September 17, Durban: Anil Kumble won the toss and Rahul Dravid and Manish Pandey soon found themselves opening the innings for RCB.
The Redbacks got off to a good start when Shaun Tait struck in the very first over and removed Manish Pandey, the opener falling to an ill attempted pull shot. Robin Uthappa went next, caught brilliantly by Callum Ferguson at cover off Gary Putland’s bowling. At 7 for 2, RCB looked to be going the way of the Redbacks’ previous opponents, Mumbai Indians. But Ross Taylor, coming in at No. 4, immediately took the game by the scruff of the neck. At 134 for 6, with 18 deliveries left and Cameron White still batting, it appeared that Bangalore would cross 170, a challenging score on a fast-paced Durban track. Michael Klinger then brought on Daniel Christian for the bowler’s second spell of the evening and Christian put his side back in the driver’s seat by taking four wickets to bowl Bangalore out at 154.
The Redbacks’ openers got their side off to a brisk start in reply. Klinger was the early aggressor hitting Dale Steyn for four 4s in the fast bowler’s first couple of overs. Daniel Harris then got into the act and creamed Dillon du Preez for 12 runs in one over. At 50 for no loss after six overs, Kumble was running out of options but with both Vinay Kumar and him unable to stem the flow of runs, there was not much hope for Bangalore.
Christian and Klinger ran excellently between the wickets and found the boundary at will. The pair put on 124 for the opening wicket, a new CLT20 record for the first wicket, before Harris was run-out. Graham Manou was clean bowled by Kumble in the same over but this was not enough to stop the Redbacks from cruising to an eight-wicket victory and winning the battle of the reds.
Brief Scores – South Australian Redbacks 155 for 2 (Michael Klinger 69*, Daniel Harris 57, Anil Kumble 1-25) beat
RCB 154 (Ross Taylor 46, Dillon du Preez 46, Daniel Christian 4-23) by 8 wickets
Man-of-the-match – Michael Klinger for his captain's knock of 69 not out that sealed a semi-fianl berth for the South Australian Redbacks.
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