Kolkata: Scoreboard of Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Match 5 of Indian Premier League 2015 played at Eden Gardens here Saturday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) struggled through to a three-wicket win in their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter of the eight edition against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) courtesy Chris Gayle, who scored a blistering 96 from 56 deliveries.
Sent in to bat, Kolkata Knight Riders put up a formidable total on the scoreboard 177/6, with skipper Gautam Gambhir top scoring with 58 ably supported by a 17-ball unbeaten 41 from West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell at the Eden Gardens.
In reply, Gayle hammered the KKR bowling all around the park and helped his side reach the target with six balls to spare. He was ably supported by South African De Villiers who scored 28 of 13 deliveries.
Kolkata Knight Riders innings: 177/6 in 20 overs
| Robin Uthappa | c Sammy b Nechim | 35 |
| Gautam Gambhir | c Mandeep b Chahal | 58 |
| Manish Pandey | run out (Kohli) | 23 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | c Mandeep b Harshal | 11 |
| Yusuf Pathan | c Kohli b Aaron | 3 |
| Andre Russell | not out | 41* |
| Shakib Al Hasan | run out (Aaron) | 0 |
| Piyush Chawla | not out | 0* |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, wd 3) | 6 |
| Total | for 6 wickets | 177 |
| Overs | innings break | 20 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-81 (Uthappa, 10.4 ov), 2-103 (Gambhir, 13.2 ov), 3-131 (Yadav, 16.1 ov), 4-131 (Pandey, 16.2 ov), 5-163 (Pathan, 19.1 ov), 6-173 (Shakib, 19.5 ov) |
Did not bat: Sunil Narine, KC Cariappa, Morne Morkel
Bowling
| Bowling | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Sean Abbott | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Harshal Patel | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| Varun Aaron | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Abu Nechim | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Darren Sammy | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore innings: 179/7 in 19 overs
| Chris Gayle | run out (Pandey/Uthappa) | 96 |
| Virat Kohli | c Uthappa b Morkel | 13 |
| Dinesh Karthik | b Pathan | 6 |
| Mandeep Singh | b Pathan | 6 |
| AB de Villiers | st Uthappa b Cariappa | 28 |
| Darren Sammy | st Uthappa b Shakib | 7 |
| Sean Abbott | run out (Morkel/Shakib) | 1 |
| Harshal Patel | not out | 9* |
| Abu Nechim | not out | 5* |
| Extras | (lb 7, wd 1) | 8 |
| Total | for wickets | 179 |
| Overs | match over | 19 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-29 (Kohli, 4.5 ov), 2-50 (Karthik, 7.3 ov), 3-56 (Mandeep Singh, 7.6 ov), 4-93 (de Villiers, 10.6 ov), 5-119 (Sammy, 14.4 ov), 6-133 (Abbott, 16.1 ov), 7-171 (Gayle, 18.2 ov) |
Did not bat: Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Aaron
Bowling
| Bowling | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Morne Morkel | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| KC Cariappa | 2 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Andre Russell | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| Piyush Chawla | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
