| 0.2 : 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. |
| 1.4 : 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. |
| 2.2 : 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 : 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. |
| 3.4 : 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 : 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. |
| 5.6 : 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. |
| 6.4 : 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.  |
| 7.1 : 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. |
| 7.4 : 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. |
| 12.1 : 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. |
| 12.2 : 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. |
| 12.5 : 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! |
| 15.3 : 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 : 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! |
| 15.6 : 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 : 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 : 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! |
| 16.5 : 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! |
| 17.1 : 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 : 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! |
| 18.3 : 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. |
| 19.1 : 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. |
| 19.3 : 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. |
| 0.3 : 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. |
| 3.1 : 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.  |
| 3.6 : 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. |
| 4.2 : 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. |
| 4.5 : 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 : 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. |
| 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. |
| 9.3 : 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 |
| 9.5 : 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. |
| 10.3 : 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. |
| 11.1 : 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. |
| 13.2 : 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 : 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! |
| 13.1 : 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 : 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. |
| 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. |
| 16.3 : 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. |
| 16.6 : 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. |
| 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. |
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