Kochi Tuskers set 162 run target for Royal Challengers Bangalore

Electing to bat, Kochi got off to a flying start smashing sixty eight runs in the first seven overs before being pulled back by the Challengers who took two quick wickets to get rid of the openers.

The Challengers then struck again in the death, scalping three wickets to dent Kochi’s hope of reaching two hundred.

Brendon McCullum top scored for Kochi scoring 45 runs from thrity two balls.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	BB McCullum†	c Nannes b Kohli	45	32	4	2	140.62
	11.3 the scoop goes wrong for McCullum. He moved a long way outside off, got down on his knees and tried to scoop the ball over the keeper. He had no pace to work with and lobbed a catch to short third man 93/2
	VVS Laxman	c Pujara b Dilshan	36	29	2	2	124.13
	8.6 caught! Laxman connects with the slog-sweep but hits it flat and in the air straight to the fielder at deep midwicket. Pujara barely had to move and took the catch easily 80/1
	DPMD Jayawardene*	st †de Villiers b Vettori	18	18	2	0	100.00
	15.1 Mahela charges, and isn't to the pitch of the ball. He's beaten in the flight and then has a swing that connects with nothing. de Villiers whips off the bails with the batsman a long way out of his crease 124/3
	BJ Hodge	b Khan	27	21	3	0	128.57
	17.6 Hodge charged, and then ended up yorking himself. He tried to dig the ball out on the off but missed. Zaheer uprooted leg stump. 147/4
	RA Jadeja	not out	23	16	2	1	143.75
	RV Gomez	c Tiwary b Nannes	0	1	0	0	0.00
	18.4 Gomez lasts one ball. He tried to pull but Nannes was too quick for him. The short ball hurried on to him and the mis-hit lobbed in the air to Tiwary at midwicket 152/5
	PA Patel	not out	1	4	0	0	25.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 7, nb 1)	11
	Total	(5 wickets; 20 overs)	161	(8.05 runs per over)

To bat M Muralitharan, R Vinay Kumar, RP Singh, S Sreesanth

Fall of wickets1-80 (Laxman, 8.6 ov), 2-93 (McCullum, 11.3 ov), 3-124 (Jayawardene, 15.1 ov), 4-147 (Hodge, 17.6 ov), 5-152 (Gomez, 18.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Z Khan	4	0	28	1	7.00
	17.6 to Hodge, Hodge charged, and then ended up yorking himself. He tried to dig the ball out on the off but missed. Zaheer uprooted leg stump. 147/4
	DP Nannes	3	0	31	1	10.33	(1w)
	18.4 to Gomez, Gomez lasts one ball. He tried to pull but Nannes was too quick for him. The short ball hurried on to him and the mis-hit lobbed in the air to Tiwary at midwicket 152/5
	DL Vettori	4	0	17	1	4.25
	15.1 to Jayawardene, Mahela charges, and isn't to the pitch of the ball. He's beaten in the flight and then has a swing that connects with nothing. de Villiers whips off the bails with the batsman a long way out of his crease 124/3
	TM Dilshan	4	0	30	1	7.50
	8.6 to Laxman, caught! Laxman connects with the slog-sweep but hits it flat and in the air straight to the fielder at deep midwicket. Pujara barely had to move and took the catch easily 80/1
	A Mithun	1	0	19	0	19.00	(1nb)
	V Kohli	2	0	14	1	7.00
	11.3 to McCullum, the scoop goes wrong for McCullum. He moved a long way outside off, got down on his knees and tried to scoop the ball over the keeper. He had no pace to work with and lobbed a catch to short third man 93/2
	AUK Pathan	2	0	19	0	9.50	(2w)