END OF OVER:
8 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | SRH: 72/1 | RR: 9.00

  • Rahul Tripathi7 (3b)
  • Kane Williamson16 (17b)
  • Harshal Patel2-0-18-1
  • Wanindu Hasaranga1-0-7-0

10.00 pm It's 10 pm... do you know where your children are? I'm having flashbacks to "The X-Files" credits segueing to the 10 o'clock news! Instead, it's an IPL match that has ended 90 minutes early. A nine-wicket mauling by Sunrisers, icing the match with 72 balls to spare after rolling over RCB for 68.

Narayanan: "RCB must learn from Namibia Women who defended same total today ". Indeed, a wild Women's T20I in Windhoek as the hosts won by 28 runs in the end despite Uganda Women's bowler Phiona Kulume's 6 for 11! Sune Wittmann responded with 5 for 10 in the win for Namibia.

A glum looking RCB captain Far Du Plessis: [Asked what went wrong] Those first four overs.... It's probably not losing four or five wickets up front. It was a little spicy in that first few overs, the balls swung a little bit, but you still have to find a way to get a good foundation, even if it means you just absorb it a little longer and sacrifice a few runs just to get through that seaming and swinging ball. Then once you're through it, it would get easier. Looking at other matches in other games, it looked like this wicket looked probably the best out of every one so far. Our expectation was this would be a very good wicket, but in all good wickets, you still have to assess in those first two overs. There's no excuses. You still need to find a way. Marco Jansen the way he bowled in that first over was very good, swinging the ball both ways and obviously getting some big wickets. A day like today is not great, so you want to make sure you don't get all emotional about a day like today. It's a bad day at the office, you keep your chin up, it's a long tournament, and in a day or two when we look at this game, we make sure we get the learning from it so when we play these guys again or come back to this ground, there is a bit of learning that has happened for us as a team going forward."

SRH opener Abhishek Sharma: "I'm feeling really good for contributing for my team and I was enjoying my shots. I think I always wanted to play at this position for any of my teams and I was just waiting for my opportunity. When they decided to give me opening for SRH, I was really excited. Obviously we have a great support staff with us so I just keep heeding their help all the time and that's what's helping me. [Batting with Kane Williamson] It's working really well for us because we've been talking almost on every ball in between the wickets, talking about the game, how it's coming, how the next ball we might play. So that's helping. [On working with Brian Lara] 100%, I've been learning my best from him because we all know what he did for the country and for cricket. So I've been trying my best for him."

SRH captain Kane Williamson: "It was one of those days really. There was a little bit in the air and the guys bowled beautifully and we caught well. For things to unfold like that, you need a bit to go your way and we got that. Obviously we got that. It was an outstanding performance but a lot went our way. So for us it's about going back to our plans and looking at the next challenge. There's a lot of strike power there and the balls are swinging this season a lot more than other seasons so we're trying to make use of that as a side. I think we've seen a lot of wickets in the Powerplay, and for us to take those wickets in the Powerplay was a great start to the match. [On Marco Jansen] Off the field, he's always up for a laugh. He's always very focused and very clear on what he wants to do. He clearly had an outstanding match today and he's got the skills to do that. When the ball is swinging a little bit, and a little bit of grass on the surface, he's a real threat for us. So it was great that he was able to get the rewards today. [On boosting net run rate] Obviously you want to win every game and that's the first goal, and then you want to try to do it as well as you can and it was great we were able to do that today. [On Abhishek Sharma] There wasn't a lot of chat. He knew the drill. He's timing the ball beautifully and he's played a number of amazing match-winning knocks for us. There were a lot of contributions today and throughout the first half of the season so far but we know we have a lot of challenges coming up."

Player of the Match is Marco Jansen: "I just try to keep it as simple as possible, have a nice clear game plan. Sometimes it goes and flies good out of the hand. [On his three wickets in an over] After the first ball, I thought the ball is gonna swing nicely. Then the next ball didn't swing as much and it went on with the angle. For me personally, I enjoyed my third wicket, the left-hander. Definitely the best white-ball over I've bowled so far."

So that's it for our coverage today. Come back tomorrow for more IPL action. On behalf of my commentary partner Shashank Kishore and the scoring team, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!

7.6
6
Patel to Tripathi, SIX, leg-stump half-volley flicked over square leg ends the match!

Shashank: "Still think the overthrow at 7.1 was useless?:P" So it was all part of the plan. Clever from Maxwell then, taking Maxwell-ball to a different level.

7.5
1
Patel to Williamson, 1 run, back of a length on fifth stump, guides this to deep third man for one.
7.4
1
Patel to Tripathi, 1 run, another wide yorker, this time guided out to third man for one.

AbhinayNK: "Hey PDP, I thought you were gonna get fired for reckless commentary in your last match ". I guess we're short-staffed. After all, why else is an American on IPL commentary? Alas, I live to see another day....

7.3
0
Patel to Tripathi, no run, wide yorker on fifth stump, can't jam this out.
7.2
W
Patel to Abhishek Sharma, OUT, Sharma falls trying to bring up his half-century and end the match all at once with a six! Length ball on fifth stump, shovels this high toward long-on. Easy catch by Rawat shuffling to his right about 10 yards in from his rope, catch taken at chest height.

Abhishek Sharma c Anuj Rawat b Patel 47 (37m 28b 8x4 1x6) SR: 167.85

7.1
1
Patel to Williamson, 1 run, good length ball on off, guided to backward point, diving stop by Maxwell saves a run... until he needlessly chucks a wild throw to the non-striker's end from his knees for an overthrow.

END OF OVER:
7 | 7 Runs | SRH: 63/0 (6 runs required from 13 overs, RR: 9.00, RRR: 0.46)

  • Kane Williamson14 (15b)
  • Abhishek Sharma47 (27b)
  • Wanindu Hasaranga1-0-7-0
  • Josh Hazlewood3-0-31-0

Surya: "Stewart's is the best! " Ahhhhhhh....

6.6
1
PW Hasaranga to Williamson, 1 run, full toss low on off, Kane charges and strokes this to long-off for one.
6.5
0
PW Hasaranga to Williamson, no run, full on middle, defended to midwicket.
6.4
1
PW Hasaranga to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, good length ball on off, prodded into midwicket past the diving fielder for one.
6.3
0
PW Hasaranga to Abhishek Sharma, no run, good length ball on off, defended into the leg side.
6.2
1
PW Hasaranga to Williamson, 1 run, missed runout! Good length ball on off, guided behind point. They scamper a tight run as the throw to the non-striker's end is just wide by Kohli running out from slip to field an throw.

Ashwin: "Hey Peter DP, what's the name of your favorite root beer again?" Stewart's baby! Classic in a brown bottle!

6.1
4
PW Hasaranga to Williamson, FOUR, Kane uses his feet first ball and drives a full ball from off stump over mid-on to the rope.

Hasaranga into the attack.

END OF OVER:
6 | 14 Runs | SRH: 56/0 (13 runs required from 14 overs, RR: 9.33, RRR: 0.92)

  • Abhishek Sharma46 (25b)
  • Kane Williamson8 (11b)
  • Josh Hazlewood3-0-31-0
  • Harshal Patel1-0-9-0

Deepankar DM: "YOU DON'T GET POINTS FOR WINNING BY 10 wickets!! You get NRR boost by chasing even earlier. Rather be winning 70/5 in 5 overs than 70/0 in 9.." Hear hear Deepankar! They should have iced this in the Powerplay. Bunch of slowpokes still needing 13 to get....

5.6
4
Hazlewood to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, what a shot! Almost a carbon copy of the six he hit earlier over extra cover except this one doesn't carry all the way. Length ball on sixth stump, flays this on the up but gets more elevation than distance and bounces over the rope.

Rohan: "Oh PDP , so you are also an average household like us with only 1 TV." We have two TVs, but I use the main/family room one for ball-by-ball so everyone is antsy for the match to end.

5.5
4
Hazlewood to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, slower ball strays on the legs on a good length at 119 kph, flicked through fine leg to the rope.
5.4
1
Hazlewood to Williamson, 1 run, back of a length on the hips at 132 kph, flicked to deep square leg for one.
5.3
4
Hazlewood to Williamson, FOUR, pure class! Back of a length on fourth stump, Williamson just opens the face to run this between the keeper and gully to the rope.

Ribhu: "Hannibal, the cannibal! Never outdated". Care for some fava beans and a nice Chianti?

5.2
1
Hazlewood to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, back of a length on fifth stump at 128 kph, guided wide of short third man for one.
5.1
0
Hazlewood to Abhishek Sharma, no run, back of a length on middle, defended to midwicket.

END OF OVER:
5 | 9 Runs | SRH: 42/0 (27 runs required from 15 overs, RR: 8.40, RRR: 1.80)

  • Kane Williamson3 (9b)
  • Abhishek Sharma37 (21b)
  • Harshal Patel1-0-9-0
  • Josh Hazlewood2-0-17-0

Sriram Akula: "I thought watching cricket with family is a way of spending time with them". Unfortunately, my wife and daughter do not get the greatest thrill out of watching me type ball-by-ball commentary on my computer. They get a much greater thrill when the game is over and my daughter can hijack the TV again to watch her cartoons.

4.6
0
Patel to Williamson, no run, full on the stumps, defended to midwicket.
4.5
0
Patel to Williamson, no run, slower ball on off stump on a good length at 114 kph, defended to short third man.
4.4
1
Patel to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, good length ball on off, tap and run into the covers.
4.3
0
Patel to Abhishek Sharma, no run, back of a length on fifth stump, tentative poke comes off a thick edge but lands short of short third man on the ring, fielded on one bounce.

Harshal switches around the wicket now.

Anil khanal: "Loss for the company buying advertisement for second time out of the match. The game will end by 8 overs. " But a tremendous victory for those of us with families who now have an extra hour to spend with them that we weren't counting on at the start of the night.

4.2
4
Patel to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, fullish length in the slot outside off on sixth stump, shoveled on the up high over extra cover and bounces away to the rope.
4.1
4
Patel to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, length ball angled across sixth stump at 115 kph, sits up to be punished off the back foot through cover to the rope.

Harshal Patel enters the attack. Over the wicket.

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