END OF OVER:20 | 18 Runs | RR: 144/8 | RR: 7.20
- Riyan Parag56 (31b)
- Yuzvendra Chahal0 (0b)
- Harshal Patel4-0-33-1
- Josh Hazlewood4-1-19-2
9.15pm A few feisty words exchanged as the teams left the field, but it was a feisty knock from Parag to dig his team out of a deep hole. Real danger of being bowled out for 120-odd, but he marshalled the tail and took good toll in the final over, to set RCB a gettable but tricksy 145, on a pitch that is offering something to the bowlers. Over to Sudarshanan for the resumption, for which Virat Kohli looks set to open. Buckle up!
Siraj is speaking about a fine bowling effort. We executed our skills on a pitch with extra bounce, is the gist of it.
(On Padikkal's six at the start) "I tried for the swing first but he played a good shot. There was a bit of swing upfront and I stuck to my plan. Hazlewood gets a bit of extra bounce due to the bounce. So we focused on the back of length areas, even at the death. This is not an easy score because it is tough to hit against the back of a length. So if they bowl such lengths, batting could be tough. No dew yet."
DK : "That Hasaranga drop cost RCB 23 runs. "
Amol: "I hope that finally the enigma that is Riyan Parag has been solved. Sincerely hope that this is a career changing innings for him. "
Vishal: "Who was that questioning cricinfo's score prediction algorithm?" [Eyes emoji]
END OF OVER:19 | 12 Runs 1 Wkt | RR: 126/8 | RR: 6.63
- Riyan Parag38 (25b)
- Yuzvendra Chahal0 (0b)
- Josh Hazlewood4-1-19-2
- Harshal Patel3-0-15-1
Kalkitha: "In that list of most sixes, why is there "ICC" next to the name of few players like Sehwag, Kallis " There was a one-off ICC vs Australia game in 2005-06... the concept didn't last!
This is in danger of being barely a run-a-ball chase. Can Parag connect with a few?
M Prasidh Krishna run out 2 (9m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40.00
KALPESH: "RCB did get all out for 68 in their last game! So this game could be a tight with RCB's batting issues!" Fair point. There's a bit in this deck too!
Hazlewood to finish
END OF OVER:18 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | RR: 114/7 | RR: 6.33
- Prasidh Krishna2 (3b)
- Riyan Parag26 (21b)
- Harshal Patel3-0-15-1
- Mohammed Siraj4-0-30-2
Percy: "RR tail should just close the eyes and give a golf swing" To be fair, that was Boult's MO
HMody: "So unfair. How can one expect Kohli to score a century with this score?" The dice are loaded against him
Mohak: "I must say the 137 forecast is looking extremely generous at the moment"
TA Boult c Kohli b Patel 5 (10m 7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 71.42
END OF OVER:17 | 6 Runs | RR: 110/6 | RR: 6.47
- Trent Boult5 (6b)
- Riyan Parag24 (19b)
- Mohammed Siraj4-0-30-2
- Wanindu Hasaranga4-0-23-2
Girish Nair: "Boult's HS is 8 after 156 matches. You are saying that he is better than other three?" Nope. Just dangling out probably my third-favourite stat about a NZ tailender. Behind Southee and Chris Martin!
Here's Boult's six-hitting record, he sneaks onto the bottom of this list. But look at balls faced... only his mate Southee comes close!
