Resurgent Bangalore ended Chennai SuperKings IPL dream by knocking them off in the semis by 6 wickets, and making the finals of this year's IPL. Interestingly, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers, placed at the bottom last year, will face each other in the IPL final.
Manish Pandey scored a 35-ball 48 to help the Innings get some momentum.If anything this was an even better innings in terms of the quality of strokeplay and this being a knockout match,as compared to the last one. Pandey got going with a square-drive in the first over, following a ball both wide and full. As if to show it was no fluke, he brought out a more classical square-drive, down on one knee, to the next delivery.By the end of the Powerplays Pandey had reached 29 off 14 deliveries with the help of six fours, four of them along the ground, and Bangalore needed only 88 from 84.Pandey had batting with him the best man possible, Rahul Dravid, whose classical strokeplay and superb planning had a calming effect on the 19-year-old at the other end. His straight-drive off Shadab Jakati and flick off Albie Morkel were shots as good as any played in the night.
Bangalore required 35 off last four overs.Chennai needed a gamble then, after all other bowlers had been taken for runs. Suresh Raina bowled the next over, and both Ross Taylor and Virat Kohli took a six off him. The decisive, and the most symbolic, blow came in the next over when Kohli read a doosra, stepped out to Murali, and hit him straight down the ground for a big six. Bangalore's fifth win in a row was all but sealed.
Kumble handed over India's Test captaincy to Dhoni but today he had managed to outfox his younger counterpart.
Wish Team RCB all the very best, may the dream come true!!!
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