Royal
Challenger Bangalore clinched the battle in a nail biting thriller
Cricket is a game of
glorious uncertainty. Nothing is certain except its uncertainty. Yesterday
match had showcase and proven this proclamation once again. A nerveless
final over from Vinay Kumar instrumentalized Royal Challenge Bangalore to earn
a dramatic two – run victory over Mumbai Indians at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in
the second match of IPL 2013.
Chris Gayle’s storm once
again enable RCB to won the first match of a season. His blitzkrieg unbeaten 92
from 58 balls helped his side overcome a pedestrain start, and sailed them to
156 for 5. Gayle began his innings with uncharacteristic reticence, later on he
was dealing with fours and sixes. RCB’s start couldn’t streamline with their
plans. Early back to back breakthroughs pushed RCB on the backfoot. Despite of
losing wickets at one end albeit Gayle planned his innings in a fabulous way
launched sixes missile at the regular intervals. Jasprit Bumrah of Mumbai
Indians took 3 crucial wickets in his maiden IPL match and conceded 32 runs. A
dream debut of young boy.
Mumbai’s reply was
promising at the outset, legends Sachin and Pointing – opening together for the
first time – hit 50 runs together in just over 7 overs. But despite that solid
foundation, top order batsmen couldn’t capitalise the innings and was unable to
lower the asking rate for much of their innings. Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma
and Ambati Rayudu allowed the pressure to escalate through a meandering
approach during the middle overs. It was Karthik who hit out three consecutive
sixes and a four, to plunder 24 runs. Although that mini improvisation bestowed
by Karthik couldn’t lasting long enough, a terrific penultimate overs from
Jaydev Unadkat and Vinay Kumar, yield the RCB to come off with flying
colors.
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