Pune had a poor start as Khawaja lost his wicket when the
Pune had a poor start as Khawaja lost his wicket when the score was 26 on the board in 2.2 overs.
The dismissal, however, brought together Rahane and Tiwary, who played sensibly and took the bowling apart when required as they hit some exquisite shots to put together 106 runs for the second wicket.
As usual, Rahane played a composed innings while Tiwary showed his attacking intent from the word go as he hit Parveez Rasool and
Shane Watson for boundaries.
Rahane came out with a plan and accumulated runs in singles and twos, and getting an odd boundaries here and there. He and Tiwary brought up their century stand in the 13th over.
Early in his innings though, Rahane had a narrow escape when on four as he almost gave a catch to the diving Stuart Binny who reached to grab the ball which caressed his fingers.
Thereafter, it was Tiwary and Rahane show until the former lost his wicket to Chahal when he was caught behind the stumps by K L Rahul.
After breaking the century partnership of Tiwary and Rahane, RCB bounced back into
the game
by taking four wickets for 42 runs, considerably restricting Pune's run flow.
Watson was the main architect to bring RCB back by taking three wickets -- that of captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (9), Rahane and
George Bailey (0).
Thisara Perera (14) was caught by
Watson
off Chris Jordan, who celebrated his first wicket for RCB.
Rajat Bhatia (9 not out) and R Ashwin (10 not out) collected 16 runs off the last over bowled of Jordan. Ashwin tonked two huge sixes. BDN PDS PDS
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