Bangalore edge Mumbai to go top
Royal Challengers Bangalore completed a convincing victory over Mumbai Indians and replace them at the top of the league standings.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat, something they had done convincingly in their first two games. They got off to a sluggish start, losing Sanath Jayasuriya and Aditya Tare early and managing 45 runs in the Quick start overs. They were under tremendous amount of pressure from the Challengers and found themselves in a difficult situation with just 74 runs on the board at the halfway mark. Things went from bad to worse in a single Vinay Kumar over, where he picked up the wickets of Ambati Rayudu, Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Bravo. This put Bangalore in a very strong position over Mumbai as the Castrol Index worm clearly reflects. Some quick runs from R.Sathish, Kieron Pollard and Zaheer Khan lower down the order helped the hosts post a respectable 151 on the board.
Mumbai needed some early breakthroughs if they were to stage a comeback in the contest but the in-form Jacques Kallis had other ideas. The Royal Challengers’ openers got them off to a flying start as Kallis and Manish Pandey put on 55 runs in the Quick start period. They went on to share an 85-run opening partnership which swung the tie completely in Bangalore’s favour. Robin Uthappa and Virat Kohli chipped in as Kallis kept scoring from the other. It did go down to the last over but the Challengers were always in control and in the end got to their target with ease.
Jacques Kallis was adjudged Man of the Match for his unbeaten 66 in the Challengers’ run chase.
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