Date – May 21, 2009
Result – Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 12 runs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat. This match was very important for Royal Challengers Bangalore as its outcome would decide who will go to semi finals – Royal Challengers Bangalore or Kings XI Punjab. So it was a must win match for Royal Challengers Bangalore and the way they approached it it was certain that they wanted to win it at all cost. Pandey was the man for Royal Challengers Bangalore today. He played a sensational innings of 114 runs of 73 balls and remained unbeaten till the end. Other batsmen though failed to support him but at last they were able to put 170/4 in 20 overs.

FOW:J Kallis (7-1, 2), Der Merwe (62-2, 9.2), R Dravid (107-3, 14.2), R Taylor (134-4, 17)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings Highlights
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (47 balls), Extras 0
* 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (M Pandey 27, RE van der Merwe 23, Ex 0)
* Drinks: Royal Challengers Bangalore – 64/2 in 10.0 overs (M Pandey 34, R Dravid 1)
* M Pandey: 50 off 36 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (81 balls), Extras 1
* M Pandey: 100 off 67 balls (10 x 4, 3 x 6)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 19.2 overs (117 balls), Extras 2
* Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bangalore – 170/4 in 20.0 overs (M Pandey 114, V Kohli 19)

Deccan Chargers Innings
Deccan Chargers started off extremely well with Gilchrist and Gibbs and took the score past 50 in just 5.3 overs. Deccan Chargers were in full control but at the score of 68 Gilchrist got out and Royal Challengers came back in the game. The brilliant start was carried forward by Gibbs who scored 60 before getting out. But the total was too big and the run rate kept increasing and in the end they fell short by just 12 runs.

FOW:*A Gilchrist (68-1, 6.5), T Suman (91-2, 11), H Gibbs (116-3, 14.1), A Symonds (119-4, 15.1), Venugopal Rao (137-5, 17.5), R Sharma (138-6, 18.1)

Deccan Chargers Innings Highlights
* Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (34 balls), Extras 7
* 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (AC Gilchrist 12, HH Gibbs 32, Ex 7)
* HH Gibbs: 50 off 32 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
* Drinks: Deccan Chargers – 85/1 in 10.0 overs (HH Gibbs 52, TS Suman 7)
* Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (82 balls), Extras 13
* Deccan Chargers: 150 runs in 19.2 overs (122 balls), Extras 13

This was a big win for Royal Challengers Bangalore and with this they had moved to number 3 spot.
Man of the match – M Pandey