Say Bye Bye to RCB

Indian Premier League, 

34th match: Rising Pune Supergiant v Royal Challengers Bangalore at Pune, 

Apr 29, 2017

RPS 157/3 (20/20 ov)

RCB 96/9 (20.0/20 ov)

Rising Pune Supergiant won by 61 runs

MATCH DETAILS
TOSS : Royal Challengers Bangalore
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : LH Ferguson (Rising Pune Supergiant)

RPS INN

BATSMANRB4s6sSR
AM Rahane680075.00
c Milne b Badree
RA Tripathi372841132.14
c †Jadhav b Negi
SPD Smith*453251140.62
c Milne b Binny
MK Tiwary443541125.71
not out
MS Dhoni†211711123.52
not out

Extras :  (lb 1, w 3) 4

Total :  (3 wickets; 20 overs) 157

FALL OF WICKETS
1-18 (Rahane, 3.1 ov), 2-58 (Tripathi, 8.2 ov), 3-108 (Smith, 13.5 ov)
DNB
DT Christian, Washington Sundar, LH Ferguson, JD Unadkat, DL Chahar, Imran Tahir

BOWLERSOMRWEcon
AF Milne4.003508.75
S Badree4.003117.75
S Aravind4.003007.50
YS Chahal2.0025012.50
P Negi4.001814.50
STR Binny2.001718.50

RCB INN

BATSMAN R B 4s 6s SR
TM Head 2 5 0 0 40.00
b Unadkat
V Kohli* 55 48 4 1 114.58
c sub (MA Agarwal) b Christian
AB de Villiers 3 8 0 0 37.50
c Tiwary b Ferguson
KM Jadhav† 7 12 1 0 58.33
run out (Ferguson/†Dhoni)
Sachin Baby 2 4 0 0 50.00
c Smith b Washington Sundar
STR Binny 1 7 0 0 14.28
c Washington Sundar b Ferguson
P Negi 3 7 0 0 42.85
c Christian b Imran Tahir
AF Milne 5 8 0 0 62.50
c Smith b Imran Tahir
S Badree 2 7 0 0 28.57
b Imran Tahir
S Aravind 8 5 1 0 160.00
not out
YS Chahal 4 9 0 0 44.44
not out

Extras :  (lb 2, w 2) 4

Total :  (9 wickets; 20 overs) 96

FALL OF WICKETS
1-11 (Head, 1.6 ov), 2-32 (de Villiers, 4.4 ov), 3-44 (Jadhav, 7.4 ov), 4-47 (Sachin Baby, 8.4 ov), 5-48 (Binny, 9.5 ov), 6-61 (Negi, 12.4 ov), 7-71 (Milne, 14.6 ov), 8-82 (Badree, 16.5 ov), 9-84 (Kohli, 17.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ
DL Chahar 2.0 0 18 0 9.00
JD Unadkat 4.0 0 19 1 4.75
LH Ferguson 4.0 1 7 2 1.75
DT Christian 4.0 0 25 1 6.25
Imran Tahir 4.0 0 18 3 4.50
Washington Sundar 2.0 0 7 1 3.50

MATCH OFFICIALS
Umpires KN Ananthapadmanabhan and M Erasmus (South Africa)
TV umpire C Shamshuddin
Match referee Chinmay Sharma
Reserve umpire R Pandit

Man of the Match, Lockie Ferguson says he thought his team was 15-20 runs short. States his team started well and he wanted to put the pressure on, so getting the wicket of AB de Villiers was good. Mentions he worked on his bowling plans and wanted to keep things simple. Credits his teammates for putting in an excellent performance and winning this game. Gives clarity on his plan to get AB de Villiers' wicket by saying that he knew the South African will go after him and luckily it went into Manoj Tiwary's hands.

Pune skipper, Steven Smith says that it is nice to get a winning streak going. Reckons that he had no idea what total was safe on this wicket till the halfway mark. Feels that they were 10-15 runs short after looking at the firepower the Bangalore batting line-up possess. Credits Imran Tahir and Lockie Ferguson for their brilliant performance tonight. Appreciates the latter for maintaining the pace and bounce throughout the game and ends by saying that he is a really bright prospect for the future.

Bangalore skipper, Virat Kohli says they lost the game and it's hard to stand and talk after such a loss. Admits that they just have to take it and move forward. Mentions his players are afraid of getting out and aren't playing well as a result. Thinks that the team that qualified for the finals last season should do better this season too. Adds that despite the fact that their playoff qualification isn't in their hands, they will want to do their best in the remaining games.