DD vs RCB Result - Kallis star in a must win for Bangalore against Delhi

In the 52nd match of IPL-2, Royal Challengers Bangalore put an all round performance to register a crucial 7 wicket with 6 balls remaining win to stay alive in the race for semi-finals overDelhi Daredevils on Tuesday, 19th May, 2009 at Johannesburg. DD made 134/7 in 20 overs and RCB made 135/3 in 19 overs.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat 1st made only 134 runs in 20 overs as Pravin Kumar took 2 wickets in 1st over to push them on back foot as only Gambhir 28 runs, de Villiers 28 runs and Karthik 31 runs made some contribution.

In reply, Royal Challengers Bangalore made a slow but strong start as Dravid and Kallis contributed 70 runs for 2nd wicket scored 38 runs and unbeaten 58 runs respectively. In the end in-firm batsman Ross Taylor hit 12 balls 25 runs with 3 sixes to seal a 7 wicket win with 6 balls remaining.

Bangalore win increased the competiton for the last 2 spot as thier is 4 way competition between Rajasthan, Deccan, Punjab and Bangalore.

Match Summary:

Delhi Daredevils - 134/7 in 20 overs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore - 135/3 in 19 overs.

Toss - Delhi Daredevils, who chose to bat first.

Man of the Match - Jacques Kallis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Result - Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 wickets (with 6 balls remaining).