END OF OVER:
20 | 18 Runs | PBKS: 223/2 | RR: 11.15

  • Nicholas Pooran25 (8b)
  • Glenn Maxwell13 (9b)
  • Jofra Archer4-0-46-0
  • Tom Curran4-0-44-1

7.35pm Everybody is talking about the mistake RR might have made by chasing here, and while that might be so, I wouldn't be so quick to call this match closed. This is a better pitch than the one RR got 216 on, and there will be dew. And on the other night, CSK scored 200 even without intending to do so for long periods during that chase. I am not counting RR out here. And, before we forget, excellent bowling at the death from Rajpoot and Curran, two bowlers who don't have the mystery or the extra pace about them. It is most difficult for them. The Forecaster gives RR a 9.31% chance of winning

Agarwal: "You have to give yourself some time before you get going. It is not as easy as it seems. The pitch was holding up a bit, but it is one of those days when you are striking well. I am calmer, I am giving myself more time than I would in the previous IPLs. Where do I get that confidence? From a lot of hard work and sweat in the nets."

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19.6
6
Archer to Pooran, SIX, the quicker short one, at 142ks, and Pooran gives Archer the taste of the medicine he himself gave Ngidi. Backs away to pull him for a flat six to midwicket to take 18 off this final over. Ideally, though, he shouldn't have been bowling this ball, but the umpire had other ideas
19.5
0
Archer to Pooran, no run, slower bouncer, 127ks, Pooran backs away to pull, but connects only with the dry Sharjah air

RR 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st19SPD SmithJC Buttler
2nd81SPD SmithSV Samson
3rd61R TewatiaSV Samson
4th42RV UthappaR Tewatia
5th19R TewatiaJC Archer
6th0JC ArcherR Parag
7th4TK CurranJC Archer