Bangalore will be keen to stay ahead of competition with Hyderabad and Chennai breathing down their neck. They have looked like the most the consistent team in the tournament with all departments working well.
They have shown Chris Gayle is not the only man who can win them games with the bat with Virat Kohli donning the Orange Cap and AB deVilliers chipping in regularly. Vinay Kumar has been exceptional with the ball and he has found great support in RP Singh. There is healthy competition in the team which must be pleasing for the owners.
Pune have chopped and changed their captains far too often within the tournament. From Angelo Mathews to Ross Taylor to Aaron Finch, the team seems to be unsure of what they want. However, despite their crushing defeat to Punjab Sunday evening, the team management would be relatively happy with the way the batting fired.
Finch has been in prolific form and Robin Uthappa has chipped in too. Promoting Yuvraj Singh to number three was a positive move and with Steve Smith and Luke Wright bringing up the rear, Pune will pose more threats. The bowling faltered in Punjab but the attack has the potential to bounce back.
Bangalore played 7 IPL matches in this 2013/IPL 6 season only two matches are loss and remaining five matches won with 10 points at the 2nd position in 2013 IPL Points Table..
Pune also played 7 IPL matches in this 2013/IPL 6 season 5 matches are lost and only two matches are won with 4 points at the 8th position in 2013 IPL Points Table.
Pune Team: Aaron Finch (c), Robin Uthappa (wk), Yuvraj Singh, Steven Smith, Luke Wright, Mitchell Marsh, Mithun Manhas, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishwar Pandey, Ali Murtaza, Ashok Dinda
Bangalore Team: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Saurabh Tiwary, Arun Karthik (wk), Ravi Rampaul, Vinay Kumar, Murali Kartik, RP Singh, Jaidev Unadkat
Event - Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013
Venue - M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengalore
Date - April 23, 2013
Toss: Pune won the toss, and elected to field
Result: Bangalore won by 130 runs
Bangalore Live Score:263/5 (20.0 Ovs)
Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Chris Gayle | not out | 175 | 66 | 13 | 17 | 265.15 | |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | c A Murtaza b Luke Wright | 33 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 91.67 | |
| Virat Kohli (c) | run out (A Dinda) | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 122.22 | |
| AB de Villiers | c M Manhas b M Marsh | 31 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 387.50 | |
| Saurabh Tiwary | c M Marsh b A Dinda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Ravi Rampaul | c M Marsh b A Dinda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras: | (b 0, lb 3, w 6, nb 2, p 0) | 11 | |||||
| Total: | (5 wkts, 20 ovs) | 263 | RR:13.15 | ||||
Pune Live Score:133/9 (20.0 Ovs)
Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Robin Uthappa (wk) | c RP Singh b M Kartik | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Aaron Finch (c) | c M Kartik b R Rampaul | 18 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 120.00 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | c V Kohli b J Unadkat | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 114.29 | |
| Luke Wright | c de Villiers b J Unadkat | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 233.33 | |
| Steven Smith | c T Dilshan b R Rampaul | 41 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 132.26 | |
| Mitchell Marsh | b V Kumar | 25 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 108.70 | |
| Mithun Manhas | not out | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 84.62 | |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | c A Karthik b RP Singh | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Ali Murtaza | st A Karthik b C Gayle | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125.00 | |
| Ishwar Pandey | b C Gayle | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Ashok Dinda | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras: | (b 0, lb 0, w 3, nb 0, p 0) | 3 | |||||
| Total: | (9 wkts, 20 ovs) | 133 | RR:6.65 | ||||
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