Related Link : DLF Indian Premier League 2007/08
Venue : M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore (Day/Night)
Toss : Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Billy Doctrove (WI) and Suresh Shastri (Ind)
Match Result : Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 3 runs
Man of the Match : Praveen Kumar
Bangalore Royal Challengers (20 Overs Maximum)
Bharat Chipli b RP Singh 10 (7) 2 ‘4s’
Wasim Jaffer c Gibbs b Ojha 44 (37) 6 ‘4s’
Virat Kohli c Bangar b RP Singh 38 (29) 1 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Jacques Kallis b Ojha 6 (5) 1 ‘4s’
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Shahid Afridi 3 (5)
Rahul Dravid (C) c Arjun Yadav b Styris 26 (19) 1 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Mark Boucher (WK) b RP Singh 16 (14) 2 ‘4s’
Praveen Kumar run out (Bangar/Styris) 8 (4) 2 ‘4s’
Zaheer Khan not out 0 (0)
Dale Steyn
Anil Kumble
Extras: 5 (Wides : 2 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 156/8 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-13 (Chipli, 1.6 ovs), 2-85 (Jaffer, 10.6 ovs), 3-102 (Kallis, 12.5 ovs), 4-104 (Kohli, 13.2 ovs), 5-111 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 14.2 ovs), 6-135 (Boucher, 18.3 ovs), 7-150 (Praveen Kumar, 19.4 ovs), 8-156 (Dravid, 19.6 ovs)
Deccan Chargers Bowling
Vijay Kumar 3-0-18-0
RP Singh 4-0-41-3 (1w)
Styris 4-0-29-1 (1w)
Shahid Afridi 4-0-23-1
Pragyan Ojha 4-0-28-2
Bangar 1-0-14-0
Deccan Chargers (Target : 157 from 20 Overs)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) c Jaffer b Zaheer Khan 10 (11) 2 ‘4s’
VVS Laxman (C) lbw b Praveen Kumar 52 (44) 7 ‘4s’
Herschelle Gibbs c Kumble b Praveen Kumar 5 (7) 1 ‘4s’
Rohit Sharma c Jaffer b Kallis 57 (42) 5 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Shahid Afridi c Steyn b Praveen Kumar 1 (2)
Scott Styris lbw b Zaheer Khan 2 (3)
Arjun Yadav not out 3 (4)
Sanjay Bangar not out 17 (7) 2 ‘6s’
P Vijay Kumar
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Extras: 6 (Wides : 2 No Balls: 0 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 153/6 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-22 (Gilchrist, 3.5 ovs), 2-31 (Gibbs, 5.1 ovs), 3-127 (Rohit Sharma, 16.5 ovs), 4-128 (Shahid Afridi, 17.1 ovs), 5-132 (Laxman, 17.6 ovs), 6-132 (Styris, 18.1 ovs)
Bangalore Royal Challengers Bowling
Dale Steyn 4-0-20-0 (1w)
Zaheer Khan 4-0-24-2
Praveen Kumar 4-0-23-3
Kumble 4-0-47-0 (1w)
Kallis 4-0-35-1