- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.1 soft dismissal. Nadeem pitches one up at leg stump, this has spun the other way, using the wrist and Gayle does not read it, tries to launch it and finds the toe end of the bat. Finds midwicket where Zaheer latches on to a straightforward chance 96/24.5 short of a length ball, looks to pull across the line but the ball does not bounce to his liking and he also slightly tucked up for room. Gets a healthy bottom edge that clatters on to the stumps 30/116.3 Kohli picks out long-off. It was a fuller ball, pushed across at 129ks, in the slot for Kohli who clears the front leg. But he just quite doesn't get underneath it. Doesn't find the middle of the bat and sails comfortably into the waiting hands of Nadeem. Kohli is furious with himself, he was all set to shift into top gear 118/414.1 slower full ball at 123ks, Kohli clips it away to midwicket and calls for two straight away. Zaheer collects the ball cleanly and takes the bails off at the bowler's end. Travis Head is responding to Kohli's call but he may be gone here. This one looks pretty close. The throw from Shreyas Iyer is slightly wide but Zaheer has done superbly to extend both hands and collect it cleanly and takes off the bails. And Head is gone by a comfortable distance 102/317.4 yorker, just outside off, dug out to short third man and that's a run out at the non-striker's end. Jadhav starts off for the single, Cummins picks up the ball and hurls a throw at the non-striker's end. The bowler is standing on the way but Shami does well to take his hand out of the way and just lets it go. And the ball hits the stumps. Jadhav was initially jogging along and he is well short of the ground 131/518.5 good catch by Corey Anderson in front of the long-on boundary. Good awareness of where the ropes are. Extremely full ball and Baby backs himself to launch it. But the ball is fired on middle, on target, which means he really does not have the room to completely open up his arms. He skies it and Anderson snaffles it right in front of the long-on boundary and stops in his tracks as he moves back and manages to balance himself in front of the ropes 144/6Extras9 (lb 2, w 7)TOTAL161/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.05)Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Vishnu Vinod, 4.5 ov), 2-96 (Chris Gayle, 13.1 ov), 3-102 (Travis Head, 14.1 ov), 4-118 (Virat Kohli, 16.3 ov), 5-131 (Kedar Jadhav, 17.4 ov), 6-144 (Sachin Baby, 18.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Z Khan 4 0 31 1 7.75 10 2 2 1 0 Mohammed Shami 4 0 31 0 7.75 11 2 2 1 0 PJ Cummins 4 0 21 2 5.25 10 1 0 2 0 A Mishra 2 0 26 0 13 3 2 2 0 0 CJ Anderson 4 0 38 0 9.5 3 3 1 2 0 S Nadeem 2 0 12 1 6 4 1 0 1 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 lovely. Once more, he's generated some serious pace off this slow wicket. Back of a length outside off, climbs steeply on Samson who is very late on the pull shot. Can only find Kohli at mid-on 0/15.2 back of a length at middle stump, goes for the pull shot, he's late on it. Drags it feebly to midwicket where Jadhav runs in towards the ball, then gains balance, and holds on 41/211.4 and once more. This time he finds the fielder. Slower ball, dropped short outside off stump. He's looking to slap it in front of square on the off side but is through the shot too early. Toe-ends it straight to extra cover 87/316.4 gone! Pant, the last man standing for Daredevils once more, becomes the one who won't finish it once more. Another good innings, but Harshal has won this battle in some style. Skids in an offcutter from around the wicket. It doesn't grip in the pitch. Instead, it slides through like an arm ball from outside off stump. He looks to slog this over the midwicket boundary, but there's enough gap between bat and pad for the ball to smash into the stumps 119/711.5 what a ball! Superb stuff from Harshal. Bowls him the slower ball first up and Samuels, visibly, is completely flummoxed. Has no clue what's happened out there and lazily pokes the bat out with feet cemented firmly in the crease. In the mean time, the ball pitches on a length at off stump, cuts back in and takes his stumps 87/415.2 runs past a pedestrian part-timer ball. This is flat, short and outside off stump. At best, would've been cut behind square on another day; at worst, a single to sweeper. Today, Anderson plays a poor shot. Steps out, makes a little too much room and can't get the slash at it quickly enough. Too far down the pitch to recover and that's the last of him this season 105/515.6 full and wide outside off stump, wants to bludgeon this over extra cover, but he gets it off the toe-end. Slices it straight to long-off 113/617.6 goes down the track again, but this time the bowler wins. This is flatter, good length at middle stump. He wants to lift it over extra cover this time, but that straightens just enough to go past his angled bat and into the stumps 135/819.2 good length, flat outside off stump. Shami steps out and looks to slog it over the midwicket boundary. Misses and immediately tries to push his back foot behind the crease. The front part of this boot is bent and on top of the crease one frame before the bails come off. And he has only got it slightly on the front part of the line, enough for the umpire to say that's out. Nothing was behind the crease 150/919.6 and Negi deals the final blow, to his old franchise, on their home ground. Good length at leg stump, gives him the charge and slogs across the line. Finds deep midwicket who didn't have to move at all 151/10Extras7 (b 4, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL151 all out (20 Overs, RR: 7.55)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sanju Samson, 0.2 ov), 2-41 (Karun Nair, 5.2 ov), 3-87 (Shreyas Iyer, 11.4 ov), 4-87 (Marlon Samuels, 11.5 ov), 5-105 (Corey Anderson, 15.2 ov), 6-113 (Pat Cummins, 15.6 ov), 7-119 (Rishabh Pant, 16.4 ov), 8-135 (Amit Mishra, 17.6 ov), 9-150 (Mohammed Shami, 19.2 ov), 10-151 (Shahbaz Nadeem, 19.6 ov)
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Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 1 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (CH Gayle 19, V Kohli 36, Ex 0)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 2
- V Kohli: 50 off 39 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 19.3 overs (117 balls), Extras 9
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 161/6 in 20.0 overs (SR Watson 4, P Negi 13)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 42 runs, 2 wickets)
- Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 5
- Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (84 balls), Extras 6
- Delhi Daredevils: 150 runs in 19.1 overs (116 balls), Extras 7
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