The match went to the last over in which CC needed 9 to win. A six by Duminy in the 2nd ball turned the match towards Cobras. With 2 to century and to win, Duminy ran a single without worrying about his century.
Duminy reached 50 in 30 balls with a reverse-sweep four off Kumble. His 99 runs came in 52 balls which had 8 fours and 5 sixes.
Earlier, deciding to bat, Royal Challengers started slowly but steadily improved the run rate. Uthappa took charge of the innings and scored 51, the first half-century of this tournament. From 39, he hit two sixes to reach his 50 but got out in the next ball going for another six. He was caught at point by Gibbs, trying to slice the full length delivery, required third umpire to press the red buttom.
Dravid scored 28 and was run out. He had 2 fours and 1 six to his 24-ball innings. LRPL Taylor was the man in the last few overs. His shots made spectators feel that the ground is small and can be cleared easily.
He was instrumental in giving RC a good total on the board--180. In the last 4 overs, RC scored 61 runs out of which, Taylor scored 48 runs.
He was the second batsman to score 50 in the tournament, which he reached four of the last ball of the innings. His unbeaten 53 came in 24 balls which had 4 fours and 4 sixes. But, this innings was over taken by Dumini's match winning knock.
Scoreboard:
Match # 1, Group C
Date: Thursday Oct 8, 2009
Teams: Cape Cobras v. Royal Challengers Bangalore
Captains: A Puttick and A Kumble
Toss: RC, decided to bat
Venue: Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Result: Cape Cobras won by 5 wickets with 2 balls remaining
Points: Cape Cobras 2; Royal Challengers Bangalore 0
Man of the Match: JP Duminy off Cape Cobras
Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| J Kallis | c Canning b Langeveldt | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| R Uthappa | c Gibbs b Zondeki | 51 | 39 | 7 | 2 |
| R Dravid | run out (Philander/Canning) | 28 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| V Kohli | st Canning b Henderson | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| LRPL Taylor | not out | 53 | 24 | 4 | 4 |
| M Pandey | not out | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 9) | 13 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 4 wkts in 20 overs | 180 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-14 (Kallis, 2.6 ov), 2-82 (Uthappa, 10.5 ov), 3-97 (Dravid, 12.6 ov), 4-115 (Kohli, 15.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| C Langeveldt | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| R Kleinveldt | 4 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| VD Philander | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| M Zondeki | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| C Henderson | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| J Ontong | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Cape Cobras Innings: (181 to win in 20 overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| A Puttick | c Kohli b P Kumar | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| H Gibbs | c Boucher b P Kumar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| H Davids | c Kohli b V Kumar | 27 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| J Duminy | not out | 99 | 52 | 8 | 5 |
| J Ontong | b Merwe | 19 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| R Canning | c Kumble b P Kumar | 20 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| R Kleinveldt | not out | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 1, nb 1) | 3 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 5 wkts in 19.4 overs | 184 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-5 (Gibbs, 0.6 ov), 2-14 (Puttick, 2.4 ov), 3-62 (Davids, 7.6 ov), 4-103 (Ontong, 12.2 ov), 5-164 (Canning, 18.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| P Kumar | 4 | 0 | 32 | 3 |
| Kallis | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Vinay Kumar | 3.4 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| Kumble | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Merwe | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| V Kohli | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
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