South Africa Duo See Challengers To Victory

Mark Boucher and Jacques Kallis provided the late fireworks to guide the Bangalore Royal Challengers to a last-over victory against the Mumbai Indians on Sunday night.
The South African duo smashed 55 from 31 balls for the fifth wicket to lift the Royal Challengers to their first victory of the competition following their opening night defeat against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Robin Uthappa (48 from 38 balls) had formed the backbone of the Mumbai innings before Shaun Pollock's late cameo (28 from 12) helped them to 165 for six.
After a solid start to their reply, the game threatened to drift away from the visitors, until Boucher and Kallis combined to take 19 from the 18th over, bowled by Ashish Nehra, to leave them requiring just 11 runs from the final two overs.
Kallis fell to a superb catch from Abhishek Nayar in the next over, but Boucher remained to ensure victory by five wickets.
With Mumbai captain Sachin Tendulkar unable to take his place due to a groin injury, Harbhajan Singh stepped into his role, winning the toss and electing to bat.
Sanath Jayasuriya smashed 18 from the fifth over of the match, bowled by Kallis, but his onslaught was cut short in the next over when Zaheer Khan ran him out for 29 from 16 balls.
Uthappa then took command of the innings hitting five fours and a six until he was stumped by Boucher from the bowling of Balachandra Akhil.
That paved the way for some late over hitting and Pollock obliged with three fours and two sixes during his brief stay at the crease.
After capitulating to be all out for just 82 in their run-chase against the Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday night the visitors began their reply in positive fashion.
Shiv Chanderpaul hit consecutive boundaries to take 10 from Nehra's opening over.
Top-order contributions from Chanderpaul (16), Rahul Dravid (32) and Ross Taylor (23) set a solid foundation for the hosts, but with four overs remaining they still required 40 for victory.
That set the scene for Kallis (25 from 24 balls) and Boucher (39 from 19) to open their shoulders, highlighted by a massive six from the wicketkeeper-batsman off Nehra which landed on the roof of the main stand.