the foot on the pedal and increase the run rate. The Dhoni-Raina duo ran fast between the wickets and took regular two's. Raina's innings was put to end by his Uttar Pradesh team mate Praveen Kumar. The dangerous left-hander miscued a leg-cutter from Kumar and managed to give a catch to Mark Boucher, who completed the job with ease.
Albie Morkel hit a towering six of Anil Kumble over the midwicket fence. Dhoni tried to step up the run rate but his innings ended at 28 when Vinay took a well judged catch just near the boundary. Jacob Oram showed a glimpse of his stunning power when he smacked Praveen Kumar for six over long on. Oram tried to continue the pyrotechnics but scooped a catch to third man where Uthappa hung on to the ball. Albie Morkel hit the last ball of the final over for a boundary and the Chennai Super Kings finished off with 146 runs on the board. A well bowled last over costed just six runs for the Royal Challengers.
The Chennai Super Kings had clearly not been able to capitalise on the terrific start provided by opener Parthiv Patel and looked 20 runs short of a competitive target. The Royal Challengers had copped up the beating early on but hung on to pull back the game in their favour. All the bowlers did their bit in putting pressure on the Chennai batsman. Vinay Kumar ended up with two wickets. Roelf van der Merwe bowled brilliantly and gave away just 23 runs in his four overs.
