1st Match, Group C: Bangalore v Cape Cobras at Bangalore

[aussie1st]

Key contests

Anil Kumble v Herschelle Gibbs and JP Duminy: Kumble led superbly with the ball in Bangalore's 2009 IPL campaign, taking 21 wickets at 16.52. Back home in his native Bangalore, Kumble knows the Chinnaswamy Stadium very well and will be backed by a buoyant crowd. Kumble will need to be at his craftiest best against the Cobras' most experience hitters.

Charl Langevelt v Jacques Kallis: The former South African team-mates will face off as key figures to their respective sides. After a poor first IPL season, Kallis struck form in 2009 with 361 runs at a strike-rate of 108.73. Langevelt is a famed death-overs specialists and could shape up to be the Cobras' most important player. Bangalore are keen to exploit the home conditions with Kallis already making it clear that knowing the ground will benefit the hosts.

Henry Davids v Bangalore's attack: Among teams in this competition, Davids owns the a href="/ci/content/records/305876.html" target="_blank">second-fastest Twenty20 hundred - a 41-ball effort for the Cobras against Warriors in Cape Town.

Stage set for cricket's latest twist | Cricket News | Champions League Twenty20 2009 | Cricinfo.com

 

[Cricketman]

Come on B'lore! I wish I could watch this game. Stupid school.

Cricketman added 11 Minutes and 2 Seconds later...

Lineup -

Robin Uthappa +
Manish Pandey
Rahul Dravid
Jaques Kallis (o)
Ross Taylor (o)
Virat Kohli (Can also switch spots with Uthappa)
Van der Merwe (o)
Praveen Kumar
Dale Steyn (o)
Anil Kumble
Akhil/Bhuvanesh Kumar/Vinay Kumar

 

[piriyanth]

Come on B'lore! I wish I could watch this game. Stupid school.

Cricketman added 11 Minutes and 2 Seconds later...

Lineup -

Robin Uthappa +
Manish Pandey
Rahul Dravid
Jaques Kallis (o)
Ross Taylor (o)
Virat Kohli (Can also switch spots with Uthappa)
Van der Merwe (o)
Praveen Kumar
Dale Steyn (o)
Anil Kumble
Akhil/Bhuvanesh Kumar/Vinay Kumar

No Boucher?

 

[Prithvi]

Match 1: Royal Challengers Banglore VS Cape Cobras.

Champions League Twenty20

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras

Twenty20 match | 2009/10 season
Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
8 October 2009 - day/night​

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad

A Kumble*, B Kumar, B Akhil, R Bishnoi, MV Boucher?, R Dravid, JH Kallis, V Kohli, P Kumar, MK Pandey, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, RV Uthappa, RE van der Merwe, R Vinay Kumar

Cape Cobras squad

AG Puttick*, D Brand, RCC Canning?, H Davids, JP Duminy, SA Engelbrecht, HH Gibbs, CW Henderson, RK Kleinveldt, CK Langeveldt, RE Levi, JL Ontong, VD Philander, FC Plaatjies, M Zondeki

Match details

Umpires
BG Jerling and RB Tiffin
TV umpire
SK Tarapore
Match referee
S Venkataraghavan
Reserve umpire
SD Ranade
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Discuss all about it here..​

For me, its RCB..!!

 

[Amiya]

RCB have strong line up. I favour them to win this match. Although i don't know any one other than Gibbs and Duminy, still i think it will be a close game.

 

[D0N]

Same RCB gonna win this :banana2

 

[iridescentt]

Who cares about the match, lets talk about the pre-match ceremony.

COME ON MAN ... THEY GOT SHAGGY!!! MR LOBA LOBA ... BOOMBASTIC!

 

[Prithvi]

cool... I think its concluded right now...
But Hand Prints was cool in my view..

 

[iridescentt]

I'm still dumbfounded by the people in the cube and the shaolin monks

 

[Prithvi]

Kumble din't did mistake as Dravid did in IPL 1 opening game....
Dravid invited KKR to bat which made McCullum hit 158

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

in the first ever matches of the big twenty20 events (world and IPL) someone has scored a ton.

so I wonder if that run can be kept going by someone here.

 

[Prithvi]

lol... I even opened a thread...
BTW, let it be any thread, RCB gonna RoCkK..!!

 

[Prithvi]

Hopes on Gibbs and Uthappa..

 

[xvalerianx]

This is the best crowd I have seen,or even heard in ages. Bangalore really rocks. :banana2 The champions league is going to be a hit. Hoping to see a smashing knock from Kallis. :happy

 

[CricketPunk]

Well it won't be Kallis now but Uthappa looks like he might get one.