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6. Royal Challengers vs South Australia Redbacks (Bangalore – October 2011, CLT20) – 429 runs
This game showed what Twenty20 cricket was all about – keeping your nerves calm under pressure. The Royal Challengers did just that, as they ended the league phase of the CLT20 in grand style, becoming the first IPL team to defeat an Australian side in the tournament.
Daniel Harris struck an unbeaten 108 off 61 balls and Callum Ferguson blasted 70 from just 43 balls as the Redbacks powered their way to 214/2. Wayward bowling from left-armer Sreenath Aravind was a chief factor in the final score.
In response, the Challengers lost Chris Gayle to a catch by Michael Klinger off Daniel Christian after the big Jamaican had hit three huge sixes in his 26-run knock. But Kohli and Dilshan then blew the bowling away with a punishing 100-run stand, taking the score to 165 before the Indian batsman became one of Shaun Tait’s five victims. Dilshan, Saurabh Tiwary, Mayank Agarwal and skipper Daniel Vettori all fell quickly, leaving the side tottering at 202/8.
KB Arun Karthik, the dimunitive wicket-keeper batsman, got the strike after Aravind ran a bye off the fifth ball of the last over. The very next delivery from Christian was a slower ball, and Karthik effortlessly lofted it into the stands beyond mid-wicket, triggering wild celebrations from the home team’s fans, as they progressed into the semi-finals of the CLT20. In the context of the match, that shot was extremely crucial.
