Indian Premier League 2012 Photos

IPL 5: Bangalore hammer Pune by 35 runs

May 12, 2012 00:54

Sourav Ganguly's absence did little good for Pune Warriors, who chasing 174 fell short by 35 runs, against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Zoom

Sourav Ganguly's absence did little good for Pune Warriors, who chasing 174 fell short by 35 runs, against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Zoom

A burst of rain delayed the start of the match by an hour.
Zoom

Winning the toss and opting to field first didn't help Pune's stand-in skipper Steven Smith as the bowlers were smashed by the Bangalore batsmen.
Zoom

Chris Gayle and Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed the Pune bowlers for a strong opening stand of 80 runs.
Zoom

Chris Gayle took on the Pune bowlers real hard as he slammed a fifty off just 24 balls.
Zoom

But soon after his fifty, the dangerman Chris Gayle was sent back by Angelo Mathews for 57 runs.
Zoom

Tillakaratne Dilshan provided good support to Gayle in the opening partnership and then played a good hand in the 2nd wicket partnership to slam a fifty off 40 balls.
Zoom

Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli's poor form continued as he was dismissed by Rahul Sharma for a single-digit score of 9.
Zoom

Pune Warriors' regular captain Sourav Ganguly, who chose to rest himself for the game, watched the proceedings from the sidelines.
Zoom

Pune made a couple of changes in their team, one of which was fast bowler Krishnakant Upadhyay who came in place of Ashish Nehra.
Zoom

Royal Challengers Bangalore's veteran paceman Zaheer Khan marred Pune's chase in the very first over as he sent back Mohnish Mishra (4) and Manish Pandey for a duck.
Zoom

The only partnership worth the count in the Pune innings was between Robin Uthappa and Anustup Majumdar. But Muralidaran's spin sent back Uthappa on 38, which was the highest score by any batsman in the Pune innings.
Zoom

Michael Clarke's poor T-20 form continued as he was sent back for a mere 13 runs by Vinay Kumar who picked up 3 wickets in the match.

Back to Indian Premier League 2012 photos