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Dwayne Smith is trying to mix caution with aggression. |
Virat Kohli claps while standing on the fence for a dot ball bowled by Yuzvendra Chahal, now that's some encouragement. |
This partnership was looking dangerous, a much needed wicket for RCB. |
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What a catch by Virat Kohli. Is there anything which he can't do? |
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0.0 : Hello and welcome to the live coverage of Qualifier 1 of IPL 2016 |
It's Gujarat taking on Bangalore tonight and the venue of the game is M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
Gujarat in their first IPL started well but lost their way into the middle of the season but came back strongly to finish at the top of points table. |
Bangalore started off slowly and they were in a stage where they needed to win their last 4 matched to reach the play-offs. Riding on the brilliant performance of Kohli and de Villiers, they did exactly that to finish 2nd |
It promises to be a hard fought game of the cricket and the reward for the win is a place in the final |
Toss and Team updates are on your way shortly. Stay tuned. |
Heads is the call from Kohli and the spin of the coin goes his way. Bangalore have won the toss and they will be bowling first. |
Both teams are unchanged from the last match |
Bangalore (Playing XI): Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Lokesh Rahul(w k), Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Sachin Baby, Chris Jordan, Sreenath Aravind, Iqbal Abdulla, Yuzvendra Chahal |
Gujarat (Playing XI): Aaron Finch, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina(c), Dinesh Karthik(w k), Dwayne Smith, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Eklavya Dwivedi, Praveen Kumar, Shadab Jakati, Dhawal Kulkarni |
Aravind to Finch |
0.1 : Aravind to Finch, no run, tries to swing it towards the leg side but misses |
0.2 : Aravind to Finch, no run, slashes and misses outside off stump |
0.3 : Aravind to Finch, leg bye, misses the flick and off the pad the ball goes towards backward square leg |
0.4 : Aravind to McCullum, no run, defends it towards cover |
0.5 : Aravind to McCullum, no run, looks to swing it towards the leg side but misses |
0.6 : Aravind to McCullum, one run, pushes it towards mid off for a quick single. End of over: GUJ 2/0 (McCullum 1, Finch 0) |
1.1 : Abdulla to McCullum, OUT, no run, gives the charge and swings it towards long off. de Villiers settles under the ball and takes the catch |
1.2 : Abdulla to Finch, FOUR, slashes and gets a thick outside edge that flies past the slip fielder for a boundary |
1.3 : Abdulla to Finch, no run, pushes it towards cover |
1.4 : Abdulla to Finch, OUT, no run, looks to drive but gets an outside edge towards first slip. Gayle takes the catch |
1.5 : Abdulla to Karthik, one run, drives it towards long off |
1.6 : Abdulla to Raina, no run, drives it to the mid off fielder. End of over: GUJ 7/2 (Raina 0, Karthik 1) |
2.1 : Aravind to Karthik, one run, drives it through mid wicket for a single |
2.2 : Aravind to Raina, no run, looks to drive but misses |
2.3 : Aravind to Raina, no run, plays and misses outside off stump |
2.4 : Aravind to Raina, no run, turns it towards mid wicket |
2.5 : Aravind to Raina, one run, turns it towards mid wicket for a single |
2.6 : Aravind to Karthik, no run, pushes it towards the point fielder. End of over: GUJ 9/2 (Raina 1, Karthik 2) |
3.1 : Watson to Raina, no run, defends it back to the bowler |
3.2 : Watson to Raina, no run, drives it to the mid on fielder |
3.3 : Watson to Raina, no run, drives it to the cover fielder |
3.4 : Watson to Raina, OUT, no run, pulls the short ball towards short fine leg and finds the fielder to perfection. Aravind takes a good low catch |
3.5 : Watson to Smith, no run, looks to defend but misses and gets hit high on the pad |
3.6 : Watson to Smith, one run, drives it towards square leg for a single. End of over: GUJ 10/3 (Smith 1, Karthik 2) |
4.1 : Abdulla to Smith, no run, drives it to the bowler |
4.2 : Abdulla to Smith, one run, drives it through mid wicket |
4.3 : Abdulla to Karthik, one run, pushes it towards cover |
4.4 : Abdulla to Smith, FOUR, bends down on his knee and pulls it over square leg for a boundary |
4.5 : Abdulla to Smith, FOUR, goes on the back foot and cuts it through backward point for a boundary |
4.6 : Abdulla to Smith, no run, sweeps it to the short fine leg fielder. End of over: GUJ 20/3 (Smith 10, Karthik 3) |
5.1 : Watson to Karthik, no run, punches it to the point fielder |
5.2 : Watson to Karthik, one run, looks to drive but gets a thick outside edge towards third man |
5.3 : Watson to Smith, one run, drives it through mid wicket for a single |
5.4 : Watson to Karthik, no run, gives the charge and drives it to the cover fielder |
5.5 : Watson to Karthik, no run, plays and misses outside off stump |
5.6 : Watson to Karthik, one run, drives it towards point. A good diving stop by the fielder. |
Gujarat have scored just 23 runs and lost 3 big wickets in the Power-play End of over: GUJ 23/3 (Smith 11, Karthik 5)
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6.1 : Jordan to Karthik, wide, starts with a wide down the leg side |
Jordan to Karthik, leg bye, misses the flick and off the pad the ball goes towards square leg |
6.2 : Jordan to Smith, no run, defends it back to the bowler |
6.3 : Jordan to Smith, no run, defends it to the bowler |
6.4 : Jordan to Smith, SIX, pulls the short ball over deep backward square leg for SIX |
6.5 : Jordan to Smith, one run, glances it towards fine leg |
6.6 : Jordan to Karthik, one run, drives it towards backward point. End of over: GUJ 33/3 (Smith 18, Karthik 6) |
7.1 : Chahal to Karthik, one run, drives it towards deep cover |
7.2 : Chahal to Smith, one run, drives it towards long on |
7.3 : Chahal to Karthik, one run, drives it towards deep cover |
7.4 : Chahal to Smith, one run, slices it towards deep point |
7.5 : Chahal to Karthik, one run, drives it towards long off |
7.6 : Chahal to Smith, no run, pushes it towards cover. End of over: GUJ 38/3 (Smith 20, Karthik 9) |
8.1 : Binny to Karthik, one run, drives it towards long off |
8.2 : Binny to Smith, no run, drives it towards cover |
8.3 : Binny to Smith, no run, swings across the line and misses |
8.4 : Binny to Smith, one run, swings it towards fine leg |
8.5 : Binny to Karthik, one run, drives it back to the bowler |
8.6 : Time Out |
Binny to Smith, one run, turns it towards backward square leg. End of over: GUJ 42/3 (Smith 22, Karthik 11)
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9.1 : Chahal to Smith, SIX, swings it over deep mid wicket for SIX |
9.2 : Chahal to Smith, FOUR, tries to sweep but misses |
Chahal to Smith, no run, tries to sweep but misses |
9.3 : Chahal to Smith, FOUR, lofts it straight down the ground towards long off for a boundary |
9.4 : Chahal to Smith, one run, cuts it towards deep cover |
9.5 : Chahal to Karthik, one run, pushes it towards point |
9.6 : Chahal to Smith, FOUR. End of over: GUJ 58/3 (Smith 37, Karthik 12) |
10.1 : Abdulla to Karthik, FOUR, bends down and sweeps it towards fine leg for a boundary |
10.2 : Abdulla to Karthik, one run, drives it towards deep cover |
10.3 : Abdulla to Smith, one run, sweeps it through backward square leg |
10.4 : Abdulla to Karthik, no run, lets it go outside off stump |
10.5 : Abdulla to Karthik, no run, pushes it towards point |
10.6 : Abdulla to Karthik, no run, looks to drive but misses and gets beaten. End of over: GUJ 64/3 (Smith 38, Karthik 17) |
11.1 : Chahal to Smith, no run, Smith defends off the front foot |
11.2 : Chahal to Smith, one run, pushes it towards cover for a quick single |
11.3 : Chahal to Karthik, no run, comes down the track and blocks |
11.4 : Chahal to Karthik, one run, comes down the track and swings it towards long on |
11.5 : Chahal to Smith, no run, pushes it back to the bowler |
11.6 : Chahal to Smith, SIX, goes back early, waits and muscles the pull deep into the mid-wicket stand. End of over: GUJ 72/3 (Smith 45, Karthik 18) |
12.1 : Abdulla to Karthik, FOUR, moved across the sticks a bit as well and pulled it handsomely wide of long leg |
Abdulla to Karthik, wide, way outside off stump |
12.2 : Abdulla to Karthik, no run, turns it towards short fine leg |
12.3 : Abdulla to Karthik, one run, flicks it towards deep mid wicket |
12.4 : Abdulla to Smith, FOUR, swings it towards wide long on for a boundary |
12.5 : Abdulla to Smith, SIX, comes forward and swings it over long on for SIX |
12.6 : Abdulla to Smith, one run, drives it down towards long off. End of over: GUJ 89/3 (Smith 56, Karthik 23) |
13.1 : Chahal to Smith, one run |
Jordan to Smith, one run, drives it down towards long on |
13.2 : Jordan to Karthik, one run, pushes it towards point |
13.3 : Jordan to Smith, one run, drives it towards deep square leg |
13.4 : Jordan to Karthik, two runs, works it through backward square leg for a couple of runs |
13.5 : Jordan to Karthik, OUT, no run, moves outside off stump and tries to scoop but gets a bottom inside edge onto the stumps |
13.6 : Jordan to Jadeja, no run, drives it to the cover fielder. |
Match State: Time Out End of over: GUJ 94/4 (Smith 58, Jadeja 0)
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14.1 : Aravind to Smith, one run, flicks it through mid wicket for a single |
14.2 : Aravind to Jadeja, one run, drives it towards deep mid wicket |
14.3 : Aravind to Smith, SIX, swings this low full toss over long leg for SIX |
100 comes up for Gujarat |
14.4 : Aravind to Smith, no run, tries to pull but misses this time |
14.5 : Aravind to Smith, one run, drives it towards deep mid wicket for a single |
14.6 : Aravind to Jadeja, one run, pushes it towards short third man. End of over: GUJ 104/4 (Smith 66, Jadeja 2) |
15.1 : Watson to Jadeja, no run, pushes it towards mid on |
15.2 : Watson to Jadeja, no run, cuts it to the point fielder |
Watson to Jadeja, wide, full ball and too wide outside off stump |
15.3 : Watson to Jadeja, one run, drives it towards square third man |
15.4 : Watson to Smith, one run, looks to drive but gets an inside edge towards square leg |
15.5 : Watson to Jadeja, OUT, no run, drives it in the air towards point. Gayle takes the catch |
15.6 : Watson to Bravo, one run, turns it towards square leg for a single. End of over: GUJ 108/5 (Smith 67, Bravo 1) |
16.1 : Chahal to Bravo, one run, turns it towards backward square leg |
16.2 : Chahal to Smith, SIX, bends down and smashes it over deep mid wicket for SIX |
16.3 : Chahal to Smith, OUT, no run, swings it towards long on but fails to clear the fielder this time. Kohli takes the catch |
16.4 : Chahal to Bravo, one run, turns it towards mid wicket |
16.5 : Chahal to Dwivedi, FOUR, bends down and sweeps it into the fine leg fence for a boundary |
16.6 : Chahal to Dwivedi, one run, pushes it towards cover point. End of over: GUJ 121/6 (Bravo 3, Dwivedi 5) |
17.1 : Jordan to Dwivedi, no run, drives it to the mid off fielder |
17.2 : Jordan to Dwivedi, one run, drives it towards extra cover for a single |
Jordan to Bravo, wide, down the leg side |
17.3 : Jordan to Bravo, FOUR, drives it through backward point for a boundary |
17.4 : Jordan to Bravo, one run, drives it towards long off |
17.5 : Jordan to Dwivedi, four leg byes, looks to flick but misses and off the pad the ball goes into the third man fence |
17.6 : Jordan to Dwivedi, one run, turns it towards short fine leg. End of over: GUJ 133/6 (Bravo 8, Dwivedi 7) |
18.1 : Watson to Dwivedi, SIX, gives the charge and lofts it over wide long off for SIX |
18.2 : Watson to Dwivedi, SIX, pulls the short ball over deep square leg for SIX |
18.3 : Watson to Dwivedi, OUT, no run |
Watson to Dwivedi, OUT, no run, gives the charge and swings it towards long on. Kohli dives forward and catches it. The batsmen goes out after the decision is referred to third umpire |
18.4 : Watson to Bravo, OUT, no run |
Watson to Bravo, OUT, no run, swings and misses. The ball crashes into the stumps. The umpire checks for the no ball but Watson is just fine |
Watson to Kulkarni, wide, bouncer down the leg side |
18.5 : Watson to Kulkarni, FOUR, swings it towards deep mid wicket for a boundary. Kohli puts in the dive but fails to stop the ball |
18.6 : Watson to Kulkarni, FOUR, drives it towards deep extra cover for a boundary. End of over: GUJ 154/8 (Kumar 0, Kulkarni 8) |
19.1 : Jordan to Kumar, one run, cuts it towards deep cover |
19.2 : Jordan to Kulkarni, one run, cuts it towards deep point |
19.3 : Jordan to Kumar, OUT, no run, looks to swing it hard but misses. The ball crashes into the stumps |
19.4 : Jordan to Jakati, no run, ducks under the bouncer |
19.5 : Jordan to Jakati, one run, drives it towards long on |
19.6 : Jordan to Kulkarni, OUT, one run, drives it through mid wicket and decides to come back for the 2nd run. |
Jordan to Kulkarni, OUT, one run, drives it through mid wicket and decides to come back for the 2nd run. Baby throws it to the bowler and Rahul whips off the bails. |
Gujarat have been bowled out for 158 runs. They got off to a poor start and were struggling at 9/3 in the 4th Over |
Smith came and smashed 73 runs from just 41 balls to lift their total. Karthik socred 26, while Dwivedi scored 19 runs from just 9 balls |
Watson took 4 wickets for 29 runs, while Abdulla and Jordan took 2 wickets each End of over: GUJ 158/10 (Jakati 1, Kulkarni 10)
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Gujarat Lions Squad:
Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Aaron Finch, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shadab Jakati, Eklavya Dwivedi, Praveen Kumar, Shival Kaushik
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad:
Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Shane Watson, Sachin Baby, Stuart Binny, Chris Jordan, Sreenath Aravind, Iqbal Abdulla, Yuzvendra Chahal