It was the most exciting match of Champions League twenty20 as Australians elected to bat and post the highest total in the tournament either a brilliant start or an even better second-wicket stand, all followed by a last-ball six whichever.
It all started with one of the most controlled centuries what we can see in a T20 game, Daniel Harris being the man to consider with. It almost ended with another of the Redbacks, Shaun Tait turning in a bowling performance which on any other night would have been a match-winning one.
Which was better, Harris' unbeaten 108 and his 114-run second wicket stand with an equally impressive Callum Ferguson that allowed the Redbacks amass 214 for two, or the RCB chase led by T Dilshan, Virat Kohli and to an extent Chris Gayle was the question.
Needed score at 10.75 an over from the start, not many would have given RCB a chance, not even the 20,000-odd fans who had gathered for the game. And with just 18 needed off the final two, the chase set up by Dilshan and Kohli , seemed done and dusted. Tait though had other ideas picking up three wickets, including that of Dilshan.
That left RCB 15 to get off the final over bowled by Daniel Christian which later boiled down to six from the last ball. That anything was possible on a night such as this was proved by Arun Karthik, who smashed the ball over midwicket for six and with it took his side home.
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