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Ryan Harris struck with his first ball to pack off Manish Pandey for a golden duck. This is not the kind of start Bangalore needed. Andrew Symonds has broken through, sending off Rahul Dravid back in the hut for 49. Jacques Kallis tried to heave Pragyan Ojha over the top but ended up holing out to Sumanth at long on.
RP Singh targeted the base of the stumps and hit bull's eye as Ross Taylor found to his dismay while Pragyan Ojha saw off the dangerous Virat Kohli.
RP Singh claimed his second wicket to dismiss ameron White and bring Hyderabad right back into the match.
Harmeet Singh is doing the star turn for Hyderabad, packing off the dangerous Robin Uthappa and Dale Steyn off successive deliveries.
Harris kept it straight in the last over and knocked off Vinay Kumar to all but seal Bangalore's fate. Last man in, Appanna tried to go back for a non-existent double and he was unable to beat a flat throw from the deep. Adam Gilchrist whipped the bails off, setting off wild celebrations in the Hyderabad stands.
Earlier, Rohit Sharma cracked a fifty and Monish Mishra chipped in with 41 to lead Hyderabad's revival after Dale Steyn had rocked the boat with three early wickets. Bangalore now have a job to do.
Dale Styen rattled Hyderabad, packing off Adam Gilchrist and T Suman off successive deliveries before cleaning up Gibbs.
Gilchrist edged a Dale Steyn delivery to wicketkeeper Robin Uthappa while Suman found Steyn's pace too hot to handle and was caught by Ross Taylor.
Gibbs was beaten by Steyn's pace and had no clue about the ball going past his bat to hit the stumps.
Monish Mishra got involved in a terrible misunderstanding with Rohit Sharma and was miles short of his crease when Uthappa whipped the bails of at the striker's end.
Monish and Rohit Sharma bailed Hyderabad out of early danger and resurrected the innings with a strong partnership.
Anil Kumble had Andrew Symonds stumped just when he had started to tear into the Bangalore attack while Rohit Sharma fell to Vinay Kumar after a compact fifty.
Bangalore have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Hyderabad. Anil Kumble is banking on his side's ability to chase well.
Teams
Hyderabad: AC Gilchrist (Captain & WK), HH Gibbs, MD Mishra, TL Suman, A Symonds, RG Sharma, B Sumanth, RP Singh, PP Ojha, RJ Harris, Harmeet Singh
Bangalore: Kallis, MK Pandey, CL White, RV Uthappa (WK), LRPL Taylor, V Kohli, R Dravid, R Vinay Kumar, A Kumble (Captain), KP Appanna, DW Steyn
Hyderabad: Herschelle Gibbsb Dale Steyn 12 (10), Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) c Robin Uthappa b Dale Steyn 0(1), Tirumalsetti Sumanc Ross Taylor b Dale Steyn 0 (1), Rohit Sharmac Manish Pandey b Vinay Kumar 51 (46), Monish Mishrarun out (Dale Steyn) 41 (30), Andrew Symondsst Robin Uthappa b Anil Kumble 19 (20), Ryan Harrisnot out 13 (9), Bodapati Sumanthnot out 6 (4). Extras: 9. Total: 151
Bowling: Dale Steyn 4-0-18-3, Vinay Kumar 3-0-19-1, Jacques Kallis 4-0-40-0, Anil Kumble 4-0-27-1, Virat Kohli 2-0-16-0, Kotarangada Appanna3-0-27-0
Bangalore: Manish Pandeyc Adam Gilchrist b Ryan Harris 0 (1), Jacques Kallisc Bodapati Sumanth b Pragyan Ojha 27 (37), Rahul Dravidc Bodapati Sumanth b Andrew Symonds 49 (35), Robin Uthappa (W) b Harmeet Bansal 34 (20), Ross Taylorb RP Singh 1 (5), Virat Kohlic Bodapati Sumanth b Pragyan Ojha 3 (4), Cameron Whitec Andrew Symonds b RP Singh 4 (3), Vinay Kumarb Ryan Harris 4 (7), Dale Steynlbw b Harmeet Bansal 0 (1), Anil Kumble (C) not out 2 (4), Kotarangada Appannarun out (Rohit Sharma) 1 (1), Extras: 13. Total: 138
Bowling: Ryan Harris 3.4-0-34-2, RP Singh 4-0-21-2, Andrew Symonds 4-0-33-1, Pragyan Ojha 4-0-22-2, Harmeet Bansal 4-0-24-2. |
