Friday, April 12, 2013

IPL Season 6 Match 12 (KKR Vs RCB) Results

The twelveth   match of IPL Season 6 was played between Royal Challengers, Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders Thursday, 11th April, 2013  at  M.Chinnaswamy  Stadium, Bangalore.


The toss was won by Royal Challengers and they chose to field first. Royal Challengers won the match by 8 wickets with 15 balls remaining.   Chris Gayle of Royal Challengers team dazzled with the bat once again at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium on 11th April, 2013.  He made 85 runs from 50 deliveries and given Royal Challengers a 8-wicket victory in Match 12 of IPL


KKR team made a score of  154 runs for 8 wickets while RCB has made 158 runs for 2 wickets in 17.3 overs thereby winning the match by 8 wickets.

Man-of-the-Match: Chris Gayle (Royal ChallengersBangalore)


Brief Scores: 
Kolkata Knight Riders 154 for 8 (Gautam Gambhir 59; RP Singh 3-27) lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore 158 for 2 (Chris Gayle 85*; Lakshmipathy Balaji 1-33) by 8 wickets.

Highlights of the IPL Season 6 Match 12 between Royal Challengers, Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders

  •  Royal Challengers Bangalore has won six and lost five matches out of eleven contested against Kolkata Knight Riders at the IPL
  • The 8 wicket win of RCB over KKR is their biggest against KKR  and it is their second biggest overall, next to the nine-wicket win at Eden Gardens on 22nd April, 2011
  • Jacques Kallis is the first overseas batsman and fifth overall to score 2000 runs or more at the IPL.  The others who made 2000 or more runs at IPL are Suresh Raina ( 2264), Gautham Gambhir (2187), Sachin Tendulkar (2071) and Rohit Sharma ( 2068).
  • Gambhir ( 253 ) became second batsman after Sachin Tendulkar (261) to register 250 fours or more at the IPL.
  • RP Singh is the first bowler to bag 15 wickets in nine matches against Kolkata Knight Riders at the IPL
  • Virat Kohli, with 198 runs at an average of 66 in four matches is the top run-getter in the present competition.  Gayle, with 191 runs at an average of 95.50 in four matches has the next best tally
  • Kohli's tally of 57 sixes is the second highest for Royal Challengers Bangalore at the IPL, next only to Chris Gayle's tally of 117
  • Chris Gayle with 14 sixes in four innings, is the leading batsman with most sixes in the IPL 2013.

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