Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ajinkya Rahane	lbw b Patel	18	12	23	2	1	150.00

Shane Watson (c)	c Starc b Chahal	26	22	26	4	1	118.18

Steven Smith	c †Karthik b Starc	31	28	60	2	0	110.71

Karun Nair	run out (Patel/Kohli)	16	14	23	0	1	114.28

Deepak Hooda	b Iqbal Abdulla	1	3	6	0	0	33.33

Sanju Samson †	b Chahal	4	7	4	0	0	57.14

Stuart Binny	c Wiese b Starc	20	20	25	2	0	100.00

James Faulkner	c †Karthik b Patel	4	5	9	0	0	80.00

Chris Morris	not out	3	3	11	0	0	100.00
Dhawal Kulkarni	b Starc	1	2	1	0	0	50.00

Pravin Tambe	not out	2	4	3	0	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 1, w 3)	4
Total	20 Ov (RR: 6.50)	130/9
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Ajinkya Rahane, 4.6 ov), 2-46 (Shane Watson, 5.4 ov), 3-72 (Karun Nair, 9.5 ov), 4-84 (Deepak Hooda, 11.2 ov), 5-89 (Sanju Samson, 12.4 ov), 6-119 (Steven Smith, 17.1 ov), 7-121 (Stuart Binny, 17.5 ov), 8-126 (James Faulkner, 18.5 ov), 9-127 (Dhawal Kulkarni, 19.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	4	0	22	3	5.50	13	3	0	2	0
17.1 to SPD Smith, he has made a blow first up! Serves up one that is full and fast, Smith wants to smash it over long on but that's too quick. All he can manage is a thick top edge that swirls in the air towards gully. DK has plenty of time to move to his right and settle under this. This is going to hurt Royals even more. 119/6 17.5 to STR Binny, makes some good connection on this but clearly it's not enough! Binny hits the fuller delivery inside out but can only sky it towards Wiese at deep extra cover. Starc takes out two. Hail the Avengers. 121/7 19.1 to DS Kulkarni, sheer pace and accuracy, Starc smiles as the off stump goes for a walk! Kulkarni made some room and the ball landed on length and rocketed onto the stumps to send it flying. 127/9
Iqbal Abdulla	4	0	28	1	7.00	10	1	2	1	0
11.2 to DJ Hooda, wild slog for the straight delivery and that's gone through! The length delivery pitched on middle stump and turned away a bit as Hooda looked to slog it to the leg side and missed it by miles. 84/4
Harshal Patel	4	0	23	2	5.75	8	2	0	0	0
4.6 to AM Rahane, the slower delivery works, Rahane is gone! It was an offcutter coming in from outside off, Rahane moved across to help it to leg but could not connect and was trapped in front of middle stump. 36/1 18.5 to JP Faulkner, this is a superb catch! What a wonderful piece of anticipation.. DK starts moving towards his left as soon as he sees Faulkner shaping for the scoop shot and once the batsman doesn't make a good connection, he is always in business. It still takes some doing as he has to dive full length to his left to complete this one-handed. Superb effort from DK. 126/8
Yuzvendra Chahal	3.1	0	25	2	7.89	7	2	1	0	0
5.4 to SR Watson, another shortish ball, another shot in the air and he's holed out to wide long-on! It was not a good delivery, but it looked like a trap as Watson went back to pull it but found Starc in the deep. The fielder didn't have to move at all. 46/2 12.4 to SV Samson, another slog against the away-going delivery, another wicket! Looked like a pre-meditated shot as Samson went down on a knee and slog-swept the ball against the turn and missed the line completely. Off and middle stumps are rattled. 89/5
David Wiese	4	0	27	0	6.75	5	2	0	0	0
Virat Kohli	0.5	0	4	0	4.80	1	0	0	0	0

Royal Challengers Bangalore (T: 131 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Gayle	c †Samson b Watson	20	17	18	3	1	117.64

Virat Kohli (c)	not out	62	46	67	1	3	134.78
AB de Villiers	not out	47	34	48	6	0	138.23
Extras	(lb 5)	5
Total	16.1 Ov (RR: 8.28)	134/1
Did not bat: Mandeep Singh, Dinesh Karthik †, Sarfaraz Khan, David Wiese, Harshal Patel, Mitchell Starc, Iqbal Abdulla, Yuzvendra Chahal
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Chris Gayle, 4.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Morris	3	0	23	0	7.66	6	2	1	0	0
Dhawal Kulkarni	4	0	26	0	6.50	7	2	0	0	0
Shane Watson	3	0	23	1	7.66	6	1	1	0	0
4.3 to CH Gayle, such a slow delivery, such a big wicket! This was a slow-slow bouncer at 98kph, Gayle kept waiting and finally decided to pull, got a top edge as he just checked his shot, and Samson jumped to his right to take it with both hands over his head. 36/1
James Faulkner	2	0	17	0	8.50	3	2	0	0	0
Pravin Tambe	4	0	36	0	9.00	6	2	2	0	0
Deepak Hooda	0.1	0	4	0	24.00	0	1	0	0	0

Unlocking the magic of Statsguru

Match Flow

Rajasthan Royals innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 2 wickets)
Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 2
Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 4
Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 130/9 in 20.0 overs (CH Morris 3, PV Tambe 2)

Royal Challengers Bangalore innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 1 wicket)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (37 balls), Extras 5
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 37 balls (V Kohli 21, AB de Villiers 29, Ex 0)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 5
V Kohli: 50 off 39 balls (1 x 4, 2 x 6)

Match Details

Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Toss	Royal Challengers Bangalore, elected to field first
Series	Pepsi Indian Premier League
Season	2015
Player Of The Match	Mitchell Starc
Hours of play (local time)	20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50-23.20
Match days	24 April 2015 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Marais Erasmus Sundaram Ravi
TV Umpire	Anil Chaudhary
Reserve Umpire	Krishnaraj Srinath
Match Referee	Chinmay Sharma
Points	Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Rajasthan Royals 0