Saturday, April 16, 2011

CSK vs RCB: Randiv scalps Tiwary, Royal Challengers Bangalore five down

NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their fifth wicket when Suraj Randiv had Saurabh Tiwary (14) caught behind by captain MS Dhoni in their IPL match at MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on Saturday.

Click here to watch Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore match from MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

RCB lost their fourth wicket when Shadab Jakati had Virat Kohli caught by Srikkanth Anirudha at long-on.


Kohli hit a six and 4 fours in his 28-ball 35 before falling to Jakati.

R Ashwin had Mayank Agarwal caught by Albie Morkel as Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their third wicket.

RCB got off to a poor start in pursuit of 184 as they lost Tillakaratne Dilshan and Asad Pathan in the first two overs.

Albie Morkel had Dilshan caught by Srikkanth Anirudha at short mid-wicket on the second ball of the RCB run chase and in the next over Tim Southee clean bowled pinch-hitter Pathan to place RCB at 17/2.

Earlier, Michael Hussey hit a 56-ball 83 to power Chennai Super Kings to 183/5.

Hussey, who reached his fifty off 42 balls, smashed a six and 11 fours in his unbeaten knock.

CSK captain MS Dhoni hit a six and a four in his 16-ball 22 before Zaheer Khan had him caught behind by AB de Villiers.

Ryan Ninan took his second wicket when he had Suresh Raina caught by Mayank Agarwal in the covers.

Raina smashed a six and 3 fours in his 16-ball 29 before falling to Ninan.

Ninan gave Royal Challengers a crucial breakthrough as he scalped Murali Vijay, who hit 31 off 21 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 3 fours.

CSK skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat.

Chennai have made one change, brought Mike Hussey in for Scott Styris. For RCB, Asad Pathan has replaced S Aravind.

Teams:

Chennai Super Kings: M S Dhoni (c), M Vijay, S Anirudha, S Badrinath, S Raina, M Hussey, J Morkel, R Ashwin, S Jakati, T Southee, S Randiv

Royal Challengers Bangalore: D Vettori (c), M Agarwal, T Dilshan, V Kohli, AB de Villiers+, J van der Wath, S Tiwary, C Pujara, R Ninan, Z Khan, A Pathan.

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