Royal Challengers beat Deccan Chargers by 3 runs

With some excellent bowling in display and late strikes, Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Deccan Chargers by three runs in their Indian Premier League match. Earlier, Wasim Jaffer top-scored as Royal Challengers Bangalore scored a modest 156 for eight against Deccan Chargers in their Indian Premier League match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Jaffer hit a 37-ball 44 while Virat Kohli (38) and Rahul Dravid (26) gave valuable contribution to the side even as other batsmen were cheaply out after being put in to bat by Deccan Chargers captain VVS Laxman at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Jaffer also stitched a 72-run partnership off 54 balls with Kohli. The hosts brought on the 50 in 6.3 overs, and were 80 for one after 10 overs. Dravid, who was dropped by Scott Styris when he was on 12, finally got out on the last ball of the innings. He hit one four and two sixes in his 21-ball knock. Their batting collapse began after RP Singh, who was the pick of the bowlers returning figures of three for 41 runs, bowled out Bharat Chipli at a measly 10 run individual score. Pragyan Ojha removed Jaffer by having him caught by Herschelle Gibbs and uprooted the middle stump of Jacques Kallis (6) to finish with two wickets to his credit. The Bangaloreans just could not counter the bowling attack and failed to increase the run rate when Kohli was also caught by Bangar off RP Singh and Misbah-ul Haq (3) was trapped lbw by fellow Pakistani Shahid Afridi. The beleaguered Royal Challengers were 111 for loss of five wickets in the 15th over.