Bangalore XI vs Gujarat Lions Qualifier 1 at Bangalore, 24 May, 2016

Toss: Royal Challengers Bangalore, who chose to bowl
Gujarat Lions 158/10 (20)
Bangalore XI 159/6 (18.2)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets
Man of the Match: AB de Villiers
  • Iqbal Abdulla 33 * (25)
  • AB de Villiers 79 * (47)

Over 9.5 Ravindra Jadeja bowls a tossed up delivery to Iqbal Abdulla, 1 run, gets forward and clips it through mid-wicket and picks up a single to gets off the mark.

Over 10.3 Shadab Jakati bowls a quicker arm ball to Iqbal Abdulla, no runs, gets forward and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 10.4 Shadab Jakati slips in a full toss to AB de Villiers, Six!! Comes down the track and swings it through the line, the ball sails over long-off fence for maximum.

Over 10.6 Shadab Jakati bowls a tossed up delivery to Iqbal Abdulla, 1 run, gets forward and works it away on the on-side and picks up just a single.

Over 11.1DJ Bravo to IqbalAbdullaSingle ...

Over 11.3DJ Bravo to IqbalAbdullaSingle ...

Over 11.6DJ Bravo to IqbalAbdullaNo runs ...

Over 12.3 Ravindra Jadeja bowls a tossed up delivery to Iqbal Abdulla, no runs, leans forward and drives it hard but straight to the man at cover.

Over 12.4 Ravindra Jadeja bowls a quicker arm ball to Iqbal Abdulla, 1 run, goes deep in the crease and dabs it down to third-man and picks up another single.

Over 12.6 Ravindra Jadeja bowls a quicker arm ball to Iqbal Abdulla, no runs, gets forward and looks to play through the line, gets the inside edge on to the pads.

Over 13.2 DJ Bravo bowls a good length delivery to Iqbal Abdulla, no runs, gets forward and tries to push hard at it, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 13.3 DJ Bravo bowls a slower one to Iqbal Abdulla, 1 run, gets wait for it and works it down to long-on and picks up an easy single.

Over 13.5 DJ Bravo bowls a pitched up delivery to Iqbal Abdulla, no runs, gets a bit too close to the ball and jams it straight to Raina at cover

Over 13.6 DJ Bravo bowls it short of length to Iqbal Abdulla, 1 run, goes deep in the crease and pulled away through square-leg and picks up one more.

Over 14.1 DR Smith bowls it short of length to Iqbal Abdulla, no runs, gets forward and  goes flashing after it without any feet and misses

Over 14.2 DR Smith bowls a good length delivery to Iqbal Abdulla, 1 run, gets back in the crease and chops it to cover.

Over 14.6 DR Smith bowls it short of length to Iqbal Abdulla, 2 runs, rocks back in the crease and pulls it in front of square for a couple.

Over 15.3 Shadab Jakati bowls a tossed up delivery to Iqbal Abdulla, 1 run, comes down the track and  lofted drive without much elevation. On the bounce to long-off

Over 15.5 Shadab Jakati slips in a full toss to Iqbal Abdulla, Six!! Comes on to the front foot and heaves it over deep mid-wicket for maximum.

Over 15.6 Shadab Jakati bowls a tossed up delivery to Iqbal Abdulla, 1 run, gets forward and pushes it down to long-on.

Over 16.1 Praveen Kumar bowls a pitched up delivery to Iqbal Abdulla, 1 run, gets forward and works it through mid-wicket for a single.

Over 17.4 DJ Bravo bowls a pitched up delivery to Iqbal Abdulla, Boundary! Goes across the line and clips it down to fine-leg fence for four.

Over 17.5 DJ Bravo bowls it short of length to Iqbal Abdulla, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and steers it down to third-man fence for four.

Over 17.6 DJ Bravo bowls a pitched up delivery to Iqbal Abdulla, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and whips it hard to deep mid-wicket fence for another boundary.

Over 18.2 Praveen Kumar slips in a full toss to Iqbal Abdulla, 2 runs, gets forward and flicks it away through mid-wicket and picks up couple of runs to won the match.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets

Suresh Raina: I think we bowled very well. AB batted well. We bowled well upfront. On this ground you never know what can happen later on. Still we have one more game to go in Delhi, hopefully we can make the final. When you are 9/3, it was very good batting from Smithy and ED (Dwivedi). I think 160 was defendable and DK (Kulkarni) bowled in the right areas. But AB is a world class batsman. When you have got Chris, Kohli, Rahul, everybody you have dismissed, I guess the luck didn't go our way. Still, boys did a good job. Hopefully we'll win in Delhi and come back here.

Virrat Kohli: Unbelievable. I can't believe that I'm standing here as the winning captain. I think this should settle the debate about who is the best in the world. Come the big game, and he steps up. I just bow down to him. Credit to Abdulla as well for hanging out there with AB. It did play a bit slow in the first half of the first innings, but then it played out nicely. I wasn't very unhappy with the light showers which freshened the wicket. This one is for the people of Bangalore. We can't wait to grab it

AB de Villiers is Man of the Match