| 0.0 : Hello and a warm welcome to Match 39 of the Indian T20 League between Bangalore and Chennai at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. The hosts are almost out of the tournament and from hereon, every game is a must-win game for them. They will be confident after their win in the last match but they need a major improvement in their bowling. AB de Villiers' fitness is a major concern for Bangalore and if he is fit, it will give the hosts a major boost. Chennai, on the other hand, were poor in their la |
| TOSS - Chennai win the toss and elect to bowl first! |
| Chennai skipper, MS Dhoni says that they will bowl first as this is a difficult wicket to defend on and also there will be dew. Adds that the last match was not up to the mark but feels you can have 1-2 games like that, but what's more important is to pick the mistakes and improve. Mentions that they will look to put runs on the board and do the basics right. Informs that Dwayne Bravo comes in along with Dhoni himself and Sam Billings and Karn Sharma miss out. |
| Bangalore skipper, Virat Kohli says they won the last game despite losing the toss there but he too would have liked to bowl first. Further adds that they need to play well here too. Mentions that he is happy they only had a one-day gap and he would like to continue the winning momentum. States that the Indian T20 League is probably just below the level of international cricket and the individuals need to know their roles. Informs that Ab de Villiers comes in for Heinrich Klaasen and Umesh Yadav |
| Bangalore XI - Parthiv Patel (WK), Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (in for Heinrich Klaasen), Akshdeep Nath, Moeen Ali, Marcus Stoinis, Pawan Negi, Dale Steyn, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav (in for Mohammed Siraj). |
| Chennai XI - Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (WK/C) (in for Karn Sharma), Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo (in for Sam Billings), Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir. |
| We are all set to begin. The players and umpires are out in the middle. Parthiv Patel and Virat Kohli will open the batting for Bangalore. Deepak Chahar will start the proceedings for Chennai. |
| 0.1 : D Chahar to P Patel, Nice swing first up for Chahar! He bowls it full and it starts outside off. Tails back in. Parthiv strokes it nicely but straight back towards the bowler. |
| 0.2 : D Chahar to P Patel, On a length on middle, Patel flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 0.3 : D Chahar to P Patel, BEATEN! On a good length and outside off, Patel looks to drive but gets beaten due to the away movement on this one. |
| 0.4 : D Chahar to P Patel, Good ball from Chahar. Full on middle, Patel drives it towards mid on for a run and gets off the mark. |
| 0.5 : D Chahar to V Kohli, On a good length on off, Kohli drives it to covers. |
| 0.6 : D Chahar to V Kohli, FOUR! First boundary for Bangalore. Full on middle and leg, Kohli flicks it beautifully over mid-wicket for a boundary. 5 runs have come from the first over. |
| Shardul Thakur to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.1 : S Thakur to P Patel, Full on off, Patel looks to drive but gets an inside edge onto the pads. It just missed the leg stump. |
| 1.2 : S Thakur to P Patel, Short of a length delivery, Patel pulls it over square leg for a run. |
| 1.3 : S Thakur to V Kohli, Full on middle, Kohli flicks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 1.4 : S Thakur to V Kohli, Short and outside off, Kohli looks to cut but gets beaten due to the away swing on this one. |
| 1.5 : S Thakur to V Kohli, Length delivery on middle, Kohli plays it towards mid on where Dwayne Bravo fires a direct hit at the stumps at the bowlers end but Virat was well in. The batsmen take a run. |
| 1.6 : S Thakur to P Patel, Short of a length delivery on middle, Patel looks to pull but gets hit high on the pads. |
| 2.1 : D Chahar to V Kohli, Play and a miss from Virat Kohli! Length delivery well outside off, going further away, the Bangalore skipper throws his bat at it but connects only with thin air. |
| 2.2 : D Chahar to V Kohli, FOUR! Streaky runs for Kohli and Bangalore. The batsman gives the charge to this length delivery around off, it shapes away a bit, Kohli comes out, plays away from his body and gets an edge over first slip for a boundary. |
| 2.3 : D Chahar to V Kohli, OUT! Edged and Virat Kohli is gone! Deepak Chahar once again doing the business in the Powerplay. This is a massive wicket. On a good length and outside off, Kohli once again plays away from the body and this time the away movement does him in. He nicks it behind and Dhoni collects well diving to his right. The centurion from the previous game has been dismissed quite early here. |
| AB de Villiers is the new batsman in. |
| 2.4 : D Chahar to de Villiers, Lands it in the channel outside off, de Villiers looks to initially play at it, but then decides to leave it alone. |
| 2.5 : D Chahar to de Villiers, Another dot. AB opens the face of the bat and runs it down to short third man. |
| 2.6 : D Chahar to de Villiers, What an over from Chahar. Just 4 runs and the wicket of Kohli from it. De Villiers jumps out of his crease to this fuller length ball and slogs, only to get it off the inner half on the leg side. |
| 3.1 : S Thakur to P Patel, Short of a length delivery, Patel pulls it towards square leg for a run. |
| 3.2 : S Thakur to de Villiers, Good short ball from Shardul Thakur. Bowls short of a length delivery, de Villiers looks to pull but misses it. |
| 3.3 : S Thakur to de Villiers, FOUR! How does he manage to generate such power? Nice shot from AB. Short of a length delivery, around off, de Villiers stands his ground and pummels it over mid on for a boundary. |
| 3.4 : S Thakur to de Villiers, Short on off, de Villiers comes down the track and plays it towards mid off where Faf du Plessis tries to collect but fumbles. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 3.5 : S Thakur to de Villiers, Length delivery on middle, de Villiers flicks it towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 3.6 : S Thakur to P Patel, SIX! Parthiv has nailed that. Makes such sweet connection. Thakur once again bangs it in short, the opener sticks on the back foot, swings his bat across the line and pulls it deep into the deep backward square leg stands. Super shot. |
| 4.1 : D Chahar to de Villiers, On a good length on off, de Villiers plays it straight towards Chahar who tries to collect but it goes past his hands and goes towards the leg side. |
| 4.2 : D Chahar to de Villiers, Play and a miss! Short of a length delivery outside off, de Villiers looks to pull but misses it. |
| 4.3 : D Chahar to de Villiers, On a good length on middle, de Villiers defends it off the back foot. |
| 4.4 : D Chahar to de Villiers, SIX! That's outta here! AB de Villiers isn't wasting much time in finding his touch. Length ball on middle and leg, fraction straight in line and that's all AB needs. He eyes the mid-wicket fence and slogs it over the boundary line with ease. |
| 4.5 : D Chahar to de Villiers, Good comeback from Chahar. On a good length on middle, de Villiers defends it off the back foot. |
| 4.6 : D Chahar to de Villiers, WIDE! Bowls a bouncer, de Villiers watches it sail through. The umpire gives it wide for height. |
| D Chahar to de Villiers, Length delivery outside off, de Villiers looks to smash but gets a bottom edge on this one. It goes towards mid off for a single. |
| 5.1 : S Thakur to de Villiers, Length delivery on off, AB plays it towards covers. |
| 5.2 : S Thakur to de Villiers, Dropped! But what an effort from Faf. Had he held on to that, it would have been an absolute blinder. Wow. This is landed just ahead of a length around off, de Villiers tries to smash this over wide mid off. His fellow countryman there, du Plessis, leaps a bit to his left and puts his right hand up, but the ball just doesn't stick in his hand. A single is taken. |
| 5.3 : S Thakur to P Patel, SIX! Parthiv going along well here. He's timing the ball well. Shaping in from middle stump, on a length, the southpaw plays the pick-up shot and dumps it over the square leg boundary. Fine hit. |
| 5.4 : S Thakur to P Patel, Short of a length delivery on leg, Patel pulls it towards the leg side for a run. |
| 5.5 : S Thakur to de Villiers, FOUR! Nicely timed. Fuller and on the pads, AB flicks it through square leg for a boundary, beating the dive from Tahir in the deep. |
| 5.6 : S Thakur to de Villiers, FOUR! Beautifully played. Are we in for the AB show? Sure seems like it right now. Full and attacking the stumps, de Villiers makes room and gives it the full swing of his bat. Clears mid on and ends the Powerplay in style. Bangalore are 49/1 at the end of the first six. |
| Time for spin. Ravindra Jadeja is into the attack. |
| 6.1 : R Jadeja to P Patel, Looped up on middle and off, it's driven to mid on for nothing. |
| 6.2 : R Jadeja to P Patel, SIX! BAM! Parthiv Patel with another big hit. Full, loopy and around off, it turns in, the left-hander plants his front foot forward and lofts it ever so well over mid-wicket. Clears the boundary line with ease and that's a biggie. |
| 6.3 : R Jadeja to P Patel, Floated on middle, Patel drives it towards mid on for a single. |
| 6.4 : R Jadeja to de Villiers, Short and outside off, de Villiers cuts it through point. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 6.5 : R Jadeja to de Villiers, OUT! The bowling change does the trick. This is a huuuuugggeeeee wicket! Faf, well... sort of make amends for his earlier 'dropped' chance. De Villiers holes out after looking in dangerous touch. He steps out to this flatter delivery, gets a little deceived by the flight and the slight away turn as he mistimes his lofted shot down the ground. It goes straight down du Plessis' throat who takes it very well just inside the rope. |
| Akshdeep Nath is the new batsman in. |
| 6.6 : R Jadeja to P Patel, Tossed up on middle, Patel tucks it to mid-wicket. 9 runs and a wicket have come from the over. |
| Dwayne Bravo is into the attack now. |
| 7.1 : D Bravo to A Nath, Full on middle, Nath flicks it over mid-wicket for a run. |
| 7.2 : D Bravo to P Patel, On a length on off, Patel drives it towards mid off where the fielder fumbles and concedes an easy single. |
| 7.3 : D Bravo to A Nath, Length delivery on off, Nath punches it towards deep cover for a run. |
| 7.4 : D Bravo to P Patel, Length delivery on leg, Patel nudges it towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 7.5 : D Bravo to A Nath, FOUR! Shot. This is all about the timing. No real power behind it. Fuller in length and outside off, Nath just leans into the drive and caresses it through the gap in the covers to find the fence. |
| 7.6 : D Bravo to A Nath, On a good length on middle, Nath defends it off the back foot towards mid-wicket and takes a quick run. |
| 8.1 : R Jadeja to A Nath, Full on off, Nath drives it towards covers for a run. |
| 8.2 : R Jadeja to P Patel, Floated on middle, Patel defends it off the back foot. |
| 8.3 : R Jadeja to P Patel, Tossed up on off, Patel drives it to covers. |
| 8.4 : R Jadeja to P Patel, Flighted delivery on middle, Patel plays a slog sweep over square leg for a run. |
| 8.5 : R Jadeja to A Nath, Loopy delivery on off, Nath drives it to covers. |
| 8.6 : R Jadeja to A Nath, Full on off, Nath drives it towards mid off for a run. Just 3 runs have come from the over. |
| Strategic break. Bangalore have put runs on the board but in the process have lost two of their main batsmen as well. Chennai will be really pleased to have removed both Kohli and de Villiers and from hereon it's all about containing the runs in the middle phase. Their spinners will be in action for most parts and the hosts will have to really bat carefully. Parthiv Patel has been in fluent form and should look to anchor the innings. Let's see how it goes. Imran Tahir to bowl now... |
| 9.1 : I Tahir to A Nath, Tossed up on off, Nath drives it through mid off for a run. |
| 9.2 : I Tahir to P Patel, Short and outside off, Patel cuts it through point for a single. |
| 9.3 : I Tahir to A Nath, Flighted delivery on middle, Nath comes down the track and blocks it. |
| 9.4 : I Tahir to A Nath, Tossed up on middle, Nath looks to defend but gets a leading edge towards covers. The batsmen cross ends. |
| 9.5 : I Tahir to P Patel, Short on off, Patel goes on the back foot and punches it to extra cover where Jadhav dives across to his left to make a half-stop. A single is taken. |
| 9.6 : I Tahir to A Nath, Flighted delivery on off, Nath looks to play a slog sweep but gets hit on the shoulder. It goes towards short third man. 7 runs in the last two overs, Chennai choking runs. |
| 10.1 : R Jadeja to P Patel, Short and wide outside off, going away, Parthiv punches it off the back foot through covers for one. |
| 10.2 : R Jadeja to A Nath, Spinning away, shorter in length again, Nath punches it square on the off side for a double. |
| 10.3 : R Jadeja to A Nath, SIX! Gives the charge to the bowler and gets the desired result. Nath jumps out quickly, gets close to the pitch of the ball and slogs it over mid-wicket. Maximum. |
| 10.4 : R Jadeja to A Nath, Tossed up on off, Nath taps it towards the off side and gets a single. |
| 10.5 : R Jadeja to P Patel, Flighted delivery on off, Parthiv plays it towards short third man for a single. |
| 10.6 : R Jadeja to A Nath, Floated on off, Nath taps it to covers and takes a quick run. 12 from the over. |
| 11.1 : I Tahir to A Nath, Tossed up delivery on middle stump, Nath reverse sweeps it to backward point and gets to the other end. |
| 11.2 : I Tahir to P Patel, Turning into the batsman, Patel plays at it and gets an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 11.3 : I Tahir to P Patel, SIX! That's a terrific shot. Picks his spot, takes the aerial route and gets the desired result without any trouble. Flighted and full on off, Patel clears mid-wicket for half a dozen. |
| 11.4 : I Tahir to P Patel, Tossed up on off, Patel drives it towards covers for a run. |
| 11.5 : I Tahir to A Nath, Flighted delivery on middle, Nath comes down the track and looks to block it but gets hit on the pads. |
| 11.6 : I Tahir to A Nath, Short delivery on middle, Nath goes on the back foot to pull but fails to middle it properly. It comes off the upper half of his blade and goes to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 12.1 : R Jadeja to A Nath, Flighted delivery on off, Nath chips it over wide mid off for a run. |
| 12.2 : R Jadeja to P Patel, Short delivery, Patel pulls it over mid-wicket. The deep mid-wicket does well to get there and stops it. The fielder fires a direct hit at the bowler's end but the batsman was well in. |
| Some issue with one of the bails here. After the direct hit on the previous ball, the umpire took the bail off after putting it back on, but the light didn't come on, so he called for a replacement. |
| 12.3 : R Jadeja to P Patel, Short delivery on middle, Patel looks to pull but mistimes it towards square leg for a run. |
| 12.4 : R Jadeja to A Nath, OUT! Now Nath departs. His rather timid knock has come to a close. Slower through the air, fuller around off and just behind a driving length, Nath takes a step out of his crease as he attempts to clear the long off boundary. Can only get it as far as Faf du Plessis out in the deep, who settles under the ball moving to his left and takes an extremely good catch. |
| Marcus Stoinis walks into the middle next. |
| 12.5 : R Jadeja to P Patel, Short delivery on off, Patel makes room and guides it towards short third man. The batsmen take a quick run. 100 up for Bangalore. |
| 12.6 : R Jadeja to M Stoinis, Tossed up on off, Stoinis plays it to short cover. 5 runs and a wicket from the over. |
| Dwayne Bravo is called back on. |
| 13.1 : D Bravo to P Patel, Full on leg, Patel flicks it towards square leg for a run. |
| 13.2 : D Bravo to M Stoinis, On a good length on middle, Stoinis defends it off the back foot towards the bowler. |
| 13.3 : D Bravo to M Stoinis, On a length on off, Stoinis plays it to covers. |
| 13.4 : D Bravo to M Stoinis, On a length on middle, Stoinis flicks it through mid-wicket. The fielder throws it at the bowler's end but Bravo fumbles. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 13.5 : D Bravo to M Stoinis, In the air... SAFE! Full and flighted on off, Stoinis drives it on the up at covers where the fielder dives forward to attempt for the catch but it dips in front of him and falls just safe. He though does well to stop it from racing away. A single is completed. |
| 13.6 : D Bravo to P Patel, FOUR! It was a good over until now but this boundary spoils it. A pacey delivery by Bravo, he offers width outside off and Patel drills his drive through covers for a cracking boundary. |
| Imran Tahir is back into the attack. |
| 14.1 : I Tahir to M Stoinis, Floated on off, Stoinis drives it straight back towards the bowler. |
| 14.2 : I Tahir to M Stoinis, Full on off, Stoinis drives it to long off for a run. |
| 14.3 : I Tahir to P Patel, On the shorter side, Patel plays it towards mid on for a single. |
| 14.4 : I Tahir to M Stoinis, Short and outside off, Stoinis cuts it through point for a run. |
| 14.5 : I Tahir to P Patel, Short on middle, Patel pulls it over square leg for a run. |
| 14.6 : I Tahir to M Stoinis, SIX! This one has gone the distance! Once again the last ball of the over has spoiled a good over. Tahir drops it short and Stoinis immediately gets back to pull it massively over square leg for a biggie. |
| Strategic break! 5 more overs to go now. Bangalore have wickets in hand and they have one set batsman out there. Stoinis too has started to get into his own. The two need to go now and target the bowlers more as the wicket seems to be a good one. They need to be near the 190-run mark at least to put up any challenge. Chennai, on the other hand, will hope to take wickets at regular intervals and not let the hosts score freely. Who will dominate the last passage of this innings? Stay tuned to find |
| 15.1 : D Bravo to P Patel, That's got to hurt! Patel walks across to this full ball and smashes it straight back, right at Stoinis. He's fortunate enough that he parried it away with his left hand just in time. Would have caused big damage otherwise. A single is taken. |
| 0.0 : The physio is out to have a look at Stoinis. |
| 15.2 : D Bravo to M Stoinis, Ahead of a good length, outside the line of off stump, Stoinis pats it down towards mid off for a brisk single. |
| 15.3 : D Bravo to P Patel, FOUR! Fifty for Parthiv Patel, his 13th in the League. He's done a fine job so far, but he needs to stay till the end. Length ball around off, Patel drags the slog in front of square leg and finds the fence. |
| 15.4 : D Bravo to P Patel, OUT! Oh, dear. This isn't good. Scores a fifty and then departs immediately. Bravo takes the pace off this one, bowls it slightly short too outside off, Parthiv looks to slap this over extra cover but doesn't get the desired timing on it. Hands a rather straightforward catch to Shane Watson there. He takes a couple of steps back and takes it over his head. |
| Moeen Ali to bat next. |
| 15.5 : D Bravo to M Ali, Yorker fired in on the stumps, Moeen keeps it out well. |
| 15.6 : D Bravo to M Ali, Stays back inside the crease and sees this out with the full face of the bat. |
| 16.1 : I Tahir to M Stoinis, Quicker, fuller and flatter on the stumps, Stoinis clears his front leg and drills it down the ground. Shorey out at long on moves swiftly to his left and stops it with a slide. His teammate helps him out and throws it back in. Two runs taken. |
| 16.2 : I Tahir to M Stoinis, Spinning away from around off, left alone by the batsman. |
| Is that out? A stupendous effort from Faf du Plessis out at long off. Is the catch clean though? Over to the TV umpire now, but it looks out to the naked eye. |
| 16.3 : I Tahir to M Stoinis, OUT! Well done, Faf! Well done. He's been superb in the field since the innings began, continues to do so now. Colin Ingram produced something similar last evening against Punjab, this follow-up act from Faf is too good. Tossed up outside off, Stoinis gets low to go big downtown. He gets a big top edge and the ball skies towards long off. Du Plessis runs to his right, dives, catches the ball but is going over the rope with the momentum. He, however, is alert to the si |
| Pawan Negi is out now for Bangalore. |
| 16.4 : I Tahir to M Ali, FOUR! The leg break turning in on leg, Ali flicks it off the pads fine down the leg for a boundary. |
| 16.5 : I Tahir to M Ali, The batsman works it down the leg side. One run added to the total. |
| 16.6 : I Tahir to P Negi, Leans into the full ball and pushes it to long on for a single. Tahir is done for the evening, he ends with figures of 4-0-31-1. |
| Shardul Thakur is back on. |
| 17.1 : S Thakur to P Negi, Bowls it wicket-to-wicket line first up, Moeen gets behind the line and pushes it to the off side for a run as Thakur runs to collect the ball. |
| 17.2 : S Thakur to M Ali, FOUR! Thumped! This is the shot of a batsman in prime form. Receives the shorter delivery in his half and pulls it mercilessly over mid-wicket. No chance for the fielder in the deep. |
| 17.3 : S Thakur to M Ali, Short of a good length into the body, Moeen pulls it through backward square leg for one run. |
| 17.4 : S Thakur to P Negi, Beaten! Length delivery angling across, Negi tries to cut it late down to third man for a run or two but misses. |
| 17.5 : S Thakur to P Negi, Works this square on the leg side with a closed face. One run added to the total. |
| 17.6 : S Thakur to M Ali, Wide! Behind a good length, going away from the batsman outside off, Ali thinks of pulling it away but then withdraws at the last second. It's too far outside off, so a wide is signalled. |
| S Thakur to M Ali, Cutting back in from a good length, on middle and off, catches Moeen Ali on the thigh pad as he looks to work it across the line. It falls on the leg side and a leg bye is collected. |
| Deepak Chahar returns. |
| 18.1 : D Chahar to M Ali, Slower one outside off, Ali plays and misses. |
| 18.2 : D Chahar to M Ali, In the air but it's safe. Once again Chahar bowls it slow but short in length this time, Moeen is early into the shot and he lobs the pull in the mid-wicket area. It falls safely though, as Jadeja can't get to it in time from the deep. Double taken. |
| 18.3 : D Chahar to M Ali, FOUR! Deft. Nicely done. Length ball outside off, Ali opens the face and guides it down and across the third man fence for a boundary. |
| 18.4 : D Chahar to M Ali, Takes the pace off again as Chahar bowls it slower and on a back of a length, Ali is early into the pull shot as he misses and wears it on the body. A leg bye is taken. |
| 18.5 : D Chahar to P Negi, Negi pulls this short ball through square leg and the batsmen take two. |
| 18.6 : D Chahar to P Negi, OUT! GONE! The persistent slower one does the trick. Chahar with a shorter delivery outside off, Negi attempts to cut but due to the lack of pace, ends up slicing it to Rayudu at backward point. He moves to his left and takes a simple catch. 4-0-25-2, Chahar ends his impressive spell. He has been the star with the ball this season for Chennai. |
| Umesh Yadav is the new man in. |
| 19.1 : D Bravo to M Ali, Full delivery aiming the base of off stump, Moeen Ali hammers it straight back past the bowler. Long off cuts it off and keeps the batsmen down to two. |
| 19.2 : D Bravo to M Ali, FOUR! Dangerous line to be bowling with the off side field inside the crease. Full and wide outside off, Ali gets under it and carves it hard over backward point. Nobody out there in the deep, so it'll be a boundary. |
| A review has been taken against Moeen Ali for a caught behind. Let's see what happens here... |
| 19.3 : D Bravo to M Ali, Not out! Interesting. There was some noise as the ball went past the bat, but Snicko indicates nothing. Anyway, coming to the delivery, Bravo lands it full and well outside off, Ali looks to crash it through the off side but apparently misses. Dhoni thinks there's an edge, so he signals the 'T'. Replays don't show anything in his side's favour though. |
| 19.4 : D Bravo to M Ali, FOUR! Shot. Bravo changes the angle but the result isn't pretty. Full ball wide outside off, angling away, Ali opens the face and steers it across the third man boundary. |
| 19.5 : D Bravo to M Ali, OUT! Bravo gets his revenge. Takes the pace off this one as he serves it on a length around off, Moeen Ali looks to go big downtown but can only hit it as far as Thakur at long off. He takes a good catch. A good cameo from the Englishman comes to an end. |
| Dale Steyn walks out to the middle next. |
| 19.6 : D Bravo to U Yadav, Fuller length ball coming in on middle and leg, Umesh Yadav flicks it through to deep mid-wicket for a single. BANGALORE FINISH ON 161/7! |
| We're at the interval and it's safe to say Chennai will be the happier of the two sides. Bangalore, after being asked to bat first, didn't get off to the best of starts. Most batsmen got starts, after Kohli's early dismissal, but none of them could convert it into a big one. Parthiv Patel was the only one who went on to score a fifty and most of the innings revolved around him, but he got out at the wrong time. Moeen Ali played a handy cameo towards the end and got his side past the 160-run mark |
| The visitors did well throughout the entire innings, with the ball and on the field as well. Some stunning catches were taken, which backed the bowling all too well. And those brilliant efforts were led by Faf du Plessis. The Yellow Army never let the home side score too freely, the pressure eventually got to them and wickets fell at regular intervals. Barring Thakur, who was expensive, everyone else who bowled chipped in with the wickets and didn't leak too many runs either. |
| Parthiv Patel gives a quick interview to Kevin Pietersen. Says that it was a good knock and he is happy converting it into a half century as he was getting a few starts and not continuing earlier in the games. Tells that they were looking for a total around 175-180 but thinks 160 isn't a small score either. Plans to take a couple of early wickets as the game can go either way. On Moeen batting at 6, Patel replies that he has no idea as he was in the middle but reckons that it was more to maintai |
| So, chasing 162 at the Chinnaswamy is a gettable score, as we've witnessed several times over the years. The outfield was already wet, and the dew will only get heavier now. Chennai will back themselves to gun this down. Bangalore need a miracle, and Chahal might be looked at again to produce a rabbit out of the hat yet again. Let's see how it all unfolds. |
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