| 0.0 : Hello all! Super Sunday is here and we have two exciting games in store. First up is Chennai going up against Bangalore. Kohli's men have been on a roll this season and are closing in on a berth for the playoffs. Their bowling has worked this season while the batting has also come up good. Their form makes them the favourites going into this game. |
| Chennai, on the other hand, have had a terrible season. They have a very minute chance of qualifying and that is a big task as they need to win all their remaining games and expect other results to go their way. Considering their performance, the chances of them qualifying looks highly improbable. But they would look to play for pride and spoil the party for the other teams. They have a good chance of trying out their bench strength and they will hope that they put on a better show. |
| Pitch report - Pommie Mbangwa and Kumar Sangakkara are there for the pitch report. Sangakkara says that the batsmen will look to target the shorter side and it will be interesting to see how the bowlers execute their plans. Sangakkara states that it is a good wicket and it is quickening up a little. Adds that the team winning the toss will look to bat first. |
| Toss - Bangalore have won the toss and they have elected to bat first. |
| Bangalore (Playing XI) - Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (WK), Moeen Ali (IN PLACE OF ISURU UDANA), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal. |
| Virat Kohli, the Bangalore skipper, says that they will bat first as the pitch might get slower and slower as the game progresses. Adds that they expected the pitch to slow down as the tournament progressed. Goes onto say that even if there is dew, they need to allow the ball to come onto the bat. Informs that Moeen Ali replaces Isuru Udana. Adds that things can go south quickly and they want to be in a good space. Says that the go green initiative is very important for them. |
| MS Dhoni, the Chennai skipper, says that toss is out of their control and they would have batted first. Adds that they are in with a chance mathematically but they will take one game at a time and they need to execute their plans and they are looking to try out players who have not played many games. States that Mitchell Santner and Monu Kumar come in. |
| Chennai (Playing XI) - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Narayan Jagadeesan, MS Dhoni (WK/C), Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner (IN PLACE OF JOSH HAZLEWOOD), Deepak Chahar, Imran Tahir, Monu Kumar (IN PLACE OF SHARDUL THAKUR). |
| We are all set to begin! The umpires are walking out to the middle. The Chennai players are in a huddle before they take their positions in the field. Aaron Finch and Devdutt Padikkal are the openers for Bangalore. Deepak Chahar will start with the ball. |
| 0.1 : Deepak Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, Chahar is right on the money! A bit fuller in length and outside off, Padikkal lets it be. |
| 0.2 : Deepak Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, Padikkal is up and running on the second ball. Good length and just outside off, Padikkal runs it down to third man and opens his account. |
| 0.3 : Deepak Chahar to Aaron Finch, Finch gives the bowler on the charge straightaway. The ball is angled into the right-hander. Finch looks to work it on the leg side but misses to get hit on the pad. The ball rolls towards fine leg. Dhoni, the keeper, gives it a chase and keeps it down to two leg byes. |
| 0.4 : Deepak Chahar to Aaron Finch, Good length and around off, Finch blocks it out. |
| 0.5 : Deepak Chahar to Aaron Finch, FOUR! Finch gets going with a boundary. First one of the game. A fullish ball outside off, Finch lifts it over mid off. Doesn't get all of it but it is good enough to clear the mid off fielder for a boundary. |
| 0.6 : Deepak Chahar to Aaron Finch, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries. Another ball which is pitched up. This one is around middle and leg, Finch flicks it over mid-wicket and finds the fence. Good start for Bangalore. |
| Monu Kumar will bowl from the other end with the new ball. |
| 1.1 : Monu Kumar to Devdutt Padikkal, Good length and outside off to begin from Monu. Padikkal lets the ball to go to the keeper. |
| 1.2 : Monu Kumar to Devdutt Padikkal, Shortish and around off, coming a bit to the left-hander. Devdutt pushes it towards point. |
| 1.3 : Monu Kumar to Devdutt Padikkal, Fullish and wide outside off, driven through backward point for one. |
| 1.4 : Monu Kumar to Aaron Finch, WIDE! Misses the line for the right-hander. It is slipped way down the leg side. Finch lets it be. Dhoni does well to collect the ball on his left. Wided. |
| Monu Kumar to Aaron Finch, Swing and a miss! Short and outside off, Finch looks to pull but misses. Swung really hard but little too early. |
| 1.5 : Monu Kumar to Aaron Finch, One more dot! Fine over so far. Around off on a good length, it is pushed back to the bowler. Can Monu close the over well? |
| 1.6 : Monu Kumar to Aaron Finch, WIDE! Misses the line again and he will have to re-bowl this one again. It lands on middle and then goes away. Wided as Finch lets it be. |
| Monu Kumar to Aaron Finch, FOUR! The extra delivery is costly. A boundary off it. It is once again on middle and leg, Finch this times walks across a touch and helps it on its way to the fine leg fence. |
| 2.1 : Deepak Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, Play and a miss! Good length ball outside off, Padikkal makes room and looks to drive away from his body but is beaten. |
| 2.2 : Deepak Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, SIX! Take that! Short and wide outside off, Padikkal throws the willow at it and connects. Gets all of it as it sails over the deep point fence for a biggie. |
| 2.3 : Deepak Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, Landed on a good length and on middle, tucked towards mid-wicket for nothing. |
| 2.4 : Deepak Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, On the pads, Padikkal looks to flick but gets an inside edge on the pad The ball rolls towards square leg and they take a run. |
| 2.5 : Deepak Chahar to Aaron Finch, Finch pushes this length ball to the right of the point fielder and takes a single now. |
| 2.6 : Deepak Chahar to Devdutt Padikkal, A ripper to end the over. Good length and around middle, Padikkal has a poke at it but the ball moves a hint away to beat the outside edge. |
| 3.1 : Sam Curran to Aaron Finch, Fuller and on middle to begin, Finch flicks it wide of the mid on fielder and gets to the other end. |
| 3.2 : Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, WIDE! Very full ball down the leg side, Padikkal looks to flick but misses. Wided by the umpire. |
| Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, Good length ball on middle, Padikkal is early into the shot as he looked to flick but gets it off an inside half of the bat and it goes towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0.0 : Sam Curran replaces Monu Kumar into the attack. |
| 3.3 : Sam Curran to Aaron Finch, On a length on middle, Finch works it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 3.4 : Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, Good length delivery from Curran on middle, Padikkal tucks it to deep mid-wicket and takes a single. |
| 3.5 : Sam Curran to Aaron Finch, OUT! CAUGHT! Sam Curran gets the breakthrough for Chennai! Another failure for Aaron Finch. He gets off to starts but throws it away. Short ball around off, Finch dances down the track and then looks to cut it towards the off side but gets a top edge which goes towards cover. Ruturaj Gaikwad moves backwards and takes the catch. It was not easy but he manages to hold onto it. |
| Virat Kohli is the new man in. |
| 3.6 : Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, Good length ball on off, Padikkal guides it to point. |
| Mitchell Santner is on now. |
| 4.1 : Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli, Tossed up on off, Kohli defends it to point and takes a single. |
| 4.2 : Mitchell Santner to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Nicely played! Santner bowls a floated ball on middle, Padikkal goes on his knees and then sweeps it to the backward square leg region for a boundary. |
| 4.3 : Mitchell Santner to Devdutt Padikkal, Loopy ball on off, Padikkal defends it out. |
| 4.4 : Mitchell Santner to Devdutt Padikkal, Floated ball on middle, Padikkal tucks it to the leg side and crosses over for a single. |
| 4.5 : Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli, Tossed up on off, Kohli defends it back to the bowler. |
| 4.6 : Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli, Quick single this time. Flatter and around off, Kohli tucks it towards the leg side and calls for a single. 7 off Santner's first over. |
| 5.1 : Sam Curran to Virat Kohli, Single to begin the last over the Powerplay. Length ball around off, Kohli strokes it to deep cover and gets to the other end. |
| 5.2 : Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, Full and on middle, Devdutt flicks it down to long on and takes a single. |
| 5.3 : Sam Curran to Virat Kohli, One more single. Fullish and around off, Kohli punches it to long off and rotates strike. |
| 5.4 : Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Enough of singles says Padikkal. Gets a length ball on the pads, he flicks it over square leg to find the fence. Top shot. |
| 5.5 : Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, Around off on a good length, blocked. |
| 5.6 : Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, Single to end the over and Powerplay. A length ball on middle, Padikkal works it towards mid-wicket and keeps the strike for the next over. 46/1 at the end of the Powerplay. |
| Is that a clean catch? It seems like Faf du Plessis has done well to pass the ball to Ruturaj Gaikwad. Du Plessis is clean as a whistle. Out is the signal. |
| 6.1 : Mitchell Santner to Devdutt Padikkal, OUT! CAUGHT! Faf du Plessis with another stunning effort near the ropes. Good work from Gaikwad too. A tossed up ball on middle, Padikkal skips down the track and looks to launch it over long on. He doesn't time it as well as he would've liked but it is wide of the man at long on. However, du Plessis runs to his left really fast, settles under the ball, takes the catch but is pretty close to the ropes. He sees Gaikwad in front of him and then lobs the b |
| 0.0 : AB de Villiers is the next man in. |
| 6.2 : Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli, Full on middle, Kohli works it down to long on for a single. |
| 6.3 : Mitchell Santner to AB de Villiers, Flatter ball outside off, de Villiers gets off the mark by punching it to the deep cover region for a single. |
| 6.4 : Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli, Floated outside off, Kohli plays it to the off side and takes a single. |
| 6.5 : Mitchell Santner to AB de Villiers, Shorter and outside off, de Villiers punches it to deep cover and takes a single. 50 up for Bangalore. |
| 6.6 : Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli, Tossed up outside off, Kohli lunges forward and drives it to long off for a single. Excellent over from Mitchell Santner comes to an end. |
| 7.1 : Imran Tahir to Virat Kohli, Fullish ball on middle, Kohli drives it down to long on for a single. |
| 7.2 : Imran Tahir to AB de Villiers, Flatter outside off, de Villiers drives it to cover. |
| 7.3 : Imran Tahir to AB de Villiers, Tossed up outside off, de Villiers drives it down to long off for a single. |
| 7.4 : Imran Tahir to Virat Kohli, Flatter ball on middle, Kohli flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 7.5 : Imran Tahir to AB de Villiers, PLAY AND A MISS! Beautifully bowled from Imran Tahir! Flatter and outside off, turning away. De Villiers looks to cut but fails to get any bat on it. |
| 7.6 : Imran Tahir to AB de Villiers, On middle, flicked to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 8.1 : Mitchell Santner to AB de Villiers, Flatter and around off, pushed towards the cover fielder. |
| 8.2 : Mitchell Santner to AB de Villiers, FOUR! Sweet timing! Just a punch and it races away. A bit short and outside off, de Villiers punches it through cover-point. The sweeper cover fielder, Tahir, runs to his right but fails to cut it off. He got in two minds there, whether to dive and stop or he can get to the ball easily. In the end, dives but is late in doing so as the ball goes to the fence. |
| 8.3 : Mitchell Santner to AB de Villiers, Flatter and around off, punched a little wide of the cover fielder for one. |
| 8.4 : Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli, Very full and on middle, Kohli strokes it to long on and gets to the other end. |
| 8.5 : Mitchell Santner to AB de Villiers, One more single. Tossed up and outside off, driven to sweeper cover for a run. |
| 8.6 : Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli, Single to end the over. It is full and around off, Kohli eases it through mid off and keeps the strike for the next over. |
| DRINKS! This has been a good start from Chennai. They have taken two wickets and are keeping the run rate in check. They would know that Kohli and de Villiers are there at the crease and they cannot afford to relax. They would look to get rid of these two as soon as possible. Bangalore would hope that Kohli and de Villiers continue their partnership and get Bangalore to a good score on the board. |
| 9.1 : Imran Tahir to Virat Kohli, Around off, Kohli dabs it down to short third man and takes a quick run. |
| 9.2 : Imran Tahir to AB de Villiers, Flatter and on middle, tucked through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 9.3 : Imran Tahir to Virat Kohli, Two is the call straightaway and they complete it easily. Full and on middle, Kohli drills it to the right of the bowler. They call two and get it easily in the end. |
| 9.4 : Imran Tahir to Virat Kohli, Full and on middle, Kohli flicks it towars mid on. |
| 9.5 : Imran Tahir to Virat Kohli, Direct hit and de Villiers would've been on his bike. A flatter ball around off, Kohli dabs it towards short third man and calls for a single. |
| 9.6 : Imran Tahir to AB de Villiers, FOUR! CRUNCHED! Short and wide outside off, de Villiers thrashes it through backward point. There is a fielder at deep point but this is hit really hard. He hardly got time to move. |
| 10.1 : Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli, On middle, tucked towards mid-wicket for one. |
| 10.2 : Mitchell Santner to AB de Villiers, Tossed up and on middle, de Villiers looks to work it on the leg side but gets a leading edge. A soft one, to the bowler. |
| 10.3 : Mitchell Santner to AB de Villiers, On off, pushed to left of the bowler, down to mid off for a single. |
| 10.4 : Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli, De Villiers says no for the run this time. Another ball around off, Kohli pushes it towards the shrot third man fielder. This time Jadeja forces them to stay at their end. |
| 10.5 : Mitchell Santner to Virat Kohli, Gets the single this time! Terrific running. Floated around off, Kohli pushes it towards the short third man fielder and calls for a run again. This time de Villiers respond and they make it easily in the end. |
| 10.6 : Mitchell Santner to AB de Villiers, Full and outside off, de Villiers drives it straight to the cover fielder. Santner's day ends with the ball. 1/24 in his 4 overs. |
| 11.1 : Imran Tahir to Virat Kohli, Full on middle, Kohli drives it to long on for a single. |
| 11.2 : Imran Tahir to AB de Villiers, Tahir bowls a yorker on middle, de Villiers digs it back to the bowler. |
| 11.3 : Imran Tahir to AB de Villiers, Tossed up on off, de Villiers drives it to long off and takes a single. |
| 11.4 : Imran Tahir to Virat Kohli, Flighted ball on middle, Kohli defends it to cover. |
| 11.6 : Imran Tahir to AB de Villiers, Full and around off, de Villiers drives it to long off and keeps the strike for the next over. |
| 11.5 : Imran Tahir to Virat Kohli, Tough chance for Tahir but a misfield costs a four! Floated ball on off, Kohli punches it straight back to the bowler. Tahir gets a hand to hit but fails to hold on. The fielder comes actross from long off but fails and the ball is going to the fence. The other fielder dives and then makes a good stop. The umpires check whether it is a clean save and it is. Three taken. |
| 12.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to AB de Villiers, Full and outside off to begin, de Villiers strokes it through cover-point and gets to the other end. |
| 12.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Full and outside off, driven to the left the bowler. It is hit hard. Jadeja stretches to his left, gets a hand to it but can't hold on. |
| 12.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to AB de Villiers, Floated wide outside off, de Villiers pushes it to deep cover for one. |
| 12.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, On off, pushed towards the cover fielder for nothing. |
| 12.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Two now! Excellent running! Full and on middle, Kohli flicks it through mid-wicket and before the long on can get to the ball, they scamper back for the second. |
| 12.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Dot to end the over. Tossed up and just outside off, Kohli beats the diving cover fielder to his right but can't go past the mid off fielder. |
| 13.1 : Imran Tahir to AB de Villiers, Very full on off, de Villiers plays it to cover. |
| 13.2 : Imran Tahir to AB de Villiers, FOUR! Brilliantly played from AB de Villiers! That was all timing from AB de Villiers! Tossed up outside off, de Villiers lunges forward and creams the drive through extra cover for a boundary. |
| 13.3 : Imran Tahir to AB de Villiers, Flatter outside off, de Villiers cuts it through the cover-point region and picks up a couple before the fielder cuts it off. |
| 13.4 : Imran Tahir to AB de Villiers, Flatter on off, de Villiers punches it to cover. |
| 13.5 : Imran Tahir to AB de Villiers, Outside off, de Villiers punches it to deep cover for a single. |
| 13.6 : Imran Tahir to Virat Kohli, FOUR! 11 from the over! This was thumped! Floated on middle,Kohli drives it past the bowler and into the fence. |
| 14.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to AB de Villiers, Tossed up on middle, de Villiers plays it back to the bowler. |
| 14.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to AB de Villiers, Flatter outside off, de Villiers cuts it straight to the point fielder. |
| 14.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to AB de Villiers, Loopy ball outside off, de Villiers drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| 14.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Tossed up on middle, Kohli looks to go over long on but does not time it well. Luckily for him, it lands short and a single is taken. |
| 14.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to AB de Villiers, Flatter outside off, punched to deep cover for a single. |
| 14.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Tossed up outside off, Kohli defends it to cover and crosses over for a single. |
| Monu Kumar is back on. 1-0-7-0 are his figures so far. |
| 15.1 : Monu Kumar to Virat Kohli, Slower ball on middle, Kohli pulls it to deep mid-wicket and takes a single. |
| 15.2 : Monu Kumar to AB de Villiers, Short and outside off, de Villiers punches it to cover and crosses over for a single. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. Would have been close. |
| 15.3 : Monu Kumar to Virat Kohli, WIDE! Full ball down the leg side, Kohli dances down the track and looks to flick but misses. Wided. |
| Monu Kumar to Virat Kohli, Short ball on middle, Kohli uses his feet and then heaves it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 15.4 : Monu Kumar to AB de Villiers, NO BALL! Too high! Kumar bowls a full toss on middle, de Villiers pulls it to square leg where the fielder fumbles allowing the batters to take two. A Free Hit will follow. |
| Monu Kumar to AB de Villiers, Well bowled! Yorker on the pads, de Villiers flicks it to fine leg for a single. |
| 15.5 : Monu Kumar to Virat Kohli, Full on middle, Kohli drives it to long on and crosses over for a single. |
| 15.6 : Monu Kumar to AB de Villiers, FOUR! Poor end to the over from Monu Kumar! Fullish ball on the pads, de Villiers flicks it to the fine leg region for a boundary. |
| 16.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Flatter on middle and leg, Kohli flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! 4 overs left. World's two best batsmen. World's two well-set batsmen. We might be in for some terrific finish of this innings from Kohli and de Villiers. And, if that happens, Chennai might be looking at a bigger total than they would've thought after dismissing both the openers. They need one of their bowlers to remove at least one of these two. Let's see how this final phase pans out. |
| 16.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to AB de Villiers, Tossed up on off, de Villiers pushes it to deep cover for a single. |
| 16.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, SIX! Excellent use of the feet! Brilliant from Kohli and Bangalore are looking to make a move-on. 200th six for Kohli in the Indian T20 League! Loopy ball outside off, Kohli dances down the track and then lifts it over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 16.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Flatter on the pads, Kohli flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 16.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to AB de Villiers, Full outside off, de Villiers drives it to deep cover and crosses over for a single. |
| 16.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Quicker on middle, Kohli flicks it to deep mid-wicket and will keep the strike for the next over with a single. |
| 17.1 : Deepak Chahar to Virat Kohli, Good length ball outside off, Kohl dances down the track and then plays wide of the deep cover fielder for a couple. |
| 0.0 : Deepak Chahar is back on. 2-0-17-0 from him so far. |
| 17.2 : Deepak Chahar to Virat Kohli, Full ball on middle, Kohli drives it to long on and takes a single. |
| 17.3 : Deepak Chahar to AB de Villiers, OUT! CAUGHT! Faf du Plessis takes a simple catch. Slower ball does the trick. De Villiers fails to find the final flourish and he perishes. Good length ball on middle, de Villiers looks to heave it over the long on fielder but the bat turns in his hands. It is not timed so well and Faf du Plessis takes a simple catch. |
| 17.4 : Deepak Chahar to Virat Kohli, Good length ball on off, Kohli guides it to third man for a single. |
| 17.3 : Who will walk out to bat next? It is Moeen Ali. |
| 17.5 : Deepak Chahar to Moeen Ali, Short ball around middle, Ali looks to pull but it takes the top edge and it lands safely in the mid on region. A single taken. |
| 17.6 : Deepak Chahar to Virat Kohli, Low full toss on middle, Kohli flicks it wide of the deep mid-wicket fielder and picks up a couple. |
| 18.1 : Sam Curran to Moeen Ali, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one perishes! Bangalore are failing to find the final flourish. Good length ball on off, Ali dances down the track and looks to hammer it over long off but fails to time it as well as he would have liked. Mitchell Santner settles himself under it and takes a simple catch at long off. |
| 0.0 : Sam Curran to bowl the penultimate over of the game. 2-0-13-1 from him so far. |
| 18.2 : Sam Curran to Virat Kohli, WIDE! Full ball outside off, Kohli looks to drive but misses. Wide signalled. |
| Sam Curran to Virat Kohli, Very full ball on off, Kohli drives it to long off for a single. |
| 18.3 : Sam Curran to Chris Morris, Yorker on middle, Morris pushes it to long on for a single. |
| 18.4 : Sam Curran to Virat Kohli, NO BALL! Above the waist! Fifty for Virat Kohli! Another good innings from the skipper. Full toss outside off, Kohli punches it to deep point for a single. Free Hit will follow. |
| Sam Curran to Chris Morris, Nothing from the Free Hit! Bouncer around middle, Morris looks to pull but gets hit on the helmet. Clever bowling from Sam Curran. |
| 18.5 : Sam Curran to Chris Morris, Length ball on middle, Kohli heaves it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0.0 : Chris Morris is in at no. 6. |
| 18.6 : Sam Curran to Virat Kohli, OUT! CAUGHT! What a catch from Faf du Plessis! He has been brilliant in the field again. Curran bowls a full ball on off, Kohli looks to go over long off but does not time it well and it goes wiide of long off. Du Plessis runs across, tumbles and takes a very good catch. Can Bangalore reach 150? |
| Gurkeerat Singh Mann is in now. |
| 19.1 : Deepak Chahar to Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Short ball on middle, Gurkeerat pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 19.2 : Deepak Chahar to Chris Morris, Slower ball down the leg side, Morris makes room and then looks to heave it away but misses. |
| 19.3 : Deepak Chahar to Chris Morris, OUT! TIMBER! Brilliant yorker from Deepak Chahar! Chennai have done really well in the last few overs. Chahar digs a yorker on middle, Morris misses his swing and the ball goes onto hit the stumps. Terrific stuff from Deepak Chahar. |
| 19.4 : Deepak Chahar to Washington Sundar, FOUR! Valuable runs! Good length ball outside off, Sundar stands deep in his crease and then punches it over extra cover for a boundary. |
| 19.3 : Washington Sundar is the new man who walks in. |
| 19.5 : Deepak Chahar to Washington Sundar, Good length ball outside off, Sundar lifts it towards long off and crosses over for a single. |
| 19.6 : Deepak Chahar to Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Full ball outside off, Gurkeerat drives it to cover and takes a single. BANGALORE END ON 145 FOR 6. |
| Earlier in the game, after winning the toss, Kohli opted to set a target for the opposition. Finch and Padikkal, the openers for Bangalore, started well as they added 31 between them but both fell quickly. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers got together and then calmly took singles and doubles and managed to find the occasional boundaries. However, in search of quick runs, de Villiers holed out, ending the 82-run stand. And towards the end, some good bowling from Chennai meant that even Kohli who go |
| Chennai bowlers were tidy from the start. They didn't offer a lot of freebies and kept the run rate under check throughout the innings. Sam Curran was their pick of the bowlers as the Englishman took a 3-fer in his 3-over spell, giving away just 19 runs. The spinners too did their job for them. Deepak Chahar and Mitchell Santner too managed to scalp three wickets between them. |
| Mitchell Santner is caught for a chat. He says that it is nice to play. Adds that the guys did well to restrict Bangalore. Goes onto say they will try to win the last three games. Says that the pitch is a little slow and if they bat well, they can chase this down. Tells that he tried to vary his pace and tried to pitch it fuller. Says that they need to have a good start with the bat and play like how Kohli and AB de Villiers batted. |
| Fine bowling performance from Chennai! They have done really well to keep the star-studded Bangalore batting line-up to below 150. When Kohli and de Villiers were batting together, one would've felt that they might explode towards the end and take the bowlers apart but that never happened. |
| Right! Not a massive score on the board! However, the surface is a bit on the slower side and Chennai will have to bat really well to chase it down. Bangalore bowlers are performing as a unit and they will be eager to repeat their performance from the last game. Join us for the chase in a short while. |
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