NEW DELHI: Deccan Chargers made the major upset of the tournament as they register a stunning 9-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore to knock them out of IPL.
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Chasing modest 133-run target, Bangalore managed to reach 123/9 in 20 overs.
With Deccan's victory, Chennai Super Kings ensured the playoffs berth. Chennai and Bangalore are tied with 17 points but the defending champions are though with their better net run-rate.
Deccan ended their campaign with back to back wins after beating Rajasthan Royals and RCB. Chargers, who have been at the bottom of the table throughout this season, surpassed Pune Warriors to secure eight spot in the table.
Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered huge blow as they lost Virat Kohli who added 46 runs with Saurabh Tiwary in their must-win IPL 5 match against Deccan Chargers.
Ashish Reddy broke the crucial fifth wicket stand to keep Chargers afloat in the match. Kohli smacked two fours and two sixes in his 42 runs knock. Chasing 133, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost AB de Villiers and Mayank Agarwal in quick succession.
Amit Mishra dismissed de Villiers, who was caught by JP Duminy at cover. Three balls later, RCB dealt another blow when Agarwal was bowled by Mishra's quick delivery.
Deccan Chargers' Dale Steyn struck in his successive overs to dismiss Chris Gayle and Tillakaratne Dilshan in their IPL 5 match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Royal Challengers Bangalore got off to blistering start with 30 runs on the board in just 2.5 overs. Gayle set the tone for Bangalore as he cracked 27 off 10 balls in their must-win match.
Dale Steyn ended Gayle's storm to give Royal Challengers massive blow. Gayle smashed three fours and two sixes during his fine cameo.
RCB suffered another jolt in quick succession when Steyn caught Tillakaratne Dilshan plumb in front of the wicket to rock visitors chase.
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers produced a discipline effort despite JP Duminy's (74 off 53 balls) to restrict Deccan Chargers to 132/7.
Vinay Kumar was the pick of the bowler, taking three wickets in which two of them came on the last two deliveries of the innings. He dismissed Parthiv Patel and Ashish Reddy, conceding just six runs in the last over.
Duminy led the Chargers recovery after suffering blows at regular intervals. The southpaw hammered three sixes in the 18th over bowled by Muttiah Muralitharan.
Duminy and Patel shared 71-run stand in 46 balls to guide Chargers towards the respectable total. Zaheer Khan ended Duminy's flamboyant knock which was studded with four fours and five sixes.
Bowlers put Royal Challengers Bangalore on top as they fired in unison to give Deccan Chargers regular jolts. Kumar Sangakkara and Duminy tried to revive Deccan as they added 31 runs for the fourth wicket. Muttiah Muralitharan struck to scalp Sangakkara to pile more misery on Deccan.
Deccan Chargers got off to worst start as they lost their three wickets inside five overs at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Prasanth Parameswaran gave Royal Challengers third wicket by removing Cameron White to leave the Chargers tottering at 20/3 4.2 overs.
After losing Shikhar Dhawan early, Deccan suffered another blow when Vinay Kumar dismissed Akshath Reddy for 7 to give Bangalore momentum.
Royal Challengers Bangalore's Zaheer Khan struck in the first over of the innings to remove Shikhar Dhawan in their must-win match.
Earlier, Bangalore stand-in skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bowl against Deccan Chargers in the 71st match of the tournament.
Sangakkara replaced Chris Lynn in the Chargers playing eleven while RCB have retained the same team.
Teams:
Deccan Chargers: Parthiv Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Cameron White, Akshath Reddy, Kumar Sangakkara, JP Duminy, Ashish Reddy, Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Manpreet Gony, Veer Pratap Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Saurabh Tiwary, Mayank Agarwal, R Vinay Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Harshal Patel, Muttiah Muralitharan, Prasantha Parameswaran
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