Hi well RCB have started this ipl-3 campaign with a hope to be one of the contender for the championship.

RCB VS KKR: So there is a great anticipation for the match with KKR on 14march.But it was shock for RCB fans except Kallis none of the batsmen succeeded.We lost the match.

RCB VS KXI: Just when one thought the Royal Challengers Bangalore were getting themselves in a pickle, they came right back as Jacques Kallis provided another innings of magnitude.

Kallis joined hands with Manish Pandey, and while the latter fell to Piyush Chawla for thirty-eight runs, he ensured there was momentum going into the next partnership.

Robin Uthappa became the instigator as Kallis dropped anchor, and the ploy worked to perfection as Uthappa slapped four boundaries and an equal number of sixes en route to twenty-one ball fifty-one. And the Kings XI Punjab, who were enjoying the cushion of double hundred in their total, starting to feel the heat under the collar.

RCB VS RR: With the moment provided from the Kallis RCB started their Royal Hunting over the Royals from Rajastan. Superb Hat trick from praven provided the break trough initially.kallis consistency has seen the match for RCB.Kallis yet to be dismissed in the series and leading run getter.

RCB VS MI:Excellent strategy by Ray in this match. bowling short by RCB bowler for MI batsmen is too hot for them to handle.And v restricted them 2 below 140. As ever kallis steerted us to home for a comfortable victory.

RCB VS CSK: A comfortable win over a team which losses its skipper. CSK is blown away by marching royals.

RCB VS DD& CSK: At last the run fest by kallis is halted by balaji at chidambaram. Some way i feel that the team RCB has its morale shattered by some way in this 2 matches.But it happen in t-20 hard luck followed us in the match with CSK otherwise it would be a triller to finish off.

Overall: A better performance by RCB in this round and a strong contender for the semiis berth.STAR PERFORMAR: KALLIS

After a Steady Start to IPL-3 RCB started losing its command in the points table.In Phase 2 race to semis has heated up for every team and calculations r getting tougher after every match.

ROYAL HUNTING ON KINGS

RCB VS KXI:
After losing toss and to bowling first, our boys struggled to control the opposition though they got shaun marsh cheaply.It was sangakkar,yuvi,bisla who contributed to a massive total of 181.kallis,star performar in phase 1 got out cheaply for 9.But RCB has added Peterson and Craig White in their already booming with confidence squad. Both have started contributing right away. Peterson got MOM in his 2nd match this season and helped RCB stop their losing trot.v are now comfortably placed at 2nd spot in points table .

TAKING ON DEVILS GROUND

RCB VS DD:
Having learnt from the previous outing RCB have strengthen their bowling attack bring on appana&Mithun.The planned worked out well till collingwood came out for batting and couple of drop catches helped DD to post a hugh total of 184.
RC batsmen failed to keep their momentum going on.And some excellent bowling by dd has made challengers shrink their head.And lost by 37 runs.

CHALLENGING THE BULL
RCB VS DC : Skipper decided to bat first after wining the toss and to the captains faith RCB Batsmen under the action from kallis blasted to a pretty good score of 184. But it proved to be a nano onein the shades of suman and symo they tared the RCB bowling attack into pieces and won comfortable on our home ground.Gud show by RCB as well.

TIME FOR PAY BACK:
Having lost 2 matches in row RCB has a point 2 prove for their home fans and looking for a pay back as well.Taking attack 2 the opposition RCB had the ball. KKR started well and when they r about to go for the kill, RCB bowler MOM V KUMAR counter attacked and pulled things back to restrict them to below 160 gud show by men in red. Later in chasing DRAVID showed classy coming in at no3.He played a shet anchor role to lead team to wining position.At the end ROBBIE thundered kkr bowling to a win.Highlight of the match was JUMBO taking a blinder to get rid off DADA. SUPERB CATCH NOMINATED FOR KAMAL CATCH AWARD.

YET AGAIN!!!!:

RCB VS DC:
RCB come out with a right strategy against arch rival at a neutral venue. Having won the toss decided to bowl, boys bowled in right areas not giving any room for opposition. DALE bowled a spell of lifetime getting 3wickets for 16 runs. Hence DC ended up with 151.Chasing a fare total of 151 MEN IN RED started of a flyer with kallis n dravid adding 74 runs after manish getting out for a duck.It was smooth sail till dravid reached pavilion and rest of the batsmen followed him up and eventually the god of defeat blessed us.It's shocker RCB now made its calculation difficult for the SEMIS spot With 2 more games to gooooo.

REALLY A GAME FOR LIFE:

RCB VS RR : Its just more than a game for RCB lossing in this, virtually out of Semis berth. It was an all-round show by the Royal Challengers as put into field, they first restricted the Rajasthan team to 130 for six in 20 overs. And then the batsmen went on knocking off the runs quickly with Man of the Match Pietersen scoring his second IPL fifty.But Pietersen along with young opener Manish Pandey (14) added 36 runs for the second wicket to bring some stability to the innings.
Pietersen and Uthappa (26) added another valuable 60 runs for the third wicket to take Royal Challengers on the threshold of a deserving victory. Pietersen hit 10 fours and two sixes during his flashy innings while Uthappa smashed two fours and a six in his 21-ball stay. HOPES STAYS ALIVE FOR RCB

THE FINAL PRACTICE ????
RCB VS MI:
Great anticipation by every one that these teams will go in to final of IPL 3. So every one eyed this is to be a pre final clash between titans. A win here for RCB will place them comfortable in SEMIS.But RCB failed yet once again to hold their catches and let the mumbains to take the charge and post a great score of 191. In chasing down the total RCBIANS are not impressive and trown it away to MI. May the blast near the stadium before the start of the match has affected their performance to a great extent. Any way RCB has secured its spot in the semis and looking forward.

Conclusion: Kallis who was the star performer in the phase 1 of IPL 3. Has started cutting lose and lost grip of the bat and that affected teams performance in the most of the matchs. Teams morale has also dropped from phase 1 to 2.Over all its a Below par effort for RCB in phase 2. They need to regroup and rethink, and emerge as champions of IPL

RCB was in the Semis due to better run rate. Now its time to face MI in the semis-1 GONE IN POLLARDS STORM: RCB VS MI: Two old Indian warhorse’s meet together for one more time in this season, Sachin Vs Kumble,Latter won the toss and decided to Bat infront of the home crowd in a good batting track.. But start wasn’t the best u can expect as the Man in form Sachin dismissed for 9 in the 2nd over of the match.. After few lusty shots Dhawan also gone to a poor piece of running between the wickets. Abhisek Nayar and Rayudu played the sensible innings of building the partnership, But kumble brought in a surprising bowling change, he got Pieterson to bowl, and O boy he did pick out Nayar, who is just getting in the groove, other end Jumbo sent back Duminy, which left Mumbai at 81/4 in 10 overs, Tiwary joined Rayudu to built on the very important partnership of 67 runs to rescue Mumbai from the deep trouble, this could have been well cut short if Bangalore would have been bit more alert in the field. As rayudu departed, it seemed its blessing in disguise, as Pollard announced himself with array of shots to the fences, ending himself not out at 33 from just 13 balls. Which really gave Mumbai the necessary impetus to defeat RCB.Not to leave out Tiwary who scored a brilliant half century and ran with full dedication and keeping team in the mind. MI 184/5 in 20 overs. Tiwary 52* Rayudu 40 Steyn 2/43 Pieterson 1/20 RCB 149/9 in 20 overs. Ross Taylor 31* Uthappa 26 K.Pollard 3/17 Malinga 2/24 MI WON THE MATCH BY 35 RUNS. 185 runs to chase, needed a best start, RCB got Dravid to open with Kallis (really strange to see this, is someone said they are test players....?) Right from the beginning Dravid was going for shots and Kallis was playing the subdued innings, But luck ran out for Kallis as he was dismissed for 11 from 9 balls. Pieterson joined Dravid to build the innings and steady the ship until Harbhajan storm stuck again picking Pieterson with a wide Stumping. Just in the brink of time out in 9 overs, RCB 80/2, But just after the time break RCB’s last hope dented as Two wickets (Uthappa and Dravid) gone in the consecutive deliveries, Dravid sacrificed himself for Ross Taylor. From then on No one gave the momentum for the chase and run rate never came around 14 Which meant the curtains for RCB in this season of IPL. Without doubt Kieron Pollard is the star with 3 wickets to his name. Other IPL dream crash landed by RCB. ROYAL MARCH TO CLT20 : RCB VS DC: Both Last Year Finalist’s this year missing out and now playing for a place in Champions league, Gilly won the toss and decided to Bat first, As last time in finals Kumble opened the bowling against Gilly and the result is same as he was again out in the third ball of the first over (Nostalgic of last year finals) but this time to a fantastic catch by Kallis. From then on i can write only abt two ppl Anirudh Singh who scored almost half of the total and Venugopal rao who scored second max. Rest all had their noodles getting prepared in two mins, so they all r in hurry to go for it. Yep Not more than 2 mins any one stayed in crease. When Anirudh was dismissed they were 78/6 in 15 overs, after 15 balls they were all out for 82 runs. Which really meant the innings for the day. Just in simple not a day for DC’s… RCB captain again replicated his figures of 4/16 and the real star of the day. DC 82/10 in 18.3 overs. Anirudh Singh 40 V.Rao 24 A.Kumble 4/16 Kallis 2/3 RCB 86/1 in 13.5 overs. Dravid 35* K.Pieterson 29* R.Sharma 1/24 Symonds 0/17 RCB WON THE MATCH BY 9 WICKETS. Chasing the lowest ever target in this season, RCB were at ease, No real pressure and even to say No great deal of pressure from Bowlers as well, it clear that they dont have a target to defend, when ur team is bowled out for paltry 82 runs, all u can do is bowl ur overs and finish ur formalities. (U can’t offer win declare in International matches, So sad…, if it was, today was an opportunity). To write in simple, Kallis played a sedated innings, even though chasing score was mere 80 odd, and finally ended his dreadful innings by hitting one back to rohit sharma. Dravid and Pieterson finished off the match with a thumping win for RCB. Mallya got a reason to smile now, without doubt… RCB qualify for Champions League which will be held later in this year. SOME INTERSETING FACTS OF THE MATCH: > 82 is the Lowest ever total scored by Deccan’s in IPL so far, previous was 100 against CSK in last season. >For the first time in this season, four batsmen have been dismissed for duck. >69 dot balls BY Deccan’s is the max by any team in an ipl game so far. >Kallis went past Sachin in runs scored but Orange Cap is still with Sachin as the scores are valid only in the league game and this is just a play off game. >This is also the first match where two maidens are bowled in a same match.(Steyn and Kallis) >11th and 12th Maidens of IPL are bowled by Steyn and Kallis respectively. > Dravid went past 200 runs in IPL this season and overall went past 900 runs today. >50 scored in 9.5 overs by RCB is the slowest one of this tournament. >Total no.of Boundaries in the Tournament _ 1685 >Total no.of Sixes _ 572 >Most Sixes _ Robin Uthappa (27) followed by Yusuf Pathan (24) and Murali Vijay (24). >Most Fours _ Sachin Tendulkar(79) followed by J.Kallis (67) ALL THE BEST FOR THE CLT20 CHAMPIONSHIP LOOKING FORWARD FOR IT...................... 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