Match 58 – IPL 2- Chennai lost to Bangalore by 6 wickets
The 2nd semi-final between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings ended favorable for the Bangalore, who won by 6 wickets at the Wanderers, Johannesburg in the second season of Indian Premier League on Saturday.
This time the finals will be played by the two bottom placed teams of last year inaugural IPL.
Chasing 147, Manish Pandey and Rahul Dravid set up the chase before Ross Taylor and Virat Kohli finished it off in a clinical finish with seven balls to spare.
Scoreboard:
Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum)
PA Patel lbw b Kallis 36
ML Hayden c Pandey b Vinay Kumar 26
MS Dhoni c Vinay Kumar b Merwe 28
SK Raina c Boucher b Kumar 20
JA Morkel not out 20
JDP Oram c Uthappa b Vinay Kumar 9
S Badrinath not out 1
Extras (lb 3, w 3) 6
Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 146
Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-69, 3-104, 4-125, 5-140
Bowling:P Kumar:4-0-26-1-6.50, JH Kallis:4-0-26-1-6.50, R Vinay Kumar:4-0-38-2-9.50, A Kumble:4-0-30-0-7.50, RE van der Merwe:4-0-23-1-5.75
Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (target: 147 runs from 20 overs)
JH Kallis c Patel b Gony 9
MK Pandey b Jakati 48
VD Merwe b Morkel 2
R Dravid lbw b Muralitharan 44
V Kohli not out 24
LRPL Taylor not out 17
Extras (lb 3, nb 2) 5
Total (4 wickets; 18.5 overs) 149
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-22, 3-94, 4-110
Bowling: JA Morkel:3-0-26-1-8.66, MS Gony:2-0-23-1-11.50, SB Jakati:4-0-29-1-7.25, SK Raina:3-0-23-0-7.66, M Muralitharan:4-0-15-1-3.75, L Balaji:2-0-16-0-8.00, JDP Oram:0.5-0-14-0-16.80
Man of the match: MK Pandey (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
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