Bangalore victorious after Deccan collapse

A comfortable victory for Bangalore in the end then. Gilchrist and Gibbs started off in great fashion with the Chargers nicely placed at 85/2 at the halfway stage. Symonds and Gibbs seemed to have things in control before Gibbs' wicket sparked off the collapse that ultimately cost Deccan the match. This win has lifted Bangalore to third place on the table.

Manish Pandey: I got a chance to open the batting today and wanted to make the most of it, that is what I did. The wicket was nice to bat on, the ball came on nicely. I'll go back and see the replay. Importantly, we are into the Semis now, it's going to be an important day and we are looking forward to play well.

Kumble: It's a great thing for us, we started off well, string of bad losses and then we came back strongly, all credit to the boys, the way they responded has been fabulous. Brilliant hundred, Manish never really got an opportunity, so we thought of promoting him. Defending this total was brilliant. We're really happy to get into the Semis, we will back ourselves and try to play like we have done for quite sometime now.

Gilchrist: I think it was bad luck, mate. We weren't as sharp as we would have liked to be, we were outplayed. It would have been great to go into the Semis with a win but then, we need to freshen up for tomorrow. Anyone can beat anyone else on a given night, that is how the tournament has been, it can be one person doing well, it can be the whole unit. It all comes down to how you play on that particular day.

Manish Pandey is the Man of the Match for his brilliant hundred.

Interestingly, in their last 3 games, Bangalore have beaten the other three semi-finalists.

With today's victory RCB have won their last 4 games while DC have lost their last 2 games in a row.

Semi-final line up: Delhi v Deccan on Friday (22nd May), Bangalore v Chennai on Saturday (23rd May)