Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Klinger	b Gayle	24	25	37	3	0	96.00

Brendon McCullum	c sub (KB Arun Karthik) b Vettori	22	16	24	3	0	137.50

Parthiv Patel †	run out (Kaif/†de Villiers)	19	14	24	3	0	135.71

Mahela Jayawardene (c)	c †de Villiers b Vettori	3	7	7	0	0	42.85

Brad Hodge	c Khan b Aravind	5	12	17	0	0	41.66

Ravindra Jadeja	c Kaif b Mithun	23	22	41	2	0	104.54

Raiphi Gomez	c Kohli b Aravind	7	15	15	1	0	46.66

Vinay Kumar	c Vettori b Khan	3	3	6	0	0	100.00

Ramesh Powar	not out	8	6	7	0	0	133.33
RP Singh	run out (†de Villiers)	0	0	1	0	0	-

Prasanth Parameswaran	not out	1	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extras	(nb 1, w 9)	10
Total	20 Ov (RR: 6.25, 94 Mins)	125/9
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Brendon McCullum, 5.3 ov), 2-64 (Michael Klinger, 8.2 ov), 3-72 (Mahela Jayawardene, 9.6 ov), 4-73 (Parthiv Patel, 10.2 ov), 5-89 (Brad Hodge, 13.3 ov), 6-106 (Raiphi Gomez, 17.2 ov), 7-115 (Vinay Kumar, 18.3 ov), 8-122 (Ravindra Jadeja, 19.3 ov), 9-122 (RP Singh, 19.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	4	0	26	1	6.50	7	2	0	0	0
18.3 to R Vinay Kumar, Vinay Kumar is gone. He has no choice but to go for the big hits. Gets too under this length ball, and Vettori completes the catch at mid-off. 115/7
Sreenath Aravind	4	0	20	2	5.00	13	2	0	1	0
13.3 to BJ Hodge, Zaheer has plucked a mango here, and it is mango season too in India. Just about. This was pulled seemingly for four over short fine leg, until Zaheer leapt full length, and stuck his left hand out. Lovely catch. 89/5 17.2 to RV Gomez, slower ball, Gomez didn't have many options but to hit out as he looked out of his depth, and Kohli makes this catch to his right at long-on look simpler than it is. 106/6
Chris Gayle	4	0	26	1	6.50	14	3	0	5	0
8.2 to M Klinger, yorked him, bowled him! Gayle is loving this. Klinger looks to charge at him, Gayle bowls this right on the crease, and takes the middle stump out. And what an ever-lasting smile Gayle has on his face. And his team-mates are enjoying this too. Although he doesn't dance this time. 64/2
Daniel Vettori	4	0	24	2	6.00	10	3	0	0	0
5.3 to BB McCullum, Vettori wins over fellow Kiwi. He is a shrewd bowler. McCullum charges at him again, Vettori refuses to push it through, instead bowling it slightly short and slightly wide, MCCullum is beaten in the flight and ends up spooning this to short third man. 43/1 9.6 to DPMD Jayawardene, DannyV bowls a peach here, and Mahela looks at the pitch as if it is somebody who has let him down. This is flatter, quicker, pitched outside off, just short of driving length, Mahela looks to push it into the off side, gets a thin edge as the ball turns sharply and kisses the edge on the way to de Villiers. And by the way - not that there is anything wrong with not walking - Mahela is not a walker, unlike many believe him to be. 72/3
Abhimanyu Mithun	3	0	21	1	7.00	4	1	0	1	1
19.3 to RA Jadeja, and another one bites the dust. Jadeja makes room, heaves, gets a thick edge, Kaif comes in running from sweeper-cover, shouts mine loud and clear, fending off Gayle and Vettori, and makes the catch low in front of him. 122/8
Tillakaratne Dilshan	1	0	8	0	8.00	3	1	0	1	0

Royal Challengers Bangalore (T: 126 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Gayle	b Vinay Kumar	44	16	20	3	5	275.00

Tillakaratne Dilshan	not out	52	31	57	8	1	167.74
Virat Kohli	not out	27	33	36	3	0	81.81
Extras	(lb 2, nb 1, w 2)	5
Total	13.1 Ov (RR: 9.72, 57 Mins)	128/1
Did not bat: AB de Villiers †, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammad Kaif, Saurabh Tiwary, Daniel Vettori (c), Zaheer Khan, Sreenath Aravind, Abhimanyu Mithun
Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Chris Gayle, 3.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
RP Singh	2	0	13	0	6.50	7	0	1	2	0
Ramesh Powar	2	0	27	0	13.50	3	4	1	0	0
Prasanth Parameswaran	2.1	0	44	0	20.30	3	4	4	0	1
Vinay Kumar	3	0	18	1	6.00	10	3	0	0	0
3.5 to CH Gayle, and Malinga has bowled. Oops it's Vinay Kumar. What a lovely little moment, against a red-hot Gayle. Vinay goes round the stumps, and stops in his delivery stride to go round arm, slinging this full and straight, beating Gayle and taking the off stump out. 67/1
Ravindra Jadeja	4	0	24	0	6.00	12	3	0	0	0

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Match Flow

Kochi Tuskers Kerala innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 1 wicket)
Kochi Tuskers Kerala: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (37 balls), Extras 1
Kochi Tuskers Kerala: 100 runs in 15.3 overs (94 balls), Extras 9
Innings Break: Kochi Tuskers Kerala - 125/9 in 20.0 overs (RR Powar 8, P Parameswaran 1)

Royal Challengers Bangalore innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 79 runs, 1 wicket)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 2.3 overs (16 balls), Extras 2
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 16 balls (CH Gayle 28, TM Dilshan 20, Ex 2)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 8.2 overs (51 balls), Extras 4
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (TM Dilshan 27, V Kohli 20, Ex 3)
TM Dilshan: 50 off 30 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)

Match Details

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Toss	Kochi Tuskers Kerala, elected to bat first
Series	Indian Premier League
Season	2011
Player Of The Match	Chris Gayle
Hours of play (local time)	16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.20, Interval 17.20-17.40, Second Session 17.40-19.00
Match days	8 May 2011 - daynight (20-over match)
Umpires	Aleem Dar Sanjay Hazare
TV Umpire	Russell Tiffin
Reserve Umpire	Nandan
Match Referee	Andy Pycroft
Points	Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kochi Tuskers Kerala 0