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Playoffs – Qualifier 1 (Match #57)
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Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Date & Time: Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 8:00 pm IST (2:30 pm GMT)
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary, Kumar Dharmasena
Third Umpire: Bruce Oxenford
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle
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Gujarat Lions Squad
Playing XI
Suresh Raina (c), Aaron Finch, Brendon McCullum, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dwayne Smith, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Eklavya Dwivedi, Praveen Kumar, Shadab Jakati, Dhawal Kulkarni
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Bench
Akshdeep Nath, Amit Mishra, Andrew Tye, Dale Steyn, Ishan Kishan, James Faulkner, Jaydev Shah, Paras Dogra, Pradeep Sangwan, Pravin Tambe, Sarabjit Ladda, Shivil Kaushik, Umang Sharma
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Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad
Playing XI
Virat Kohli (c), Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Sachin Baby, Chris Jordan, Sreenath Aravind, Iqbal Abdulla, Yuzvendra Chahal
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Bench
Abu Nechim, Akshay Karnewar,David Wiese, Harshal Patel, Kane Richardson, Kedar Jadhav, Mandeep Singh, Parvez Rasool, Praveen Dubey, Sarfaraz Khan, Tabraiz Shamsi, Travis Head, Varun Aaron, Vikas Tokas, Vikramjeet Malik
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Toss
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and opted to bowl.
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GUJARAT LIONS Innings
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| GUJARAT LIONS | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Aaron Finch | c Gayle & b I Abdulla |
4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Brendon McCullum | c de Villiers & b I Abdulla |
1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Suresh Raina (c) | c Aravind & b Watson |
1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| Dinesh Karthik (wk) | b Chris Jordan | 26 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 86.67 |
| Dwayne Smith | c Kohli & b Chahal | 73 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 178.05 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | c Gayle & b Watson | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Dwayne Bravo | b Watson | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Eklavya Dwivedi | c Kohli & b Watson | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 211.11 |
| Praveen Kumar | b Chris Jordan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | runout (Rahul) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 250 |
| Shadab Jakati | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Extras | 11 (b – 0, lb – 6, w – 5, nb – 0) | |
| Total | 158 all out in 20 overs | 158 (RR @ 7.9 rpo) |
| FALL OF WICKETS | ||
| 1/2 Brendon McCullum (1.1 ov.) |
2/6 Aaron Finch (1.4 ov.) |
3/9 Suresh Raina (3.4 ov.) |
| 4/94 Dinesh Karthik (13.5 ov.) |
5/107 Ravindra Jadeja (15.5 ov.) |
6/115 Dwayne Smith (16.3 ov.) |
| 7/145 Eklavya Dwivedi (18.3 ov.) |
8/145 Dwayne Bravo (18.4 ov.) |
9/156 Praveen Kumar (19.3 ov.) |
| 10/158 Dhawal Kulkarni (20 ov.) |
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| Sreenath Aravind | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 |
| Iqbal Abdulla | 4 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 9.50 |
| Shane Watson | 4 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 7.25 |
| Chris Jordan | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6.50 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 4 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 10.50 |
| Stuart Binny | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 |
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ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE Innings
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| ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Chris Gayle | b D Kulkarni | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 75 |
| Virat Kohli(c) | b D Kulkarni | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AB de Villiers | not out | 79 | 47 | 5 | 5 | 168.09 |
| Lokesh Rahul (wk) | c Dwayne Smith & b D Kulkarni |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Watson | c Dwayne Smith & b R Jadeja |
1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
| Sachin Baby | c Jakati & b D Kulkarni |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Binny | lbw R Jadeja | 21 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 140 |
| Iqbal Abdulla | not out | 33 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 132 |
| Chris Jordan | dnb | |||||
| Sreenath Aravind | dnb | |||||
| Yuzvendra Chahal | dnb |
| Extras | 16 (b – 0, lb – 7, w – 8, nb – 1) | |
| Total | 159 for 6 in 18.2 overs | 180 (RR @ 8.67 rpo) |
| FALL OF WICKETS | ||
| 1/12 Virat Kohli (1.2 ov.) |
2/25 Chris Gayle (3.2 ov.) |
3/25 Lokesh Rahul (3.3 ov.) |
| 4/28 Shane Watson (4.5 ov.) |
5/29 Sachin Baby (5.3 ov.) |
6/68 Stuart Binny (9.4 ov.) |
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| Praveen Kumar | 3.2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 9.61 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 |
| Shadab Jakati | 3 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 15.00 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 8.67 |
| Dwayne Smith | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets.
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AB de Villiers – “Man of the Match” for the fourth time.
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Vivo IPL 2016 – Points Table
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts | NRR |
| Gujarat Lions | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | -0.374 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.932 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.245 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.106 |
| Mumbai Indians | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -0.146 |
| Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -0.155 |
| Rising Pune Supergiants | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.015 |
| Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.646 |
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