Indian Premier League - 41st match
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
| Kolkata Knight Riders innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| BB McCullum* | not out | 84 | 64 | 10 | 2 | 131.25 | ||
| SC Ganguly | c †Boucher b Vinay Kumar | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | ||
| AN Ghosh | c †Boucher b Vinay Kumar | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| DJ Hussey | b Akhil | 43 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 159.25 | ||
| AD Mathews | c Kohli b Kumble | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 123.07 | ||
| WP Saha† | not out | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 200.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 5, w 2, nb 2) | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 20 overs) | 173 | (8.65 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat Yashpal Singh, AB Agarkar, M Kartik, I Sharma, BAW Mendis |
| Fall of wickets1-13 (Ganguly, 2.3 ov), 2-21 (Ghosh, 4.2 ov), 3-91 (Hussey, 13.2 ov), 4-134 (Mathews, 17.3 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| R Vinay Kumar | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 8.25 | |||
| JH Kallis | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 10.00 | (2nb) | ||
| JD Ryder | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | |||
| A Kumble | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7.00 | |||
| KP Appanna | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 | |||
| B Akhil | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 10.66 | (2w) |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (target: 174 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| JD Ryder | c Ganguly b Agarkar | 22 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 110.00 | ||
| JH Kallis | c McCullum b Kartik | 32 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 94.11 | ||
| RV Uthappa | c Mathews b Kartik | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 77.77 | ||
| LRPL Taylor | not out | 81 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 245.45 | ||
| R Dravid | c & b Mendis | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| MV Boucher† | not out | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 130.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 6, nb 2) | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 19.2 overs) | 176 | (9.10 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat V Kohli, B Akhil, KP Appanna, R Vinay Kumar, A Kumble* |
| Fall of wickets1-58 (Kallis, 8.2 ov), 2-63 (Ryder, 9.2 ov), 3-74 (Uthappa, 10.6 ov), 4-122 (Dravid, 15.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| I Sharma | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 10.00 | (1nb, 3w) | ||
| BAW Mendis | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 | (1nb) | ||
| AB Agarkar | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 11.25 | |||
| AD Mathews | 2.2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 13.28 | (1w) | ||
| DJ Hussey | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 | |||
| M Kartik | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 7.00 | (2w) |
| Match details |
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Toss Royal Challengers Bangalore, who chose to field Points Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0 |
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Player of the match
LRPL Taylor (Royal Challengers Bangalore) |
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Umpires
M Erasmus and SS Hazare (India) TV umpire RE Koertzen Match referee Yashpal Sharma (India) Reserve umpire JD Cloete |
| Match notes |
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May 12, 2009 Ross Taylor and Mark Boucher embrace after sealing a tense six-wicket win © Associated Press |
May 12, 2009 Mark Boucher whips one fine © Associated Press |
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