Big win for Chargers

Andrew Symonds and Tirumalasetti Suman shared an important 91-run partnership for the fourth wicket to give Deccan Chargers a crucial seven-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore.

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Published: Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:24 AM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 2:10 AM

Symonds was at his brutal best as he scored 53 off just 24 balls. Suman played a very sensible knock of 78 off 57 balls.

Skipper Adam Gilchrist made a quickfire 32 off just 19 balls.

Earlier, Jacques Kallis (68) and Virat Kohli (58) put on a 52-ball 95-run fifth wicket partnership to power Royal Challengers Bangalore to a competitive 184 for six. Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha (2/24) and Ryan Harris (2/37) were the notable wicket-takers for Deccan.

From the time he stepped in, Kohli knew nothing about pressure and took the fight into the Deccan camp. He virtually butchered the Deccan attack, taking 23 runs off an Andrew Symonds over to begin the late innings mayhem.

Left-arm pacer RP Singh too bled as Kohli went berserk during his 35-ball blitzkrieg which overshadowed Kallis’ belligerence.

Kallis designed his innings with nine fours and a six before he feel to a superb running catch by Harris off Mitchell Marsh.

Kohli struck four sixes and as many boundaries before holing out to Symonds at long on off Harris in search of quick runs.

Kohli’s seemed in a destructive mood and together with Kallis, he tore apart the Deccan attack to pile up 92 runs off the last six overs.

Ojha bowled intelligently for Deccan and accounted for Rahul Dravid (26) and Ross Taylor (1) to emerge as the highest wicket-taker in IPL III with 15 scalps.

Cameron White drew curtains to the Deccan innings in style, hitting back-to-back sixes off Hariis in last two balls of the final over. —


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