11.20: Sad it ended this way. It's a double-header in Bangalore tomorrow. Hopefully the rain will relent. See you tomorrow. Thanks for your patience. Bye.

11.15pm: It's still raining. The split result means the group is still open. Mumbai are in a very good position to go through but they still have a game to play. Same with the Cobras, though they aren't as well placed. Chennai and NSW have two games to play. So no one's confirmed in the next round yet.

11.05pm: Bad news, folks. It seems the game has been called off. We just need to wait for an official confirmation. Yep, it's been called off. It had the makings of a close on, but the teams have to split points in the end.

11.00pm: "This game is on life-support and the plug will be pulled any moment," says Nitin.

10.45pm: It is raining heavily in Bangalore. Looks like we're heading towards an abandonment here. Looking pretty bad at the ground.

10.30pm: The par score for a five-over game is 51, says Nitin. So the target will be 52. However, the rain is still steady and no signs of an immediate resumption.

10.25pm: The rain's gotten heavier. Chances of a resumption anytime soon look bleak. There's still some time left for the cut-off so let's see what happens.

The cut-off time for a five-over game is 11.40pm

10.10pm: "it's got marginally heavier. Still a trickle. They played in much worse rain in that last over. Supersoppers continue to roll around."

"Outfield is quite wet though, it really bucketed down for half an hour."

10.10pm: Mildest drizzle. The drops are like specks of dust. That's the update we have from Nitin.

9.55pm: "Rain suddenly subsides," says Nitin. "hoots of joy from the crowd. Very mild drizzle still on."

9.55pm: Still raining. You can tune into this while we wait. Nitin Sundar and George Binoy discuss the tournament so far.

9.40pm: It's raining pretty heavily in Bangalore, it'll take a while before the match resumes I think.

END OF OVER:
20 | 8 Runs | MI: 176/5 | RR: 8.80

  • Harbhajan Singh3 (5b)
  • Andrew Symonds14 (8b)
  • Charl Langeveldt4-0-45-0
  • Dale Steyn4-0-24-1

We may have a delay for the start of the second innings. The rain might just juice the track up a little and the Mumbai Indians seamers won't mind that at all. They have a good score to defend. Kolkata chased down 169 with no hassles yesterday, but let's see how this pans out. Excellent knock by Pollard and a very good start for Kanwar in his opening game for this team. Join us in a bit. We'll keep you updated about the weather. The covers are on for now, and I saw a couple of umbrellas out in the Mumbai dug out. Siddarth Ravindran's bulletin will be updated in a short while.

19.6
1
Langeveldt to Harbhajan Singh, 1 run, full outside off, crakced hard to deep cover for a single, Mumbai have finished with 176

The rain has picked up

19.5
0
Langeveldt to Harbhajan Singh, no run, nicely done, slower one bowled full outside off and Harbhajan doesn't connect again, another dot ball, Harbhajan wants the bye, is sent back and just made it back, appeal for a run-out but he's just in

A steady drizzle at the Chinnaswamy

19.4
0
Langeveldt to Harbhajan Singh, no run, better this time, fullish outside off and Harbhajan can't do much with it
19.3
1
Langeveldt to Symonds, 1 run, Gibbs, did he drop it? Was a little slow to react, sliced it did Symonds and it landed just in front of Gibbs at third man but he took time to go after that one
19.2
4
Langeveldt to Symonds, FOUR, that's well struck, pitched up outside off, he made room anc creamed that over extra cover
19.2
1w
Langeveldt to Symonds, 1 wide, another wide, too many of them today, Symonds reached for it but couldn't connect

MI 1st innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st65AC BlizzardS Kanwar
2nd4AT RayuduAC Blizzard
3rd6AT RayuduJEC Franklin
4th69JEC FranklinKA Pollard
5th21A SymondsKA Pollard
6th11A SymondsHarbhajan Singh

Champions League Twenty20

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
NSW43160.627
MI4215-0.28
T&T42240.176
COBRA41230.229
CSK4132-0.712
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SOM4215-0.557
RCB42240.325
KKR42240.306
WAR42240.246
SOA4123-0.533
Qualifying Tournament Pool A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SOM22040.3
KKR2112-0.225
AUCK2020-0.075
Qualifying Tournament Pool B
TeamMWLPTNRR
T&T22041.659
RU2112-0.275
LEICS2020-1.375