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Bangalore vs Kolkata Live Commentary, Match 28, Indian Premier League, 2020, October 12, 2020

RCB 194/2 (20)
Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 82 runs
KKR 112/9 (20)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore Inning Kolkata Knight Riders Inning
0.0 : Kohli vs Karthik! Bangalore and Kolkata, two batting giants lock horns shortly. It is at the battleground of sixes - Sharjah! Where 200 is a given....or is it? Well, in the last couple of matches here, we have had just one inning where a side went over 200. Mumbai had kept Hyderabad to under 180 to win by a comfortable margin. Delhi managed to win by 46 runs after posting 184 in their last game at this ground. Hmm....what awaits us now? Let's see as we bring you the toss and team updates in a wh
The news from Sharjah is that Tom Banton is getting his cap for Kolkata. Well, that's one change we can confirm.
Dinesh Karthik, Kolkata's captain, says that he has no problems bowling first. Says that in the last game, they pulled off a rabbit out of the hat. States that it was going Punjab's way but Kolkata managed to pull it back. On the changes, Karthik says that Banton comes in for Narine. 
Kolkata (Playing XI) - Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tom Banton (IN PLACE OF SUNIL NARINE), Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (WK/C), Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy.  
TOSS - It is time for the spin of the coin. It lands in favour of Bangalore and they elect to bat!
Bangalore (Playing XI) - Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (WK), Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj (IN PLACE OF GURKEERAT SINGH MANN), Yuzvendra Chahal.
Virat Kohli, Bangalore's skipper, says that the surface is getting slower and slower. States that the more players play on it, run around the pitch, the more it slows down. Says that it is important to continue doing what they have been doing well. Adds that Morris' entry has been a big boost. States that it is important to get a good start and that the intent has to be there. On the changes, Kohli informs that Mohammed Siraj comes in for Gurkeerat Singh Mann.
Pitch Report - Kevin Pietersen is in the middle for the Pitch Report. He says that there is not much of shine that one would expect. It is very dark, he says. It is very Chinnaswamy-like reckons KP. He further feels that spinners benefited from bowling slower balls and that both teams would have made a note of that. States that it is important to respect the wicket.
Pat Cummins is up for a chat. Says that the support staff deserve full credit for putting up this tournament. There is no pressure for the players, just to focus on their game. Cummins feels that as bowlers they have finished off games amazingly. On the batting front, he feels that a couple of games could not be finished off well.
The umpires make their way out to the middle. The Kolkata players make their way out and take their respective positions on the field. Following them are Bangalore's openers, Aaron Finch and Devdutt Padikkal. Pat Cummins to start with the ball for Kolkata. Let's play...
0.1 : Pat Cummins to Aaron Finch, Cummins begins with a full ball on middle and leg, flicked to mid on. 
0.2 : Pat Cummins to Aaron Finch, FOUR! Aaron Finch and Bangalore are underway. Finch comes down the track and lofts the full ball over mid-wicket for a boundary. 
0.3 : Pat Cummins to Aaron Finch, Full on middle and leg, defensively nudged to mid off. Finch calls for a quick single and gets it. 
0.4 : Pat Cummins to Devdutt Padikkal, Fullish on middle from round the wicket, glanced to square leg for a single. 
0.5 : Pat Cummins to Aaron Finch, Short, quick ball, Finch comes walking down again, but allows the short ball through. Good response from Cummins there, saw him coming down and bangs it short. 
0.6 : Pat Cummins to Aaron Finch, A couple to finish. Fullish on off, turned to the leg side for two. 8 runs off the first over for Bangalore, a good start for them. 
Who will bowl from the other end? Prasidh Krishna it is.
1.1 : Prasidh Krishna to Devdutt Padikkal, Full on middle, Padikkal closes the face of his bat and flicks it to deep square leg for a single. 
1.2 : Prasidh Krishna to Aaron Finch, Good length ball on top of off, Finch comes down the track, hops and taps it behind square on the leg side and takes one.
1.3 : Prasidh Krishna to Devdutt Padikkal, Good length ball on middle, tucked to backward square leg for a single. 
1.4 : Prasidh Krishna to Aaron Finch, SIX! OUT OF THE PARK! Fullish ball around off, Finch stands still and lofts that over wide long on for a maximum.
1.5 : Prasidh Krishna to Aaron Finch, Shortish ball on top of the stumps, Finch punches it off his back foot, through cover and the batters exchange ends. 
1.6 : Prasidh Krishna to Devdutt Padikkal, Padikkal is happy to take the singles. Fullish on off, knocked towards deep square leg for one. 
2.1 : Pat Cummins to Devdutt Padikkal, Good length ball on off and middle from around the wicket, defended to the off side. 
2.2 : Pat Cummins to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Aggressive! Good length ball on top of the stumps, Padikkal moves to the leg side and lifts it over covers. 
2.3 : Pat Cummins to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! And again, back-to-back boundaries. Gives himself room on the off side again, this time lifts the fullish ball over point.
Back to over the wicket for Cummins. 
2.4 : Pat Cummins to Devdutt Padikkal, Bouncer on top of the stumps, good one from Cummins. Devdutt ducks under it. Went short to Finch earlier, now Padikkal.
2.5 : Pat Cummins to Devdutt Padikkal, Goes fuller this time, around off, tapped to point for a dot. 
2.6 : Pat Cummins to Devdutt Padikkal, Aggressive from the Australian! Another bouncer, Padikkal ducks under it.
3.1 : Prasidh Krishna to Aaron Finch, Krishna does a Cummins as well. Sees Finch coming down and bangs it in short, Finch ducks and lets it be. 1 for the over, says the umpire. 
3.2 : Prasidh Krishna to Aaron Finch, Shortish ball, tucked to short fine leg. Got away there, Krishna.
3.3 : Prasidh Krishna to Aaron Finch, A quick single. Shortish outside off, Finch hops and punches it towards cover-point and takes a quick run. 
3.4 : Prasidh Krishna to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Power shot. Full ball just outside off, Padikkal just whips it over mid-wicket. Go full at your own risk, Kolkata!
3.5 : Prasidh Krishna to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Not a good ball and it gets the punishment. Shortish ball on middle, Padikkal flicks it with ease to the deep backward square leg fence. 
3.6 : Prasidh Krishna to Devdutt Padikkal, A single to finish. Shortish ball, wristed to short mid-wicket for a single. 
4.1 : Pat Cummins to Devdutt Padikkal, Leg bye! Full ball on leg, Padikkal misses his flick and gets hit on the pads. It goes to the off side and they take a leg bye. 
4.2 : Pat Cummins to Aaron Finch, On middle, Finch comes down the pitch and taps it on the leg side for a single. 
4.3 : Pat Cummins to Devdutt Padikkal, Full ball outside off, strong cover drive but straight to the man. It is actually a tricky place where Eoin Morgan is standing at short extra cover. There is grass just in front of him, so Morgan is at a risk of the ball shooting up, if it lands on the seam on the grass.
4.4 : Pat Cummins to Devdutt Padikkal, Padikkal moves to the leg side. Cummins bangs in a short off-cutter, Padikkal looked to guide that over the keeper's head on the off side but misses. 
4.5 : Pat Cummins to Devdutt Padikkal, Shortish ball, pulled to deep backward square leg for a single. 
4.6 : Pat Cummins to Aaron Finch, Finch takes a single and will keep strike. Fullish ball outside off, he works this to point and gets to the other end. 
Andre Russell into the attack now. 
5.1 : Andre Russell to Aaron Finch, Back of a length ball outside off, Finch chops it back on the track. 
5.2 : Andre Russell to Aaron Finch, Digs it in short, Finch hits it aerially towards mid-wicket and takes a single. 
5.3 : Andre Russell to Devdutt Padikkal, Shortish ball on top of the stumps, pulled to Nagarkoti at deep square leg for one.
5.4 : Andre Russell to Aaron Finch, Finch comes down the track again, Russell takes the pace off and bowls a slow good length ball outside off. A play and miss from Finch. 
5.5 : Andre Russell to Aaron Finch, Bowls a quick short ball now, Finch looks to pull but misses and gets hit on the visor. 
5.6 : Andre Russell to Aaron Finch, DROPPED AND FOUR! The man there was set up by Russell. Short ball, Finch pulls it towards short fine leg. The man there, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, spills it and it goes into the fine leg boundary. Russell is frustrated. Bangalore are 47/0 at the end of the Powerplay.
6.1 : Varun Chakravarthy to Devdutt Padikkal, This is worked on the on side for a single. 
0.0 : Varun Chakravarthy is into the attack now. 
6.2 : Varun Chakravarthy to Aaron Finch, Good running, a couple. And that brings up the 50 for Bangalore as well. Flatter ball on the stumps, Finch rocks back and works this to long on. He calls two and Padikkal responds well by running back to the bowler's end, the danger end.
6.3 : Varun Chakravarthy to Aaron Finch, Another couple as Finch works this aerially over square leg for two.
Is that a boundary? Looks so. Karthik was not happy with Gill there. Is Gill guilty here? Yes, boundary signalled.
6.4 : Varun Chakravarthy to Aaron Finch, FOUR! Short ball, Finch goes back and firmly pulls this over mid-wicket. Shubman Gill is the man there. Does not collect it properly on the first time. It slips through and Gill dives and looks to contain. But his body seems to have come in contact with the boundary ropes, to the naked eye. The umpires take a look at the replays and after multiple examinations, it is called a boundary.  
6.5 : Varun Chakravarthy to Aaron Finch, Finch taps the short ball on the leg side and takes a single. 
6.6 : Varun Chakravarthy to Devdutt Padikkal, On off, worked to the on side for one. 
7.1 : Andre Russell to Devdutt Padikkal, SIX! Not timed properly, but the shorter boundaries and you will get away with it. Fullish ball around off, Padikkal looks to go big over the off side but does not time it that well, to the naked eye. It goes high in the air towards long off. Two fielders converge - long on and long off. The fielder jumps and looks to get a hand but it goes over him and lands on the full just over the ropes. A maximum. 
7.2 : Andre Russell to Devdutt Padikkal, Fullish outside off, steered to short third man for a single.
7.3 : Andre Russell to Aaron Finch, WIDE! Goes full down the leg side, Finch misses his flick.
Andre Russell to Aaron Finch, Good length ball outside off, Finch jumps and taps that through covers for a single. 
7.0 : Interesting comparison of Bangalore's batting in the Powerplay.  The first 4 overs went for 37/0 (RR: 9.25). But the last two went for just 10 (RR: 5.00)
7.4 : Andre Russell to Devdutt Padikkal, OUT! TIMBER! Andre Russell deserved that really well. 300 T20 wickets for him as well. Padikkal leaves the field for 32. Padikkal gives room on the off side and looked to go big over covers. It was full and on middle and off. He misses but not the ball. It crashes into the woodwork behind. He should have got Finch earlier, Russell, but nabs Padikkal now.
7.5 : Andre Russell to Virat Kohli, WIDE! Bouncer, bowled way too short, Kohli ducks under it. Wide called. Sunil Gavaskar, on-air called it right, that it will be a bouncer first up.
7.4 : Bangalore skipper, Virat Kohli walks in at number 3, replacing Padikkal.
7.5 : Andre Russell to Virat Kohli, Virat Kohli works the fullish ball back to Russell. 
7.4 : DRINKS! Okay then. The big man has struck with the ball. His 4 overs will be crucial tonight, with a bruised ankle and Narine absent. Which means, Kolkata are a bowler short. There are two ways to look at this score. For a Sharjah track, this looks like an under-par score. But if you believe in the firepower that Bangalore have, with Saini slotted at 9, they can build on this platform. Another point of view could be that this does not look like a 200-plus track. 150-plus would do, which means Ba
7.6 : Andre Russell to Virat Kohli, And Kohli is underway. Taps the good length ball to mid off and races quickly to the other end. Start of the quick singles then!
8.1 : Varun Chakravarthy to Virat Kohli, Outside off, nudged to Russell at short third man for a single. 
8.2 : Varun Chakravarthy to Aaron Finch, An appeal for LBW but not given. Chakravarthy looked for a review but skipper Karthik cools him down, saying there is no need, reckoning it came off the bat. Floated on middle, Finch prods forward and defends. Varun thinks it came off the pad and hence appealed, but to no avail. Off the bat then.
8.3 : Varun Chakravarthy to Aaron Finch, On the shorter side, Finch looks to pull but misses to get hit on the body. 
8.4 : Varun Chakravarthy to Aaron Finch, Finch defends this solidly off the front foot. 
8.5 : Varun Chakravarthy to Aaron Finch, LEG BYE! Full on the pads, Finch looks to sweep but misses to get hit on the pads. The ball rolls further towards short fine leg and a leg bye is sneaked in.
8.6 : Varun Chakravarthy to Virat Kohli, Good fielding by the man at cover-point. Full and outside off, a firm cover-drive by Kohli. Good fielding there, at cover-point, to contain it. Just the one. 
9.1 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Virat Kohli, Virat Kohli works this to long on for a single. 
9.2 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Aaron Finch, Short ball, firmly pulled to Banton at deep mid-wicket. He fumbles but it does not cost Kolkata much. Just the one.
9.3 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Virat Kohli, On middle, nudged to deep square leg for a single. Kohli wants two but Finch was not interested.
0.0 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti into the attack now.
Kolkata coach, Brendon McCullum, is up for a chat. On Kolkata's current position in the table, McCullum is happy with the wins, even though they have not been at their best, but is aware that to go deep into the tournament, they have to be better. Believes that Kolkata have got so many firepower in both batting and bowling that it becomes difficult to select the right combination every time, but feels that they aim to get it right most of the time. On Karthik's batting form and Morgan taking cap
9.4 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Aaron Finch, Takes the pace off and bowls a slow fullish ball on top of the stumps, dabbed towards short third man for a single. 
9.5 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Virat Kohli, Full and outside off, driven to long off for a single. 
9.6 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Aaron Finch, Slow back of a length ball outside off, hit to cover-point for a single. Kohli wants two but Finch is not interested again. 78/1 at the end of 10 overs. 
10.1 : Varun Chakravarthy to Aaron Finch, On the shorter side on the stumps, Finch gives room and slaps it towards deep point for a single. 
10.2 : Varun Chakravarthy to Virat Kohli, Outside off, Kohli nudges it to backward point. Runs the first one hard and gets back for the second. 
10.3 : Varun Chakravarthy to Virat Kohli, Misses! Flatter ball outside off, Kohli looked to guide it to third man but misses. 
10.4 : Varun Chakravarthy to Virat Kohli, Full on middle, tapped on the leg side for a single. 
10.5 : Varun Chakravarthy to Aaron Finch, Very full outside off, Finch drives it through covers and comes back for the second. Misfield from Morgan there, at cover.
10.6 : Varun Chakravarthy to Aaron Finch, Another couple to finish. On middle, Finch works it to square leg. The keeper gives chase and Kohli, who wants two, pushes Finch and gets a couple in the end. 
11.1 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Virat Kohli, Full on middle, Kohli comes down and looks to work that on the leg side. Ends up getting an inside edge onto his pads. 
11.2 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Virat Kohli, A quick single this time as Kohli taps the fullish ball to Chakravarthy at short mid-wicket and crosses over. 
11.3 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Aaron Finch, Slow back of a length ball outside off, Finch looked to work that on the off side but inside edges it onto his pads. It goes to the off side and they sneak in a single. 
11.4 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Virat Kohli, Another slower ball outside off, it kept low as well. Goes under the flashing blade of Virat Kohli as he looks to pull. Good slower ball from Nagarkoti.
11.5 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Virat Kohli, Slower length ball outside off, Kohli bunts this to long off for a single. 
11.6 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Aaron Finch, Excellent over. Just the 4 off it. Slow again, slow good length ball on middle and leg, worked to the leg side for a single. 
12.1 : Prasidh Krishna to Aaron Finch, FOUR! Slapped hard. Good length ball on top of the stumps, Finch backs away, to the leg side and slaps this hard through the covers for a boundary.
0.0 : Prasidh Krishna is back in the attack. 2-0-21-0 for him so far. 
12.2 : Prasidh Krishna to Aaron Finch, OUT! BOWLED! Prasidh Krishna gets his man. Finch, backs away, but it is one time too many. It was full on off and middle, Aaron Finch, like Padikkal, exposes his stumps and looks to hit it on the off side. Misses and the middle pole takes a pounding. Misses out on his half century by 3 runs but Bangalore now have two of their best batsmen in the middle.
12.3 : Prasidh Krishna to AB de Villiers, Good length ball on off and middle, tapped to short mid-wicket. 
12.2 : Who will walk out to bat now? AB de Villiers.
12.4 : Prasidh Krishna to AB de Villiers, This is worked to the off side for a dot. 
12.5 : Prasidh Krishna to AB de Villiers, FOUR! What has happened here? It has richocheted off the stumps at the bowler's end and gone into the long off fence. Full ball on middle, in the slot for de Villiers. He whacks it hard back past the bowler. It hits the stumps at the bowler's end and deflects to the long off fence. How hard did he hit that!
12.6 : Prasidh Krishna to AB de Villiers, A single to finish. De Villiers works this to long on for a single. 
13.1 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to AB de Villiers, This is worked to the leg side for a single. 
13.2 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Virat Kohli, Full on off and middle, Kohli taps this to the on side for a single. 
13.3 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to AB de Villiers, Outside off, nudged past point for a single. 
13.4 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Virat Kohli, A couple, absolutely brilliant from Kohli and de Villiers. Kohli chips the fullish ball over the bowler's head, calls two and de Villiers responds equally well. 
13.5 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Virat Kohli, Fullish ball on middle, Kohli works this to Russell at wide long on and calls for two. Knows de Villiers will respond equally well and they get two.
13.6 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Virat Kohli, Excellent finish. Goes full down the leg side, Kohli comes down but is unable to dig it out as well as he would have liked. It comes off the inside edge and goes to the off side for a single.
13.5 : Did you know? This is the second time Aaron Finch has been dismissed in the 40s against Kolkata and he is yet to score a fifty against them. Last time when he was dismissed in the 40s against this team was in 2013. He made 48 then, playing for Pune - bowled by Lakshmipathi Balaji.
14.1 : Varun Chakravarthy to Virat Kohli, Very full, outside off, Kohli fails to dig it out. 
14.2 : Varun Chakravarthy to Virat Kohli, On the shorter side, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a single. 
14.3 : Varun Chakravarthy to AB de Villiers, Outside off, punched to cover-point for a dot. 
14.4 : Varun Chakravarthy to AB de Villiers, Flatter ball outside off, tapped straight to short third man this time. 
14.5 : Varun Chakravarthy to AB de Villiers, On the shorter side on middle and leg, de Villiers rocks back and nudges this to long off for a single. 
14.6 : Varun Chakravarthy to Virat Kohli, Misfield followed by good fielding in the deep. Flatter ball outside off, Kohli cuts it, the man at point who should have stopped but failed to do so. Tom Banton, the sweeper cover, runs to his left, dives and contains it well, as it looked like a boundary. Two in the end. 
Bangalore's innings progression in splits of 50 runs - First fifty - 39 balls (RR 7.69). Next fifty runs - 41 balls (RR 7.31).
15.1 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to AB de Villiers, A length ball, outside off, de Villiers blasts this wide of long off. With these two, you are not going to stop two.
15.2 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to AB de Villiers, Ahh... slower ball and it should have gone. AB swings for the moon but gets hit right near the box. Ouch.
15.3 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to AB de Villiers, SIX! SLAM! This one goes. You cannot keep bowling slower balls every time and keep getting away with it. Banged in short but no pace. De Villiers waits for the ball to arrive and then rocks back. Pulls it over wide long on. Just the third six for Bangalore.
15.4 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to AB de Villiers, SIX! No, my child, no. De Villiers is too good a batsman to miss out on these slower balls. Nagarkoti changes the length and gets it much fuller. But there is no change of pace from the previous ball. De Villiers swings it over wide long on, out of the ground, onto the highway, hits a car, hits another one and literally, brings the traffic to a standstill!
15.5 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to AB de Villiers, Outside off, this is hit straight to extra cover. Lucky. That was a full toss.
15.6 : Kamlesh Nagarkoti to AB de Villiers, FOUR! Nicely done. 18 from the over! A bit too straight and a bit too full. De Villiers just whips it past short fine leg and sends a signal to Kolkata - Beware!
16.1 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, WIDE. Nervy start. Full and down the leg side, Kohli misses his err... sweep cum flick. Karthik fumbles and they take a bye.
0.0 : Pat Cummins is about to bowl out. 3-0-19-0 so far.
DRINKS. So the green signal has been turned on. No more stoppages. No more blockings. AB is in the mood. He has rocketed to 26 from 15 balls, going past Kohli in the blink of an eye! Bangalore are 129/2 with 4 overs left. So 175 is a bare minimum from here but if de Villiers takes off, do not count out even 200. How does Kolkata's death bowling stack up?
16.1 : Pat Cummins to AB de Villiers, SIX! SLAP! That is why you should not be fumbling. Had Karthik not fumbled on the previous ball, AB would not have got on strike. A length ball, outside off, de Villiers just tonks it over long off!
16.2 : Pat Cummins to AB de Villiers, FOUR! More runs. Short and outside off, de Villiers pulls it over mid-wicket, one bounce and into the ropes!
16.3 : Pat Cummins to AB de Villiers, Misses out. A short ball, outside off, AB backs away, looks to play the upper cut but misses.
16.4 : Pat Cummins to AB de Villiers, Intelligent bowling. Full and outside off, pretty wide, that is because he sees AB get across to lap. De Villiers does go through with the shot but misses.
16.5 : Pat Cummins to AB de Villiers, SIX! That is a full toss. De Villiers swings it flat, over mid-wicket and it clears the ropes! The 50-run stand is up in 27 balls!
16.6 : Pat Cummins to AB de Villiers, Full and around middle, ABD swings it wide of long on for a single. So 19 from the first 3 overs for Cummins and 19 alone from the last. 4-0-38-0.
Andre Russell is back on. 2-0-17-1 so far.
17.1 : Andre Russell to AB de Villiers, FOUR! SLAP! Here comes Russell and there goes Russell. Full toss and it is slapped over mid-wicket.
17.2 : Andre Russell to AB de Villiers, SIX! There goes AB again! Half century in 23 balls! A length ball, oh dear, at this stage - on middle and off. De Villiers lofts it clean as a whistle straight back over the bowler!
17.3 : Andre Russell to AB de Villiers, A full toss, outside off, AB slaps it over cover. Kamlesh Nagarkoti gets across to his left from long off and keeps the batsmen to a couple.
17.4 : Andre Russell to AB de Villiers, WIDE. A wild bouncer, outside off, AB lets it go. Karthik fumbles and the batsmen take a bye. Russell is not happy and Karthik apologizes.
Andre Russell to Virat Kohli, Low full toss, heaved towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
17.5 : Andre Russell to AB de Villiers, Yorker length, finally, outside off, squeezed through cover-point for a couple. The stand moves to 71 from 33 balls.
17.6 : Andre Russell to AB de Villiers, Bending his back, generating bounce, from around the wicket, slants it across, ABD looks to ramp it over the keeper but misses. 17 from the over, 54 in the last 3!
Prasidh Krishna returns. 3-0-30-1 so far.
18.1 : Prasidh Krishna to Virat Kohli, A low full toss, swung over mid-wicket for a couple.
18.2 : Prasidh Krishna to Virat Kohli, Outside off, carved over cover for a brace again.
18.3 : Prasidh Krishna to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Well, this is unbelievable. Not the boundary, but the fact that it is Virat Kohli's first of the evening! Full and wide outside off, Kohli throws his bat at it and gets a thick outside edge. It flies to the left of short third man and reaches the fence. Prasidh smiles.
18.4 : Prasidh Krishna to Virat Kohli, Outside off, driven through point for a single.
18.5 : Prasidh Krishna to AB de Villiers, A slower ball, short in length, de Villiers looks to pull but due to the change in pace, he mistimes it. The ball goes off the inner half of the bat through square leg. A single taken.
18.6 : Prasidh Krishna to Virat Kohli, A low full toss, outside off, Kohli reaches out and swings it over wide long on. Pat Cummins does well to stop the ball but cannot prevent the two. 12 from the over but actually, not a bad one from Krishna. Just the one boundary.
Okay. One over to go. Is 200 on the cards? Can Dre Russ have something to say about the same?
19.1 : Andre Russell to AB de Villiers, SIX! Russell can say, but for now, De Villiers will have his say. A length ball, cardinal sin in the death overs, outside off, swung mercilessly over wide long off! AB moves to 64 from 28 balls.
19.2 : Andre Russell to AB de Villiers, Dot ball! Around off, almost a yorker, dug out back to the bowler.
19.3 : Andre Russell to AB de Villiers, FOUR! This guy is a genius. Not a bad ball at all. Yorker outside off, AB carves it between backward point in the deep and sweeper cover! And guess what, it is a NO BALL spotted by the third umpire! Massive overstepping.
Andre Russell to AB de Villiers, Safe as a house, is the horse in its stable. A wide slower ball, outside off, on the Free Hit, ABD reaches out and carves it over cover-point. He turns blind for the second and the fielder returns a decent throw to the keeper as well. Karthik breaks the stumps as well and appeals. It is referred upstairs but replays show that AB is well in.
19.4 : Andre Russell to AB de Villiers, Short outside off, punched wide of long off for a brace.
19.5 : Andre Russell to AB de Villiers, Yorker, on middle, dug out past the bowler for just a run.
19.6 : Andre Russell to Virat Kohli, Just a single to finish! Yorker, around off, Kohli can only squeeze it down to long on. BANGALORE FINISH ON 194/2!
19.3 : Is that a run out? De Villiers seems to have scampered back but the throw is a good one. Referred upstairs but the sprinting horse has galloped across.
19.6 : Excellent finish for Bangalore. Stunning performance. 83 is what they got in the last 5 overs, when everyone feels the wicket is slowing down after a number of games having been played. An unbeaten 100-run stand off 46 balls between AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli has propelled Bangalore to a near-200. Now, to the ball, for them. 
Their start was a bit quiet though. Finch was coming down the track early on, getting mixed results with that. Padikkal was more conservative when he started out, allowing Finch to go for the big ones. The opening partnership was for 67 runs before Padikkal fell, bowled, backing away on the leg side. Finch continued for a while after that and got out in a similar fashion, 3 runs shy of his half ton. Kohli had come after Padikkal's dimissal and was knocking the balls for 1s and 2s. 
After Finch's dismissal, it was the bromance partnership of Kohli and de Villiers taking charge. But de Villiers was the one who showed a huge impatience, blasting the balls to over the small Sharjah ground, bulldozing his way to an unbeaten 73 off 33 balls. Kohli largely played second fiddle in his 33 runs, getting his first boundary only in the 19th over. In the end, courtesy, Mr. 360, Bangalore have a defendable total on the board. 
Kolkata's bowling lost the plot in the death overs. They were fairly disciplined till de Villiers took centrestage. Just the one wicket for Krishna and Russell. Otherwise, it was all hammering. Only Chakravarthy had economical figures of under 6.5.
0.1 : Chris Morris to Tom Banton, Full ball on middle, Banton looks to defend but gets an outside edge to deep point. A single as he and Kolkata are away. 
0.0 : We are back for the chase. The Bangalore players are out in the middle. Tom Banton and Shubman Gill will open the batting for Kolkata. Chris Morris will start the proceedings for Bangalore.
0.2 : Chris Morris to Shubman Gill, Good length ball on off, knocked to the leg side. 
0.3 : Chris Morris to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Wrong place to bowl, Morris. Strays on the pads with a fuller one, flicked to the deep square leg region for a boundary.
0.4 : Chris Morris to Shubman Gill, Back of a length ball around off, punched off the back foot to point.
0.5 : Chris Morris to Shubman Gill, Full on middle, flicked to Saini at short fine leg. A quick single. Banton dives at the striker's end and manages to get it. A quick, risky single. 
0.6 : Chris Morris to Tom Banton, Slow full ball on middle, clipped to square leg for a single. 7 off the first over. 
Who will bowl from the other end? Navdeep Saini it is. 
1.1 : Navdeep Saini to Tom Banton, WIDE! Bowls a length ball well outside off, Banton goes after it but misses. Wide called. 
Navdeep Saini to Tom Banton, Full ball outside off, driven to cover. The man there fumbles a touch and a single is sneaked in.
1.2 : Navdeep Saini to Shubman Gill, Full and around off, Gill looked to drive on the off side but the bat turns in his hand. Ends up hitting it back to the bowler. 
1.3 : Navdeep Saini to Shubman Gill, Good length ball around off, Gill taps it to the point region. Wants one but Banton sends him back. 
1.4 : Navdeep Saini to Shubman Gill, DROPPED! Tough chance for Saini as that was stroked hard. Full ball on off, firmly hit back to Saini. He sticks his hand but it pops through to mid on. One run taken.
1.5 : Navdeep Saini to Tom Banton, Full on middle, tapped to short mid-wicket. 
1.6 : Navdeep Saini to Tom Banton, WIDE! Goes down the leg side, Saini. Spoils a good over as Banton lets it be. Wided. 
Navdeep Saini to Tom Banton, Single to finish. Back of a length outside off, Banton rocks back and punches it off his back foot towards wide mid off and takes a single. 12 runs from the first 2 overs. 
2.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Tom Banton, Full and outside off, stroked past a diving cover-point fielder for a couple. A beautiful shot that. 
0.0 : Mohammed Siraj to bowl now. 
2.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Tom Banton, Good length ball on middle and leg, Banton defends this to the off side. 
2.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Tom Banton, A wild swing and a miss! Full ball around off, Banton looks to go big over the bowler's head but does not connect. 
2.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Tom Banton, Bumper, Banton goes for the pull but is beaten on the bounce there. 
2.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Tom Banton, Quick single. Full ball on off and middle, he taps this to short mid-wicket and takes one. The throw is at the non-striker's end but it misses the stumps. 
2.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Shubman Gill, Single to finish. Good from Bangalore so far. Length ball outside off, chopped to backward point for one. 179 needed for Kolkata, in 102 balls. 
3.1 : Navdeep Saini to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Good intent from Shubman Gill. Good length ball on middle, Shubman backs away to the leg side and hits it hard through covers for a boundary.  
3.2 : Navdeep Saini to Shubman Gill, Full on middle and leg, flicked to Udana at fine leg. That ball absolutely motored to the fielder there. Short boundaries as well. The batsmen take a run.
3.3 : Navdeep Saini to Tom Banton, Fullish outside off, tapped towards cover for a quick single. 
3.4 : Navdeep Saini to Shubman Gill, Good length ball outside off, Shubman cuts but finds Sundar at backward point. 
3.5 : Navdeep Saini to Shubman Gill, Good length ball outside off, nudged to mid off and Shubman takes another quick single. That is how they are going at the moment.
3.6 : Navdeep Saini to Tom Banton, OUT! BOWLED! Got him. That's a good delivery. Full ball outside off, it pitches and nips back in. Tom Banton looked to defend, coming down the track. Gets an inside edge and it crashes into the stumps behind. Excellent bowling from Saini. Banton does not impress in his first outing this edition. 172 runs needed in 96 balls for Kolkata.
Who will walk out to bat now? Nitish Rana it is.
4.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Shubman Gill, Full ball outside off, driven to mid off for a quick run. 
4.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Nitish Rana, FOUR! Pure timing this. Fullish ball on middle, Rana glances it handsomely to the deep square leg fence.
4.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Nitish Rana, Full on middle, clipped to short mid-wicket. 
4.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Nitish Rana, Full again, on off, bunted to mid on for a single. 
4.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Taking full advantage of the Powerplay, Gill. Short ball, he ferociously pulls this to the mid-wicket fence. 
4.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Shubman Gill, SIX! This is a much better shot, it has gone all the way. Length ball around off, Gill backs away to the leg side and uses the timing, opens the face of the bat and guides it just over the third man fence for a maximum.
Washington Sundar into the attack now. 
5.1 : Washington Sundar to Nitish Rana, Full around off, driven through mid off for a single. 
5.2 : Washington Sundar to Shubman Gill, Fullish around off, Gill pushes it to cover and takes a quick single. 
5.3 : Washington Sundar to Nitish Rana, Down the leg side, Rana misses his sweep. It goes to fine leg off his pads and they take a leg bye. The throw comes to Sundar who fumbles a little but it does not cost much. 
5.4 : Washington Sundar to Shubman Gill, Full on middle, worked to the on side for a single. 
5.5 : Washington Sundar to Nitish Rana, Flatter ball on the stumps, Rana goes back and tucks this to the leg side for a dot. 
5.6 : Washington Sundar to Nitish Rana, Inside edge to finish. Full on middle, Rana goes for the sweep but gets an inside edge onto his pads. 43/1 at the end of the Powerplay are Kolkata. Need 152 runs in 84 balls. 
6.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shubman Gill, Full on middle, tapped to long on for a single. 
6.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Nitish Rana, Very full on off, bunted down towards long on for one. 
6.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shubman Gill, Flights this around off and middle, Gill watchfully drives it to long off and the batters exchange ends. 
0.0 : DRINKS! Bangalore will be happy with this start by their bowlers. The pitch is slow, the ball is not coming onto the bat and the boundaries are barely being found. Just 5 boundaries in the Powerplay, defending 194 is a very, very good performance. Now, it will be interesting to see how the spinners fare in the middle overs. Yuzvendra Chahal comes on to bowl now.
6.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Nitish Rana, Outside off, flatter, Rana hesitantly hangs his bat out, misses though.
6.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Nitish Rana, Good fielding from Siraj there. On the shorter side outside off, Rana cuts. Siraj at point does well to stop the travelling ball. A dot. Excellent overall from Bangalore. 
6.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Nitish Rana, Dot to finish. The pressure is building. Full ball around off, knocked back to the bowler. 149 needed in 78 balls. 
Lowest Powerplay scores in Sharjah - 41/1 by Rajasthan, 43/1 by Kolkata HERE, 47/0 by Bangalore earlier in the game, 48/2 by Mumbai and 51/3 by Delhi. So we have had two of the top three lowest Powerplay totals in Sharjah in this very game!
7.1 : Washington Sundar to Shubman Gill, On off, tapped to the leg side for a single.
7.2 : Washington Sundar to Nitish Rana, Flatter ball on off and middle, worked to the on side for one. 
7.3 : Washington Sundar to Shubman Gill, On the shorter side again, Gill goes back and clips it to square leg for a single. 
7.4 : Washington Sundar to Nitish Rana, Flatter ball on the stumps, worked through the off side for one. 
7.5 : Washington Sundar to Shubman Gill, Fullish on middle, worked to the leg side for a single. 
7.6 : Washington Sundar to Nitish Rana, OUT! BOWLED! Nitish Rana departs for just 9. The pressure was building and to top off, a wicket, just what Bangalore wanted. Full ball around off, Rana leans and looks to sweep it through the carpet. He misses and the ball crashes into the woodwork behind. 144 needed in 72 balls for Kolkata.
8.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shubman Gill, DROPPED! So many catches dropped in the tournament so far. Full and around off and middle, Shubman comes down and lofts it towards long on. Finch runs in to his left and gets his hands but spills it.
0.0 : Who will walk out to bat now? Eoin Morgan it is. 
Kohli takes the review for a caught-behind of Morgan. No bat as there is nothing on the UltraEdge. LBW? Ball Tracker says it was missing the stumps.
8.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Eoin Morgan, NOT OUT! No catch, no LBW, Morgan survives. Floated ball on middle and leg, Morgan gets down and looks to sweep. Not sure whether it is bat or pad at the immediate moment, it gets something and lobs behind where de Villiers takes it. He appeals and so does Chahal but the umpire was not interested. Kohli takes it upstairs. First the UltraEdge comes in, no bat, so no nick. Then, the Ball Tracker is in, for the LBW. It says missing the stumps, nothing in the en
8.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Eoin Morgan, Flatter on leg, clipped to the leg side for a single. 
8.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shubman Gill, On the shorter side on the stumps, Shubman Gill works it past the bowler for one. 
8.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Eoin Morgan, Full on middle, tapped to the leg side for a dot. 
8.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Eoin Morgan, A dot and just 3 runs from the over. Full ball on middle and leg, Morgan looks to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads.
9.1 : Washington Sundar to Shubman Gill, Short and outside off, slapped down to long off for a single.
9.2 : Washington Sundar to Eoin Morgan, Quicker through the air, back of a length, skids through from outside off, Morgan defends.
Is that a run out? Kohli says, 'YES!' looking at the dugout. Gill is walking back. Yes, run out by a mile. Replays confirm.
9.3 : Washington Sundar to Eoin Morgan, OUT! RUN OUT. Gill is gone. Short and outside off, Morgan cuts it towards point. Isuru Udana does a sharp bit of work there. Morgan hesitates but Gill calls him through for the single. Udana returns a sharp throw to AB de Villiers who gets down, collects and whips the bails. It looks out to the naked eye but is still referred upstairs. The umpires wanted to check whether AB disturbed the bails with his foot. Not as per the replay. Gill is guilty of a wrong
Skipper Dinesh Karthik walks in now, at number 5, replacing Gill.
9.4 : Washington Sundar to Dinesh Karthik, Around middle, Karthik works it through mid-wicket for a single.
9.5 : Washington Sundar to Eoin Morgan, FOUR! Uppish, but in the gap. Full and outside off, Morgan leans and drives it uppishly, wide of Virat Kohli at short extra cover, beating Aaron Finch to his right at wide long off.
9.6 : Washington Sundar to Eoin Morgan, Down the leg side, worked through fine leg for a single.
10.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Eoin Morgan, Outside off, Morgan looks to cut but misses.
10.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Eoin Morgan, A touch short, the wrong 'un, punched down to long on for a single.
10.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Dinesh Karthik, OUT! BOWLED! Karthik has dragged it on. Full and outside off, turning away, Karthik looks to lean and drive. But the ball bounces a shade low, takes the under edge and hits the stumps. DK's team against the wall, VK's team on a roll. 133 needed in 57 balls.
Who comes in now? Dre Russ or Tripathi? It is Russell. Now or never.
10.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Andre Russell, Down the leg side, Russell looks to help it down to fine leg but misses. The ball goes off his pads and a leg bye is taken.
10.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Eoin Morgan, Short and spinning down the leg side, pulled past short fine leg, to the right of deep backward square leg. The fielder has some running to do and Morgan looks for the second but Russell is happy with one.
10.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Andre Russell, Full and around off, watchfully defended. That is a cracking over. 3 runs and a wicket. Chahal's figures read 3-0-8-1!
11.1 : Washington Sundar to Eoin Morgan, OUT! CAUGHT! Morgan goes too. Wickets are falling like ninepins. Three out of the 5 wickets have gone to spinners. Short and outside off, Morgan backs away, looks to cut but there is bounce on this one and it skids through. The shot is through but is late. The ball takes the outside edge and lands straight into the hands of Isuru Udana at short third man. Kolkata are a sorry figure at 64/5.
Rahul Tripathi walks in at number 7, replacing Morgan.
11.2 : Washington Sundar to Rahul Tripathi, Landed outside off, pushed in front of point for a single.
11.3 : Washington Sundar to Andre Russell, Short and outside off, swung off the inner half through square leg for a run.
11.4 : Washington Sundar to Rahul Tripathi, Full and outside off, Rahul looks to defend but the ball takes the outside edge and goes through the vacant slip region towards third man. Yuzvendra Chahal chases it down from short third man and cuts it down to two.
11.5 : Washington Sundar to Rahul Tripathi, Around middle, defended towards the leg side.
11.6 : Washington Sundar to Rahul Tripathi, Short and around off, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a single. Splendid slow bowling on display in Sharjah here. Chahal and Sundar's combined figures read 7-0-28-3!
12.1 : Chris Morris to Rahul Tripathi, A length ball, outside off, punched straight to cover.
0.0 : Chris Morris is back on. 1-0-7-0 so far.
12.2 : Chris Morris to Rahul Tripathi, This is worked through mid on for a single.
12.3 : Chris Morris to Andre Russell, DROPPED! In and out. How did he put that down? Full and outside off, Russell leans and lofts it down towards long off. Devdutt Padikkal gets across to his right, takes the catch with a slide but the ball hits his fingertips, deflects onto his left knee, he tries to regroup it, the ball hits his fingertips again but this time, falls onto the ground! The batsmen do not run. 14th DROPPED CATCH BY BANGALORE THIS SEASON!
12.4 : Chris Morris to Andre Russell, Good bowling. Hard to forget what happened on the previous ball but Morris keeps his calm and bowls a yorker. Dug out towards long on for a run.
12.5 : Chris Morris to Rahul Tripathi, Short and outside off, Tripathi looks to play the upper cut but misses.
12.6 : Chris Morris to Rahul Tripathi, On a length, outside off, played straight to point.
DRINKS. Well, a dropped catch is probably the only mistake made by Bangalore thus far, on the field. While it is fine that you don't drop Russell, but 124 in 42 balls is a bit too much even for a power-hitter of his standards. Kolkata are amidst a sea of sharks, desperately trying to swim across to safer shores but they are in the middle of the sea and there is no boat available. The only talking point for them would be that there is only one over of spin left.
Oh okay. Did we say only one over of spin? Here comes a bowler who calls himself left-arm pace, but bowls actually left-arm orthodox with a medium pacer's run up. Isuru Udana for the first time tonight.
13.1 : Is that a save? Or is it a six? Poor Padikkal. Excellent effort, but in vain!
13.2 : Isuru Udana to Andre Russell, SIX! Tough, tough chance for Devdutt Padikkal. A length ball, outside off, Russell swings it towards long on. Initially, it seems like it will clear the ropes but Padikkal gets across to his right, leaps and looks to parry it back onto the field. However, the problem for him is, the ball sticks in his hand, so he has to release it. But by the time he can, gravity pulls him down and he lands on the ropes! He signals a six to his captain but the umpire wants to
13.3 : Isuru Udana to Andre Russell, FOUR! Full toss, outside off, Russell pulls it wide of long on and beats the fielder to his right!
13.4 : Isuru Udana to Andre Russell, Wide yorker outside off, Dre Russ looks to reach out and swipe at that but misses.
13.1 : Isuru Udana to Andre Russell, FOUR! SLAUGHTERED! Full and outside off, Russell gets down and swings it wide of long on for a boundary!
13.5 : Isuru Udana to Andre Russell, OUT! CAUGHT! Well, Bangalore are pumped up. Every fielder is running towards the fielder and bowler for this combination to get Russell. That is his fear. A low full toss, angling across, Dre Russ reaches out and looks to go over cover. But all he manages is a toe end of the bat, lobbing the ball towards cover. Mohammed Siraj runs back and takes it calmly. End of the show.
Into the bowlers now. Pat Cummins is the first of them.
13.6 : Isuru Udana to Rahul Tripathi, A short ball, pulled down to fine leg for a single.
14.1 : Chris Morris to Rahul Tripathi, A good length delivery outside off, swung towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
14.2 : Chris Morris to Pat Cummins, Full and outside off, driven straight to cover.
14.3 : Chris Morris to Pat Cummins, A low full toss, outside off, bunted down to long on for a run.
14.4 : Chris Morris to Rahul Tripathi, Another full toss, driven towards long off for a single again.
14.5 : Chris Morris to Pat Cummins, OUT! CAUGHT. No pat on the back for Pat. Full and outside off, off-pace delivery, Cummins reaches out and looks to go downtown but hits it from the toe end of the bat. Simple catch for Devdutt Padikkal, who is still unhappy over that dropped catches of Russell.
Who is next? Kamlesh Nagarkoti? Yes.
14.6 : Chris Morris to Rahul Tripathi, A low full toss, dipping one at that, lapped towards deep square leg for a single.
15.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Rahul Tripathi, Full and down the leg side, Tripathi looks to sweep but misses and is hit on the pads.
0.0 : Time for chess. Here comes the spin wizard to bowl out. 3-0-8-1 for Yuzvendra Chahal so far.
15.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Rahul Tripathi, Thrown up, outside off, carved to sweeper cover for a couple.
15.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Rahul Tripathi, Again, slower through the air, the batsman has played his shot and the ball has come after that. Rahul looks to sweep but misses and the ball goes off his body towards point. A leg bye taken.
15.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Short and outside off, Nagarkoti goes back and like a proper top-order batsman, punches it towards long off for a single.
15.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Rahul Tripathi, Tossed up, wide outside off, driven towards sweeper cover for a run
15.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Kamlesh Nagarkoti, CAUGHT AND BOWLED? Nope. No one is going anywhere. Chahal gets down and throws the ball up in the air and we innocent people feel that he has taken a return catch. Now, comes the replay from the striker's point of view. Outside off, Kamlesh goes back and looks to punch. It is uppish, but lands in front of Chahal. 4-0-12-1 for the spin wizard. Terrific.
16.1 : Mohammed Siraj to Rahul Tripathi, A short ball, around middle, Tripathi looks to pull but misses and is hit on the body.
16.2 : Mohammed Siraj to Rahul Tripathi, Outside off, Rahul looks to pull but gets a bottom edge on the bounce, back to the bowler.
0.0 : Mohammed Siraj returns. 2-0-20-0 so far.
16.3 : Mohammed Siraj to Rahul Tripathi, FOUR! Clean hitting. A length ball, outside off, Tripathi leans and lofts it over cover for a boundary. Nearly went all the way.
16.4 : Mohammed Siraj to Rahul Tripathi, A short ball, outside off, RT pulls it to deep mid-wicket but does not run.
16.5 : Mohammed Siraj to Rahul Tripathi, A short ball, outside off, Tripathi looks to play the upper cut but misses.
16.6 : Mohammed Siraj to Rahul Tripathi, OUT! CAUGHT. A fantastic running catch by Chris Morris. He can bowl, he can bat and boy, he surely is a gun fielder. A length ball, slower in pace, around off, Tripathi looks to heave but it comes off the toe end of the bat. It barely reaches long on but Morris comes running in, judges the catch and then dives, putting his 6-feet-4-inch body on the line.
Varun Chakravarthy walks out at number 10, to try and help Kolkata reduce their defeat margin.
17.1 : Navdeep Saini to Varun Chakravarthy, Around middle, watchfully defended.
17.2 : Navdeep Saini to Varun Chakravarthy, Outside off, punched through point for a single.
17.3 : Navdeep Saini to Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Yorker, on middle and leg, helped to the leg side for a run.
17.4 : Navdeep Saini to Varun Chakravarthy, Follows the batsman down the leg side, Chakravarthy cannot get it away.
17.5 : Navdeep Saini to Varun Chakravarthy, WIDE. Way down the leg side but that is because Saini is following the batsman who keeps backing away. However, this is a mile down and de Villiers does really well to dive to his left to stop the ball.
Navdeep Saini to Varun Chakravarthy, A short ball, outside off, Varun backs away and punches it behind point for a couple.
Is that a catch by Super V? Virat Kohli is not sure. The umpires refer it upstairs and the soft signal is out. Pretty difficult to say. Because the ball seems to be dangling onto his palms but also looks to be touching the ground. There isn't any conclusive angle and the third umpire is not sure. Ahhh... we have one angle. We can see some part of the ball touching the ground. NOT OUT is the decision.
18.1 : Chris Morris to Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Yorker, around off, Nagarkoti digs it out.
17.6 : Navdeep Saini to Varun Chakravarthy, NOT OUT. After numerous angles, the third umpire is finally convinced that the ball hit the ground. A low full toss, Chakravarthy flicked it through mid-wicket where Virat Kohli acrobatically flung himself to his left at short mid-wicket. He took the catch but then smiled and said that he was not sure whether it was a catch. Saini was pretty much convinced that it was not and was happy trudging off. But the umpires referred it upstairs and one replay di
18.2 : Chris Morris to Kamlesh Nagarkoti, A low full toss, Kamlesh backs away and is early into his swing, mistiming it through mid on for a single.
18.3 : Chris Morris to Varun Chakravarthy, Yorker, outside off, squeezd through cover for a single.
18.4 : Chris Morris to Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Another yorker, dug out. It goes between his legs to the leg side and a run is stolen.
18.5 : Chris Morris to Varun Chakravarthy, Slower ball, outside off, on a length, pushed towards point for a single.
18.6 : Chris Morris to Kamlesh Nagarkoti, OUT! BOWLED! Morris cranks up his pace, gets it up to 140 kph, lands it full outside off, Nagarkoti looks to swing but misses. The ball takes the inside edge and shatters the stumps. Number 9 down.
19.1 : Isuru Udana to Varun Chakravarthy, A full ball, tailing in, Chakravarthy looks to flick but misses and is hit on the pads. Udana starts to appeal but that was going down leg by a mile.
19.2 : Isuru Udana to Varun Chakravarthy, Slower ball, around off, Varun heaves it to the leg side for a single.
18.6 : Prasidh Krishna is the only batsman left. Isuru Udana will bowl the only over left.
19.3 : Isuru Udana to Prasidh Krishna, Yorker, around off, squeezed through the covers for a single.
19.4 : Isuru Udana to Varun Chakravarthy, Outside off, played through point where a misfield reduces Kolkata's deficit by a run.
19.5 : Isuru Udana to Prasidh Krishna, Outside off, pushed to point again but this is fielded.
19.6 : Isuru Udana to Prasidh Krishna, Overpitched, wide outside off, squeezed through for a single. The misery ends. The game is closed. BANGALORE WIN BY 82 RUNS. 9 more than what AB de Villiers scored.
An excellent finish for Bangalore. A huge win, 82 runs. The batsmen were exceptional early on and the bowlers have done their job to perfection, restricting Kolkata to 112/9. A big, big win for Kohli's men. Will give them good momentum which the skipper was seeking, given the slew of games that they play in the coming week. 
Andre Russell capitalized on the drop catch from Padikkal and landed a couple of blows. But just a couple of fours and a lone six is what he could manage. 16 from 10 balls and he was back in the hut. Too much for the big man himself though. Tripathi, languishing again, lower down the order could not do much. The asking rate was too much, too improbable. In the end, Kolkata did manage to prevent themselves from getting bowled out. But that hardly matters in such a tournament, as Dhoni himself sai
Earlier, after winning the toss, Kohli made it clear that he wanted to bat first. Their openers got them to a decent start but the pedestal for the innings was set by the de Villiers-Kohli partnership. In fact, more so by the former's blitzkrieg. It got Bangalore to 194/2 at the end of their 20 overs. And their bowlers complemented it outstandingly well. A big 82-run win in the end. Stay tuned for the presentations.
Washington Sundar is down for a chat. Says that it is a nice win and that he and Chahal bowled well. Says that in the middle phase of the tournament there will be assistance for the bowlers and that he and Chahal capitalized on that. Says that he has been working on a consistent length, does not want to work on too much. Jokingly says that he does not have to bowl to AB de Villiers but was a little nervy that he had to bowl to Russell in this game. Adds that he has learned a lot from Kohli, has
Virat Kohli, the VICTORIOUS BANGALORE SKIPPER, says that it was a great victory against a good side in the League. Says that the bowling attack looks a lot more potent with Morris coming back in, Chahal playing the way he does. States that it is not the usual Sharjah pitch. The talk was to get around 160 but they got 194 in the end. Says that the preparation was really good. Kohli says the 3-3.5 week camp helped. The coaches did well. Adds that the mindset and the intensity this time around is r
AB de Villiers is the MAN OF THE MATCH. Says that he is happy with his performance. Admits that he was lucky in the last game. Is happy that he contributed in this game. To be honest, AB says that the aim was for around 150, even though they knew that it was not going to be enough. In they end, we got close to 200, he says. Adds that keeping the energy going is really difficult. De Villiers states that he is really enjoying keeping and is really excited to don the gloves again. Feels that there
So, a one-sided entertainer it was, with Bangalore trumping over Kolkata comfortably. 28 matches done, 28 more to go before the league stage of the tournament wraps up and the knockout stage takes over. On Tuesday, 13th October 2020, Warner's men take on Dhoni's Chennai. Round 1 in this edition went to Hyderabad. Which way will Round 2 go? The match starts at 1800 Local (1400 GMT) but join us well before for the build-up. Until then, take care and good night. 
Kolkata suffered an early blow in the demanding chase. Banton, coming in his first game this edition, fell to Saini for just 8 runs. Just as a partnership was building between Gill and Rana, the latter fell. Kolkata were 51/2 at the end of 8 overs then. Gill, Karthik and Morgan, all followed in quick succession and it looked almost done and dusted for Kolkata. Except...Russell was still there!
Bangalore's bowlers were top-notch with the ball. They complemented the batsmen really well. Excellent fielding from Kohli's men as well, save the lone drop from Padikkal of Russell at long off. Everyone finds a mention in the wickets column. Chahal, Morris and Sundar were absolutely phenomenal. Udana, who came in late, managed a wicket, but was on the expensive side. But it does not matter when the victory margin was this huge.
Dinesh Karthik, Kolkata's captain, says that the only ball is the perfect inswinging yorker, you miss it, it hits the stumps. Says that the team needs to sit down, discuss the few things that need to be done better. There are a few days and so they can ponder, he says. States that the Indian T20 League is a very difficult tournament and the teams that persist manage to pull it off. Karthik adds that there are days where things go off well, then there are days where they do not go off well.