We are into the IPL Playoffs, the first Qualifier was played in Bangalore on 24 May 2016. The winner of the match will head into the finals. Gujrat Lions played Royal Challengers Bangalore at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Royal Challengers Bangalore coming off a series of wins should have been very confident ahead of the match, included among those wins was a win against Gujarat Lions at Bangalore.
Also read : Qualifier 1: GL vs RCB, IPL 2016 Results, Match Highlights & Upcoming playoffs schedule
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to field first.
Suresh Raina hinted, "It would be difficult for us especially with Virat batting second."
Gujarat Lions Playing XI:
Brendon McCullum, Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina (C), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Dwayne Smith, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Eklavya Dwivedi, Praveen Kumar, Shadab Jakati, Dhawal Kulkarni.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI:
Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, KL Rahul (WK), Shane Watson, Sachin Baby, Stuart Binny, Chris Jordan, Sreenath Aravind, Iqbal Abdulla, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Aaron Finch and Brendon McCullum departed early, thanks to Iqbal Abdulla. Gujarat Lions captain Suresh Raina came in next but couldn’t last long, the innings needed a lot of rebuilding.
Dwayne Smith steadied the ship and scored a brilliant half-century. Dinesh Karthik supported Smith and they . No other batsman made it into the twenties apart from Dinesh Karthik and Dwayne Smith.
Dwivedi’s cameo at the end propelled Gujarat’s score to 158. Overall, it was an ordinary batting performance from the Lions.
Royal Challengers Bangalore lost Virat Kohli for a nought. Soon, RCB lost three wickets in the first four overs. Lokesh Rahul went for a duck as well. Gujarat Lions rocked Royal Challengers Bangalore’s boat early on.
AB de Villiers played a fantastic knock. He scored a brilliant half-century and moved to the second spot in the run-scorers chart. Abdulla played a brilliant knock as well. He supported de Villiers well. Royal Challengers Bangalore cruise to victory and are in the finals of IPL 2016.
Virat Kohli holds the Orange Cap. Suresh Raina is at number ten.
Positon | Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | High score | Average | Balls faced | Strike rate |
1 | Virat Kohli | 15 | 15 | 4 | 919 | 113 | 83.54 | 605 | 151.90 |
2 | AB de Villiers | 15 | 15 | 3 | 682 | 129* | 56.83 | 401 | 170.07 |
3 | David Warner | 14 | 14 | 2 | 658 | 92 | 54.83 | 436 | 150.91 |
4 | Rohit Sharma | 14 | 14 | 3 | 489 | 85* | 44.45 | 368 | 132.88 |
5 | Ajinkya Rahane | 14 | 14 | 3 | 480 | 74 | 43.63 | 379 | 126.64 |
6 | Gautam Gambhir | 14 | 14 | 2 | 473 | 90* | 39.41 | 383 | 123.49 |
7 | Shikhar Dhawan | 14 | 14 | 4 | 463 | 82* | 46.30 | 390 | 118.71 |
8 | Murali Vijay | 14 | 14 | 1 | 453 | 89 | 34.84 | 364 | 124.45 |
9 | Quinton de Kock | 13 | 13 | 1 | 445 | 108 | 37.08 | 327 | 136.08 |
10 | Suresh Raina | 14 | 14 | 1 | 398 | 75 | 30.61 | 307 | 129.64 |
Shane Watson had a great day. He picked up four wickets today. Chahal took the crucial wicket of Dwayne Smith. Abdulla and Chris Jordan took two wickets each.
Dhawal Kulkarni struck gold for the Lions. He took four wickets in his spell. It brought Gujarat Lions right back into the game. Other thanKulkarni’s brilliance, there was nothing extraordinary from Gujarat’s bowlers. It was all AB de Villiers today.
We have a new Purple Cap holder. Shane Watson leads the wicket-takers chart with 20 wickets. Yuzvendra Chahal follows Watson. He too has 20 wickets to his name. Dhawal Kulkarni moves to the third spot.
Position | Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy |
1 | Shane Watson | 15 | 15 | 52.3 | 424 | 20 | 4/29 | 21.20 | 8.07 |
2 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 12 | 12 | 45.1 | 366 | 20 | 4/25 | 18.30 | 8.10 |
3 | Dhawal Kulkarni | 13 | 13 | 45.0 | 332 | 18 | 4/14 | 18.44 | 7.37 |
4 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 14 | 14 | 54.0 | 419 | 18 | 4/29 | 23.27 | 7.75 |
5 | Mitchell McClenaghan | 14 | 14 | 53.2 | 436 | 17 | 4/21 | 25.64 | 8.17 |
6 | Mustafizur Rahman | 14 | 14 | 53.0 | 356 | 16 | 3/16 | 22.25 | 6.71 |
7 | Sandeep Sharma | 14 | 14 | 50.0 | 366 | 15 | 2/11 | 24.40 | 7.32 |
8 | Jasprit Bumrah | 14 | 14 | 52.0 | 406 | 15 | 3/13 | 27.06 | 7.80 |
9 | Andre Russell | 12 | 12 | 36.3 | 291 | 15 | 4/20 | 19.40 | 7.97 |
10 | Dwayne Bravo | 14 | 14 | 52.0 | 462 | 15 | 4/22 | 30.80 | 8.88 |
RCB’s AB de Villiers has the most catches in the tournament. He took eighteen catches so far. Naman Ojha has the most dismissals as a wicketkeeper. He has eighteen dismissals to his name as well.
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