Thanks for joining us. It was a pleasure to have your company. Until next time, this is me Shashank Kishore signing off on behalf of Matt Roller and Venkat Raghav. Be well, stay safe.

11.20pm RCB made it tougher than they would've liked. For a moment, their faithful would've gone "here we go, again", but they found a saviours in Sherfane Rutherford, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik and Harshal Patel in a small chase that was made that much more tougher. RCB specifically held back DK for a scenario like this, and it worked out in the end.

Wanindu Hasaranga is the Player of the Match for his four-for.

Abhilash: "MoM is really difficult- Harshal's twin wicket (including dre russ) maiden overs, Hasaranga's Quadra wickets, shabaz and rutherford contributions at crucial moments"

Bihag: "The number of runs Russell conceded in 2.2 overs is same as what Southee and Umesh conceded in 8 overs. "

Marten: "Shreyas's attitude and captaincy skills are refreshing. Kept a smile on despite everything. Good show overall."

Faf du Plessis: Very happy. Good win, obviously chasing small scores, you want to be positive and not leave it late, but it was good bowling from their seamers. Tonight there was seam and bounce, first night it swung a bit more. Two-three days ago, it was 200 v 200. Tonight it was 120 v 120, pretty good. In an ideal world, we would've liked to have won more convincingly but a win is a win. DK's experience helped in the end, cool-calm, runs weren't never really too far away. He's probably as cool as MS Dhoni can get in the last five overs.

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Shreyas Iyer: I thought this game was exciting. Before coming in to the bowl, I told the boys this game could define our character. The way we fought reflects our mentality. Proud to have taken it till the last over. At the end, I decided to go with Venky because he has some experience bowling at the international level. Important to give confidence to the players as early as possible. Wicket was two-paced, bounce was odd. Wanindu bowled really well. We decided we'll play him as an off spinner, unfortunately didn't go to plan.

19.2
4
Russell to Karthik, FOUR, drilled back down the ground for four! Game, set and match, RCB. Jangling nerves? What's that, he asks. RCB are up and running this IPL
19.1
6
Russell to Karthik, SIX, pulled over deep backward square for six! Short, sitting up and DK swats that away. All the way, over the ropes. Fist bumps in the RCB camp.

Final over. Russell seems to have some discomfort in his right shoulder but has the ball in his hand. He'll bowl the final over.

Chikke: "Anyone expecting super over finish"

END OF OVER:
19 | 10 Runs | RCB: 122/7 (7 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.42, RRR: 7.00)

  • Harshal Patel10 (6b)
  • Dinesh Karthik4 (5b)
  • Venkatesh Iyer1-0-10-0
  • Tim Southee4-0-20-3
18.6
4
VR Iyer to Patel, FOUR, he has pumped this into he gap between wide long-on and deep midwicket! Another short ball dug into the pitch, Harshal backs away, holds his shape and wallops that away when it finally arrives.
18.5
0
VR Iyer to Patel, no run, another swing and a miss. Slow off cutter dug into the stumps, Harshal has a heave at that but played too early
18.4
0
VR Iyer to Patel, no run, swing and a miss. Venky bowls this full and wide, Harshal throw the kitchen sink at it but misses
18.3
4
VR Iyer to Patel, FOUR, cheeky for four! Harshal gets inside the line and scoops it over the keeper's head.
18.2
1
VR Iyer to Karthik, 1 run, both batters at one end, DK was a goner. But the throw is wayward at the striker's end and DK survives. Umesh with a throw to the wrong end. Had he lobbed the throw to Venky Iyer, Karthik would've been going back to the dressing room. He need not even have looked back. What a costly miss. Chaos. Tension. Madness. Back to the stroke, DK was looking to squeeze it behind point.

Vinod says: "This is the difference between captaincy of Shreyas and Rahul. Inspiring captaincy irrespective of result. Not bowling out Chameera last night was shocking decision. "

18.1
1
VR Iyer to Patel, 1 run, full on off, pushed wide of mid-off for a quick single

Right, 17 off 12. KKR get DK here and the game may well be within their grasp. Russell to bowl one of them. Who bowls the other? Venky Iyer

END OF OVER:
18 | 7 Runs 2 Wkts | RCB: 112/7 (17 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.22, RRR: 8.50)

  • Harshal Patel1 (1b)
  • Dinesh Karthik3 (4b)
  • Tim Southee4-0-20-3
  • Sunil Narine4-0-12-1
17.6
1
Southee to Patel, 1 run, punched to deep point
17.5
W
Southee to PW Hasaranga, OUT, taken by Dre Russ running back from mid-off! Wanindu looks to back away and hit on the up but gets it off the bottom part of the bat. Couldn't clear the infield. Good use of the angle from Southee, excellent catching from Russell.

PW Hasaranga c Russell b Southee 4 (4m 3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 133.33

17.4
4
Southee to PW Hasaranga, FOUR, slapped over point! That should ease some pressure. Southee hits the hard length but ends up giving him width. Wanindu freed his arms and slashed that away
17.3
0
Southee to PW Hasaranga, no run, tucks him with a length ball angling in, defended

Wanindu walks out to much pressure

17.2
W
Southee to Rutherford, OUT, unbelievable catching from Jackson! Was going the wrong way, had to change track and then dive low to his right to complete the catch. Rutherford was looking to swing this to the leg side but ended up getting a thin inside edge. Stunning

SE Rutherford c †Jackson b Southee 28 (79m 40b 1x4 1x6) SR: 70.00

17.1
1
Southee to Karthik, 1 run, steered down to third man
17.1
1w
Southee to Karthik, 1 wide, bowls full but slips it down leg, DK misses a tickle. Wide called

END OF OVER:
17 | 4 Runs | RCB: 105/5 (24 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.17, RRR: 8.00)

  • Sherfane Rutherford28 (39b)
  • Dinesh Karthik2 (3b)
  • Sunil Narine4-0-12-1
  • Varun Chakravarthy4-0-33-1
16.6
0
Narine to Rutherford, no run, beaten by the fizz! Rutherford looks to force this through the off side but it was a lot fuller than he anticipated

Saksham: "While Shreyas did well to keep Narine for DK, there is no scoreboard pressure at all, and he can just play him out."

16.5
1
Narine to Karthik, 1 run, works it down to the man coming in from deep midwicket
16.4
1
Narine to Rutherford, 1 run, knocks it wide of short third for an easy single
16.3
1
Narine to Karthik, 1 run, skids one through on a length, Karthik tucks it towards deep square. There's a misfield but they don't take the second
16.2
0
Narine to Karthik, no run, lunges forward and defends this in drifter

Karthik comes out trying to finish the game off against his former team. Must have faced Narine so many times in the nets.

16.1
1
Narine to Rutherford, 1 run, heaved over the infield to wide long-on, good work in the deep.

RCB 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1F du PlessisAnuj Rawat
2nd16F du PlessisV Kohli
3rd0V KohliDJ Willey
4th45DJ WilleySE Rutherford
5th39SE RutherfordShahbaz Ahmed
6th6KD KarthikSE Rutherford
7th4KD KarthikPW Hasaranga
8th21KD KarthikHV Patel

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