and thats the end of that! Kallis waits on the back foot and gently dabs the shorter ball to backward point and jogs through to seal victory with an over in hand
Daredevils vs RCB, 52nd match at Johannesburg, IPL, May 19 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RCB won by 7 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Delhi are through so they won't be too disappointed. But this is massive for Bangalore. A win set up in the field when they kept Delhi to 134. Kallis starred then and now he's stayed unbeaten during the chase with an excellent innings. Surely he's Man of the Match. A comfortable win for Bangalore, one that suddenly puts pressure on Deccan Chargers, Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab, on 14, 14 and 13 points respectively. Now Bangalore's last match against Deccan turns into a knock-out affair. Amazing turnaround.
Kallis is indeed the Man of the Match. Thats it from us tonight but do come back and see us tomorrow. Two matches, remember - Kolkata v Rajasthan and Chennai v Punjab. All very crucial matches as the league round comes to an end. Until then, be well. Buhbye!
Scores are tied ...
pitches short of a length outside leg stump, Boucher eases it off the back foot to midwicket and harries off, Sehwag eyes up the stumps and releases but misses
short ball angles across, Boucher swivels on the pull, ball brushes his shoulder en route to Karthik, Nehra shouts out an appeal but Ian Howell says sorry mate
slower ball, short outside leg stump, goes for a pull but cannot get bat on ball, it clips his pads and they steal a leg bye
yorker just outside off stump, squeezed away for one square one the off side, Nehra has overstepped so we have a free hit coming up
no need to run for those, full on the stumps and he gives himself some room and clips that over midwicket for four, all the fielder has to do it retrieve the ball
slower ball on a length, Boucher pushes it straight to point
So easy for Bangalore when Kallis puts his mind to things. The dug out is all smiles.
spanked! Vettori offers room, Kallis gives himself more room and drives that fiercely past a diving cover and bisects two men in the deep
flat down leg stump, easy pickings and he flicks wide of midwicket, Boucher hustles for the second and is aided by a poor return from the deep
sees another short one and goes for the cut but cannot connect
uff what a shot! Kallis makes room and slices the ball hard and flat over extra cover and raises whats been an excellent half-century, well played Kallis
flatter arm ball, pitches middle and leg, makes room and pushes it
too short and thats hammered off the back foot past point for one
Now its 23 from 18 balls. Easy.
short of a length on middle and off, Boucher shuffles around and gets over the ball, placing it wide of point and cover, runs very hard to put pressure on Kallis and gets two
full on middle and leg, Kallis drives inside-out to mid-off for one
Really classy innings from Kallis. What a player.
fuller, starts on leg and slants in, punched wide of mid-on for a couple
pitches it up, Kallis drives on the rise to cover where Vettori fumbles
pitches fuller outside leg stump, Kallis cannot connect on the flick
short outside leg stump and thats swatted off one leg past square leg
Nehra comes back. What can he do?
Tidy over of nagging left-arm spin. But Bangalore are cruising to victory.
arm ball slides on and Kallis works it away wide of midwicket
Over 19 • RCB 135/3
RCB won by 7 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)