Kochi lose wickets in a hurry, five down

Kochi Tuskers managed a competitive total of 161 runs in their encounter against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Electing to bat, Kochi got off to a flying start smashing sixty eight runs in the first seven overs before being pulled back by the Challengers who took two quick wickets to get rid of the openers. Earlier, Kochi Tuskers captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and chose to bat against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League here on Saturday. Teams (from): Royal Challengers Bangalore: Daniel Vettori (capt), Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan, Tillakaratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers, Saurabh Tiwary, A Mithun, Dirk Nannes, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohommad Kaif, Charl Langeveldt, Nuwan Pradeep, Johan van der Wath, Jonathan Vandiar, KB Arun Karthik, CM Gautam, Raju Bhatkal, S Arvind, Ryan Ninan, Asad Pathan, Rile Roussouw, Luke Pomersbach, Mayank Agarwal, Abrar Kazi, Bhareth Narayann. Kochi Tuskers Kerala: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Muttiah Muralitharan, VVS Laxman, S Sreesanth, Parthiv Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Ramesh Powar, R Vinay Kumar, Brendon McCullum, Steve Smith, Thisara Perera, Brad Hodge, Michael Klinger, John Hastings, Owais Shah, Steve O’Keefe, B Akhil, Chandan Madan, Deepak Chougule, Kedar Jadhav, Raiphi Vincent Gomez, Sushant Marathe, Tanmay Srivastava, Y Gnaneshwara Rao, Yashpal Singh, Prasanth Padmanabhan.