| 0.0 : Normally, we would have described this clash as 2 vs 3, as far as these teams' positions in the points table go. But nothing is normal now, there is a lot at stake. In fact, considering how far these teams have come and how they have performed in this edition, everything is at stake. And with the remaining berth in the top 2 at stake and the perk it carries, of an additional chance in the road to finals, these two teams are going to come hard at each other. On that note, we welcome you to our co |
| Pitch Report - Danny Morrison describes that the conditions are gorgeous. Sun is out and the wind is breezing well. JP Duminy is there as well. He says that this game is the 4th game on this surface. Danny ends by saying that there is a good, even covering of grass. |
| First look at Delhi. 4 losses on the trot, they would be thanking the heavens for the heap of wins they garnered earlier. That is how they are in contention for the other spot in top 2 despite the string of losses. It is a complete fall, in both batting and bowling, for Iyer's titans. And the only thing that can lift them up again is a complete showing, which becomes a must here. |
| Bangalore's fortunes are not vastly different. Apart from the fact that they too need a win here, if they want to seal the other spot in the top 2, Bangalore are in a 3-match losing streak. Their departments too have not coherently performed. One time it has been their batting which clicked and the bowling in the other. With everything at stake now, Kohli's men need to put up a well-rounded show. Stay tuned for the toss and teams updates for this epic clash... |
| Toss - The two captains, Shreyas Iyer and Virat Kohli, are out in the middle. The match referee spins the coin in the air. It lands in Delhi's favour. THEY WILL BOWL! |
| Virat Kohli, Bangalore's captain, says that on the changes, Dube replaces Mann and Shahbaz Ahmed replaces Saini. On the preparation, Virat says that one should try and win every game. States that he would have loved to bowl first as well. States that in the earlier situations too, it was about winning the game and moving ahead. Adds honestly that if one does not play well, there is no point in relying on how others play and depending on those results in your favour. |
| Shreyas Iyer, the Delhi skipper, says that dew is going to play a massive role. Feels that having the total in front of them is always a good option. With the run rate being a factor, it will be good for them. Tells that Rahane, Axar and Sams are the three changes for them. |
| Delhi (Playing XI) - Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Daniel Sams (IN FOR SHIMRON HETMYER), Marcus Stoinis, Ajinkya Rahane (IN FOR HARSHAL PATEL), Kagiso Rabada, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel (IN FOR PRAVIN DUBEY), Anrich Nortje. |
| Bangalore (Playing XI) - Devdutt Padikkal, Josh Philippe (WK), Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Shivam Dube (IN FOR GURKEERAT SINGH MANN), Shahbaz Ahmed (IN FOR NAVDEEP SAINI), Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal. |
| We are all set to begin then as the umpires step out to the middle. The Delhi players, after completing their quick little huddle, take their positions on the field. Following them are Bangalore's openers, Devdutt Padikkal and Josh Philippe. Daniel Sams to begin with the ball for Delhi. LET'S PLAY... |
| 0.1 : Daniel Sams to Josh Philippe, Sams is right on the money. Just outside off on a good length, Philippe pushes it towards the cover fielder. |
| 0.2 : Daniel Sams to Josh Philippe, Philippe and Bangalore are up and running with a single. Slightly full and around off, Philippe pushes it towards mid off and calls for a run. Gets it. |
| 0.3 : Daniel Sams to Devdutt Padikkal, Padikkal is off the mark as well. A shortish ball around off, Devdutt tucks it through square leg and gets to the other end. |
| 0.4 : Daniel Sams to Josh Philippe, A couple now. Good stop at the fence by Nortje. Short ball around middle, Philippe pulls it wide of the deep square leg fielder. Nortje runs to his right and does well to get to the ball quickly and throw it to the keeper. |
| 0.5 : Daniel Sams to Josh Philippe, Short and around off, Philippe looks to pull but the ball takes the inner half and goes straight. It hits the stumps at the other end but Padikkal with the correct technique had the bat in the correct hand. So in spite of Sams getting hands on the ball, no damage done. |
| 0.6 : Daniel Sams to Josh Philippe, Dot to end the over. Good length and just outside off, Philippe pushes it towards the off side. Decent first over. |
| 1.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Devdutt Padikkal, Good stop from Rabada. A flatter ball around middle, Padikkal clips it towards square leg. A single as Rabada makes a diving stop inside the circle. |
| 0.6 : Who will bowl from the other end? Spin is on, as Ravichandran Ashwin to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Josh Philippe, Full and around off, driven straight to the cover fielder. |
| 1.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Josh Philippe, Flatter and just outside off, Philippe back away and slaps it little wide of the cover-point fielder. A slight fumble from Rahane there and they take a single. |
| 1.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Devdutt Padikkal, One more run! Tossed up and around off, Padikkal plays it with soft hands towards covers and gets to the other end. |
| 1.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Josh Philippe, A slight fumble again and it costs them a run. Flatter and around off, Philippe punches it towards extra cover where Axar misfields and gives away an easy single. |
| 1.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Devdutt Padikkal, A couple now! Shortish and around off, Padikkal clips it through mid-wicket and the call is for two straightaway. It is to the right of Axar who is at deep mid-wicket. He gets a couple. |
| 2.1 : Daniel Sams to Josh Philippe, WIDE! Full and wide outside off, Philippe tries to reach out and drive but fails to connect. Wide anyway as this was way outside off. |
| Daniel Sams to Josh Philippe, Drives it well does Philippe but finds the cover fielder. |
| 2.2 : Daniel Sams to Josh Philippe, FOUR! First one of the match. Short and outside off, not too pacy to trouble the batsman. Philippe fetches it from there and sends it wide of the mid on fielder for a boundary. |
| 2.3 : Daniel Sams to Josh Philippe, Short and outside off again, Philippe looks to slam it through the off side but he is going little too hard at the ball. Mistimes it straight to mid off. |
| 2.4 : Daniel Sams to Josh Philippe, Another fine stroke but straight to the fielder. Fullish and outside off, Philippe once again hits it hard but finds the cover fielder. |
| 2.5 : Daniel Sams to Josh Philippe, A single. Full and around middle, it is pushed towards mid on for one. |
| 2.6 : Daniel Sams to Devdutt Padikkal, Dot to end the over. Another tidy one from Sams. Length ball around off, Padikkal plays it towards short third man for nothing. Just a boundary in the first 3 overs. |
| Anrich Nortje is on now. |
| 3.1 : Anrich Nortje to Josh Philippe, Good length and around off, Philippe mistimes it uppishly but safely, towards mid on. A single taken. |
| 3.2 : Anrich Nortje to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! First for Padikkal. Fine stroke from Padikkal. A length ball just outside off, Padikkal leans into the stroke and lifts it over extra cover for a boundary. |
| 3.3 : Anrich Nortje to Devdutt Padikkal, Play and a miss! Good response from Nortje. Just behind good length and around off, a little bit of away movement. Padikkal tries to force it on the off side but misses. |
| Is that a boundary? Looks so, to the naked eye. Seems that Rabada is touching the ropes as he looks to flick the ball away from the boundary. Multiple replays roll in. Nope, a clean save it is! |
| 3.4 : Anrich Nortje to Devdutt Padikkal, Full and outside off, Padikkal once again lifts it over extra cover. This time the timing is not as perfect as the 2nd ball of the over. It races towards the fence but Rabada gives it a chase and makes a good stop with a dive. The umpires want to confirm if it is a clean stop though. Multiple replays and then the third umpire calls it a clean stop. Three taken in the end. A single saved by Rabada. |
| 3.5 : Anrich Nortje to Josh Philippe, Another mistimed stroke from Philippe. He once again tries to pull the short delivery but is early in his shot. The ball goes towards mid on off the inner half. |
| 3.6 : Anrich Nortje to Josh Philippe, A single to end the over. A risky one. Shortish and outside off, Philippe pushes it towards cover-point and calls for a single. Stoinis there fires the throw at the striker's end but misses. 9 off Nortje's first. |
| Kagiso Rabada is into the attack now. |
| 4.1 : Will we see the skipper, Virat Kohli, come out to bat now? Yes, it is him. |
| 4.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Devdutt Padikkal, Good length and around off, Padikkal keeps it out. |
| 4.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Josh Philippe, OUT! TAKEN! Rabada gets the breakthrough on the very first ball. His first in the Powerplay in this edition of the tournament. A good length ball around off, Philippe looks to lift it over extra cover but the ball hits the toe end and balloons just outside the ring at cover-point. Shaw runs towards that side and takes the catch comfortably. |
| 4.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Padikkal continues to lift the ball over extra cover. Anything full and outside off, it is getting dismissed over cover. This one meets the same fate. |
| 4.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Devdutt Padikkal, Terrific comeback. Back of a length ball around middle, it moves away as Padikkal tries to push it on the off side, but Devdutt misses. |
| 4.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Devdutt Padikkal, Short and around off, Padikkal tucks it towards deep square leg for one. |
| 4.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, Kohli is up and running! Wicket and six runs from the over. Full and around off, Kohli flicks it through square leg and keeps the strike for the next over. |
| 5.1 : Anrich Nortje to Virat Kohli, Fuller and around off, Kohli drives it well but finds mid off. |
| 5.2 : Anrich Nortje to Virat Kohli, Fine drive but Rahane intercepts. Good length and just outside off, Kohli pushes it to the left of cover-point where Rahane dives and contains the ball. |
| 5.3 : Anrich Nortje to Virat Kohli, FOUR! This time he beats Rahane to his left. Little short and outside off, Kohli drives it on the up. Rahane once again dives to his left but this time the ball beats him and races away to the fence. |
| 5.4 : Anrich Nortje to Virat Kohli, Outside off, this one is guided to third man for a single. |
| 5.5 : Anrich Nortje to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Deft from Padikkal. A pacy delivery. Little short and outside off, Padikkal comes on the front foot and taps it through third man. It beats the man and races away to the fence. Fine stroke. |
| 5.6 : Anrich Nortje to Devdutt Padikkal, Sharp bouncer! You hit me four, I will bang it short. That's what Nortje does. A good one too. It is just around off. Padikkal sways away. Another 9-run over from Nortje. |
| 6.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Virat Kohli, Flatter and around off, drilled down to long off for one. |
| 0.0 : Ravichandran Ashwin comes back to bowl. |
| 6.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! SHOT! This is superb batting. Short and just outside off, Padikkal goes back and slashes it between short third man and backward point. It once again races away to the fence. |
| 6.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Devdutt Padikkal, Flat and just outside off, pushed towards point. |
| 6.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Devdutt Padikkal, Just short. Tossed up and around off and middle, Padikkal tries to work it on the leg side but gets a soft leading edge that falls just short of Ashwin. |
| 6.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Devdutt Padikkal, Slower through the air and on middle, Padikkal tucks it through square leg and takes one. |
| 6.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Virat Kohli, Dot to end. Flat and around off, Kohli looks to play it on the off side but the ball takes the inside half and goes to square leg. |
| 7.1 : Axar Patel to Devdutt Padikkal, Flatter and around off, clipped through mid-wicket for one. |
| 0.0 : Spin from both ends now, Axar Patel to bowl. |
| 7.2 : Axar Patel to Virat Kohli, Full and around off, stroked through mid off for a single. |
| 7.3 : Axar Patel to Devdutt Padikkal, Short and wide outside off, Padikkal forces it to deep cover for one. |
| 7.4 : Axar Patel to Virat Kohli, One more single and it brings up 50 for Bangalore. Flat and around off, it is punched through mid off for one. |
| 7.5 : Axar Patel to Devdutt Padikkal, Short and around middle, Devdutt works it towards the leg side and gets to the other end. |
| 7.6 : Axar Patel to Virat Kohli, Short and around off, this time for Kohli. He punches it down to long on for one. |
| 8.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Virat Kohli, Full and on middle, Kohli flicks it towards deep square leg and gets to the other end. They wanted two but Sams was quick to the ball. |
| 8.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Devdutt Padikkal, Short and just outside off, Padikkal cuts by going deep but finds the fielder at backward point. |
| 8.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Devdutt Padikkal, Flat and on middle, worked through square leg for a single. |
| 8.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Virat Kohli, Tossed up and around off, pushed towards mid on for nothing. |
| 8.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Virat Kohli, On the pads, Kohli nudges it towards fine leg and gets to the other end. |
| 8.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Devdutt Padikkal, Single to end the over. Just 4 off the over. Another good one for Delhi. Quicker one from Ashwin, Devdutt pushes it down to long on and keeps the strike for the next over. |
| 9.1 : Axar Patel to Devdutt Padikkal, Full and around off, Padikkal drills it through covers for one. |
| 9.2 : Axar Patel to Virat Kohli, Fuller and around off, Kohli skips down the track and looks to drive but the ball takes the inner half and goes towards mid-wicket. |
| 9.3 : Axar Patel to Virat Kohli, Flat and around off, punched down to long off for a single. |
| 9.4 : Axar Patel to Devdutt Padikkal, Short and on off, punched down to long on for a single. |
| 9.5 : Axar Patel to Virat Kohli, Put down! Oh dear, Nortje! What have you done? Kohli jumps out of the crease and tries to clear the long on fence but fails to time it. Nortje settles for the catch but loses his footing and puts down a straightforward chance. How costly will this be for Delhi? Only time will tell. |
| 9.6 : Axar Patel to Devdutt Padikkal, Dot to end the over. Terrific one from Axar. Should've had a wicket to his name in this over but well it wasn't meant to be. The last ball is tossed up and around off, Padikkal looks to push but the ball goes uppishly off the outer half. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! Looks like it is a very slow surface as the 50 for Bangalore itself came up pretty late. They are 56/1 at the end of 9 overs and need to up their scoring rate really fast. The NRR factor is another very important reason to do so. Kohli and Padikkal are going well for now but slowly need to up the ante. Most importantly, they need to ensure that this break does not hamper the momentum as has happened many times in this season. |
| 10.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, Play and a miss! Length ball around off, Kohli comes down the track and looks to loft it over covers but misses. |
| 10.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, FOUR! This time he goes aerial and what a lovely shot it is. Full and outside off, Virat comes down the track and lofts it over covers for a boundary. |
| 10.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, Follows the boundary with a single by guiding this fuller ball to third man for one. |
| 0.0 : Kagiso Rabada is back to bowl. 1-0-6-1 from him so far. |
| 10.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Devdutt Padikkal, Shortish ball on off, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 10.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, Full and on middle and leg, flicked to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 10.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Devdutt Padikkal, Good length ball around off, Devdutt goes for the Nataraja shot. Strokes it to deep square leg for a run. |
| 11.1 : Axar Patel to Devdutt Padikkal, Flat and around off, dabbed to short third man. |
| 11.2 : Axar Patel to Devdutt Padikkal, Flatter ball on leg, Padikkal goes to the off side and laps it over the keeper's head. Does not time it as well as he would have liked. He though gets three as the ball drops short of the long leg fence. |
| 11.3 : Axar Patel to Virat Kohli, On off, this is pushed to the leg side for a single. |
| 11.4 : Axar Patel to Devdutt Padikkal, Flatter ball on off, this is clipped to long on for one. |
| 11.5 : Axar Patel to Virat Kohli, SIX! Kohli stepping on the gears now. Floated around off, Virat comes down the track and lofts it mightily over long on. |
| 11.6 : Axar Patel to Virat Kohli, A couple. On leg, glanced to deep square leg for a couple. |
| 12.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Devdutt Padikkal, Flatter and around off, Padikkal looks to drive but mistimes it back to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : Ravichandran Ashwin is back on. 3-0-16-0 are his figures so far. |
| 12.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Devdutt Padikkal, A single. Tossed up and outside off, Padikkal drives it down to long off for one. |
| 12.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Virat Kohli, OUT! CAUGHT! Ashwin gets the big fish. A very good take near the fence by Stoinis. The ball was travelling there. Tossed up and on middle, Ashwin dances down the track and tries to clear the longest part of the boundary, towards deep mid-wicket. He doesn't get the timing right. It goes towards Stoinis. He pouches the ball over his head superbly. Made it look really easy. Nortje must be a relieved man right now. |
| Will we see 'Alien' AB de Villiers now? Yep, it is him in the middle. |
| 12.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to AB de Villiers, Tossed up and around off, driven back to the bowler. |
| 12.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to AB de Villiers, Floated around off, AB knocks it to mid on and gets off the mark with a single. |
| 12.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Devdutt Padikkal, Tosses it on off, the ball reluctantly makes its way to the batsman. Padikkal had to wait and then manages to defend it to the off side. Just 2 runs and the big wicket of Kohli in that over. |
| 13.1 : Axar Patel to AB de Villiers, A huge appeal for LBW but not given. Tossed up on middle, de Villiers gets down to sweep but misses to get hit on the pads. Axar appeals for a LBW but not given. Delhi do not take the review because Pant from behind says it was going down leg. |
| 13.2 : Axar Patel to AB de Villiers, Floated around off, this is worked through the diving Kagiso at cover for a couple. |
| 13.3 : Axar Patel to AB de Villiers, Tossed up on off, swept to deep square leg for a single. |
| 13.4 : Axar Patel to Devdutt Padikkal, On off, flicked to deep backward square leg for a couple. |
| 13.5 : Axar Patel to Devdutt Padikkal, Outside off, punched to backward point for a single. |
| 13.6 : Axar Patel to AB de Villiers, A single to finish. Fuller and around off, driven down to wide long off for a single. 7 runs off his last and Axar finishes off with 4-0-30-0. |
| Ashwin is done with his 4 overs. Daniel Sams returns. 2-0-10-0 from him so far. |
| 14.1 : Daniel Sams to AB de Villiers, Angles a fuller ball on middle and leg from around the wicket, bunted down to long on for a single. |
| 14.2 : Daniel Sams to Devdutt Padikkal, Lovely slower ball from Daniel. It was on off. Devdutt looked to slam that on the leg side but adjusts very late, it comes off the toe end and goes to square leg and Bangalore take one. |
| 14.3 : Daniel Sams to AB de Villiers, Full on middle and leg, flicked to deep square leg for an easy couple. |
| 14.4 : Daniel Sams to AB de Villiers, Good length ball on the stumps, de Villiers comes down the track and strokes it to cover-point. A single. |
| 14.5 : Daniel Sams to Devdutt Padikkal, WIDE! Goes for the yorker but bowls it well outside off, past the tramline. Padikkal lets it be. |
| Daniel Sams to Devdutt Padikkal, WIDE! Very full but past the tramline outside off again, this time Padikkal throws his bat at it but misses completely. |
| Daniel Sams to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! He has got that away. Slower ball on off, Sams did not get the length he hoped for. Devdutt swivels a hint and pulls it away to the deep backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 14.6 : Daniel Sams to Devdutt Padikkal, In the air.... but safe! Padikkal gets to a 50 with a couple as well. Well done, young man. Full and outside off, Devdutt looks to go big on the off side but gets it off the toe end. Luckily for him it falls safe ahead of deep point. He takes a couple. |
| Anrich Nortje is back to bowl. 2-0-18-0 for him. |
| 15.1 : Anrich Nortje to AB de Villiers, In the air... safe! Great effort from Iyer though. Full and outside off, de Villiers looks to lift it over covers but ends up hitting it high in the air off the toe end. Iyer backtracks and tries to catch but fails to get hands to it. Two taken. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! Padikkal gets to a well made half ton and is looking to launch into orbit now. De Villiers is out in the middle as well, with his eyes set. With 5 overs to go, it is time for Bangalore to step on the gas big time now. No more conservative approaches, they should be going the whole hog now. |
| 15.2 : Anrich Nortje to AB de Villiers, SIX! Hits the good part of the bat and finds a maximum, by just. Good length ball around off, ABD slams it over the bowler's head, towards the long off fence. It hits the advertising triangle on the full but also looks to have touched the ground. But the umpires are having a look, take it upstairs. A couple of replays and it has been signalled as a maximum. |
| 0.0 : Is that a six? Looks very touch and go from here as the ball seems to have touched the advertising triangle in conjunction with the ground. No, six signalled! |
| 15.3 : Anrich Nortje to AB de Villiers, Full and just outside off, driven over the bowler's head for one. |
| 15.4 : Anrich Nortje to Devdutt Padikkal, OUT! TIMBER! 50 and out for Padikkal. A fine knock from him. Full, fast and straight from Nortje. Padikkal makes room and tries to slam it through the off side but misses. The ball thuds on the stumps behind. Padikkal had to go after the ball and in that attempt he perishes. |
| 15.5 : Anrich Nortje to Chris Morris, Good length and around off, pushed towards cover for nothing. |
| 15.4 : Chris Morris comes to the middle now. |
| 15.6 : Anrich Nortje to Chris Morris, OUT! Caught behind! Nortje gets another one. Second in the over. Terrific stuff from Nortje. Back of a length ball outside off, Morris makes room and looks to slam it over the off side but gets an outside edge that goes to the keeper. A simple chance for Pant behind the wickets. End of a double-wicket over from Nortje. |
| 16.1 : Kagiso Rabada to AB de Villiers, Full and around off, stroked past the bowler, to long on for a single. |
| 0.0 : Who will walk out to bat now? Shivam Dube comes to the middle now. Also, Kagiso Rabada is back to bowl. 2-0-14-1. |
| 16.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Shivam Dube, BEATEN! Full and angling away outside off, Shivam goes for the drive but fails to connect. Good ball from Rabada. |
| 16.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Shivam Dube, Full on middle and leg, flicked to short mid-wicket. |
| 16.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Shivam Dube, Outside off, guided to third man for one. |
| 16.5 : Kagiso Rabada to AB de Villiers, Length ball on top of middle, AB flicks it to deep square leg. The call is for two straightaway and he gets it. |
| 16.6 : Kagiso Rabada to AB de Villiers, Very full on middle and leg, dug out to mid on for a run. |
| 17.1 : Daniel Sams to AB de Villiers, FOUR! Boundary to begin the over. Bangalore need a few more of these. Full and outside off, de Villiers lifts it wide of the man at long off. One bounce and into the fence. |
| 0.0 : Daniel Sams to bowl his last over. 3-0-23-0 for him so far. |
| 17.2 : Daniel Sams to AB de Villiers, A single now. Low full toss outside off, ABD tries to drive again but the ball takes the inner half and goes towards deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 17.3 : Daniel Sams to Shivam Dube, Play and a miss! Change of pace from Sams. It is just outside off, Dube looks to pull but misses. |
| 17.4 : Daniel Sams to Shivam Dube, SIX! BANG! Dube connects this time and connects it well. A full toss on middle, Dube hammers it to the longest part of the ground and it sails over the fence at deep mid-wicket. Fine connection. |
| 17.5 : Daniel Sams to Shivam Dube, Two now! Full and wide outside off, Dube drills it wide of the long off fielder. Before Rahane can get to the ball, two taken. |
| 17.6 : Daniel Sams to Shivam Dube, FOUR! What a finish to the 18th over. 17 runs off it. Another slower one from Sams. Little short too. Dube reads it well this time. Waits for it and then powers it towards the deep mid-wicket fence. |
| 18.1 : Kagiso Rabada to AB de Villiers, SIX! BOOM! De Villiers starts the penultimate over with a biggie! Massive six. A full toss on middle, a gift for de Villiers. He hammers it way over the deep mid-wicket fence for a massive biggie. You don't see Rabada missing his mark often, he does it this time and de Villies it not going to miss out. Terrific shot. |
| 18.2 : Kagiso Rabada to AB de Villiers, Short and around off, pulled down to long on for one. |
| 18.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Shivam Dube, Swing and a miss! Good length and outside off, Dube looks to hammer it on the leg side but gets beaten. |
| 18.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Shivam Dube, FOUR! SHOT! Rabada getting some treatment here. Not great bowling from him. Length ball just outside off, Dube slams it over cover and finds the fence. |
| 18.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Shivam Dube, A dot. Length ball on the body, Shivam looks to pull but misses to get hit high on the pad. |
| 18.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Shivam Dube, OUT! CAUGHT! Ajinkya Rahane takes a comfortable catch. Shivam Dube admonishes himself. Good length ball on off, it was not that short to pull. But Dube goes for the pull. He gets it off the toe end of the bat and it goes straight to Ajinkya at deep mid-wicket. |
| 19.1 : Anrich Nortje to AB de Villiers, Nicely bowled! A slower fuller ball outside off, de Villiers is early in his shot to miss out. |
| 18.6 : Who will be the new man in? It is Washington Sundar. Anrich Nortje to bowl the final over of the innings. 3-0-27-2 from him so far. |
| 19.1 : Is that out? Is de Villiers short of his crease? Yes, an easy decision for the third umpire. |
| 19.2 : Isuru Udana comes out to bat now. |
| 19.4 : Who will walk out to bat now? Shahbaz Ahmed. |
| 19.6 : Bangalore had a pretty sedate start with the bat. Philippe was not middling them at all and eventually perished early. Kohli got a start but could not get going. Padikkal got to a good half ton but was slow in getting so, primarily because of the nature of the pitch, one wonders. After Padikkal, AB de Villiers and Shivam Dube mustered all they could and have managed to push Bangalore to a shade over 150. Definitely not enough, but they will have to contend with this and bowl well now. |
| A good performance from Delhi, given that they leaked a lot of runs in their previous matches. They have done well to restrict Bangalore to 152/7. This game has been a good outing for Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada, given the hammering that they took in the earlier games. |
| Kagiso Rabada is caught for a quick chat. He gets the Purple Cap. Tells that he is satisfied with the bowling performance of the team. Feels that they have done the hard work well and hope to finish it well. Adds that he feels that they didn't do a lot of things wrong in the previous games. Says that they have come with the same mindset which was there at the start of the tournament. Reckons that they didn't give easy boundaries to the opposition. Tells that the batters in the team are of top qu |
| Right, so 153 is the target for Delhi, in this must-win encounter of sorts. Their bowlers have done a splendid job and it is time for their batsmen to do the finishing job now. But it won't be that easy as Kohli's men would come in with a good deal of zealous charge to deny Shreyas's men any chance. What a chase it will be. It is on the other way, so stay tuned... |
| Brilliant bowling from Delhi. Brilliant comeback overall from them, from their wayward bowling in the previous games. Nortje was the pick, with his 3-fer. Besides him, Rabada got 2 as well, with a decent economy rate. Ashwin snared the big wicket of King Kohli and was very economical in his 4. Sams was the lone exception among the Delhi bowlers, going for over 10 an over with no wickets to his name. |
| 19.2 : Anrich Nortje to AB de Villiers, OUT! RUN OUT! De Villiers is well short of his ground. A full toss on middle, De Villiers mistimes his slog towards long on. The call is for two. They go for it but Rahane from long on gets to the ball quickly and sends a flat throw to the keeper. Pant does the rest. The third umpire has been called for. One replay is all we need to show. ABD is short, in spite of the desparate dive. |
| 19.3 : Anrich Nortje to Isuru Udana, FOUR! Up and over! 150 up for Bangalore. Shortish and just around off, Udana clears mid off and finds the fence. |
| 19.4 : Anrich Nortje to Isuru Udana, OUT! TAKEN! Nortje gets his third. Short and just around off, Udana backs away and tries to slam it over long off. He fails to get the timing right. He ends up giving a simple catch to Iyer at long off. |
| 19.5 : Anrich Nortje to Washington Sundar, Play and a miss but they sneak a bye. A back of a length ball outside off, Sundar looks to cut but misses. Ahmed calls for the bye and completes it. |
| 19.6 : Anrich Nortje to Shahbaz Ahmed, Just a single on the last ball. Short and wide outside off, Ahmed looks to cut but ends up chopping it on the off side. A single taken. Bangalore finish with 152/7. |
| 0.1 : We are all set for the chase to begin! Bangalore and Delhi are playing for a survival of sorts. The former are in a huddle near the ropes. Skipper Kohli is intently sharing some final words. Delhi's openers are Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw. Chris Morris will open the bowling for Bangalore. Here we go then... |
| Chris Morris to Prithvi Shaw, The run chase is underway! And so is Shaw. A bit of away movement on the first ball. Around off on a good length, it moves a touch away. Shaw guides it to third man and gets to the other end. |
| 0.2 : Chris Morris to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Gift from Morris, Dhawan accepts it. Low full toss outside off, Dhawan creams it through the covers and finds the fence. |
| 0.3 : Chris Morris to Shikhar Dhawan, EDGY! Low full toss, outside off again. Dhawan looks to drive again but this time he gets an inside edge. It goes to fine leg past the stumps. Two taken. |
| 0.4 : Chris Morris to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Superb stroke! Length ball outside off, Dhawan gets on his front foot and drills it through covers again. This is right in the gap and it races away. |
| 0.5 : Chris Morris to Shikhar Dhawan, Outside off, Dhawan says I have got enough from this over and shoulders arms. |
| 0.6 : Chris Morris to Shikhar Dhawan, Dot to end the over. A bouncer around off, Dhawan looks to pull but gets an inside edge on the pads. Dhawan thinks for the single but Morris quickly gets to the ball so Dhawan returns. Replays later rolled in and it showed that Dhawan was hit on the elbow. 11 from the opening over. Good start for Delhi. |
| Who will bowl from the other end? Spin or pace? It is latter as here comes Mohammed Siraj, steaming in... |
| 1.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Shaw welcomes Siraj with a boundary. A length ball around middle, Shaw flicks it through square leg and finds his first boundary. |
| 1.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Prithvi Shaw, A dot now! Good length and just outside off, pushed towards the cover fielder. |
| 1.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Second boundary in the over. Little too straight from Siraj. It is full as well. Shaw flicks it past the diving mid-wicket fielder for a boundary. |
| 1.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Prithvi Shaw, Length ball around off, Shaw tucks it towards mid-wicket. |
| 1.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Prithvi Shaw, OUT! TIMBER! Siraj with a beauty and Bangalore have the breakthrough. It is yet another failure for Shaw. Good length and around middle, as it gets closer to Shaw, it shapes away and squares Shaw up. He looks to defend but misses. The off pole is rocked back. Siraj is ecstatic. Shaw's poor run continues and it might well be his last game of the season. |
| Who will walk out to bat now? Looks like it is Ajinkya Rahane. Yep, it is Jinks. |
| 1.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Ajinkya Rahane, Outside off on a good length. Rahane shoulders arms. A couple of boundaries first and then the wicket of Shaw from the over. |
| 2.1 : Chris Morris to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Another over starts with a boundary. Little short and just outside off, Dhawan goes back and cuts it past the short third man fielder for a boundary. |
| 2.2 : Chris Morris to Shikhar Dhawan, Full and outside off, mistimed towards mid off. |
| 2.3 : Chris Morris to Shikhar Dhawan, Short and wide outside off, this one is cut through backward point for one. |
| 2.4 : Chris Morris to Ajinkya Rahane, Length ball on the pads, Rahane looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pad. It goes to fine leg and they take a leg bye. |
| 2.5 : Chris Morris to Shikhar Dhawan, One more single. Short and outside off, cut to deep point for an easy single. |
| 2.6 : Chris Morris to Ajinkya Rahane, A couple to end the over. Fullish and around middle and leg, Rahane flicks it through mid-wicket and scampers back for the second. 9 off the over, a good one for Delhi. |
| 3.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Beautiful from Shikhar Dhawan. Full and around off, he drives it well to the left of mid off and gets a boundary. |
| 3.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Shikhar Dhawan, On the pads, tucked to short mid-wicket. |
| 3.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Shikhar Dhawan, Good length ball around off, dabbed to the off side for a single. A quick call from Shikhar and Rahane responded well. |
| 3.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Ajinkya Rahane, Full and seaming in towards off, stabbed to cover-point. |
| 3.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Ajinkya Rahane, Fullish and around off, defended off the outer half to point. |
| 3.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Ajinkya Rahane, Lands on off, pitches and seams into the pads, Rahane misses his flick. It comes off his pads to short fine leg and Delhi take a leg bye. They need 119 runs in 96 balls. |
| Washington Sundar is into the attack. |
| 4.1 : Washington Sundar to Ajinkya Rahane, Lands a quick off spinner on off and middle, hastily tucked to the leg side. |
| 4.2 : Washington Sundar to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! Catch is the call but it was well wide of the fielder. Tossed up on off and middle, Ajinkya gets down and sweeps this well wide of the square leg fielder. Gets a boundary. |
| 4.3 : Washington Sundar to Ajinkya Rahane, Tosses this outside off, Ajinkya Rahane comes down the track and pushes it to cover for a single. |
| 4.4 : Washington Sundar to Shikhar Dhawan, Flatter on leg, tucked to mid on for a quick single. |
| 4.5 : Washington Sundar to Ajinkya Rahane, Tosses this on middle, Ajinkya glances it to mid on for a single. |
| 4.6 : Washington Sundar to Shikhar Dhawan, A very stifled appeal for a LBW. There was some inside edge there as the umpires give it as a run. Quicker one on the pads, Shikhar looks to flick it on the leg side but gets an inside edge onto the pads. It deflects further towards short third man and they take a run. |
| Here's Isuru Udana. He will bowl the last over of the Powerplay. |
| 5.1 : Isuru Udana to Shikhar Dhawan, Full and on off, closes the face of his bat to flick it to short mid-wicket. A single. |
| 5.2 : Isuru Udana to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! Nice shot. Length ball outside off, Rahane stands tall and punches it through the covers. The ball races away for a boundary. |
| 5.3 : Isuru Udana to Ajinkya Rahane, Length ball around off, defended back to the bowler this time. |
| 5.4 : Isuru Udana to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! Rahane was a touch early into the shot. It was a slower ball outside off, Ajinkya drives it early. But he manages to get it wide of the mid off fielder and the ball goes away for a boundary. 50 up for Iyer's men with that as well. |
| 5.5 : Isuru Udana to Ajinkya Rahane, Outside off, punched to deep point for one. |
| 5.6 : Isuru Udana to Shikhar Dhawan, A single and 11 runs off Isuru's first over. Another good over for Delhi. Full on off, Dhawan clips it to mid-wicket and takes a single. Delhi are 53/1 at the end of the Powerplay. They need 100 runs in 84 balls still. |
| DRINKS! Delhi are off to a perfect start. They lost Shaw early but that hasn't affected Dhawan and the run scoring. Rahane too has looked really good. Bangalore need someone to put their hands up and deliver if they are to push this game deep and fight. Otherwise, these two won't make much mistakes and will take their team home comfortably. There's hardly any pressure with respect to the asking rate for Delhi and that allows them to calmly move towards the target. Can Chahal do some magic? We wi |
| 6.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shikhar Dhawan, Tossed up on the pads, Dhawan closes the face of his bat to glance it to square leg for a single. |
| 0.0 : Here's Yuzvendra Chahal. A lot will depend on his 4 overs. |
| 6.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ajinkya Rahane, Floated on middle, driven back to Chahal. |
| 6.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ajinkya Rahane, Tossed up full on middle, wristed to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 6.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shikhar Dhawan, Floated outside off, Gabbar waits and then taps it on the off side for a single. |
| 6.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! In the gap and effectively so. Tossed up on off and middle, Ajinkya gets down on one knee and sweeps it well, in between deep fine leg and deep mid-wicket. |
| 6.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ajinkya Rahane, Good running this time, a couple. On off and middle, Rahane clips it to mid-wicket and comes back running in for the second. |
| Washington Sundar returns! Went for 8 in his first over. |
| 7.1 : Washington Sundar to Shikhar Dhawan, Very full on leg, dug out back to the bowler. |
| 7.2 : Washington Sundar to Shikhar Dhawan, Sundar appeals for a LBW but not given. Flatter ball on leg, Shikhar rocks back and looks to clip it on the leg side but misses to get hit on the pads. Washington appeals but it was going down leg. |
| 7.3 : Washington Sundar to Shikhar Dhawan, Flatter on off, Dhawan pushes this to point and takes a quick single. The throw comes to the bowler's end but Dhawan is well in. |
| 7.4 : Washington Sundar to Ajinkya Rahane, Tossed up outside off, Rahane comes down and taps it behind square on the off side. Takes one. |
| 7.5 : Washington Sundar to Shikhar Dhawan, Flatter ball on the pads, Dhawan looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. |
| 7.6 : Washington Sundar to Shikhar Dhawan, Outside off, punched to the right of sweeper cover for a couple. Iyer's boys need 87 runs in 72 balls. |
| 8.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ajinkya Rahane, On the pads, glanced to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 8.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! He has absolutely clubbed that. Tossed up on off, Shikhar gets down and nails the sweep over square leg. A boundary. |
| 8.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shikhar Dhawan, Tossed up around off, Dhawan works it uppishly but safely towards long off. A single. |
| 8.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ajinkya Rahane, Full on middle, Jinks closes the face of his bat to flick it to mid-wicket for one. |
| 8.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shikhar Dhawan, Tossed up on middle, Gabbar comes down the track and looks to work it on the leg side but misses to get hit on the body. |
| 8.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shikhar Dhawan, A dot. Tossed up around off, driven to cover. 7 off Yuzvendra's second over. |
| 9.1 : Washington Sundar to Ajinkya Rahane, Tossed up on middle, Ajinkya goes to the leg side and looks to go inside out. Gets an outside edge to short third man though. One run. |
| 9.2 : Washington Sundar to Shikhar Dhawan, Tossed up on off, Dhawan goes for the slog sweep but mistimes it through the carpet. It goes to the right of Siraj at deep square leg. Mohammed misfields and Delhi take an easy two. |
| 9.3 : Washington Sundar to Shikhar Dhawan, On off, this is tapped to the leg side for a single. |
| 9.4 : Washington Sundar to Ajinkya Rahane, Flighted around off, Rahane works it well wide of Super V at short mid-wicket and takes a single. It was in the air but wide of the fielder there. |
| 9.5 : Washington Sundar to Shikhar Dhawan, Around off, this is stroked to deep point for two. |
| 9.6 : Washington Sundar to Shikhar Dhawan, A single to finish. Short ball on off, Shikhar Dhawan goes back and clips it to deep mid-wicket and exchanges ends with Rahane. The former will keep strike in the next over. At the halfway mark, Delhi are 81 for 1 and need 72 runs in 60 balls. |
| Shahbaz Ahmed is on now! |
| 10.1 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Shikhar Dhawan, Flatter on middle, clipped to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 10.2 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, Flatter on off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 10.3 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, Tossed up around off, Ajinkya goes inside out but finds deep cover. Just the single. |
| 10.4 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Shikhar Dhawan, On the shorter side on off, Shikhar swings across the line and sends it to deep square leg. Gets a couple. |
| 10.5 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Shikhar Dhawan, Now he lunges forward and sweeps the fuller ball but finds short fine leg. |
| 10.6 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Shikhar Dhawan, Outside off, punched to deep point for a single. |
| Change in bowling. Isuru Udana is back on. 1-0-11-0 from him so far. |
| 11.1 : Isuru Udana to Shikhar Dhawan, Slower fuller ball outside off, Dhawan looks to drive it on the off side but it comes off the inner half. Goes to the on side and Delhi take a single. |
| 11.2 : Isuru Udana to Ajinkya Rahane, Length ball around off, Rahane looks to drive but gets it off the inner half to long on. A single again. |
| 11.3 : Isuru Udana to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Dhawan gets a freebie there. Full and on the pads, he flicks it with ease, widely of short fine leg and bags a boundary. And he gets a 50 as well. 50 off 37 balls in a chase. |
| 11.4 : Isuru Udana to Shikhar Dhawan, Outside off, punched through the diving backward point fielder for a couple. No one there and the backward point fielder has to run all the way. Delhi though, take just a couple. They looked for the third but then the throw came in. |
| 11.5 : Isuru Udana to Shikhar Dhawan, This time he punches it to the left of backward point for a single. |
| 11.6 : Isuru Udana to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! Easy for Rahane. Full and around off, he lofts it over covers for a boundary. Delhi need 54 runs in 48 balls. |
| 12.1 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Shikhar Dhawan, Flatter ball on off, swung across the line to deep mid-wicket for a single. 100 up for Iyer's lads. |
| 12.2 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, SIX! He has got hold of it! Flatter ball on off, Ajinkya comes down the track and packs a punch. Lofts it mightily over long off. |
| 12.3 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, Follows the maximum with a single by clipping it on the leg side for a single. |
| 12.4 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Shikhar Dhawan, OUT! TAKEN! Shikhar Dhawan would have fancied himself to be there till the end but it was not to be. Bangalore though would be happy with this wicket. Fuller ball around off, Dhawan takes a big stride forward and looks to paddle it over short fine leg. However he ends up getting it straight into the hands of Shivam Dube there, who comes forward and holds onto it. 46 runs needed in 44 balls for Delhi. |
| Skipper Shreyas Iyer is in now. |
| 12.5 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, On off, Shreyas taps it to the leg side and gets off the mark with a single. |
| 12.6 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, A leg bye to finish. Flatter on middle and leg, Ajinkya looks to flick but misses. It comes off his pads to short fine leg and Delhi sneak in a quick leg bye. |
| 13.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ajinkya Rahane, Flatter ball around off, this is pulled to the right of long on for a couple. |
| 13.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ajinkya Rahane, Quicker one on middle, Rahane tucks it to square leg for a single. |
| 0.0 : Yuzvendra Chahal returns. 2-0-16-0 from him so far. |
| 13.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shreyas Iyer, Around off, it is pushed uppishly towards cover. Cheeku there dives but it falls short of him. |
| 13.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shreyas Iyer, Floated on middle and leg, it is pushed down to long on for a single. |
| 13.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ajinkya Rahane, Tossed up on middle and off, glanced to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 13.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shreyas Iyer, Single to finish. Flatter ball on middle, keeping low as well, Shreyas tucks it to long on for one. 38 needed in 36 balls. |
| 14.1 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, On the pads, Iyer closes the face of his bat to flick it to mid-wicket. A single. |
| 14.2 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, Tossed up on the pads, Ajinkya comes down and clips it to long on for a single. |
| 14.3 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, Flatter ball outside off, chopped to the left of cover for one. |
| 14.4 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, Shorter and outside off, Rahane looks to cut but ends up chopping it back on the pitch off the bottom edge. |
| 14.5 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, A quick two. On off and middle, Rahane guides it wide of short fine leg and takes a good couple. |
| 14.6 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, A single to finish. Ajinkya Rahane gets to his 50 with that as well. Well done Sir. Fuller and around off, he bunts this down to long on for a single. |
| 15.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ajinkya Rahane, Around off, pushed through point for a single. |
| 15.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shreyas Iyer, Flatter on the pads, tucked to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 15.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ajinkya Rahane, On the shorter side on middle, Jinks times it nicely to the right of long on for an easy two runs. |
| 15.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ajinkya Rahane, Fuller and around off, driven down to long on off the inner half for a single. |
| 15.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shreyas Iyer, Fuller and outside off, the Bandra lad drives it to long off for a single. |
| 15.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ajinkya Rahane, A single to finish. Full and outside off, this one is driven to deep cover for a single. Delhi need just 25 runs in 24 balls. |
| 16.1 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, A single. Outside off, Rahane chops it on the off side off the track. Takes a single. |
| 16.2 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, WIDE! Well outside off, way past the tramline, Shreyas lets it be. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! Just 25 needed now! The game is more or less in the pocket of Delhi. Dhawan played his part. Rahane is playing a solid innings too. The Bangalore bowlers are looking clueless. The number 2 spot within the grasp of Dehi. Is there a twist left in this game? |
| 16.2 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Iyer is livid with himself here. He is disappointed that he could not stay there till the end. But, is there a twist in the tale though? Shahbaz tosses this around off, Iyer comes down the track and looks to power it well over long on. But he does not get his timing right. Ends up giving an easy catch to Siraj at long on. |
| Rishabh Pant is in now! Will he swing his blade and try to finish the game quickly? |
| 16.3 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up and on middle, Pant calmly flicks it towards mid-wicket and gets to the other end. |
| 16.4 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, Flatter and around off, Rahane tucks it towards the leg side and gets to the other end. |
| 16.5 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Rishabh Pant, Pant comes out of the crease, Ahmed bowls it wide. Pant reaches out and lifts it over extra cover for one. |
| 16.6 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Ajinkya Rahane, Single to end the over. Full and on middle, it is flicked down to long on for one. Good spell from Shahbaz. 4-0-26-2 from him. Delhi just 19 away from a place in the playoffs. |
| 17.1 : Washington Sundar to Ajinkya Rahane, Couple to begin the over. Flatter and around middle, Rahane pulls it to the right side of the deep mid-wicket fielder. Easy two. |
| 0.0 : Chahal is done for the day. Washington Sundar to bowl out. 3-0-20-0 are his figures till now. |
| 17.2 : Washington Sundar to Ajinkya Rahane, OUT! TAKEN! Rahane falls. We have seen so many things in this season of the Indian T20 League. Are we in for a dramatic finish here? Flatter and around middle, Rahane tries to reverse lap it over short third man but it goes off the top edge. Dube comes a couple of steps forward to gobble it. A superb knock from Rahane ends in a timid way. 17 needed in 16 balls. |
| 17.3 : Washington Sundar to Marcus Stoinis, Flatter and around middle, it is tucked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 17.2 : The Hulk, Marcus Stoinis, makes his way to the middle. |
| 17.4 : Washington Sundar to Rishabh Pant, Huge appeal but not out says the umpire. It was for a LBW. Flatter and down the leg side, Rishabh looks to tuck it on the leg side but misses to get hit on the pads. A huge appeal from Washington Sundar, more out of desperation. But not given. It was angling down the leg side from around the wicket. By the way, with the game getting this deep, Bangalore have qualified for the Playoffs but if they do not win, they won't get the 2nd spot which is the most l |
| 17.5 : Washington Sundar to Rishabh Pant, Flatter and around off, punched down to long off for one. |
| 17.6 : Washington Sundar to Marcus Stoinis, Flatter and around off, pushed uppishly towards the cover fielder. Just 4 runs and a wicket from the over. 15 needed in 12 balls. |
| 18.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Rishabh Pant, WIDE! Tries to go full and wide but ends up bowling it outside the guideline. Wided. |
| 17.6 : Bowling Change. Mohammed Siraj to bowl the penultimate over of the game. 2-0-13-1 from him so far. |
| 18.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Rishabh Pant, Short and around middle, Pant looks to pull but mistimes it towards square leg for one. |
| 18.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Just over! Short and around off, Stoinis goes for the pull. Doesn't time it all too well but it goes over the leaping deep mid-wicket fielder. Chahal was the man there and he leaped as high as he could but the skipper is not pleased with the effort. If there was ever a pressure, it is now released. |
| 18.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Marcus Stoinis, WIDE! Pressure is on Siraj now! He slips this ball down the leg side. Stoinis misses his flick. Wided. |
| Mohammed Siraj to Marcus Stoinis, A couple now! Shortish and just outside off, Marcus strokes it wide of the sweeper cover fielder for a couple of runs. |
| 18.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Marcus Stoinis, Easy single! Full around off, stroked to long on for one by Stoinis. 150 is up for Delhi. Just 3 needed now. |
| 18.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Rishabh Pant, Short and just outside off, Pant looks to power it all the way on the leg side via a pull but gets an inside edge on the body. |
| 18.6 : Delhi got off to a rocking start. They were finding the boundaries real quick. But then, Shaw fell for a low score, again. He was stroking well but just could not continue. But that was the lone major hiccup for Shreyas Iyer's men. The Dhawan-Rahane partnership largely swung it in Delhi's favour. After a 88-run partnership, Dhawan departed and there were a couple of wickets afterwards as well but given that the platform was set by Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane, Delhi coasted through safely w |
| Delhi go through to the playoffs, IN THE SECOND SPOT! Yes, that means they got two shots at the cherry. This is an outstanding result for Delhi. The dugout is all smiles and are exchanging hugs. Bangalore are also going through, but they will feature in the eliminator, which means they need to go through 2 hurdles to get to the finals. |
| Mohammed Siraj to Rishabh Pant, EDGY FOUR! But it won't matter now! Delhi are into the playoffs. Short and outside off, Pant goes for the pull but gets a top edge. It flies over the keeper's head and into the third man fence. Delhi win by 6 wickets. |
| Bangalore skipper, Virat Kohli, says that it is a mixed feeling right now. Tells that the aim was to come and win the game but tells that they were informed about that 17.3-mark. Says that they have done well to deserve that spot in the playoffs. Says that they have an opportunity now. Adds that they need to be a bit braver with the bat and should get a better Powerplay with the ball. Is happy to get the chance to try and reach the final. |
| Ajinkya Rahane is caught for a chat. Tells that Ricky told him that he will bat at no. 3. Says that he enjoyed the partnership with Dhawan. Adds that they were only talking about having the intent with the bat. Tells that all they were trying was playing proper cricketing shots. Mentions that he wanted to finish the game provided how the games have changed in this tournament. Is happy to eventually end on the right side of the line. Stay tuned for the presentations... |
| Bangalore started off on a horror note as they leaked a lot of boundaries, even after Shaw departed. They kept it a bit tight in the middle overs but Dhawan and Rahane were patiently stroking the 1s and 2s. Their bowlers did get a few wickets towards the end but pressure got the better of them later on. And that is how the game slipped away. Their star bowler, Chris Morris, bowled just 2 overs and went for nearly 10 in each. Ahmed got 2 and Sundar got 1 wicket and both were very tight in their 4 |
| Shreyas Iyer, Delhi skipper, says that he is really proud of the performance. Says that they were not thinking about the run rate or anything else. Adds that they were really motivated out in the middle. Says that towards the end, the teams that were down on the points table changed things on the points table with their performance. Feels that his team did well to eventually get into the playoffs. Says that bowlers were up to the task in this game. Mentions that they worked out on their plans fo |
| Earlier, after winning the toss, Delhi opted to bowl. They kept the screws tight throughout and restricted Bangalore to 152 for 7. That was never going to be enough on this surface and Iyer's men showed why it was so. A slight hiccup towards the end but given the iron-grip they gathered, it was not going to slip away. A thorough performance from Delhi. Stay tuned for presentation... |
| Anrich Nortje is named Player of the Match! Tells that it was an overall good performance from everyone. Says that the bowlers were feeling good coming into the game. On him bowling short, Nortje says that yorker would've been the obvious option but they changed it up and once they got the rhythm bowling the bouncer, they used it to their advantage and that additional pace helped them. Ends by saying that he is ready for the playoffs. |
| Right then, that caps off what would have been a near-close match, had Bangalore maybe gotten 10 or more runs on the board. Delhi's win means they have a fairly smoother road for their ambitions to the final, while Bangalore have to slog it out now, in the Eliminator and later in Qualifier 2. Who will be their opponent in the former? We will get to know that after the clash on Tuesday, 03 November 2020. The final league stage game sees Mumbai square off against Hyderabad in Sharjah. If the forme |
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