Steyn storm blows away Chargers

Nagpur, Apr 12: There are only few bowlers around who could match the lightening pace of Dale Steyn as he demolished the top order of Deccan Charger who finished at 151/6 after Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Anil Kumble won the toss and asked the host team to bat first at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha here tonight.
Steyn fours overs cost only 18 runs and produced three crucial wickets while Kumble and Vinay Kumar shared a wicket each.
Rohit Sharma and Mohnish Mishra did the repairing job for Chargers by scoring 51 and 41 respectively but their innings finished as it began, losing too many wickets. Ryan Harris (13 off 9 balls) helped them touching the 150 mark.
Earlier, Dale Steyn storm completely blew away the top order of the Chargers. He got rid of Adam Gilchrist and T Suman on consecutive deliveries of the first over as both the batsmen made golden ducks. Gilchrist gave a simple catch to Robin Uthapa behind the wickets while Suman became the victim of terrific planning and execution by Kumble and Steyn respectively. He was caught at a slightly deep short leg.
Gibbs (12 off 10 balls), who replaced Dwayne Smith for this game, punished Challengers on the next ball as he was given a life line by Ross Taylor by hitting a huge six over mid wicket off Vinay Kumar. But he was completely deceived by Steyn’s delivery which pitched on the good length area, moved slightly and shattered the stumps.
After 14/3, Rohit Sharma and Mohnish Sharma started consolidating the innings cautiously but once set, both opened their hands and punished the Challengers’ bowlers. Rohit, especially, was in sublime form and played some delectable shots all round the ground while Mishra hit some of the biggest sixes one could see off Anil Kumble, Virat Kohli and KP Appanna in consecutive overs.
But Mishra, once again threw his wicket away when he was looking good. He was involved in a terrible mix up with Sharma and got out after scoring 41 off 30 deliveries.
Symonds was stumped on 19 off 20 in Kumble’s last over.