Pune, May 3 (): In the 46th match of IPL between Pune Warriors and Royal Challengers Bangalore played on May 2, Thursday at Subrata Roy Sahara stadium, Pune, RCB beat Pune by 17 runs.

Pune Warriors vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 46th IPL 2013 T20 Match, May 2, Subrata Roy Sahara stadium, Pune

Score card:

Toss : Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bat
Bangalore 187/3 (20.0 Ovs)
Pune 170/9 (20.0 Ovs)
Bangalore won by 17 runs

Man of the match AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Match highlights:

After setting a target of 188 runs, Royal Challengers Bangalore restricted Pune Warriors India to 170/9 to clinch a 17-run victory in IPL 6 match at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium in Pune.

Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bat against Pune Warriors India. Initially, Bangalore suffered when Gayle was dismissed by T Suman. Gayle (21) was caught by Bhuvneshwar Kumar off the bowling of Suman.

Losing Chris Gayle at an early stage, Saurabh Tiwary and Kohli joined to put up a 63-run partnership for the second wicket to place RCB in good position.

In Pune innings, Robin Uthappa’s wonderful show of 75 off 45 balls with five boundaries and as many towering sixes was encouraging. Pune suffered another blow when they lost Tirumalasetti Suman, who got run-out by Muttiah Muralitharan. The continuous fall after Mathews made Pune Warriors India go downhill, replying with 170 for nine in 20 overs to lose by 17 runs.

Scoreboard

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Saurabh Tiwary c Rahul b Dinda 52 (45b, 2×4, 2×6), Chris Gayle c Bhuvneshwar b Suman 21 (21b, 2×4, 1×6), Virat Kohli b Dinda 25 (18b, 3×4), A.B. de Villiers (not out) 50 (23b, 6×4, 2×6), Moises Hendriques (not out) 27 (13b, 4×4, 1×6); Extras (lb-1, w-11): 12; Total (for three wkts. in 20 overs): 187. 

Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Gayle), 2-99 (Kohli), 3-119 (Tiwary). 

Pune Warriors India bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3-0-20-0, Ajantha Mendis 4-0-25-0, Tirumalasetti Suman 2-0-15-1, Angelo Mathews 2-0-23-0, Rahul Sharma 4-0-36-0, Yuvraj Singh 1-0-15-0, Ashoke Dinda 4-0-52-2. 

Pune Warriors India: Robin Uthappa c R.P. Singh b Kartik 75 (45b, 5×4,5×6), Aaron Finch b Henriques 15 (11b, 1×4, 1×6), Tirumalasetti Suman (run out) 11 (14b, 1×4), Yuvraj Singh c de Villiers b Vinay 16 (11b, 2×6), Steve Smith c Arun Karthik b Vinay 4 (4b, 1×4), Angelo Mathews c Gayle b Vinay 32 (19b, 3×6), Abhishek Nayar c de Villiers b Kartik 1 (3b), Bhuvneshwar Kumar c Kohli b R.P. Singh 2 (3b), Ajantha Mendis lbw b Gayle 2 (4b), Ashoke Dinda (not out) 6 (5b, 1×4), Rahul Sharma (not out) 0 (1b), Extras (lb-2, w-4): 6, Total (for nine wkts. in 20 overs): 170. 

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Finch), 2-46 (Suman), 3-77 (Yuvraj), 4-81 (Smith), 5-144 (Mathews), 6-153 (Nayar), 7-159 (Uthappa), 8-162 (Bhuvneshwar), 9-165 (Mendis).  

Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling: Murali Kartik 4-0-29-2, R.P. Singh 4-0-27-1, Moises Henriques 4-0-44-1, Vinay Kumar 4-0-31-3, Muttiah Muralitharan 3-0-32-0, Chris Gayle 1-0-5-1.

(Full Points Table after May 2 matches is shown below)