My first T20 live stadium experience and what a match we had!Went down to the wire!Have to admit that Warriors were the better team on the day. I reached there at around 6:30 when the atmosphere was already all charged up and most of RCB's fans were there to see our team practicing. I got myself a seat in the first few rows as the immediate first rows were all taken with RCB flags flying high. It was 7 PM and things started heating up as I kept bragging to all my friends on SMS about how I was enjoying myself at the stadium:D There were hardly any Warriors fans in the ground except for a few neutral foreign spectators here and there who had just come to have a good time watching a T20:) And then as Chris Gayle walked out for practice late there was a huge roar across the ground and we got to see him do some fielding drills. All the RCB players were there out practicing as Jay Sean performed before the start of the toss with the DJ. There was also the other artist from yesterday night's opening ceremony performance and they took a lap around the ground accompanied by their bodyguards and associates, including some sophisticated white girls. Sid Mallya came out too to give a pre-match interview as did Coach Ray Jenings while Vettori had to give many interviews to NZ reporters as well as the local Kannada reporters. The responsibilities of being a captain:) As the toss got underway and Ravi Shashtri made the announcement there was a huge cheer but RCB lost the toss as Vettori called tails wrongly. However, Botha decided to field first to which there was another cheer!Vettori said at the toss that the dew factor could come into play which it did later on as went on to lose the match and our fielding wasn't quite up to the mark as I no wonder whether the dew had something to do with it.
Gayle and Mayank walked out to open and sadly Dilshan was not played as I had predicted. I still don't agree with leaving out Dilshan!Gayle took strike to Tsotsobe and there was some pace as Gayle simply left the ball alone or tucked it away for singles. Mayank though couldn't handle the early pace and top-edged one to close-in fielder. There went our first wicket as Virat Kohli walked out to the middle to a huge ovation:)We stabilized and Gayle hit some huge sixes but sadly got out to a fantastic catch by Botha as he played one shot too many. Out came AB who was his trademark-self but we lost wickets at regular intervals and then came Kaif who struggled to get off the mark to the boos of the crowd but he and Tiwary more than made up for it as they launched into the attack with some lusty blows especially Tiwary. Tiwary holed out though to Boje playing a slog sweep. Captain Daniel walked in and played some good shots before getting out too. We were losing wickets at regular intervals and ended up with 172.
Gayle and Mayank walked out to open and sadly Dilshan was not played as I had predicted. I still don't agree with leaving out Dilshan!Gayle took strike to Tsotsobe and there was some pace as Gayle simply left the ball alone or tucked it away for singles. Mayank though couldn't handle the early pace and top-edged one to close-in fielder. There went our first wicket as Virat Kohli walked out to the middle to a huge ovation:)We stabilized and Gayle hit some huge sixes but sadly got out to a fantastic catch by Botha as he played one shot too many. Out came AB who was his trademark-self but we lost wickets at regular intervals and then came Kaif who struggled to get off the mark to the boos of the crowd but he and Tiwary more than made up for it as they launched into the attack with some lusty blows especially Tiwary. Tiwary holed out though to Boje playing a slog sweep. Captain Daniel walked in and played some good shots before getting out too. We were losing wickets at regular intervals and ended up with 172.
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