Blistering knocks by Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma won the second match for Hyderabad in IPL.
The Deccans captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and he decided to bat first. Adam Gilchrist gave the Deccans a blistering start. While Praveen Kumar was taken for three consecutive boundaries off his first over, his bowling partner Dale Steyn was not spared either. Steyn was taken for two fours and a six off his over.
The first break-through for the Bangalore team came in the form of Herschelle Gibbs when he was trapped LBW by Praveen Kumar. The former Hyderabad captain VVS Laxman did not last long. He was dismissed by the Kiwi sensation Jesse Ryder when he was caught by Dale Steyn at long-off attempting a lofted drive.
Gilchrist, on the other end, kept the scorers busy with his swashbuckling strokes. Soon, Gilchrist reached his fifty by blasting Ryder for a six over square-leg. At the end of 10 overs, the Deccans scored 91 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.
Post 'Strategy break' Gilchrist was at his best. He thrashed the Bangalore bowlers all round the park. Rohit Sharma joined the party and some lusty blows were seen of his bat. Eventually,Gilchrist was caught by Virat Kohli , bowled by Pietersen.
However, Gilchrist had done enough damage, scoring 71 runs of just 45 balls. His knock included 6 fours and 5 sixers.
An over later, the new man at the crease Scott Styris survived a chance when a mistimed shot to deep mid-wicket off the bowling of Praveen Kumar was put down by Karan Sharma. However, he could not capitalize. Styris offered another chance to wide long-on only to find Praveen Kumar. Pietersen claimed his second wicket.
Rohit Sharma kept himself busy at the other end taking Hyderabad to a commanding score. He went on to score his fifty utilizing just 28 balls. Pietersen held on to a skier hit by Rohit Sharma giving Steyn his first wicket. An attempted quick run of the very next ball resulted in the run-out of Venugapal Rao. Maintaining a consistent run-rate through out the innings, Deccans finished off their innings at 184/6. This also happened to be the highest IPL score of this season.
The Bangalore innings started off on a wrong note. Fidel Edwards knocked the stumps off, as Jesse Ryder yet again failed to make an impression in the IPL. Kallis, once again failed to impress. An attempted drive through covers found the safe hands of Rohit Sharma as RP Singh picked up his first wicket.
Uthappa used up 19 deliveries to score 12 runs before he got out to a brilliant catch by Ravi Teja off Scott Styris' bowling. Rahul 'The Wall' Dravid walked in and looked at his best form. Along with Pietersen, Dravid accelerated the scoring and took Bangalore to a score of 57 runs at the end of 10 overs.
The other side of the break saw one more wicket fall for Bangalore. The Bangalore captain could not resist a flighted delivery by Ohja. Coming down the track, he missed the ball and Gilchrist completed the stump work. Dravid as usual, was at his consistent best with boundaries flowing from him bat. Kohli provided him a helping hand and together they complied runs at a fast rate.
An attempt to go over the the long-off boundary brought about the dismissal of Dravid bringing the 53 run partnership with Kohli to an end. Dravid returned to the dugout 2 short of his fifty. His quickfire 48 off 27 balls included 5 fours and 2 sixers. The next man in, Rajesh Bishnoi was run-out after trying to steal a single.
Requiring 53 runs of 18 balls, Styris picked up his 3rd wicket by taking the wicket of Karan Sharma. Virat Kohli on the other hand, stood firm and tried hard to fight back. He brought up a fifty in the final over of the match before giving RP Singh his 2nd wicket. The Bangalore team ended the innings 24 runs short of their target.
Aggressive batting by Gilshrist and Sharma brought up the second victory for the Deccan Chargers in the IPL 2009. The Royal Challengers lost their second match in a row.
Interesting facts:
RP Singh gets the Purple cap after picking up 2 wickets today. His tally now moves up to 6 wickets.
Rahul Dravid bagged the orange cap for overtaking Matthew Hayden.
Rohit Sharma and Gilchrist hold the record for hitting the most number of sixes in an innings in this edition of the IPL, both of them hit 5 sixes today.
Jesse Ryder got back to back ducks in the two games he has featured so far. He is joint second on the list of batsmen with most number of ducks in IPL.
Man of the match:
Gilchrist was awarded Man of the match for his blistering knock of 71 runs of just 45 balls,
Next game of IPL will be played on 23rd of April between Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils (Kingsmead, Durban) and Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Newland, Cape Town).
Match Summary (Deccan Chargers won by 24 Runs)
Deccan Chargers – 184/6 in 20 Overs
A.Gilchrist- 71 R.Sharma –52
K.Pietersen – 4-0-31-2 D.Styen– 3-0-21-1
Royal Challengers Bangalore – 160/8 in 20 Overs
V.Kohli- 50 R.Dravid –48
S.Styris– 4-0-32-3 R.P.Singh– 4-0-17-2
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