Deccan Chargers won their second match of the Indian Premier League against Bangalore Royal Challengers by 24 runs at the Newlands stadium in Cape Town on Wednesday, now they are leading the point table!! , also they gets highest total of 184 till now in IPL 2009.
Bangalore Royal Challengers could muster 160/8 in 20 overs as Deccan Chargers won their second tie to lead the points tally. Team Bangalore made a poor start in reply to Deccan Chargers’ 184 as Jesse Ryder was dismissed on the first ball of the innings by Fidel Edwards. Soon, Jacques Kallis was dismissed by RP Singh as he gave an easy catch to Rohit Sharma. At the end of 5 overs, Bangalore Royal Challengers were struggling at 25/2. Robin Uthappa was out after a stunning catch by Ravi Teja who dived to his left to take it. Uthappa made 12 runs. Kevin Pietersen too departed without any spark as he was stumped by Adam Gilchrist on Pragyan Ojha’s delivery. A late charge by Rahul Dravid lifted the Bangalore innings for a while but he too was dismissed when he was playing on 48. Virat Kohli and Praveen Kumar though fought till the end to take the Bangalore Royal Challengers close to a win. While Virat Kohli made 50 runs, Praveen Kumar added 14 runs with the help of 2 sixes.
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