Today's First IPL 2011 cricket match (RCB vs KTK), played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, saw Royal Challengers Bangalore win by 3 runs against Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
Kochi Tuskers Kerala (KTK) bat first and made 125 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs, while Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) who followed made 128 runs for 1 wickets in 13.1 overs.
M Klinger top-scored for the Kochi Tuskers Kerala with 24 runs, while TM Dilshan top-scored for Royal Challengers Bangalore with 52 runs.
The man of the match for today's Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala match was CH Gayle.
Here are the brief KTK vs RCB scores:
Kochi Tuskers Kerala: 125/9 (20 overs)
M Klinger b Gayle 24 (25b 3x4 0x6)
BB McCullum c sub (KB Arun Karthik) b Vettori 22 (16b 3x4 0x6)
PA Patel run out (Kaif/de Villiers) 19 (14b 3x4 0x6)
DPMD Jayawardene c de Villiers b Vettori 3 (7b 0x4 0x6)
BJ Hodge c Khan b Aravind 5 (12b 0x4 0x6)
RA Jadeja c Kaif b Mithun 23 (22b 2x4 0x6)
RV Gomez c Kohli b Aravind 7 (15b 1x4 0x6)
R Vinay Kumar c Vettori b Khan 3 (3b 0x4 0x6)
RR Powar (not out) 8 (6b 0x4 0x6)
RP Singh run out (de Villiers) 0 (0b 0x4 0x6)
P Parameswaran (not out) 1 (1b 0x4 0x6)
Extras: 10 (w9, nb1)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 128/5 (13.1 overs)
CH Gayle b Vinay Kumar 44 (16b 3x4 5x6)
TM Dilshan (not out) 52 (31b 8x4 1x6)
V Kohli (not out) 27 (33b 3x4 0x6)
Extras: 5 (lb2, w2, nb1)
Here are the complete
IPL 2011 schedule and
IPL 2011 points table.