September 12, Centurion: Royal Challengers Bangalore had first experienced their T20 renaissance in South Africa ,finishing as runners-up of IPL 2009 held here, after a disastrous seventh place finish in IPL 2008 in India. RCB played Guyana in the second match of the day at SuperSport Park.
Guyana, were put in to bat after Ramnaresh Sarwan lost the toss. and the Guyanese batsmen looked thoroughly unprepared for the challenge.
Guyana’s total might have been even more modest than the 103 that eventually showed on the scoreboard.
If the Guyanese batsmen’s inexperience was the reason for their dismal performance, then the RCB run chase was a reflection of their wealth in the batting department. Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis, with more than 40000 runs against their names, walked out to open the innings for RCB. Their stay at the crease was a treat for the spectators and the pair reached the 50-run mark in just 40 deliveries.
The Guyanese bowlers looked resigned to their doom bowling to batsmen of such pedigree. Dravid was clean bowled by Royston Crandon for 33, but not before his partnership of 78 with Kallis had taken RCB to the cusp of victory. Robin Uthappa then gave the finishing touches to the clinical job, hitting 25 off just eight deliveries, and Bangalore stormed home with nine wickets to spare.
Brief Scores – Royal Challengers Bangalore 106 for 1 (Jacques Kallis 43*, Rahul Dravid 33, Robin Uthappa 25*) beat
Guyana 103 (Christopher Barnwell 30, Jacques Kallis 3-16, Praveen Kumar 2-22) by 10 wickets
Man-of-the-match – Jacques Kallis for all-round performance of 3 for 16 and 43 not out.
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