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Bangalore: Jacques Kallis smashed a breezy unbeaten 73 and took three wickets to steer Royal Challengers Bangalore to Super Eight stage of the Champions League as the Indian side trounced Otago Volts by 80 runs on Monday night.
The hosts joined Cape Cobras from group C in the quarter-final league after winning their do-or-die match convincingly at M Chinnaswamy stadium.
Bangalore top order put a superb show after opting to bat as all the four batsmen who came to bat made contribution in rattling up a massive 188 for two.
The hosts then skittled out the Kiwi side for a scrimpy 108 with 2.1 overs to spare.
Kallis, who batted through the innings, put on a quick- fire 75 for the first wicket with Robin Uthappa (42) to give Bangalore a brilliant start.
Ross Taylor (32) played an incredible cameo as he scored 24 runs in the last over of the Bangalore innings by creaming three sixes and a boundary and Virat Kohli (32) also showed his potential after Uthappa's dismissal.
After a supershow with bat, Kallis (3/18) returned to bowl a magical spell and polished off the Kiwi top-order.
Kallis struck twice in his second over dismissing Brendon McCullum and Aaron Redmond in gap of three balls to give a perfect start to the defence of their handsome total.
Skipper Anil Kumble (2/20) and R Vinay Kumar (2/20) took two wickets apiece as Bangalore put on a clinical performance.
The wicket put a break on free flowing runs though Kallis continued his good batting, hitting Butler and N Wagner out of the park in successive overs.
Taylor finished the innings in style hitting Butler for a four and a six and McSkimming, who completed his teammate's over, for two sixes in the final over.
Brief score
Bangalore: 188 for 2 (Kallis 73*, Uthappa 42)
Otago: 108 (Kallis 3-18)
Result: RCB won by 80 runs
MOM: Jacques Kallis (Bangalore)
