Qualifier 1 : Bangalore vs Chennai (Winner: Chennai)
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Chennai won by 6 wickets with 2 balls remaining (Dominance | Chennai 35% | Bangalore 60% | Equal 5%) |
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| Man of the Match : S Raina | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (24 May 2011) |
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This had the big billing of a classic. The top two teams. Teams with great history. But like IPL4 it failed to live up to its billing. Batting first, CSK had a horror start as they top 4 were back in the hut with score at just 23/4 after 6 with 43% COW. The two keepers, Saha and MSD set about resurrecting the innings but without any risks as the RR suffered. Once Saha fell MSD opened up to blaze away to 70* but CSK ended with just 128/8 with 37% COW. Makeshift opener ABD fell in the very first over but RCB didn’t let CSK get a grip on the match as Gayle and Kohli batted sensibly to first take control of the match and then blazed away. By the time Kohli fell RCB were 80/2 after 10 with 81% COW. This slowed down Gayle as Tiwary struggled to score but Gayle still ended with 75* as RCB cruised home by 8 wickets with 2 overs to spare. |
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5 overs: RCB 39/1 | RCB 49% | Six and out was the story today as Gayle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| failed in what was a crucial match if not must but the ingored “Rest of Bangalore” showed some fight. Bangalore’s chances increased by 2% during this period. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 overs: RCB 73/2 | RCB 49% | Mayank Agarwal stabilized the innings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| in the absence of Gayle as Kohli played yet another mature knock to get Bangalore on track. Bangalore’s chances did not change during this period. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15 overs: RCB 122/3 | RCB 52% | A nice litte cameo from Pomersbach got | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bangalore into a nifty little position, from where they could launch to fairly decent total. Bangalore’s chances increased by 3% during this period. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20 overs: RCB 175/4 | RCB 57% | Launch Bangalore did and a fairly decent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| total they got as Kohli played a very important knock to give Bangalore a very defendable score. Bangalore’s chances increased by 5% during this period. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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