| 0.0 : Welcome to match 48 of the league this season and it is the big one. The two heavyweights collide as Mumbai take on Bangalore in the clash to go top of the table. Both sides will be desperate to get back to winning ways after losing their last game respectively. Whoever wins this will have a nose in the playoffs. One question in everyone's mind after recent social media post is, will Rohit be fit to take the field? Can Kohli's men get one over Mumbai or will the Men in Blue avenge for the earlie |
| Pitch Report - JP Duminy doing the pitch report says it looks a very good track, there is a tinge of grass on it but it is dry underneath. Daren Ganga besides him says you can bat well here as the bounce is good and there is not a lot of turn on this surface. He reckons slower ones come handy on the surface but there should be considerable difference between the normal deliveries and the slower ones. |
| TOSS - Mumbai win the toss and they will be fielding first! |
| Mumbai skipper, Kieron Pollard, says that they are looking at Rohit Sharma as he still has an issue with his hamstring. Hopes his side can come back and play good cricket. Tells that the last game was a good game of cricket and feels it won't change much. Thinks that it will get cooler later on and expects the ball to come to the bat better. Informs they are unchanged from their last game. |
| Virat Kohli, Bangalore skipper, says he is pretty happy to be batting first, there are a few changes according to the conditions. States Saini is out due to injury, Dube comes in, Dale Steyn and Josh Philippe come in for Aaron Finch and Moeen Ali. Mentions it was quite one sided early on but teams tend to find momentum towards the end, they want to play their best cricket and are looking forward for this game. |
| Bangalore (Playing XI) - Devdutt Padikkal, Josh Philippe (WK) (IN FOR AARON FINCH), Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shivam Dube (IN FOR NAVDEEP SAINI), Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Dale Steyn (IN FOR MOEEN ALI), Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal. |
| Mumbai (Unchanged Playing XI) - Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard (C), Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah. |
| We are all set to begin. Mumbai players are out in the middle. Devdutt Padikkal and Josh Philippe will open the batting for Bangalore. Trent Boult will start the proceedings for Mumbai. |
| 0.1 : Trent Boult to Josh Philippe, Good swing in straightaway for Boult. He starts with a full ball pitching on off and coming in. Philippe comes inside his stumps and defends it to mid on. |
| 0.2 : Trent Boult to Josh Philippe, Philippe is up and running. Full on middle and once again coming in. Philippe flicks it towards mid-wicket and gets a single to get Bangalore's scoreboard underway. |
| 0.3 : Trent Boult to Devdutt Padikkal, Goood length ball pitching on off and shaping away from the southpaw. Padikkal starts his innings with a calm defensive stroke. |
| 0.4 : Trent Boult to Devdutt Padikkal, Length ball around off, Padikkal taps it to point and looks for a run but rescinds straightaway. |
| 0.5 : Trent Boult to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! UP AND OVER! Boult again hits the good length area but this time it is outside off. Padikkal makes full use of the room he has and punches it over the man at short cover to get off the mark with a solid boundary. |
| 0.6 : Trent Boult to Devdutt Padikkal, Dot to finish the over. Boult goes back to cramp room and hit the off stump area. Padikkal defends it to point. 5 off the first over. |
| Who will partner Boult from the other end first up? It will be Jasprit Bumrah! |
| 1.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Josh Philippe, Bumrah starts with a good length ball on off. Philippe shows respect to Bumrah and defends the first ball with a straight bat. |
| 1.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Josh Philippe, Good length ball pitching outside off and coming back in. It hurries onto Philippe. He pushes it to mid off. |
| 1.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Josh Philippe, In the air but well short. Another one that jag backs in from around off. Philippe plays it early and it goes uppishly to the right of mid off. Pattinson dives to his right. He fumbles but no run cost. |
| 1.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Josh Philippe, FOUR! Superb shot from Philippe! His first boundary of the innings! Length ball on off, Philippe shuffles across his stump and drives it between mid on and mid-wicket with a bat straight as an arrow and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 1.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Josh Philippe, Good running! Full toss on middle, Philippe taps it to the right of mid off and takes a quick run. |
| 1.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Devdutt Padikkal, Bumrah comes around the wicket and bowls it on middle and off. Padikkal is happy to block it and negotiate Bumrah's first calmly. 5 of Bumrah's first. |
| Spin into the attack. Krunal Pandya is called into the attack in the 3rd over of the game. |
| 2.1 : Krunal Pandya to Josh Philippe, Flatter on the pads, Philippe flicks it through square leg for a brace. |
| 2.2 : Krunal Pandya to Josh Philippe, Short on off, Philippe knocks it to the right of short mid-wicket. Pattinson there dives to that side and makes a very good stop. Single taken. |
| 2.3 : Krunal Pandya to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Delicate and delightful! A quicker delivery around off. Padikkal uses the pace of the ball and scoops it fine towards fine leg for a bundary. |
| 2.4 : Krunal Pandya to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Punched and punched hard! Short around off, Padikkal is quick to get on his back foot and punch it through covers for his third boundary of the innings. |
| 2.5 : Krunal Pandya to Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal comes around the wicket and bowls it on middle and off. Padikkal punches it to long on and gets his first single of the evening. |
| 2.6 : Krunal Pandya to Josh Philippe, Shorter on off, Philippe punches it to mid on. |
| 3.1 : James Pattinson to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Welcome to the attack Pattinson! The Australian starts with a fuller ball on off and middle. Padikkal uses his wrists delightfully and lofts his flick with minimum of fuss over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 3.2 : James Pattinson to Devdutt Padikkal, Pattinson pulls back his length outside off. Devdutt swings but misses. |
| 3.3 : James Pattinson to Devdutt Padikkal, Calmness from Padikkal now as he runs this length ball down to third man for a single. |
| 3.4 : James Pattinson to Josh Philippe, FOUR! Excellent shot! Short ball on off. Philippe is an Aussie so he loves bounce and plays the pull shot well. Philippe pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 3.5 : James Pattinson to Josh Philippe, Now flicks this ball off his pad towards square leg and gets a single. Smart, sensible cricket this from Josh. |
| 3.6 : James Pattinson to Devdutt Padikkal, Pattinson comes around the wicket and bowls a short ball which is around the body. Padikkal taps it uppishly but it falls well short of Hardik at short third man. |
| 0.0 : Change in bowling. James Pattinson is into the attack now. 4 overs and 4th bowler is on. |
| 4.1 : Trent Boult to Josh Philippe, Good length ball on middle. Philippe looks to turn it to the leg side but closes the face of the bat early. Luckily for him his top edge falls in no man's land, well ahead of mid off. |
| 4.2 : Trent Boult to Josh Philippe, SIX! First biggie of the day and it comes from the bat of Josh Philippe! Boult bowls it too straight and too full on off. Philippe hits it beautifully straight down the ground for a biggie. |
| 4.3 : Trent Boult to Josh Philippe, Calmly defends this one now. |
| 4.4 : Trent Boult to Josh Philippe, Crunched but straight to the fielder. Length ball outside off, Philippe smashes his punch but straight to cover. Lucky escape for Boult. |
| 4.5 : Trent Boult to Josh Philippe, Bouncer! It is outside off, Philippe comes inside his stumps and looks to paddle it fine towards fine leg but misses. De Kock does really well to save that with a good jump and stretch. |
| 4.6 : Trent Boult to Josh Philippe, FOUR! Lucky for Philippe but as they say fortune favours the brave! Good length ball around off, Philippe looks to punch but gets a thick inside edge. It goes past the stump and fine towards fine leg to the fence. |
| 0.0 : Change in bowling. Pollard brings back Boult for his second. |
| 5.1 : James Pattinson to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Bangalore are on fire at the moment. Poor ball from Pattinson. He bowls it on the pads, Padikkal flicks it towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 5.2 : James Pattinson to Devdutt Padikkal, Good running! Length ball on the pads, Padikkal flicks it to backward square leg and before the fielder can come across and clean it up, Padikkal takes two. |
| 5.3 : James Pattinson to Devdutt Padikkal, On the pads, Padikkal tickles it to the leg side and gets to the other end. |
| 5.4 : James Pattinson to Josh Philippe, Short ball on off, Philippe pulls it to deep mid-wicket and gets a single. Excellent opening stand so far. 50 comes up with that single for Bangalore. |
| 5.5 : James Pattinson to Devdutt Padikkal, Much better from Pattinson! Hits the deck hard around off, Padikkal keeps it out. |
| 5.6 : James Pattinson to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! BEAUTIFUL! Fuller on middle, Padikkal moves away and comes down the track a bit and wonderfully lofts it over extra cover for a boundary. Excellent Powerplay for Bangalore. They are 54/0 at the end of the first phase! |
| 6.1 : Krunal Pandya to Josh Philippe, Good work from Tiwary! Josh gets the reverse sweep out. It is hit through point. Tiwary gives it chase, slides and pushes it back in. Saves a couple for his side. |
| 6.2 : Krunal Pandya to Josh Philippe, On middle, this is worked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 6.4 : Krunal Pandya to Josh Philippe, Uppish but away from the fielder! Josh comes down the track but Krunal spots that. He shortens his length a little. Philippe still goes ahead with the shot and lofts it over covers for one. |
| 6.3 : Krunal Pandya to Devdutt Padikkal, On the pads, this is worked through square leg for one more. |
| 6.5 : Krunal Pandya to Devdutt Padikkal, Close! Quicker and outside off, it skids through. Padikkal is late in the cut. He is beaten. |
| 6.6 : Krunal Pandya to Devdutt Padikkal, A single to end! On middle, it is pushed down to long on for one. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! A much-needed break for Mumbai as Bangalore are going great guns here. Their openers have laid the perfect foundation for a big total. More of the same is what they will be hoping for. Mumbai, on the other hand, need to break this stand. The Powerplay is done and with more protection now, they would hope their bowlers can help them crawl back into the game. Will Bangalore continue to dominate or will Mumbai fightback? Krunal Pandya to bowl now. |
| 6.6 : Rahul Chahar is into the attack now. Spin from both ends. |
| 7.1 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, Lovely! Deft! Gets out the paddle. Plays it nice and fine on the leg side. Two taken. |
| 7.2 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Padikkal is playing brilliantly. He brings out the reverse sweep now. It is fuller and on middle. Padikkal gets his bat down quickly and hits it through point for a boundary. |
| 7.3 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, Clever! Shorter and quicker on middle, Padikkal just nudges it towards fine leg for one more. |
| 7.4 : Rahul Chahar to Josh Philippe, FOUR! Philippe joins the act now! Uses his feet brilliantly and also makes room. He gets to the pitch of the ball and lofts it over cover for another boundary. Second in the over. |
| An appeal for a stumping has been referred. De Kock does not seem very excited. |
| 7.5 : Rahul Chahar to Josh Philippe, OUT! Josh's foot is in the air and he is a goner! That was really quick from de Kock because he just had a second. Excellent! A good little innings from Philippe comes to an end but he could not continue. Chahar strikes back and it is a much needed wicket for him. Philippe makes room but Chahar shortens his length just a little. It lands on middle, there is extra bounce and it also turns a little. JOsh looks to go over covers but misses. De Kock takes the bail |
| Virat Kohli walks out to bat! |
| 7.6 : Rahul Chahar to Virat Kohli, Edgy! Shorter and around off, turns a little. Kohli looks to push at it but it goes off the outer half towards third man for two. Kohli is off the mark. So an over which costs runs but also gets a wicket. |
| 8.1 : Krunal Pandya to Devdutt Padikkal, On the pads, this is worked through square leg for one. |
| 8.2 : Krunal Pandya to Virat Kohli, Close! This one comes back with the angle from middle. Kohli looks to drive but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 8.3 : Krunal Pandya to Virat Kohli, Almost! This is on middle, Kohli looks to push at it but it sticks in the surface. It goes uppishly but short of Pandya. |
| 8.4 : Krunal Pandya to Virat Kohli, Fires it on middle, this is pushed towards cover for one. |
| 8.5 : Krunal Pandya to Devdutt Padikkal, On middle, this is worked with the turn through mid-wicket for one. |
| 8.6 : Krunal Pandya to Virat Kohli, A single to end a tidy over from Pandya! Exactly what Pollard would have wanted after getting a wicket in the last one. On off, it is eased down to long off for one. |
| 9.1 : Rahul Chahar to Virat Kohli, Shorter and on middle, this is worked through square leg for one. |
| 9.2 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Hit hard and a boundary! This should release the pressure that was building. Shorter and outside off, Padikkal stays back and slaps it through covers. No chance for the fielder in the deep. |
| 9.3 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, Shorter again and outside off, DP slaps it towards deep cover this time for one. Chahar is not finding his length against the left-hander. |
| 9.4 : Rahul Chahar to Virat Kohli, On middle, this is whipped down to long on for one. |
| 9.5 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! And again! Way too short and way too wide. Easy for Padikkal. He goes back and slaps it through covers. No chance for the fielder in the deep again. |
| 9.6 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, Gets it kind of right this time. Lands it on leg stump and gets it to straighten a touch. Padikkal looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. Another expensive over from Chahar. |
| 10.1 : Krunal Pandya to Virat Kohli, Brilliant bowling! Kohli comes down the track and Pandya spots that. He slows it up and bowls it outside off. Kohli looks to reach out for it but it goes off the inner half towards the leg side. |
| 10.2 : Krunal Pandya to Virat Kohli, Quicker this time and on middle, defended. Krunal varying his pace nicely. |
| 10.3 : Krunal Pandya to Virat Kohli, Confusion but safe! This is on the pads, Kohli looks to flick but misses. It rolls on the leg side. Padikkal wants a run but is sent back in time. |
| 10.4 : Krunal Pandya to Virat Kohli, One more dot! Pressure building on Virat! This is on middle, Kohli whips it to mid-wicket. |
| 10.5 : Krunal Pandya to Virat Kohli, Just the one from the over with a ball to go. On off, it is guided to point. |
| 10.6 : Krunal Pandya to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Brilliant from Padikkal! Fifty up for him and it is a superb knock. Very fluent and he has played with a lot of authority. He gets there by pushing this through covers. It is in the gap and a boundary results. The last ball spoils the over somewhat. End of Krunal for today and he goes wicket-less again. |
| Bumrah is back! |
| 11.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Virat Kohli, On middle, this is worked through mid-wicket for two. |
| 11.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Virat Kohli, OUT! TAKEN! That is the exact reason why Bumrah was got back on. Brilliant from Pollard and brilliant from Bumrah. His 100th Indian T20 League wicket and it is a special one. This though is not for the first time he has bounced Kohli out. It is short and on middle, gets big on Kohli. He tries to pull but gets a top edge. It goes high towards mid on. Tiwary from mid-wicket runs towards the ball and takes a good tumbling catch. Kohli's struggle comes to an end. |
| 11.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Devdutt Padikkal, Outside off, skids through. Padikkal looks to cut but is beaten. |
| 11.2 : AB de Villiers walks out to bat! He played really well against them in the last game. Need something similar. |
| 11.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Devdutt Padikkal, On middle, it is worked wide of mid on for one. |
| 11.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to AB de Villiers, A good bumper to welcome de Villiers. He does well to evade it. |
| 11.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to AB de Villiers, Outside off, it is guided down to third man for one. End of a brilliant over from Bumrah. One that Mumbai needed. |
| 12.1 : Rahul Chahar to AB de Villiers, BEATEN! Lovely! This is tossed up on off, it spins away. De Villiers looks to defend but is beaten. |
| 12.2 : Rahul Chahar to AB de Villiers, BEATEN AGAIN! Lovely! This is tossed up on off, it spins away. It is full and outside off. De Villiers looks to drive but is beaten. |
| 12.3 : Rahul Chahar to AB de Villiers, ABD looks to play the reverse sweep but hits it straight to the man at first slip. |
| 12.4 : Rahul Chahar to AB de Villiers, A single now! Shorter and around off, it is pushed down to long off for one. |
| 12.5 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, Quicker and from around the wicket. Attacks the stumps. Padikkal stays back and defends it. |
| 12.6 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, WIDE! Down the leg side. Padikkal looks to play it fine but misses. |
| Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, A single to end as this is pushed down to long off. A very good over from Chahar now comes to an end. |
| 13.1 : James Pattinson to Devdutt Padikkal, Good length ball on off. Padikkal looks to drive but it goes to the leg side off the inner half of his bat for one. |
| 13.2 : James Pattinson to AB de Villiers, Crunching pull by de Villiers but there is protection in the deep so just a run. |
| 13.3 : James Pattinson to Devdutt Padikkal, Short again from Patto! Padikkal pulls it behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 13.4 : James Pattinson to AB de Villiers, SIX! Mr.360 going 360 now! Fuller on off, de Villiers premeditates his scoop and executes it well to send it over de Kock's head and over the ropes. |
| 13.5 : James Pattinson to AB de Villiers, FOUR! Pulled with placement. Slowish back of a length ball around the body. De Villiers pulls it behind square leg for another boundary. |
| 13.6 : James Pattinson to AB de Villiers, Dot ball to finish! 13 off the 14th over. The last ball is slightly slower on off. De Villiers blocks it. |
| 14.1 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, Short around off. Padikkal punches it nicely but straight to the man at cover. |
| 14.2 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, SIX! First biggie for Devdutt Padikkal. Chahar shows courage and gives this a lot of air and flight on off. Padikkal says thank you very much and smokes it straight over Rahul's head for a biggie. |
| 14.3 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! This time pierces the gap! Short and outside off, Padikkal gets on his back foot and punches it between cover and point for a boundary. |
| 14.4 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! MISFIELD AND FOUR! Short around off, Padikkal punches it uppishly towards cover. It falls to the man at cover. Krunal dives forward for the catch but the ball bounces in front of him and goes past him to race away to the fence. |
| 14.5 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, On the pads, Padikkal tucks it through mid-wicket for two. |
| 14.6 : Rahul Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, Short and slow from Rahul to finish. Padikkal looks to pull but the ball stays on this pitch as it hits the bottom edge of his bat. Expensive day for Rahul Chahar. 1/43 from his 4! |
| 15.1 : Kieron Pollard to AB de Villiers, Pollard starts with a fuller ball on off, de Villers lofts it over cover for a brace. |
| 0.0 : Skipper, Kieron Pollard is into the attack. |
| 15.2 : Kieron Pollard to AB de Villiers, OUT! CAUGHT! The skipper gets the big fish himself. Big moment in this game as everyone knows how dangerous AB de Villiers is in the back end of the innings. A dipping full toss around off, De Villiers bends his back and looks to heave it over mid-wicket. Unfortunately for Bangalore, AB cannot get under it. He hits it in the air and straight to the man at deep mid-wicket. Rahul Chahar there makes no mistake and takes a simple catch. The two umpires get tog |
| 15.3 : Kieron Pollard to Shivam Dube, Slow and short ball on middle. Dube tucks it to the leg side for one. |
| 15.2 : DRINKS! |
| 15.4 : Kieron Pollard to Devdutt Padikkal, Heavy ball around middle and leg. Padikkal turns it to the leg side and rotates. |
| 15.5 : Kieron Pollard to Shivam Dube, Beauty from Pollard! Good length ball on off. Pollard rolls his fingers on it like an off spinner. Dube looks to defend but misses as the ball beats his outside edge. |
| 15.6 : Kieron Pollard to Shivam Dube, Full outside off, Dube nudges it to sweeper cover for one. Excellent over from Kieron Pollard. Just 5 runs and the big wicket from the skiper's over. |
| Bowling change. Bumrah is back! |
| 16.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Shivam Dube, Fuller on off. Dube defends it. |
| 16.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Shivam Dube, Good length ball on top of middle. Dube punches it back to the bowler without any foot movement. |
| 16.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Shivam Dube, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust for Bangalore and Mumbai are pulling things back very nicely here. Bouncer from Bumrah! It is on middle, Dube looks to pull. He does so and gets a lot of height. The distance is missing though and it goes straight into the hands of Suryakumar Yadav in the deep. He takes a good catch. Second wicket for Bumrah. |
| 0.0 : De Villiers has been caught but they are checking for the no ball for the height. |
| 16.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Devdutt Padikkal, Almost another one. Good length ball which comes back into the southpaw. Padikkal looks to flick but gets an inside edge which lobs in front of cover. Kishan dives but the ball falls short of him. Good effort. It is hit straight to fine leg. Trent Boult there moves to his right and takes a simple catch. End of a very good innings from Padikkal but he departs at the very wrong time. |
| 16.3 : Who will walk out to bat now? Chris Morris it is! |
| 16.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Devdutt Padikkal, OUT! CAUGHT! Bumrah is once again becoming a thorn in Bangalore's throat. The well-set Padikkal walks departs as well. |
| 16.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Play and a miss! Excellent over from Bumrah. Good length ball outside off, Gurkeerat looks to play but misses. WOW! A double wicket maiden from Bumrah! stuff of champions and this young man is a champion bowler. |
| 16.5 : Who will come out to bat now? Gurkeerat Singh Mann is the new man in. |
| 17.1 : Trent Boult to Chris Morris, Four! Smashed away and a welcome boundary for Bangalore. It is a length ball and outside off, Morris smashes it through covers for a boundary. |
| 17.2 : Trent Boult to Chris Morris, OUT! TAKEN! Another one bites the dust and Bangalore have completely lost their way! Now even 160 looks farfetched. Boult gets his revenge. It is short and outside off. Morris uper cuts but it goes straight into the hands of the third man fielder. Pattinson makes no mistake. |
| 17.3 : Trent Boult to Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Outside off, this is guided through backward point for one. |
| 17.4 : Trent Boult to Washington Sundar, Shorter and on the body, it is pulled down to fine leg for one. |
| 17.5 : Trent Boult to Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Short and on the body, this is pulled towards deep square leg for one. |
| 17.6 : Trent Boult to Washington Sundar, WIDE! Short and down the leg side. Left alone. |
| Trent Boult to Washington Sundar, FOUR! Nice and fine! Bangalore need a few more of these. A wicket from the over but an expensive one. The extra ball costs Boult. It is on the pads, Sundar works it fine and it races away to the fine leg fence. |
| 18.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Length and on middle, this is pushed back to the bowler. A dot to begin! |
| 18.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Just short and it is another dot! Shorter and angled into the body. Mann swings but it goes off the splice towards mid-wicket. Yadav dives forward and looks to take it but it lands short. Well fielded in the end. |
| 18.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Gurkeerat Singh Mann, WIDE! Short and down the leg side, Mann looks to pull but misses. Wided. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Angled into the body, it is pulled through mid-wicket for one. |
| 18.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Washington Sundar, Another single! Mumbai won't mind. On off, it is pushed towards mid off for one. |
| 18.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Bumrah just seems too difficult to put away! It is short and outside off, Mann mistimes it towards mid off for one more. |
| 18.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Washington Sundar, How was that kept out? A brilliant yorker and on middle. Sundar gets his bat down right at the end and jams it out towards the leg side. A single taken. End of a superb penultimate over and a brilliant spell from Bumrah. |
| 19.1 : Trent Boult to Washington Sundar, That is sloppy from Mumbai! This is fuller and around off, it is hit towards mid off. Yadav there dives to his left and parries it away from his body. They steal another run. |
| 19.2 : Trent Boult to Washington Sundar, Fuller and on off, it is hit towards mid off for one more. |
| 19.3 : Trent Boult to Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Beautiful bowling! It is a slower one and it is well outside off. Mann moves across and is early into the drive. He is beaten. |
| 19.4 : Trent Boult to Gurkeerat Singh Mann, FOUR! In the gap and a boundary! Full and on the pads, Mann whips it nicely towards the mid-wicket fence. A welcome boundary. Can he get one more? |
| 19.5 : Trent Boult to Gurkeerat Singh Mann, FOUR! He surely can! Over mid off this time. Fuller and on off, it is the slower one. Mann this time waits for it and then lofts it over mid off for a boundary. Can he make it three in a row? |
| 19.6 : Trent Boult to Gurkeerat Singh Mann, No, he can't! A couple to end! Mann looks to move right across and play it in the square leg region where both the fielders are in the ring. It is a little too full and hence, it goes off the toe-end towards deep mid-wicket for two. A good last over for Bangalore. THEY END WITH 164! |
| Excellent comeback from Mumbai and that is why they are the most feared bowling attack in the league. At one stage it looked like Mumbai would be chasing in excess of 180 but mighty Mumbai's brilliant bowling attack has restricted Bangalore to 164! |
| Terrific bowling display led by their champion bowler, Jasprit Bumrah. The defending champions did not start off well but they found their mojo at the right stage of the innings. Bumrah was the star picking up 3/14 from his 4! Chahar was expensive for his one wicket. Krunal was economical while Pollard's one over got the big wicket of AB de Villiers. Boult and Pattinson though did not have the most fruitful evening. |
| Krunal Pandya says it was a very good bowling effort. He reckons the wicket is good to bat on and they bowled well in the second half. States Bumrah has done it for them so many times and he has delivered again here. Mentions varying the pace has always been his strength and he backs himself. Ends by saying they will back themselves to chase this down and had 165 been given to them before the game, they would have taken it. |
| After being put into bat, Bangalore got off to a flier thanks to the returning Josh Philippe and Devdutt Padikkal. They openers set the platform with a 71-run stand. Bangalore's batting heavyweights though failed to capitalize on the platform as the middle order failed. Padikkal was the standout batter with his brilliant 74! From 131/2, Bangalore stumbled their way to 164/6. |
| So Mumbai need 165 to win this game and solidify their position at the top of the table. They enter the break with momentum. Bangalore have a decent score on the board and will hope that thir bowler's can once again guide them to victory. It promises to be a fascinating chase. Join us in a while for Mumbai's reply. But before that let's hear from Mumbai's Krunal Pandya. |
| 0.1 : Chris Morris to Quinton de Kock, Morris starts with a good length ball which comes back in a bit to the southpaw. De Kock taps it towards cover point and looks for a run but is sent back very early. |
| We are back for the chase. The Bangalore players are out in the middle. Ishan Kishan and Quinton de Kock will open the innings for Mumbai. Chris Morris will start the proceedings for Bangalore. |
| 0.2 : Chris Morris to Quinton de Kock, On the pads, de Kock looks to flick but misses and gets hit high on the thigh pad. There is a shout from somewhere but only optimism. That ball pitched outside leg as confirmed by Ball Tracker later on. |
| 0.3 : Chris Morris to Quinton de Kock, Quinton de Kock is off the mark! On the pads, de Kock flicks it this time and gets a single to get Mumbai's chase underway! |
| 0.4 : Chris Morris to Ishan Kishan, Another one on the pads. Kishan looks to flick but he misses and the ball goes to the keeper on a bounce after kissing his pads. |
| 0.5 : Chris Morris to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! SMASHED! What a way to get off the mark! Morris is guilty of offering width outside off, Ishan Kishan's eyes light up looking at that and he punches it through covers for a boundary. |
| 0.6 : Chris Morris to Ishan Kishan, Better from Morris. Good length ball on off, Ishan Kishan defends it with a straight bat. 5 off the first over. |
| 1.1 : Dale Steyn to Quinton de Kock, Steyn starts with a fuller ball around off. De Kock pushes it to cover |
| 0.6 : Who will partner Morris with the new ball from the other end? Will it be spin or pace? It will be the veteran, Dale Steyn. |
| 1.2 : Dale Steyn to Quinton de Kock, Good ball and good running! Good length ball around off, de Kock taps it behind point and takes a quick run. |
| 1.3 : Dale Steyn to Ishan Kishan, Ohh! Steyn hits the deck hard on middle and the ball comes back in. It is the cutter so comes slow as well. Kishan defends it half-heartedly towards mid off. |
| 1.4 : Dale Steyn to Ishan Kishan, SIX! First one of the chase and what a lovely strike it is! Very Adam Gilchrist type from Ishan Kishan. Full on middle, Kishan lofts his flick over square leg for an 80m biggie. |
| 1.5 : Dale Steyn to Ishan Kishan, Short ball around the body at chest height. Kishan pulls it behind square awkwardly for a single. |
| 1.6 : Dale Steyn to Quinton de Kock, Another good shot! Full around off, de Kock strikes it through covers and gets a couple to end the over. Expensive start for Steyn. 10 off his first. |
| 2.1 : Washington Sundar to Ishan Kishan, Sundar stats with a flatter delivery on middle. Kishan defends it with a dead bat. |
| 2.2 : Washington Sundar to Ishan Kishan, On middle and leg, Kishan whips it hard but there is mid-wicket inside the circle so another dot. |
| 2.3 : Washington Sundar to Ishan Kishan, Floated on off, Kishan taps it to the off side and looks for a run but does not get it. |
| 2.4 : Washington Sundar to Ishan Kishan, Tossed up on off, Kishan looks to drive it on the off side but the ball goes to the leg side via the inside half of Ishan's willow. Single taken. |
| 2.5 : Washington Sundar to Quinton de Kock, Tossed up on middle. De Kock strokes it to the right of mid on and gets to the other end. Solid start for Sundar. Can he finish it well? |
| 2.6 : Washington Sundar to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Poor ball from Sundar and gets the treatement. He cannot finish it well but still just 6 off his first. Short and wide outside off, Ishan Kishan punches it through covers for a boundary. |
| 0.0 : Change in bowling. Virat Kohli goes to his most impressive bowler in the Powerplay this season. Washington Sundar is into the attack. |
| 3.1 : Dale Steyn to Quinton de Kock, Full on off and middle. De Kock strokes it to the right of mid off. Morris slides to that side but cannot stop his countryman from taking a single. |
| 3.2 : Dale Steyn to Ishan Kishan, Steyn comes around the wicket and bowls it with the angle to the bdy of Ishan Kishan. He tucks it to the right of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 3.3 : Dale Steyn to Quinton de Kock, Back of a length delivery around off. De Kock pulls it but does not time it well. He manages to pull it over mid-wicket. Dube does well to chase it and pull it before the rope. Saves two for his side. |
| 3.4 : Dale Steyn to Quinton de Kock, On off, QdK keeps it out. |
| 3.5 : Dale Steyn to Quinton de Kock, Agricultural from de Kock. Length ball around off, de Kock looks to pull but hits it to mid on off the lower half of his bat. |
| 4.1 : Washington Sundar to Ishan Kishan, On the pads, Kishan strokes it towards mid on for one. |
| 3.6 : Dale Steyn to Quinton de Kock, SIX! BOOM! De Kock will smoke the pull more often than not. Good length ball on off, it is not too short but de Kock does not even want them to be too short to play his favourite shot. He did this against Archer in the last game and tonight he has done against his fellow countryman and smokes his pull over square leg for a biggie. |
| 4.2 : Washington Sundar to Quinton de Kock, Short on middle and off, de Kock plays it to point with a horizontal bat. |
| 4.3 : Washington Sundar to Quinton de Kock, Quicker on middle, de Kock gets on his back foot and plays it late to cover. |
| 4.4 : Washington Sundar to Quinton de Kock, Mistimed but in the gap! Short on off and middle, de Kock looks to muscle his pull but it goes off the lower half of his bat. It goes between mid-wicket and mid on for one. |
| 4.5 : Washington Sundar to Quinton de Kock, Good running! Another sluggish slog from de Kock. Tossed up on off, Quinton hits it towards square leg off the inner half of his bat for a couple. |
| 4.6 : Washington Sundar to Quinton de Kock, Flat and straight on leg. Quinton keeps it out. Good over from Sundar. Tidy start from him. 11 off his two so far. |
| 5.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Ishan Kishan, Close! Back of a length and on off, Kishan looks to guide it down to third man but gets an inside edge onto the pads. It rolls beside the wicket for one. |
| 5.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Quinton de Kock, Very full and on middle, this is jammed back towards the mid off fielder. |
| 5.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Quinton de Kock, OUT! De Kock holes out! Siraj gets the breakthrough Bangalore needed. It is slightly short and on middle, angling away. De Kock looks to pull it, he tries to play the shot he has done so successfully but this comes off the bottom. It goes straight to the man at deep mid-wicket who makes no mistake. Mann is the catcher. |
| 5.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Suryakumar Yadav, Short and down the leg side, Wided. |
| Mohammed Siraj to Suryakumar Yadav, On a length and around middle, it is pushed to mid on. |
| 5.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Suryakumar Yadav, Three taken! This is angled into the pads, Yadav works it nicely through wide mid on. Morris runs after it, dives and saves a run for his side. He is walking back to his position holding his back. |
| 5.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! The last two balls means it is an expensive over. Still a wicket in it. The last ball is full and on the pads, Kishan works it through mid-wicket. It races away. A decent Powerplay for Mumbai, they are 45 for 1 after it. Another 120 needed. |
| 6.1 : Washington Sundar to Suryakumar Yadav, On middle, it is pushed down to long on for one. |
| 6.2 : Washington Sundar to Ishan Kishan, WIDE! Down the leg side, left alone. |
| Washington Sundar to Ishan Kishan, A lot of confusion! First Kishan looks to play the paddle scoop but then changes to guiding it to point. Then Yadav wants a run but is sent back in time. |
| 6.3 : Washington Sundar to Ishan Kishan, Shorter and outside off, Kishan cuts but to point who makes a good stop diving to his right. Can't stop a single. |
| 6.4 : Washington Sundar to Suryakumar Yadav, On off, Yadav pushes it to covers. |
| 6.5 : Washington Sundar to Suryakumar Yadav, One more dot! On middle, it is pushed back to the bwoler. |
| 6.6 : Washington Sundar to Suryakumar Yadav, A single to end a tidy over from Sundar! On middle, this is worked through mid-wicket for one. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal is on now! |
| 7.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, The googly, a little bit of turn. Yadav looks to defend but it goes off the inner half towards mid-wicket. |
| 7.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, Shorter and outside off, this is slapped through covers for one. |
| 7.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ishan Kishan, Slower and on the pads, this is swept through square leg for one. |
| 7.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, This is tossed up nice and slow on off. Yadav looks to sweep but it goes off the toe-end towards mid on for one. |
| 7.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ishan Kishan, OUT! Chahal comes on and strikes! Kishan, the well-set batter is out of here and Mumbai are in a spot of bother! Kishan steps out and Chahal bowls it nice and wide outside off. Kishan has to reach out for it. He looks to do so and tries to go over long off but it goes off the toe-end. Morris runs to his right from long on and takes it. |
| 7.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, On the pads, this is worked through square leg for one. End of another outstanding over for Bangalore. |
| 8.1 : Washington Sundar to Suryakumar Yadav, A little bit of turn there! It is on middle and spins in. Sundar looks to drive but it goes off the inner half through square leg for one. |
| 8.2 : Washington Sundar to Saurabh Tiwary, On middle, this is pushed down to long off for one. |
| 8.3 : Washington Sundar to Suryakumar Yadav, On middle, it is eased down to long on for one. |
| 8.4 : Washington Sundar to Saurabh Tiwary, Well bowled! Slows it up a little and lands it on middle, it turns away a touch. Tiwary looks to defend but it goes off the outer half towards point. |
| 8.5 : Washington Sundar to Saurabh Tiwary, On the pads, this is worked towards short fine leg for one. |
| 8.6 : Washington Sundar to Suryakumar Yadav, Another single to end! On middle, it is pushed down to long on for one. |
| 9.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, On off, Yadav looks to push at it. It goes off the inner half through mid-wicket for one. |
| 9.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Saurabh Tiwary, On off, it is pushed down to long off for one. |
| 9.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! A welcome, welcome biggie! This was needed to break the shackles. It is tossed up on middle, Yadav targets the short side of the ground with a sweep. It is not right off the middle but still goes over the mid-wicket fence. |
| 9.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! That has gone to the fence like a tracer bullet! Another sweep and brilliantly done. It is fuller and on middle. Yadav sweeps and hits it through square leg. 10 runs from the last two balls. |
| 9.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, On middle, it is quicker. It is pushed back to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! This game is nicely poised in the balance. Bangalore have got rid of both the dangerous openers and will look to build on this. Mumbai, on the other hand, have a deep batting line up. Who will take the lead in the second phase as after the first phase of the chase it is an even contest. |
| 9.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, Shorter and outside off, it is cut towards point. Kohli makes a good stop diving to his right. So a good over for Mumbai. They need another 95 in the last 10. |
| 10.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Saurabh Tiwary, Good length ball on off, Tiwary defends it. |
| 10.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Saurabh Tiwary, Full on off, Saurabh keeps it out. |
| 10.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Saurabh Tiwary, Length ball outside off, Tiwary strokes it wide of the diving point fielder for a couple. |
| 10.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Saurabh Tiwary, OUT! CAUGHT! Super catch from Padikkal and Siraj has his second. What a game Padikkal is having. First with the bat and now a diving stunner in the field. Bangalore have their tail up and why wouldn't they. They have continued to get wickets at regular intervals. Fuller on off, Tiwary looks to drive it through mid off but he ends up hitting it uppishly towards mid off. It looked like the ball will fall short of Padikkal there but he dives in front and t |
| 10.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Krunal Pandya, Good length ball outside off, Krunal looks to defend but the ball shapes away from him and beats him. |
| 10.4 : Who will walk out to bat now? Krunal Pandya is the first one out of the dynamic trio to walk out to bat. |
| 10.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Krunal Pandya, On the pads, Pandya looks to tuck it to the leg side but it hits his body and goes to the on side. Leg bye taken. |
| 11.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Krunal Pandya, Appeal but turned down. Kohli does not refer it either. Floated around off, Krunal looks to reverse sweep but misses. It looked ot be bouncing too much. |
| 11.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Krunal Pandya, FOUR! Good shot! Tossed up on off, Krunal opesn the off side and lofts it over extra cover for a boundary. |
| 11.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Krunal Pandya, This time Krunal manages to connect with the reverser sweep and get it through point for a couple. |
| 11.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Krunal Pandya, Flighted on middle, KP milks it to long on for one. |
| 11.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, Uppish but falls short! SHort around off, Suryakumar Yadav looks to cut but it goes uppishly towards short third man. Luckily for Mumbai falls well short of the fielder there. |
| 11.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! Classic Suryakumar Yadav shot! Not an easy shot to play but Yadav made it look like a cake walk. Loopy delivery outside off, Suryakumar goes inside outs over extra cover for a biggie. |
| 12.1 : Dale Steyn to Krunal Pandya, On the pads, Krunal looks to flick but it goes off his thigh pad. Leg bye taken. |
| 12.2 : Dale Steyn to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Lovely from Suryakumar! Good length ball outside off, Yadav opens the face of the bat and goes fine down to third man for a boundary. |
| 12.3 : Dale Steyn to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Top shot from Suryakumar Yadav! Good length ball outside off. Suryakumar Yadav keeps his balance, uses the pace of the ball and punches it through point for a boundary. |
| 12.4 : Dale Steyn to Suryakumar Yadav, Better from Steyn. Comes closer to the stumps. Yadav defends it. |
| 12.5 : Dale Steyn to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! CRUNCHED! Supreme from Suryakumar Yadav! Length delivery around off, Yadav goes on his back foot and punches it effortlessly through covers for the third boundary off the over. |
| 12.6 : Dale Steyn to Suryakumar Yadav, Another punch but this time straight to the fielder. 13 off the over. 66 needed in 42 balls. |
| 13.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Krunal Pandya, Loopy ball on middle nd leg. Krunal comes down the track and muscles it over cow corner for a couple. |
| 13.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Krunal Pandya, Slower leg break on the pads. Krunal sweeps it to deep square leg for one. |
| 13.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Beautiful from Suryakumar! He plays the sweep shot very well and he has shown it to Chahal first hand. Tossed up on middle and leg, Yadav sweeps it through backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 13.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, Now Yadav goes to his back foot and knocks this to long on for one. |
| 13.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Krunal Pandya, OUT! CAUGHT! Krunal Pandya holes out! Another classic Chahal wicket. A nicely looped up delivery around off from Chahal. Krunal looks to go downtown but he is decieved in the air and by the lack of pace in it. He mistimes his shot and ends up hitting it straight to Chris Morris at long off. The big South frican makes no mistake. Kohli screams in joy as he knows this game is there to be won and the skipper is pumped up. 58 needed in 37! Game on! |
| One Pandya replaces another as Hardik comes out to bat. |
| 13.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Hardik Pandya, Flighted on off, Hardik starts his innings with a calm front foot defense. |
| 14.1 : Chris Morris to Suryakumar Yadav, On off, Yadav punches it to the off side for one. |
| 14.2 : Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, Good ball! Slower ball right in the block hole. Hardik jams it out. |
| 14.3 : Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, Good length ball around off, Hardik punches it to point. |
| 14.4 : Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, WIDE! Morris misses his line and bowls one down the leg side. Hardik looks to flick but misses. |
| Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, SIX! Sheer timing from Hardik and he gets off the mark just like he lives his life. In flamboyant style. Full on leg and middle. Hardik lifts his flick over square leg for a biggie. |
| 14.5 : Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, Low full toss on middle, Hardik strokes it away from mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 14.6 : Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, Back of a length delivery outside off. It seemed to have come slower but was bowled at over 138 kph. Hardik initially looked to play but then bailed out. 48 needed off the last 5 overs. |
| 15.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! FIFTY FOR SURYAKUMAR! What an innings this has been! A delight to watch! A low full toss on the pads, Yadav flicks it through square leg for a boundary to bring up his milestone. |
| 15.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! CREAMED! Slightly overpitched on off, Yadav gets on his front foot and drives it magnificently through covers for a boundary. |
| 15.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Suryakumar Yadav, Fuller on off, Yadav defends it. |
| 15.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Excellent! Siraj bangs it in short, Suryakumar bends his back and guides it fine over third man for another boundary. |
| 15.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Suryakumar Yadav, Good ball! Yorker on off, Yadav jams it out. |
| 15.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Suryakumar Yadav, Full toss around off, Suryakumar strokes it through covers and keeps the strike with one. 35 needed in 24 balls! Mumbai's game to lose from here. |
| 16.1 : Chris Morris to Suryakumar Yadav, This one tails back in from outside off. Yadav looks to force it through the off side but it goes off the inner half through square leg for one. |
| 16.2 : Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, On middle, it is pushed back to the bowler. A dot. Bangalore will like a couple more dots. |
| 16.3 : Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, Singles are also fine for them right now. Fuller and on middle, it is eased down to long on for one. |
| 16.4 : Chris Morris to Suryakumar Yadav, Fuller and on middle, this is eased down towards long on for one more. |
| 16.5 : Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, Full and on middle, not letting the batters get under it. Pandya works it through mid-wicket and takes one. |
| 16.6 : Chris Morris to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! The last ball proves to be very costly! 27 needed in 18 now. Very nonchalant by Yadav. It is angled into his pads, Yadav works it over the mid-wicket fielder and bags a boundary. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! This should be Mumbai's game from here! However, Bangalore will have to bowl really well if they are to win from here. A lot will depend on Morris as to how he goes about everything. The last passage could be an interesting one if Bangalore manage a wicket or two quickly. |
| 17.1 : Dale Steyn to Hardik Pandya, Well outside off, left alone. Not wided. Pandya probably moved across and hence, it was not called a wide. |
| 17.2 : Dale Steyn to Hardik Pandya, A dot now! Wide yorker outside off. Pandya fails to put bat to ball. There is a noise as the ball passes the bat. He appeals but nothing. |
| 17.3 : Dale Steyn to Hardik Pandya, One more wide! Not coming out right for Steyn. It is wide outside off. Left alone. |
| 17.2 : Dale Steyn to Hardik Pandya, This one is a wide! It is well short and well wide outside off. Left alone. |
| 17.3 : Dale Steyn to Hardik Pandya, Looks to bowl it well wide outside off but ends up bowling it well outside the tramline. Wided. |
| Dale Steyn to Hardik Pandya, Gets it right this time. A yorker outside off, Pandya swings but it goes off the toe-end towards deep point for one. |
| 17.4 : Dale Steyn to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! That is probably the blow which seals the deal for Mumbai! Yadav goes down on one knee to play the scoop pretty early. Steyn bowls a full toss on the pads, it is scooped over the fine leg fence for a biggie. |
| 17.5 : Dale Steyn to Suryakumar Yadav, A single now! Yadav now goes for the scoop again but Steyn bangs it short. He adjusts and gets it through mid-wicket for one. |
| 17.6 : Dale Steyn to Hardik Pandya, A dot to end but a very good over for Mumbai. 16 needed in 12. A very full ball outside off. Pandya swings but misses. |
| 18.1 : Chris Morris to Suryakumar Yadav, Very full and on middle, it is jammed out towards cover. A dot. Good start to the over. |
| 18.2 : Chris Morris to Suryakumar Yadav, Not off the middle but enough to get two! Length and outside off, Yadav lofts it over covers and takes two. |
| 18.3 : Chris Morris to Suryakumar Yadav, Yadav goes down on one knee again. Morris bowls a full toss. It is swept down towards fine leg for one. |
| 18.4 : Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, SIX! That is a brute of a shot! Pandya also lets Morris knows how he felt after hitting that one. Wow! That is some hit. It is extremely full, difficult to get under. Pandya still manages to whip it over the wide long on fence for a biggie. Just the 7 needed. |
| 18.5 : Chris Morris to Hardik Pandya, OUT! TAKEN! Morris now has a go at Hardik. He gets his revenge. Still though, Hardik has probably done his job. This partnership surely has. It is a full delivery again but this is outside off. Pandya looks to go over covers but fails to get under it. He does not get the elevation he wanted and Siraj takes a good catch diving to his right. |
| 18.6 : Chris Morris to Kieron Pollard, FOUR! Pollard needs no sighters and he is off the mark in style! Also, just the 3 needed now. A full toss on middle, Pollard whips it through mid-wicket and it races away to the fence. Can't blame Morris there, he went for the yorker as Pollard's wicket was needed but it did not come off. |
| 19.1 : Bangalore chipped wickets regularly early on but that was not enough. Kohli's trump card, Yuzvendra Chahal, picked up 2 wickets but he was expensive. Siraj picked two as well while Morris grabbed one. There just was not enough runs on the board for the Bangalore bowlers to play with on a pitch that was very good to bat on. Steyn had a torrid time as the veteran was taken to the cleaners in his comeback game. |
| Bangalore skipper, Virat Kohli, says they had a strange phase of batting as everything they hit went to the fielders. Credits the way Mumbai bowled in the last 5 overs. States they still did well despite being 20 runs short. Also says the changes they were according to the situation, they thought the ball would do a bit at the start but it did not do a lot. They needed wickets but could not get a lot at the start. Adds the bottom teams are playing really well, they have two games now and if they |
| Mumbai's pace merchant, Trent Boult is up for a chat. Boult says it was good to win this game, they did well to comeback with the ball to keep them in check and the batters did really well. Credits the way Bumrah bowled. Mentions he is feeling good, some big games coming up and that is why they play the game. |
| Mohammed Siraj to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Up and over! No miracle from Siraj as Yadav just needed the one ball to finish things off. A classy drive. It is full and outside off. Yadav lofts it over covers for a boundary. MUMBAI WIN BY 5 WICKETS! |
| 18.5 : Kieron Pollard walks out to bat! |
| 18.6 : Siraj to bowl the last! Does he have a miracle in store for us? |
| 19.1 : Chasing a modest total of 165, Mumbai got off to a decent start with their openers getting them off to a quick start. The Men in Blue were losing wickets regularly but Suryakumar Yadav held one end and sent a notice to the selectors with his match winning knock of 79 and took his side over the line. |
| Stay tuned for the presentation. |
| Mumbai skipper, Kieron Pollard, says  he watches a lot of cricket and he always thinks what he might have done. They had to make up for an over, he could have waited for the last but he did not mind going for runs but he got the big wicket which changed the momentum. They can't just rely on Bumrah but everybody has contributed with the bat and ball. States Yadav keeps showing how classy he is, he will be disappointed that he has not been picked for India but he is not far away especially judg |
| For his supreme batting performance, Suryakumar Yadav, is named Man of the Match! Suryakumar says he was looking to finish the game from a long time, he always use to wonder how to do it and he just wants to go out there and do his job. States a lot of meditation and spending time himself is helping him a lot. Mentions he loved the shot over covers to Chahal and one back foot punch was his favorite. Also says he has worked a lot during the lockdown and has practice to play on all sides of the wi |
| That is it from this game. Mumbai stay top of the table and move to the crucial, 16 point mark. Bangalore lose their second game on the trot and make the table a lot more interesting. The action continues on Thursday, 29th October as Chennai take on play off chasing, Kolkata. That game begins at 1800 local (1400 GMT). We hope to see you for that one. Till then, goodbye and take care! |
| A masterclass in chase from Mumbai. They have shown a prototype of how to chase. With this win the defending champions have almost, almost sealed a placed in the playoffs and created a breathing space at the top of the table. |
| Earlier in the evening, Mumbai put Bangalore to bat. The Men in Red and Black started off well and looked on course for a total in excess of 180 but Mumbai bowling led by Jasprit Bumrah pulled things back and restricted Bangalore to 164. Padikkal and Philippe were the only batters who performed well scoring 74 and 33 resepctively. Bumrah was the chief tormentor with the ball as he finished with figures of 4-1-14-3! |
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