END OF OVER:
20 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | RR: 173/4 | RR: 8.65

  • Nitish Rana4 (1b)
  • Dhruv Jurel35 (23b)
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar4-0-32-1
  • Yash Dayal4-0-36-1

5:10pm Thanks to a mix of misfields and dropped chances, RCB have given away 47 runs at the death (17-20 overs). For a major part of the innings, RR's batting seemed to be stuck on third gear at best. Samson didn't show a lot of intent. Parag couldn't get the timing right. Jurel struggled as well. Jaiswal started well inside the powerplay and kept the shots coming through the middle. But he fell just before the death and it felt as if RR could miss the final push on a surface which did not seem easy to start on. If not for Jurel's drop by Kohli, RR's total could have been much lesser. Will RCB hunt it down to maintain a clean slate in on-the-road matches this season? Find out shortly with Vishal on the wheel.

Yashasvi Jaiswal: "I was trying to assess the condition and build the partnership to help us get to 170. I was trying to set base for the other batters and give my team a good start. It's a pretty good score for us. The wicket is two-paced. [Words in the huddle] Just enjoy the bowling, enjoy the game."

Sami: "RCB's fielding is usually amazing....Last 2 matches they've let themselves down with their fielding, especially today could've restricted them to 150 and instead after coming off this heat and already tired from the quick turnaround and chasing on a pitch where it's 2 paced and keeping low...ita gonna be tough and RCB haven't done themselves any favors."

19.6
4
Kumar to Rana, FOUR, Superb finish to the RR innings. Well done, Rana. Full and outside off, he is deep in the crease, clears his front leg and slices it over cover. RR finish on 173 for 4

Nitish Rana is in now. And Menon checks his bat as well

19.5
W
Kumar to Hetmyer, OUT, Oh what a shot! But STRAIGHT TO deep midwicket. Bhuvneshwar just missed the yorker narrowly, Hetmyer seemed to have gotten under it. He flicked it away using all his wristpower but straight to Padikkal, who takes it despite the sun being in his eyes

SO Hetmyer c Padikkal b Kumar 9 (19m 8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 112.5

19.4
1
Kumar to Jurel, 1 run, Short and wide outside off, he slashes it over point
19.3
4
Kumar to Jurel, FOUR, Banged in, pulled away! Bhuvneshwar goes pace on, and it sits up well for Jurel to go hard. Gets behind the line of it and pulls it over backward square leg
19.2
1
Kumar to Hetmyer, 1 run, Knuckle ball away from him, 121.4kph, Hetmyer toes it in the air and it lands around the 30m circle, allowing them to take two

Andrew: "That Kohli dropped catch was a big moment. Not only the two boundaries so far but there would be been two left handers. It would've made planning the field much easier"

19.1
1
Kumar to Jurel, 1 run, Full toss on leg, Jurel misses out. Hits it off the inner half to deep square leg

Bhuvneshwar and not Hazlewood for the last over

END OF OVER:
19 | 15 Runs | RR: 162/3 | RR: 8.52

  • Dhruv Jurel29 (20b)
  • Shimron Hetmyer8 (6b)
  • Yash Dayal4-0-36-1
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar3-0-21-0
18.6
1
Yash Dayal to Jurel, 1 run, Another very full ball just outside off, manages to use his wrists to hit it down the track, even if not over the ground, 15 off the penultimate over
18.5
2
Yash Dayal to Jurel, 2 runs, Full and wide outside off, he drills it straight down the ground. Timing if off, and that allows him two
18.4
1
Yash Dayal to Hetmyer, 1 run, Perfect yorker on the leg, Hettie manages to dig it out to the on side. He inside edges it onto the back leg
18.3
1
Yash Dayal to Jurel, 1 run, Length ball slanting away form him, lofted over wide mid-off, long-off gets around
18.2
4
Yash Dayal to Jurel, FOUR, Hacked away over midwicket now. Another length ball, this time from over the wicket, lands in on middle. Enough time for Jurel to go back and across and hack it across the line
18.1
6
Yash Dayal to Jurel, SIX, Jurel picks the slower one and booms it out of his presence!. Bowls it full outside off, lands in the perfect slot for Jurel to wait and hit it straight over the sight-screen

Dayal for the penultimate

Nishant : "RCB won the toss and chose to (mis)field "

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs | RR: 147/3 | RR: 8.16

  • Dhruv Jurel15 (15b)
  • Shimron Hetmyer7 (5b)
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar3-0-21-0
  • Suyash Sharma4-0-39-0
17.6
1
Kumar to Jurel, 1 run, Short and outside off, 118.1kph, Jurel moves across and mows it straight to deep midwicket. Not a bad over from Bhuvneshwar, 10 off it. Will he get one more?
17.5
1
Kumar to Hetmyer, 1 run, Full and angling away, it seems to be the slower one, Hetmyer hits it off the inner half towards deep midwicket
17.4
4
Kumar to Hetmyer, FOUR, Hetmyer power to the fore, thanks to Bhuvi's gift! Full toss on middle, he is still and heaves it away through midwicket
17.3
1
Kumar to Jurel, 1 run, Full and outside off, he goes back and across to drill it down to long-on
17.2
1
Kumar to Hetmyer, 1 run, The back of a length ball angled away from him, he can only slap it to long-off
17.2
1w
Kumar to Hetmyer, 1 wide, Length ball down leg, he has a swing and misses. Called wide. He was eyeing the area over short fine leg
17.1
1
Kumar to Jurel, 1 run, Short and outside off, he walks across and pulls it through square leg

Bhuvneshwar back for the 18th. Suyash Sharma is done for the game, Devdutt Padikkal is in as the Impact Player

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs | RR: 137/3 | RR: 8.05

  • Dhruv Jurel12 (12b)
  • Shimron Hetmyer1 (2b)
  • Suyash Sharma4-0-39-0
  • Josh Hazlewood3-0-26-1
16.6
1
Suyash Sharma to Jurel, 1 run, Straight in and straight out! Kohli drops Jurel. Full outside off, he holes out straight to long-off, where Kohli fails to hang on. The bat turned in his hands. RCB's day on the field going from bad to worse, even if RR aren't flying away with this so far
16.5
6
Suyash Sharma to Jurel, SIX, Slogs it in the air and out of the ground! Finally Jurel connects one. Gets down on a knee and underneath the quicker legspinner to tonk it over the shorter side, into the deep midwicket stands
16.4
2
Suyash Sharma to Jurel, 2 runs, Quicker length ball on leg, it is the legspinner, he goes back and clips it through forward square leg for a brace

Kushal Kandel: "Vintage IPL match loading. Nostalgic that how teams used to try and score 120-130 in 15overs and would try to capitalize the death going all guns blazing."