END OF OVER:20 | 12 Runs 1 Wkt | RCB: 206/7 | RR: 10.30
- Cameron Green37 (20b)
- T Natarajan4-0-39-2
- Pat Cummins4-0-55-1
9.10pm An RCB innings that could have been bigger ends with them putting 206 on the board. Kohli scored a fifty, but his slowdown after the powerplay could have a say in how this game goes. Patidar, meanwhile, blazed his half-century as he tore into Mayank Markande. Green played a good hand and Swapnil Singh enjoyed a very short cameo as the Impact Player. Unadkat celebrated his 100th IPL game with a three-for to remember, with the big wickets of Kohli and Patidar among them. Travis Head will likely come on soon as the Impact Sub for SRH and the chase will be underway! Don't go anywhere
Patidar: "I think surface is double-paced, especially for the fast bowlers. We can use cutters well on this wicket. The spinners will try to bowl back of length as much as possible. Just planning my innings. I was not thinking about the half-century. [On planning to target Markande] It wasn't a plan but I started that over well so wanted to carry on the momentum. I think my plan of playing the spinner, I try to maximise the pressure on the bowler as much as possible."
Swapnil Singh c Abhishek Sharma b Natarajan 12 (7m 6b 1x4 1x6) SR: 200.00
RCB are into the 200s now. How much can they manage in the last four balls?
END OF OVER:19 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | RCB: 194/6 | RR: 10.21
- Swapnil Singh1 (1b)
- Cameron Green36 (19b)
- Pat Cummins4-0-55-1
- T Natarajan3-0-27-1
Imagine needing 30 off the last over and winning a match that you'd been losing, badly, for 39 overs prior. What happened in yesterday's ISL semifinal was something similar as Mumbai City came from 0-2 down to win 3-2 in the last six minutes.
Swapnil Singh is on as the Impact Player for RCB, in place of Rajat Patidar
KD Karthik c Abdul Samad b Cummins 11 (13m 6b 2x4 0x6) SR: 183.33
Ram: "T20 has eveolved so much that the achor role is obsolete. Especially with the impact player role, teams have to start attacking from both ends. In this day and age, if you get out having played 20 odd balls striking at less than 140, you have done your team a great disservice. "
END OF OVER:18 | 12 Runs | RCB: 179/5 | RR: 9.94
- Dinesh Karthik7 (4b)
- Cameron Green27 (16b)
- T Natarajan3-0-27-1
- Jaydev Unadkat4-0-30-3
Natarajan from around the wicket
Shyam: "@Pomil: Can we tweak that a little - swap opposition opener with wicket keeper - so we know who can complete the revenge "
Natarajan to bowl the 18th
END OF OVER:17 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | RCB: 167/5 | RR: 9.82
- Cameron Green23 (13b)
- Dinesh Karthik1 (1b)
- Jaydev Unadkat4-0-30-3
- Pat Cummins3-0-40-0
Pomil Proch: "I want SRH to win every match. Travis Head to smash every match. Win by a convincing margin.Then I want Travis Head to play a lose shot in the finals and his team put up a modest total. Then I want the opposition opener to play the innings of his life and snatch victory. All this so that Pat Cummins can feel the pain of losing a final." Hmm, this sounds like a familiar story...
Dinesh Karthik comes in. Has he been in stunning form or what?
MK Lomror c Cummins b Unadkat 7 (9m 4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 175.00
