Related Link : DLF Indian Premier League 2009
| Venue : SuperSport Park, Centurion |
| Toss : Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field first |
| Umpires : Swapnil Hazare (Ind) and Marais Erasmus (SA) |
| Match Result : Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets |
| Man of the Match : Ross Taylor |
| Total : 173/4 | Overs : 20.0 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 20 Overs Maximum | R | B | 4s | 6s |
| B McCullum (C) | not out | 84 | 64 | 10 | 2 |
| Sourav Ganguly | c Boucher b Vinay Kumar | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Arindam Ghosh | c Boucher b Vinay Kumar | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| David Hussey | b Akhil | 43 | 27 | 3 | 2 |
| Angelo Matthews | c Kohli b Kumble | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| Wriddaman Saha (WK) | not out | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Yashpal Singh | |||||
| Ajit Agarkar | |||||
| Murali Kartik | |||||
| Ajantha Mendis | |||||
| Ishant Sharma |
| Wides : 2 | No Balls: 2 | Byes: 5 | Leg Byes: 0 | Extras: 9 |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-13 (Ganguly, 2.3 ovs), 2-21 (Ghosh, 4.2 ovs), 3-91 (Hussey, 13.2 ovs), 4-134 (Mathews, 17.3 ovs) |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Wd |
Nb |
| Vinay Kumar | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kallis | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryder | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kumble | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Appanna | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akhil | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Total : 176/4 | Overs : 19.2 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Target : 174 from 20 Overs | R |
B |
4s |
6s
|
| Jesse Ryder | c Ganguly b Agarkar | 22 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| Jacques Kallis | c McCullum b Kartik | 32 | 34 | 4 | 1 |
| Robin Uthappa | c Mathews b Kartik | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Taylor | not out | 81 | 33 | 7 | 5 |
| Rahul Dravid | c&b Mendis | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Boucher (WK) | not out | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Virat Kohli | |||||
| Balachandra Akhil | |||||
| R Vinay Kumar | |||||
| Anil Kumble (C) | |||||
| KP Appanna |
| Wides : 6 | No Balls: 2 | Byes: 0 | Leg Byes: 1 | Extras: 9 |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-58 (Kallis, 8.2 ovs), 2-63 (Ryder, 9.2 ovs), 3-74 (Uthappa, 10.6 ovs), 4-122 (Dravid, 15.4 ovs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Wd |
Nb |
| Ishant Sharma | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mendis | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Agarkar | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthews | 2.2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hussey | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kartik | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 |