Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Otago Volts by 80 runs,in Champions League match,on Monday 12 octobar 2009,at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore,Royal Challengers Bangalore made 188/2 - 20 overs, and Otago Volts Mode 108/all out; 17.5 overs, Points - Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Otago Volts 0
The stakes were high, the task unambiguous: the winner would progress to the second round of the Champions League, the loser would to go home. And Jacques Kallis chose this stage to deliver a tremendous performance, one that ensured Bangalore's qualification, and Otago's elimination, from the tournament: his unbeaten half-century was the bedrock of a destructive batting exhibition, and his three-wicket opening spell knocked the stuffing out of the opposition's chase.
Craig Cumming brought on his only specialist slow bowler - Nathan McCullum - in the ninth over and watched Uthappa dispatch the offspinner over midwicket for six, and reverse-sweep him for four. Relief for Otago, although fleeting, came from Aaron Redmond's legbreaks, when Uthappa got a leading edge and was caught by a diving Cumming at cover.
Match Summary:
Royal Challengers Bangalore Inning - 188/2 - 20 ove, (Kallis 73*)
Otago Volts Inning - 108/all out; 17.5 ove, (Kallis 3-18)
Toss - Royal Challengers Bangalore, who chose to bat
Man of the Match - Jacques Henry Kallis (RC Bangalore)
Result - Royal Challengers Bangalore Won by 80 runs
Points - Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Otago Volts 0
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