- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR16.1 is that out? That was a brilliant take either way by Jitesh! Full and darted into middle and leg stump. Kohli gets across his stumps and looks for the paddle. He seems to get it right off the toe-end and the ball spoons up into the on side. Jitesh, anticipating the shot, is already moving in that direction and dives to his left to complete an excellent catch! Kohli is gone for 59 but those runs came off 47 balls, which will evoke plenty of discussion! 137/117.3 holes out to long off! Length delivery outside off stump. du Plessis looks to go inside out but does not quite get the timing he is after. He slices it off the bottom part of the bat and Curran does the rest on the fence. Massive, massive wicket in the context of the game! 151/316.2 and Maxwell is out first ball! Tossed up on a full length on leg stump. Maxwell backs away and looks to tonk it into next week. He loses his shape completely, though, and slices it badly towards point. Taide settles under the high ball and completes the catch! 137/218.6 taken at deep square leg! Dug into the track outside off stump, and this time, Karthik looks to drag it over cow corner. The ball is too far away to be playing that stroke, though, and all Karthik ends up doing is hitting it straight to Taide on the fence! 163/4Extras12 (lb 8, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL174/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.7)Fall of wickets: 1-137 (Virat Kohli, 16.1 ov), 2-137 (Glenn Maxwell, 16.2 ov), 3-151 (Faf du Plessis, 17.3 ov), 4-163 (Dinesh Karthik, 18.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Arshdeep Singh 4 0 34 1 8.50 8 5 0 1 0 Harpreet Brar 3 0 31 2 10.33 7 1 3 0 0 NT Ellis 4 0 41 1 10.25 8 2 3 1 0 SM Curran 4 0 27 0 6.75 6 1 0 0 1 RD Chahar 4 0 24 0 6.00 7 2 0 0 0 LS Livingstone 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 1 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 huge appeal, not given! Full delivery on middle and leg stump that shapes into the batter late. Taide falls over a touch and seems to play all around it as the ball strikes the pads. The umpire says no but RCB review. No bat involved. Is it going over the top, though? No, it is not! Three reds, and Taide has to go! 4/111.3 off stump out of the ground! Full delivery angled into off stump. Prabhsimran advances and looks to carve it over the off side. This time, though, he does not make any contact and the ball breezes past the bat before sending off stump flying! Good innings by Prabhsimran and it has kept PBKS in the game, although his team would have wanted him to carry on! 97/62.1 Short tries, but perishes! Googly tossed up on a full length on middle and off stump. Short hares down the track without pocking the length and then has a wild slog at it. Misses it by a distance and the ball knocks back leg stump! Just the start Hasaranga would have been after! 20/23.2 length delivery angled into middle and off stump. Livingstone charges, hacks across the line and misses as the ball pings into his pads.RCB have a long discussion before Kohli, Karthik and Siraj decide to go upstairs! That could be a lot closer than it first looked. No bat involved but Livingstone is way down the track. But it does not matter. Ball Tracking shows that the ball would have thundered into the top of leg stump, and Livingstone, despite being bewildered, has to go! 27/35.3 Bhatia has been run out by Siraj! Oh dear! Back of a length delivery at the stumps. Prabhsimran is cramped for room and plonks it towards mid off. Bhatia, in the meantime, has wandered down the track, only to be sent back. That, though, gives Siraj enough time to take aim and throw down the stumps at the bowler's end! 43/49.5 Curran has been run out too! Yorker outside off stump. Curran digs it out into the off side and sets off for the single. He is a little lethargic in his running, though, and in fact, he is short of his ground as the fielder fires a direct hit at the bowler's end! That is the last thing Curran and PBKS needed at this stage 76/518.2 taken at backward point! RCB win by 24 runs! Slower delivery on a length well outside off stump. Jitesh tries to reach out and looks to go over extra cover. He does not quite pick the variation, though, and swings too early, skewing it off the toe-end towards backward point. The fielder judges it well, dives forward and completes the catch! 150/1012.5 Shahrukh runs at Hasaranga, and gets stumped by a mile! Googly tossed up on a length just outside off stump. Shahrukh comes down the track and has a wild slog at it. He misses the ball by quite some distance and Karthik does the rest by whipping off the bails! 106/717.3 Siraj gets Brar! Back of a length delivery on middle and off stump that skids through. Brar has a slog across the line and gets nowhere close to the ball as it smashes into the stumps! Siraj with a crucial breakthrough for RCB! 147/817.6 cleans him up with a corker! Full delivery slanted into leg stump. Ellis is caught on the crease and has a hopeful waft at it. Gets nowhere close to the ball, though, and it sends leg stump cartwheeling! What a spell this has been from Siraj, and RCB are now just one wicket away from victory! 149/9Extras5 (b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL150 all out (18.2 Overs, RR: 8.18)Did not bat: RD ChaharFall of wickets: 1-4 (Atharva Taide, 0.2 ov), 2-20 (Matthew Short, 2.1 ov), 3-27 (Liam Livingstone, 3.2 ov), 4-43 (Harpreet Singh, 5.3 ov), 5-76 (Sam Curran, 9.5 ov), 6-97 (Prabhsimran Singh, 11.3 ov), 7-106 (M Shahrukh Khan, 12.5 ov), 8-147 (Harpreet Brar, 17.3 ov), 9-149 (Nathan Ellis, 17.6 ov), 10-150 (Jitesh Sharma, 18.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Siraj 4 0 21 4 5.25 13 3 0 0 0 WD Parnell 3 0 32 1 10.66 9 1 4 0 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 39 2 9.75 7 2 3 0 0 V Vyshak 3 0 29 0 9.66 6 2 2 1 0 GJ Maxwell 1 0 5 0 5.00 1 0 0 0 0 HV Patel 3.2 0 22 1 6.60 10 1 1 1 1
Match Details
Toss
Punjab Kings , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
20 April 2023 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Punjab Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 59 runs, 0 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (V Kohli 26, F du Plessis 23, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 63/0 in 7.0 overs (V Kohli 32, F du Plessis 28)
- F du Plessis: 50 off 31 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 70 balls (V Kohli 41, F du Plessis 57, Ex 3)
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 108/0 in 13.0 overs (V Kohli 44, F du Plessis 61)
- Over 13.2: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - AK Chaudhary, Batter - F du Plessis (Upheld)
- V Kohli: 50 off 40 balls (5 x 4)
- Over 14.5: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - AK Chaudhary, Batter - V Kohli (Upheld)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (105 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 174/4 in 20.0 overs (MK Lomror 7, Shahbaz Ahmed 5)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 0.2: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - GR Sadashiv Iyer, Batter - A Taide (Upheld)
- Over 3.2: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AK Chaudhary, Batter - LS Livingstone (Upheld)
- Punjab Kings: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (37 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 70/4 in 9.0 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 37, SM Curran 5)
- Over 10.5: Review by Punjab Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - GR Sadashiv Iyer, Batter - JM Sharma (Upheld)
- Punjab Kings: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (73 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 138/7 in 16.0 overs (JM Sharma 36, Harpreet Brar 9)
- Punjab Kings: 150 runs in 18.0 overs (109 balls), Extras 5
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