Manish Pandey plundered a spectacular 114 not out against the Deccan Chargers as the Royal Challengers Bangalore won their fourth successive game to reach the semi-finals where they will clash with MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings on Saturday. Pandey smashed 10 boundaries and four sixes in only 73 balls to become the first Indian to hit a ton in the IPL. Chasing 171, the Deccan Chargers fell short by 12 runs after Herschelle Gibbs clobbered a 43-ball 60. Deccan will play against Delhi on Friday.
Scoreboard:
Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (20 overs maximum)
JH Kallis c Suman b Singh 5
M Pandey not out 114
van der Merwe st Gilchrist b Symonds 23
R Dravid c Gibbs b Ojha 6
LRPL Taylor c Singh b Ojha 1
V Kohli not out 19
Extras (lb 1, w 1) 2
Total (4 wickets; 20 overs) 170
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-62, 3-107, 4-134
Bowling:RJ Harris:4-0-25-0-6.25, RP Singh:4-0-47-1-11.75, A Symonds:4-0-15-1-3.75, Jaskaran Singh:3-0-32-0-10.66, P Ojha:4-0-32-2-8.00, TS Suman:1-0-18-0-18.00
Deccan Chargers innings (target: 171 runs from 20 overs)
AC Gilchrist c Merwe b Akhil 15
HH Gibbs c Pandey b Akhil 60
TS Suman c Merwe b Kumble 12
A Symonds b Merwe 18
RG Sharma c Kohli b Kumble 12
Venugopal Rao run out (Boucher/Kumar) 8
AA Bilakhia not out 16
RJ Harris not out 4
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 6) 13
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 158
Fall of wickets: 1-68, 2-91, 3-116, 4-119, 5-137, 6-138
Bowling:A Kumble:4-0-23-2-5.75, JH Kallis:1-0-8-0-8.00, P Kumar:4-0-45-0-11.25, Merwe:4-0-32-1-8.00, B Akhil:4-0-18-2-4.50, V Kohli:3-0-25-0-8.33
Player of the match M Pandey (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
