9.15pm A solid effort that will please Faf du Plessis and the millions of RCB fans. They won a good toss and did everything asked of their bowlers. Akash Deep was tapped around but had better returns with three wickets, while Wanindu Hasaranga sliced through the middle order in a terrific spell, picking up four wickets. Later in the piece, Harshal Patel, with his truckloads of variations, brought his experience to the fore to keep the lower order honest. RCB would've taken this at the toss and will back themselves to chase this down.

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18.5
W
Akash Deep to Yadav, OUT, cleans him up finally! Goes full and fast yorker on middle and leg from wide of the crease, Umesh, clearing his front leg, looks to swing this to the leg side but misses and sees the leg stump knocked back. The pesky final-wicket stand has added 27 to help give KKR's bowlers something to defend.

UT Yadav b Akash Deep 18 (26m 12b 2x4 1x6) SR: 150.00

18.4
4
Akash Deep to Yadav, FOUR, drilled over the infield, Wanindu runs around from square third man but overruns the ball to let it through to the boundary. Poor, poor effort. That can really be embarrassing. Am sure he doesn't want to watch the replay of that any time soon
18.3
0
Akash Deep to Yadav, no run, swing and a miss again. Looked to scythe this length ball over point
18.2
0
Akash Deep to Yadav, no run, swing and a miss! This time he went fuller and just around the wide line, basically away from his hitting arc
18.1
6
Akash Deep to Yadav, SIX, misses his length, bowls a full toss and Umesh wallops this over wide long-on!

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs | KKR: 118/9 | RR: 6.55

  • Varun Chakravarthy10 (16b)
  • Umesh Yadav8 (7b)
  • Harshal Patel4-2-11-2
  • Mohammed Siraj4-0-25-1
17.6
0
Patel to Varun, no run, snorter of a short ball, wasn't far from Varun's gloves as he tried to steer it away
17.5
4
Patel to Varun, FOUR, cutter off a length, he steers this to short third where Wanindu makes a right royal mess and lets it through his legs.
17.4
0
Patel to Varun, no run, beautiful slower variation again, this one's the split-finger one, I think, Umesh reaches out to drive but beaten
17.3
0
Patel to Varun, no run, full and straight on the stumps, squirted to the leg side
17.2
4
Patel to Varun, FOUR, this one's off a thick edge again but it's so fine that even a fine third man can't stop that. Useful runs
17.1
0
Patel to Varun, no run, slower length ball on middle, defended

END OF OVER:
17 | 6 Runs | KKR: 110/9 | RR: 6.47

  • Umesh Yadav8 (7b)
  • Varun Chakravarthy2 (10b)
  • Mohammed Siraj4-0-25-1
  • Harshal Patel3-2-3-2
16.6
0
Mohammed Siraj to Yadav, no run, appeal for lbw as this zips back in off a length to hit him on the pad. Siraj calls for the captain to refer. Faf politely says no.
16.5
4
Mohammed Siraj to Yadav, FOUR, off a thick inside edge, beats short fine leg for four. Umesh was looking to wallop this through midwicket
16.4
1
Mohammed Siraj to Varun, 1 run, drives hard, gets a thick outside edge to third man
16.3
0
Mohammed Siraj to Varun, no run, hit high on the bat as he's thrown off balance trying to pull, squirts to the off side

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

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
GT14104200.316
RR1495180.298
LSG1495180.251
RCB148616-0.253
DC1477140.204
PBKS1477140.126
KKR1468120.146
SRH146812-0.379
CSK144108-0.203
MI144108-0.506